Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C45/00—Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C45/17—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
  • B29C45/40—Removing or ejecting moulded articles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C33/00—Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor
  • B29C33/44—Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor with means for, or specially constructed to facilitate, the removal of articles, e.g. of undercut articles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C45/00—Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C45/17—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
  • B29C45/40—Removing or ejecting moulded articles
  • B29C2045/4084—Progressive ejection
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
  • B29L2030/00—Pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
  • B29L2030/002—Treads

Definitions

• the invention relates to a mold for tire treads, these treads can be intended either for treading new tires or for retreading.
• the term “internal” surface of a tread means the surface of the tread intended to be deposited on the tire and therefore oriented inwards relative to the center of the tire and by “external” surface. the surface intended to be in contact with the ground when the tread is deposited on the tire and therefore oriented outward relative to the center of the tire.
• the invention relates more particularly to an apparatus using a flat mold comprising a first lower molding part and a second upper molding part each defining respectively the outer surface or the inner surface of the tread, at least one of these molding parts being movable between two positions corresponding to the opening and closing of the mold.
• the delicacy of this operation is due to the fact that it must carry out the complete demolding of the end without creating defects due, for example, to a tearing at the level of a sculpture and with a minimum of constraints on the strip to avoid deformations of the latter.
• the publication JP 5-111921 describes a tread mold comprising two molding parts in which the part molding the outer surface of the tread carries at one of its longitudinal ends an inclined section intended to form at the end of the vulcanization a protuberance relative to the tread. This protuberance is intended to facilitate "hooking" of the end to carry out the release.
• the taking of this protuberance appears delicate and in particular if the tensile force necessary for demolding the strip must be significant, for example for treads for heavy goods vehicles.
• the tire tread mold comprising a lower molding part and an upper molding part respectively defining the outer surface or the inner surface of a tread, one of which less than the parts being movable between two positions corresponding to the opening and closing of the mold, is such that the upper molding part carries hooking elements of one of the longitudinal ends of the tread.
• This embodiment allows the release of a longitudinal end of the tread by anchoring said end in the upper molding part effectively in the space provided by the opening of the mold itself and without requiring outside intervention.
• the invention also relates to a molding and vulcanization apparatus which comprises a mold as described above, means for progressive demolding of the tread.
• the means for progressive demolding consist of the end of a translatable plate on the lower molding part in the longitudinal direction.
• This device effectively makes it possible, with the progressive demolding means which cooperate with the attachment zone of the mold and to achieve using the access to the tread created by the initiation of demolding, to demold the rest of the tread. respecting the space and effort constraints supported by the band.
• this plate makes it possible both to demold the tread and to evacuate it.
• FIG. 1 is a partial perspective representation of a mold according to the invention in the open position
• FIG. 2 is a partial longitudinal section of the meridian of the mold shown in FIG. 1,
• FIG. 3 is a partial perspective representation of the lower part of the mold shown in FIG. 1 according to an alternative embodiment
• FIG. 4 is a partial longitudinal section of the mold along line IV of FIG. 3 in the closed position of the mold
• FIG. 5 is a partial longitudinal section of the mold along line V of FIG. 3 in the closed position of the mold
• FIG. 6A to 6D are partial schematic representations in longitudinal section of the apparatus, illustrating the operation of the latter during the demolding operation.
• the mold 1 comprises first and second molding parts 2 and 3 respectively secured to a lower press plate 4 and to an upper press plate 5.
• the first lower molding part 2 defines the external surface of the tread while the second molding part 3 defines the lower surface of the tread.
• the shape of the molding space shown in Figure 1 corresponds to the molding of a tread having side edges without "wings" side.
• these forms of molding are given by way of example and should not constitute a limitation of the invention; the invention being able, in fact, to be applied equally to the molding of treads having longitudinal edges with or without lateral “wings” and whatever the shape of the latter.
• each molding part can be produced in the form of contiguous sectors respectively coupled to the corresponding plate.
• the upper plate 5 is movable relative to the lower plate 4 parallel to a transverse plane P 1, that is to say vertically in Figures 1 and 2, in order to allow the opening and closing of the mold by the movement of the upper molding part 3, as well as reaching intermediate positions.
• any suitable means are conventionally used such as mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders.
• the lower molding part 2 has a surface 20 oriented towards the inside of the mold, for molding the outer surface of the tread, which carries the molding elements intended to produce the tread sculptures desired, such as lamellae. , cords, etc.
• This surface 20 is surrounded by high edges, that is to say oriented towards the upper molding part 3, of contact with said upper part 3.
• longitudinal edges 21 will be called the edges of the molding part 2 oriented along the length of the mold and transverse edges 22 and 24, those oriented along the width of the mold, as seen in FIG. 3. It is important that the edge 21 is raised to ensure that the longitudinal end is maintained when the mold is opened of the tread on the upper molding part as will be seen in detail in the following description.
• the height of the other edges is more generally linked to the knowledge of a person skilled in the art for producing flat molds in order to respect the resumption of the pressing and sealing efforts of the mold edges.
• the upper molding part 3 carries a surface 30, oriented towards the inside of the mold, for molding the internal surface of the tread surrounded by longitudinal edges 31 and transverse edges 32 and 34. These edges do not protrude relative to the surface 30 in the example shown here, however, it is entirely conceivable that they have a certain height in accordance with what has been said previously for the edges of the upper molding part.
• the surface 30 carries at one of its ends 301 at least one projecting element 6 in the form of a hook, the free end 63 of which is oriented towards the outside of the mold in the longitudinal direction.
• a single hook 6 it is preferable to position it transversely in the middle of the width of the mold.
• This hook can extend over all or part of the width of the mold, but it is also possible to envisage several hooks 6 spaced over this width as shown in the example described and shown in FIG. 1.
• the choice of several hooks is particularly advantageous because it is created during molding and vulcanization of the strip of rubber bridges between the hooks which at the end of the demolding phase go increase the rigidity of the rubber area caught in the hooks and thus facilitate its final extraction.
• the hooks 6 shown being identical, a single hook will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 2.
• the opposite end to the free end 63 of the hook 6 relative to the center of said hook is constituted by an inclined surface 61.
• the inclination of this surface is intended to facilitate the "unhooking" of the tread of the hook and in particular to avoid that, during this operation, part of the tread which has already been removed from the mold comes into contact with the hook and risks causing defects or deformations on the strip.
• the inclined surface 61 defines the molding of the longitudinal end of the tread, which may be different as will be seen in the following. However, in all cases, the area of the tread formed in the length of the mold between this inclined surface 61 and the transverse edge 21 of the lower molding part being intended to be dropped, in fact this area serves to carry out the attachment. and initiation of demolding.
• the hook 6 In the closed position of the mold, the hook 6 is located in the molding space, the surface 62 of the hook 6 oriented towards the inside of the mold not being in contact with the surface 21 of the lower molding part 2.
• the tongue can make it possible to accept the elongation deformations that may result from demolding.
• this shape appears particularly advantageous in the case of an embodiment where the upper molding part 3 also carries molding elements; in fact, it is useful while the end 73 retains the rubber slightly during the opening of the mold, thus making it possible to force the sculptures carried by the surface 30 of the upper molding part 3 to be correctly removed from the mold.
• FIG. 3 also shows a second variant which can be used at the same time as the teeth 7 as in this figure, or separately.
• the lower molding part 2 comprises projecting elements 7 ′ arranged so as to be interposed with the hooks 6 and which have a flat surface 72 ′ and an inclined surface 71 ′ towards the inside of the mold and an opposite surface 73 ′ which delimits with the high edge 21 of the lower molding part a molding space of a length, in the longitudinal direction, less than that delimited between the free end 63 of the hook 6 and said edge 21.
• This surface 73 ′ makes it possible to create a “leading” edge on the tread on which a lever can exert a push in order to facilitate the operation of extracting the strip from the hook 6 at the end. release.
• the apparatus comprises means for progressive demolding of the tread.
• the device comprises a shoe 81 intended to locally and progressively demould the tread once the longitudinal end of the latter has been demolded.
• the shoe 81 is formed by the end of a movable plate 8 movable longitudinally parallel to the molding parts.
• rollers not shown, arranged at the transverse ends of the plate can allow to translate on the lower molding part by rolling on the longitudinal edges 22 and 24 of said part.
• These rollers can be produced in the form of rollers or extend over the entire width of the plate 8 for the sake of simplicity of construction.
• the plate 8 may consist of several successive sections allowing a certain flexibility to the assembly or of a single more rigid table, the plate comprising in all cases the uprights extending in the longitudinal direction on which are mounted free in rotation rollers 83 for receiving the tread.
• the rollers 83 serve as a support during demolding to facilitate this operation and also for transporting the tread after demolding.
• the end 81 carries at least one roller 9 which by its rotation associated with the advance of the plate causes the progressive demolding of the tread. It is conceivable that the end 81 is produced in the form of a shovel, the thin end and the inclination of which would also make it possible to obtain gradual detachment from the strip of the mold. According to a variant not shown, it is possible to envisage the presence, integral or not, with the plate 8 of a rocking lever which would allow, in the presence of a mold as shown in FIG. 5, to exert a thrust on the surface of the strip of bearing defined by the surface 73 'of the element 7' to facilitate extraction from the hook, of the tread at the end of demolding.
• FIGS. 6A to 6D represent the variant of the device corresponding to FIG. 1, the operation corresponding to the other alternative embodiments of the mold which can be deduced from the following with the aid of the preceding description elements.
• FIGS. 6A to 6D are sections in the longitudinal direction on which only one longitudinal end of the molding and vulcanizing apparatus is represented, which corresponds to the end of the upper molding part carrying hooks 6. We will not describe here what happens for a hook 6.
• the mold shown in FIG. 6A is in the closed position, the longitudinal and transverse edges of the lower molding part 2 being in contact with the upper molding part 3 as can be seen for the transverse edge 21 shown here.
• the tread B occupies the entire molding space, its end B l being molded around the hook 6.
• the mold 1 is opened by vertically translating the upper molding part 3.
• the tread B is driven by its end Bl engaged in the hook 6, to follow the movement of the molding part 3, which results in its detachment from 1 lower molding part 2.
• the force exerted on the end B l by means of the hook 6 has resulted in the latter, the displacement of which has been guided by sliding contact with the edge 21 of the lower molding part 2.
• This contact with the edge 21 makes it possible to avoid that the traction exerted on the tread and more precisely on the end B1 when the mold is opened, does not cause said end to rotate so as to free itself from the hook 6.
• the attachment of the end B l of the tread to the molding top part 3 during the opening of the mold creates a clearance space which allows access of another type demoulding means between the strip and the lower molding part 2.
• the tread B rests on the plate 8 which can then also serve as transport for the band to leave the space between the upper 3 and lower 2 molding parts of the mold.

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