JP2012219387A - Aramid core wire and power transmission belt - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aramid core wire which can prevent fraying of an aramid fiber, has high flexural fatigue resistance and is excellent in adhesiveness to rubber.SOLUTION: An aramid core wire is provided in which an aramid fiber raw yarn is immersed in a resorcin-formalin-latex (RFL) liquid including a phenol novolac type epoxy resin and a solid content of the RFL liquid is attached to at least the inside of the raw yarn, and the surface of a cord formed by ply-twisting the aramid raw yarn is provided with a rubber coating.

Description

  The present invention relates to an aramid cord formed from an aramid fiber and a power transmission belt formed using the aramid cord.

  As a core wire of a power transmission belt, a core wire made of an aramid fiber cord is widely used because of its excellent characteristics. Aramid fiber (aromatic polyamide fiber) is a high-strength, high-modulus organic fiber, and has a characteristic that dimensional stability in heat is superior to other organic fibers.

  And when using cords of aramid fibers embedded in power transmission belts as core wires (aramid core wires), V-ribbed belts and cut-edge type V-belts used with the cut surfaces on both sides exposed The aramid cord is exposed on this side of the belt cut. When exposed to the side surface of the power transmission belt of the aramid core wire in this way, there arises a so-called fraying problem that the aramid fiber filaments on the cut surface of the aramid core wire are released and jump out of the side surface of the power transmission belt. In particular, if the cut surface of the aramid cord that is cut at the same time as the side surface of the belt is exposed, the problem of fraying is likely to occur. In addition, aramid fibers have a problem of poor adhesion to rubber as compared with polyester fibers and polyamide fibers, and further, aramid fibers have a rigid molecular structure and therefore have a problem of poor bending fatigue resistance.

  Conventionally, various proposals have been made to deal with the above problems. For example, in Patent Document 1, an aramid fiber yarn is impregnated in a rubber latex pretreatment liquid, and then two or more of these yarns are drawn and twisted, followed by a resorcin-formalin-latex (RFL) liquid. An aramid cord made by impregnation and further coating with a rubber layer is disclosed. And in this patent document 1, while being able to improve the bending fatigue property of a belt, it is described that the flaking of an aramid core wire can be prevented.

  Patent Document 2 discloses an aramid produced by treating an untwisted aramid fiber with a treatment agent containing a polyepoxide compound, then treating with an RFL solution, then twisting, and further treating with an RFL solution. A core wire is disclosed. And in this patent document 2, it is described that the aramid core wire exposed on the belt end face can be prevented from being flawed, the adhesiveness with rubber can be improved, and the deterioration of fatigue can be suppressed.

  Further, Patent Document 3 discloses that an untwisted ribbon-shaped aramid fiber filament treated with an epoxy compound or an isocyanate compound is twisted, and two or more of them are bundled and twisted, treated with an RFL solution, and further rubber. An aramid cord prepared by bonding with glue is disclosed. Patent Document 3 describes that the bending fatigue property and fraying of the belt can be improved, and the adhesiveness of the core wire can be improved.

JP-A-4-29644 JP-A-6-25978 Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-72578

  However, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, since aramid fibers are treated by using a soft rubber latex as a pretreatment agent, although it is excellent in bending fatigue property, when the belt is run for a long time, an aramid of an aramid cord The bundling property between the fiber filaments is lowered, and there is a possibility that the flare will gradually occur, and the effect of improving the flare cannot be fully recognized. Moreover, since the treatment with the RFL liquid is performed after the treatment with the soft rubber latex only, the adhesion between the pretreatment agent and the RFL layer covering the pretreatment agent is not sufficient.

  Moreover, in said patent document 2, since it processes with the processing agent containing a polyepoxide compound before twisting a polyamide fiber, and is further processed with an RFL liquid after twisting treatment, Although improved, the polyepoxide compound impregnated in the polyamide fiber reduces the flexibility of the aramid fiber, so that the effect of improving the bending fatigue cannot be fully recognized.

  Furthermore, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 3, since the untwisted ribbon-shaped aramid fiber filament is treated with an epoxy compound or an isocyanate compound and then twisted, and then treated with RFL or the like, fraying and adhesion are improved. However, like the case of Patent Document 2, the flexibility of the aramid fiber is impaired by the treatment with an epoxy compound or an isocyanate compound, which may cause a decrease in bending fatigue.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can provide an aramid core wire that can prevent the flaking of aramid fibers, has high resistance to bending fatigue, and has excellent adhesion to rubber. The object is to provide a power transmission belt excellent in these characteristics using such an aramid cord.

  The aramid core wire according to the present invention is prepared by immersing an aramid fiber yarn in a resorcin / formalin / latex (RFL) solution containing a phenol novolac type epoxy resin to attach the solid content of the RFL solution to at least the inside of the yarn. And a rubber coating is provided on the surface of the cord obtained by twisting the aramid fiber yarn.

  As described above, the aramid core wire according to the present invention is a filament group in which the aramid fiber yarn is immersed in an RFL solution containing a phenol novolac type epoxy resin so that the solid content of the RFL solution constitutes at least the aramid fiber yarn. It adheres to the inside of the filament (the gap between the filament groups), so that it is possible to prevent the occurrence of fraying by improving the bundling property of the filament groups, and because the phenol novolac epoxy resin is thermoplastic, heating during cord processing The cord is not cured at a temperature and the bending fatigue property of the cord is maintained well. And the adhesiveness of a rubber layer can be improved by the rubber film adhered to the surface of the cord.

  Further, the solid content concentration of the RFL liquid is 5 to 30% by mass, and if it is within this range, the RFL liquid penetrates into the inside of the aramid fiber yarn, and the solid content adheres to the outer surface extending inside. Become.

  Also, an untwisted aramid fiber yarn is immersed in the RFL solution, and an aramid core wire in which the solid content of the RFL solution is adhered to at least the inside of the yarn. In this case, the RFL solution is at least Even inside the filament group constituting the aramid fiber yarn is uniformly permeated and adhered and solidified, so that the filament group is improved in bundling property and the flawy bundling property is improved, thereby preventing the occurrence of fraying.

  The power transmission belt according to the present invention is a power transmission belt in which an aramid core wire is embedded as a core wire in rubber, and the side surface of the belt is exposed, and the aramid core wire is made of an aramid fiber filament group. A twisted cord, in which an aramid fiber yarn is immersed in an RFL solution containing a phenol novolac-type epoxy resin, and the solid content of the RFL solution is adhered to at least the inside of the yarn, and the aramid fiber yarn It is characterized in that a rubber film is provided on the surface of a cord that is twisted.

  The above power transmission belt has good binding properties of the aramid fiber filament group and can prevent fraying, and the phenol novolac type epoxy resin is thermoplastic so that it hardens at the temperature during cord processing. The belt has a long life by maintaining good bending fatigue resistance of the cord and further improving the adhesion with the rubber layer.

  According to the present invention, the aramid fiber yarn is immersed in an RFL solution containing a thermoplastic phenol novolac type epoxy resin, so that the solid content of the RFL solution adheres at least to the inside of the filament group constituting the aramid fiber yarn. Therefore, the bundling property of the filament group can be improved to prevent fraying, and since the phenol novolac type epoxy resin is thermoplastic, it is not cured at the heating temperature at the time of cord processing. Can be improved, and a rubber coating provided on the surface of the cord can enhance the adhesion to the rubber layer.

It is sectional drawing which shows an example of embodiment of the belt for power transmission which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows an example of other embodiment of the belt for power transmission which concerns on this invention. The performance test in an Example is shown, (a) is a top view which shows preparation of the test piece of a peeling test, (b) is the schematic which shows the apparatus used for a bending fatigue test.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

(Configuration and production of aramid core wire)
An aramid core wire is a heat-dried product after a bundle of aramid fiber filaments (referred to as aramid fiber single yarn) in which a group of aramid fiber filaments are untwisted and arranged in a ribbon shape is immersed in an RFL solution containing a phenol novolac type epoxy resin. The solid content of the RFL liquid is attached to at least the inside of the filament group constituting the aramid fiber base yarn (gap between the filament groups), and the aramid fiber single yarn is untwisted or converged with 2 to 3 to obtain a lower twist coefficient of 0 Twist in the range of 1 and arrange about 2 to 3 of this lower twisted yarn, twist the yarn in the range of 1 to 4 in the opposite direction or the same direction as the twisted yarn of the lower twisted yarn, Thereafter, a rubber coating is provided by overcoating with rubber glue. In this case, the solid content adhesion amount of the RFL liquid is 1 to 20% by mass with respect to the total mass of the aramid cord, and within this range, the adhesion between the aramid cord and the rubber is kept high, It can improve fraying and bending fatigue.

  In addition, the aramid core wire is obtained by converging 1 to 3 aramid fiber single yarns and lower twisting in the range of the lower twisting coefficient 0 to 1, then dipping in an RFL solution containing a phenol novolac type epoxy resin, and then drying by heating. The solid content of the liquid is attached to at least the inside of the filament group constituting the aramid fiber base yarn (gap between the filament groups), and about 2 to 3 of the lower twisted yarns are aligned, or the direction opposite to the twist direction of the lower twisted yarn or It is also possible to twist the yarn in the same direction in the range of an upper twist coefficient of 1 to 4 to form a cord, and then overcoat the rubber paste to provide a rubber coating.

  The twist coefficient is defined by twist coefficient = [(number of twists (times / m) × √ (total fineness (dtex))] / 960.

  The immersion and heat drying conditions of the aramid fiber single yarn are not particularly limited, but the immersion time is set to about 1 to 10 seconds, the heat drying conditions are about 90 to 130 ° C. for about 1 to 5 minutes, and the tension Is preferably performed. In particular, the familiarity of the RFL liquid impregnated by heating and drying while applying a tension of 100 N or more is improved, the twist unevenness can be reduced, and the variation in the diameter of the twisted cord caused by the twist unevenness, It can be made smaller.

  The upper limit of the tension during the heat drying is not particularly limited. However, even if a tension exceeding 150 N is applied, the effect of reducing the variation in the diameter of the twisted cord cannot be further improved, and an excessive load may be applied to the processing apparatus that performs the heat treatment. This is a practical upper limit.

(Aramid fiber)
In the present invention, as the aramid fiber (aromatic polyamide fiber), either para-aramid or meta-aramid can be used, but para-aramid having a high modulus is preferable as the aramid fiber used for the core wire. For example, copolyparaphenylene-3,4'oxydiphenylene terephthalamide (eg “Technola” from Teijin Limited), poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide (eg “Twaron” from Teijin Limited), Toray DuPont Co., Ltd. ) “Kevlar”).

(RFL solution)
In the RFL liquid, a polybutadiene latex is mainly used as a latex, and is prepared by mixing an initial condensate of resorcin and formalin and a rubber latex.
If polybutadiene latex is used, the adhesiveness between the aramid core wire and the rubber can be maintained higher than that of other latexes, and the fluffiness and bending fatigue property of the core wire can be improved.

  The molar ratio of resorcin to formalin is generally set to about 1: 0.5 to 3, and this range is preferable in order to enhance the adhesiveness between the aramid cord and rubber. The initial condensate of resorcin and formalin is mixed in a range of 10 to 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber content of the rubber latex, and diluted with a solvent such as water to prepare an RFL solution. .

  The solid content concentration of the RFL liquid is 6 to 35% by mass, and more preferably 10 to 30% by mass. If it exceeds 35% by mass, the RFL solution will not easily penetrate into the filament group constituting the aramid fiber base yarn and will not adhere uniformly, and the amount of adhesion will be reduced, and the binding property of the filament group will worsen and it will become frayed easily. In addition, the amount of solid content of the RFL liquid increases and the solid content layer becomes thick, and the layer is easily damaged and the adhesive strength is reduced. On the other hand, if it is less than 10% by mass, the amount of solid content of the RFL liquid is reduced, and it becomes easy to be frayed.

  The RFL liquid contains a phenol novolac type epoxy resin. In this phenol novolac type epoxy resin, an epoxy compound is represented by the following formula.

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(In the formula, n is an integer.)

  The phenol novolac type epoxy resin is thermoplastic and is not cured by the heat at the time of heating and drying the RFL liquid, so that the bending fatigue property of the cord is not impaired. In addition, in the original yarn dipping process in which the aramid fiber single yarn is dipped into the RFL liquid, the solid content of the RFL liquid is increased as compared with the case where the aramid fiber single yarn is twisted and then dipped. Because of the plasticity, the bending rigidity of the aramid core wire is reduced and the bending fatigue property is improved.

  Commercially available products of the phenol novolac type epoxy resin include DIC Corporation Epicron N-665, 670, 673, 680, 690, 695, 730, 740, 770, 865, 870, and 870. XD-7855 manufactured by Dow Chemical Co., ECN-1273 manufactured by Asahi Kasei Epoxy Co., Ltd., 1299, Yukaresin NE-754 manufactured by Yoshimura Oil Chemical Co., Ltd. (all of which are trade names).

(Rubber coating)
The rubber coating is a rubber layer formed on the surface of the aramid core wire and is conventionally used, and any rubber coating may be used as long as it has excellent adhesion to the rubber of the adhesive rubber layer described later. For example, rubber components such as chloroprene rubber, chlorosulfonated polyethylene, alkylated chlorosulfonated polyethylene, hydrogenated nitrile rubber, ethylene-α-olefin (EPM, EPDM, etc.) and resin components such as isocyanate compounds and epoxy compounds. In addition, those dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent such as methyl ethyl ketone and toluene can be used. The concentration of the rubber paste is not particularly limited, but a range of about 2 to 10% by mass is preferable.

  The rubber composition to be the rubber coating contained a crosslinking agent such as sulfur and organic peroxide, an antioxidant, a processing aid, a plasticizer, a filler, and a reinforcing material such as carbon black and silica. A rubber paste obtained by dissolving a rubber composition in a solvent such as methyl ethyl ketone.

  The adhesion amount of the rubber coating is preferably 5 to 15% by mass with respect to the total amount of the aramid cord (the weight including the cord main body, the RFL solid content and the rubber coating). The adhesive strength between the aramid core wire and the adhesive rubber (for example, EPDM composition) decreases. On the other hand, when the content exceeds 15% by mass, the amount of adhesion increases, the thickness increases, and the rubber coating itself tends to break. This causes a problem such as lowering.

Examples of the crosslinking agent (vulcanizing agent) contained in the rubber coating include quinone dioxime crosslinking agents such as p-quinonedioxime, methacrylate crosslinking agents such as lauryl methacrylate and methyl methacrylate, and DAF (diallyl fuma). Rate), DAP (diallyl phthalate), TAC (triallyl cyanurate) and TAIC (triallyl isocyanurate), as well as bismaleimide, phenyl maleimide or N, N′-m-phenylene dimaleimide Maleimide-based crosslinking agents (maleimide or maleimide derivatives) can be used.
A commercially available adhesive containing rubber and a crosslinking agent may be used as a material for forming the rubber film. An example of such an adhesive is Chemlock 402 (manufactured by Road Corporation).

(Power transmission belt)
FIG. 1 shows an example of a power transmission belt using an aramid core wire 1 produced as described above. The aramid core wire 1 is embedded in the adhesive rubber layer 6 and disposed along the longitudinal direction of the belt. The compression rubber layer 2 is laminated adjacent to the inner peripheral transmission surface side of the adhesive rubber layer 6 and the adhesive rubber layer. An elongated rubber layer 8 is laminated adjacent to the back surface side of 6. The compressed rubber layer 2 is formed with a plurality of ribs 9 along the longitudinal direction of the belt by cutting V grooves on the inner peripheral surface thereof. In FIG. 1, the short fibers 10 are contained in the compressed rubber layer 2 and are arranged in the belt width direction to maintain the lateral pressure resistance of the belt. Further, a reinforcing cloth (not shown) formed of a woven fabric, a non-woven fabric, a knitted fabric or the like may be laminated on the back surface of the belt.

  In the power transmission belt formed as described above, both side surfaces thereof are cut cut surfaces, and the aramid core wire 1 is also cut in the longitudinal direction at the time of cutting, and the aramid core wire 1 is cut. The surface is exposed on the side surface of the power transmission belt. When the aramid core wire 1 is exposed on the side surface of the power transmission belt, when the aramid fiber filament of the aramid core wire 1 is unwound, the aramid core wire starts from the aramid fiber unwound from the side surface of the power transmission belt. May pop out from the side of the belt, and the popped-out aramid cord may wind around the rotating pulley shaft and break the belt. However, since the aramid core wire 1 of the present invention performs the RFL treatment as described above to enhance the binding property between the filaments and prevent the filament from breaking, the aramid core wire on the side surface of the power transmission belt. 1 can be prevented from being frayed.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a low-edge V-belt which is another example of the power transmission belt according to the present invention. The low-edge V-belt is formed by laminating an adhesive rubber layer 6 in which a plurality of aramid cords 1 extending in the belt longitudinal direction are embedded, and a compression rubber layer 2 adjacent to the inner peripheral transmission surface side of the adhesive rubber layer 6 and bonding. The cross section in which the stretched rubber layer 8 is laminated adjacent to the back side of the rubber layer 6 has a trapezoidal shape. This low edge V-belt is different from the V-ribbed belt in that no rib portion is formed on the compressed rubber layer 2. The low edge V belt may form cogs (convex portions) at predetermined intervals along the belt longitudinal direction, and a woven or non-woven fabric is formed on the back surface of the stretched rubber layer 8 and the inner surface of the compressed rubber layer 2. A reinforcing cloth formed of knitted fabric or the like may be laminated.

  In the power transmission belt, the adhesive rubber layer 6 and the compressed rubber layer 2 are produced by molding a rubber composition, and an ethylene-α-olefin elastomer is used as the rubber component of these rubber compositions. It is. As the ethylene / α-olefin rubber, a copolymer of ethylene and α-olefin (such as propylene, butene, hexene, or octene) or a copolymer of ethylene, the α-olefin, and a nonconjugated diene is used. be able to. Examples of the diene component include non-conjugated dienes having 5 to 15 carbon atoms such as ethylidene norbornene, dicyclopentadiene, 1,4-hexadiene, cyclooctadiene, and methylene norbornene. Specifically, ethylene-propylene rubber (EPM), ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM) and the like are used, and EPDM is more preferable.

  The power transmission belt of the present invention is not limited to the V-ribbed belt and the low-edge V-belt, and can be used for a toothed belt, a flat belt, and the like.

  Next, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to examples.

(Examples 1 to 10)
Table 1 shows one bundle of aramid fiber filaments (referred to as aramid fiber single yarn) that is made of untwisted and ribbon-shaped aramid fibers (“Technola” manufactured by Teijin Limited) of 1670 dtex (number of filaments). It was immersed in an RFL solution (RFL 1 to 3) having the composition shown and dried. The immersion was performed by passing the aramid fiber single yarn through the RFL solution shown in Table 1 for 3 seconds, and the heat drying was performed at 230 ° C. for 1.5 minutes.

  Next, the RFL-treated aramid fiber single yarn was twisted with the twisting factor shown in Table 6. The range of the lower twist coefficient is in the range of 0 to 1, and the case of 0 indicates the case where there is no lower twist. And two of these were bundled, and as shown in Table 5, the upper twist coefficient was twisted in the same direction as the lower twist in the range of 1 to 4, or the opposite direction, and the aramid fiber cord was produced.

  Thereafter, the aramid cord was obtained by immersing the RFL-treated aramid fiber cord in rubber paste and drying it. Here, as the rubber paste, a solution (concentration 9%) having the composition shown in Table 2 in which the EPDM compounded rubber composition shown in Table 3 was dissolved in toluene and isocyanate was added thereto was used. The immersion was performed by passing the aramid fiber cord through rubber paste for 3 seconds, and drying was performed at 170 ° C. for 1.5 minutes. In this case, the RFL solid content was 10% by mass.

(Comparative Examples 1-3)
One aramid fiber single yarn as in Example 1 was immersed in an RFL solution (RFL4 to RFL6) having the composition shown in Table 1 and dried. The immersion was performed by passing the aramid fiber single yarn through the first RFL solution for 3 seconds, and the heat drying was performed at 230 ° C. for 1.5 minutes. Next, the RFL-treated aramid fiber single yarn was twisted with a twisting factor of 0.5 shown in Table 7. And two of these were bundled, and the upper twist coefficient 2.5 shown in Table 6 was twisted in the same direction as the lower twist to produce an aramid fiber cord.

  Thereafter, the aramid cord was obtained by immersing the RFL-treated aramid fiber cord in rubber paste and drying it. Here, as a rubber paste, a solution (concentration 9%) having a composition shown in Table 2 in which an EPDM compounded rubber composition shown in Table 3 was dissolved in toluene as in Example 1 and isocyanate was added thereto was used. The immersion was performed by passing the aramid fiber cord through rubber paste for 3 seconds, and drying was performed at 170 ° C. for 1.5 minutes. In this case, the RFL solid content was 10% by mass.

  For the aramid cords obtained in Examples 1 to 10 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3, a fray test, a peel test (adhesion test), a bending fatigue test, and a bending rigidity were performed as follows. The results are shown in Table 5 (Example) and Table 6 (Comparative Example).

(Shot test)
In order to evaluate the hotness of the aramid cord, a V-ribbed belt was produced by the following method. First, a 1-ply cotton canvas with rubber was wrapped around the outer periphery of a cylindrical molding mold having a smooth surface, and an unvulcanized adhesive rubber sheet of the rubber composition shown in Table 5 was wrapped around the outer periphery thereof. Next, an aramid core wire is spun and wound from above the adhesive rubber layer sheet, and an unvulcanized adhesive rubber layer sheet and an unvulcanized compressed rubber layer sheet having the rubber composition shown in Table 4 are further formed thereon. Wound in order. Thereafter, the molding mold was placed in a vulcanizing can and vulcanized in a state where a vulcanizing jacket was disposed outside the compressed rubber layer sheet. Then, the cylindrical vulcanized rubber sleeve obtained by vulcanization is taken out from the molding mold, and the compressed rubber layer of the vulcanized rubber sleeve is ground into a V-groove shape by a grinder to form a plurality of ribs, and then vulcanized. The rubber sleeve was finished in a V-ribbed belt (see FIG. 1) by cutting the rubber sleeve in a circumferential direction with a cutter.

  The V-ribbed belt produced as described above was subjected to a fraying test in which the aramid core wire exposed on the side surface of the belt cut in the circumferential direction with a cutter was rubbed by hand and visually checked for the presence or absence of fraying and the degree thereof. If the exposed aramid cord is rubbed strongly, no flickering occurs. “◎” indicates that the fraying is slight but slight, “△” indicates that the fraying is large. The case where the flutter has already occurred at the time point was evaluated as “×”, and the case where the evaluation was “◯” or more was determined as good.

(Peel test)
On one surface of an unvulcanized EPDM compound rubber sheet (thickness 4 mm) having the composition shown in Table 5, a plurality of 150 mm long aramid core wires are arranged in parallel so as to have a width of 25 mm (FIG. 3 (a ) Shows a state in which the aramid cores 1 are aligned in parallel), and a canvas is stacked on the other surface of the EPDM compound rubber sheet, and a pressure of 0.2 MPa (2 kgf / cm ² ) is applied with a press plate. Further, a strip test piece (width 25 mm, length 150 mm, thickness 4 mm) for a peel test was prepared by vulcanization by heating at 160 ° C. for 30 minutes. Using this test piece, a peel test was performed at a tensile speed of 50 mm / min in accordance with JIS K6256, and the adhesive strength (vulcanized adhesive strength) between the aramid cord and rubber was measured in a room temperature atmosphere. When the adhesive strength is 500 N or more, “◎”, when it is 400 N or more and less than 550 N, “◯”, when it is 250 N or more and less than 400 N, “Δ”, when it is less than 250 N, “X” is evaluated. If it was “O” or more, the adhesiveness was judged to be good.

(Bending fatigue test)
A specimen for a bending fatigue test was produced as follows. First, an unvulcanized EPDM compounded rubber sheet (thickness 0.5 mm) having the composition shown in Table 4 is wound around a cylindrical mold, and an aramid core wire is wound spirally thereon, and then the same uncoated rubber sheet is further formed thereon. A vulcanized EPDM blended rubber sheet (thickness 0.5 mm) was wound, covered with a jacket, and vulcanized by heating to produce a vulcanized rubber sleeve. Then, a vulcanized rubber sleeve is cut with a cutter in the circumferential direction so that two aramid core wires are embedded and the aramid core wire is not exposed on the cut side surface, and a test piece having a width of 3 mm, a length of 50 cm, and a thickness of 1.5 mm. Was made.

In the bending fatigue test, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the test piece 13 produced as described above is bent and wound around a pair of cylindrical rotating bars (diameter 30 mm) 12a and 12b arranged above and below, One end of the test piece 13 is fixed to the frame 14 and a load 15 of 2 kg is applied to the other end of the test piece 13, and the pair of rotary bars 12a and 12b are reciprocated up and down 300000 times in the vertical direction (with a constant relative distance). Stroke: 100 mm, cycle: 100 times / minute), the test piece 13 was repeatedly wound and unwound on the rotating bars 12a, 12b, and bending fatigue was caused. Then, using an autograph ("AGS-J10kN" manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation), the test piece after bending was pulled under the condition of a tensile speed of 50 mm / min, and the strength at break of the test piece was measured. On the other hand, the strength at break of the test piece before bending is measured in advance,
Strength retention (%) = (Strength after bending / Strength before bending) × 100
The strength retention was calculated from the formula: If the strength retention is 60% or more, “◎”, if it is 40% or more and less than 60%, “◯”, if it is 20% or more and less than 40%, “△”, if it is less than 20%, “×”. When the evaluation was “◯” or higher, the bending fatigue resistance was determined to be good.

(Bending rigidity)
Strip samples (width 10 mm x length 70 mm) were prepared by arranging the treated aramid cords, and this was left to adjust for 8 hours in an atmosphere of 23 ° C. and 65% temperature and humidity. Further, the sample was set on an Olsen-type bending tester to obtain a test piece. Then, one end of the test piece was once attached to the test piece gripping tool, and the other end was fixed. The specimen gripping tool was driven and the specimen was bent with respect to the fulcrum. The bending moment of the test piece was calculated from the bending angle of the test piece at that time and the force applied to the test piece, and was defined as the bending rigidity (MPa) of the core wire.

  As can be seen from Table 5, the aramid cores of Examples 1 to 10 use RFL liquid in which a phenol novolac type epoxy resin and polybutadiene latex are combined. It turns out that it is excellent.

  On the other hand, as seen in Table 6, since Comparative Example 1 does not use an epoxy resin, fraying occurs. Moreover, since the comparative examples 2 and 3 use the cresol novolak type epoxy resin, the fraying property is improved, but the bending fatigue property is deteriorated. This is because the resole novolac type epoxy resin is thermosetting, so that the bending rigidity is increased and the bending fatigue property is deteriorated.

  Furthermore, since Comparative Example 3 uses acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer (NBR) as latex, the adhesion with the EPDM rubber composition is poor.

  From the above results, by using a phenol novolac type epoxy resin, it is possible to maintain high adhesion between the aramid core wire and rubber, to prevent the core wire from fraying and to improve the bending fatigue resistance. Is.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Core wire 2 Compression rubber layer 6 Adhesive rubber layer 8 Stretch rubber layer 9 Rib

Claims (4)

  The aramid fiber yarn is dipped in a resorcin / formalin latex (RFL) solution containing a phenol novolac-type epoxy resin to allow the solid content of the RFL solution to adhere to at least the inside of the yarn, and this aramid fiber yarn An aramid core wire, characterized in that a rubber coating is provided on the surface of a cord that is twisted.   The aramid core wire according to claim 1, wherein a solid content concentration of the RFL liquid is 5 to 30% by mass.   The aramid core wire according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a non-twisted aramid fiber yarn is immersed in the RFL solution, and the solid content of the RFL solution is adhered to at least the inside of the yarn.   A power transmission belt in which an aramid core wire is embedded as a core wire in rubber and the side surface of the belt is exposed, and the aramid core wire is a cord obtained by twisting a raw yarn comprising a group of aramid fiber filaments, The yarn is immersed in an RFL solution containing a phenol novolac type epoxy resin so that the solid content of the RFL solution adheres at least to the inside of the raw yarn, and further, a rubber coating is applied to the surface of the cord obtained by twisting the aramid fiber raw yarn. A power transmission belt characterized by comprising:

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