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Definitions

• the present invention relates to self-sealing compositions useful as anti-puncture layers in any type of "pneumatic" object, that is to say, by definition, any object which takes its usable form when it is inflated with air.
• Self-sealing compositions capable of achieving such an objective, by definition capable of ensuring automatically, that is to say without any external intervention, the sealing of a tire in case of perforation of the latter by a foreign body such as a nail, are particularly difficult to develop.
• a self-sealing layer In order to be usable, a self-sealing layer must satisfy many conditions of a physical and chemical nature. In particular, it must be effective over a very wide range of operating temperatures throughout the life of the tires. It must be able to close the hole when the piercing object remains in place; at the expulsion of the latter, it must be able to fill the hole and make the tire tight.
• the level of liquid elastomer is reduced or if it is completely eliminated, another major manufacturing problem may arise: in the absence of a charge such as carbon black, or at least a significant amount of such a filler (otherwise undesirable, in known manner, for this type of application), the composition is weakly cohesive. This lack of cohesion can be such that the stickiness of the composition, resulting from the high rate of tackifying resin used, is no longer compensated and prevails. It then follows a risk of parasitic bonding on the mixing tools, unacceptable under conditions of industrial implementation.
• the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a self-sealing elastomer composition, said method comprising at least the following steps:
• a masterbatch comprising at least one diene elastomer and more than 30 phr of a hydrocarbon resin is first produced by mixing these various components in a mixer at a temperature or up to so-called "hot mixing" temperature which is higher than the softening temperature of the hydrocarbon resin;
• FIG. 1 an example of an extrusion-mixing device that can be used for carrying out a process according to the invention
• FIG. 2 an example of a pneumatic tire using a self-sealing composition prepared according to the process according to the invention
• any range of values designated by the expression “between a and b” represents the range of values from more than a to less than b (i.e. terminals a and b excluded) while any range of values designated by the expression “from a to b” means the range of values from terminal "a" to terminal "b", that is to say including the strict limits "a” and "b".
• the process according to the invention therefore has the following two essential steps: a) a masterbatch comprising at least one diene elastomer and more than 30 phr of a hydrocarbon resin is first produced by mixing these different components in a mixer at a temperature or a temperature called “mixing temperature”; hot “or” first temperature "which is higher than the softening temperature of the hydrocarbon resin; b) then incorporating at least one cross-linking system into said masterbatch, by mixing the whole, in the same mixer or in a different mixer, at a temperature or a so-called “second temperature” which is kept below 100 ° C, for obtaining said self-sealing composition.
• the first and second temperatures above are of course those of the masterbatch and the self-sealing composition, respectively, measurable in situ and not the set temperatures of the mixers themselves.
• masterbatch (or “masterbatch”) is to be understood here, by definition, the mixture of at least one diene elastomer and more than 30 phr of the hydrocarbon resin, a precursor mixture of the final self-sealing composition, ready to work.
• additives may be incorporated in this masterbatch, whether they are intended for the actual masterbatch (for example a stabilizing agent, a coloring or anti-UV agent, an antioxidant, etc.) or for the final self-sealing composition at which is the masterbatch.
• the masterbatch can be manufactured in any mixing tool, in particular in a paddle mixer, a roller mixer, an extruder, any mixer capable of mixing, kneading its various components sufficiently until a homogeneous and homogeneous mixture of said components is obtained. components.
• a mixer-screw extruder constant pitch or not, able in known manner to introduce significant shear of the mixture (diene elastomer and resin) being formed.
• the hydrocarbon resin In the initial state, that is to say before contact with the elastomer, the hydrocarbon resin may be in the solid state or in the liquid state.
• the diene elastomer (solid) When the diene elastomer (solid) is brought into contact with the hydrocarbon resin, the latter may be in the solid state or, in a more preferred embodiment, already in the liquid state; it suffices for this to heat the resin at a temperature above its softening temperature.
• the maximum temperature (or first temperature) of hot mixing is typically greater than 70 ° C., preferably greater than 80 ° C., for example between 100 ° C. and 150 ° C.
• the hydrocarbon resin is preferably injected in the liquid state, under pressure, into the mixer.
• the step a) hot mixing is conducted away from oxygen.
• Step b) of incorporating the crosslinking system is in turn conducted at a temperature or a maximum temperature (or second temperature) which is maintained below 100 ° C, preferably below 80 ° C.
• the second temperature is kept below the softening temperature of the resin.
• the mixing temperature of step b) is preferably less than 50 ° C., more preferably between 20 ° C. and 40 ° C.
• an intermediate cooling step of the masterbatch to bring its temperature to a value less than 100 0 C, preferably less than 80 0 C, especially less than softening temperature of the resin, this before introduction (step b)) of the crosslinking system in the previously prepared masterbatch.
• composition or self-sealing material capable of being prepared according to the process of the invention is therefore an elastomer composition comprising at least one diene elastomer, more than 30 phr of a hydrocarbon resin and a crosslinking system; in addition to various possible additives, it may or may not include a small fraction of reinforcing filler. Its formulation is described in more detail below.
• the diene elastomers in known manner, can be classified in two categories, saturated or unsaturated.
• a diene elastomer of the unsaturated type is preferably used here, that is to say by definition a diene elastomer derived at least in part from conjugated diene monomers and having a proportion of units or units derived from conjugated dienes which is greater than 30%. (% in moles)
• the diene elastomer of the composition of the invention is by definition solid.
• its number-average molecular weight (Mn) is between 100,000 and 5,000,000, more particularly between 200,000 and 4,000,000 g / mol.
• the diene elastomer is chosen from the group consisting of polybutadienes (BR), natural rubber (NR), synthetic polyisoprenes (IR), copolymers of butadienes (for example of butadiene-styrene or SBR), copolymers of isoprene and mixtures of such elastomers.
• the diene elastomer (preferably unsaturated) of the composition of the invention is an isoprene elastomer, preferentially chosen from the group consisting of natural rubber (NR), synthetic polyisoprenes (IR), copolymers of butadiene-isoprene (BIR), styrene-isoprene copolymers (SIR), styrene-butadiene-isoprene copolymers (SBIR) and mixtures of these elastomers.
• This isoprene elastomer is preferably natural rubber or a synthetic cis-1,4 polyisoprene.
• the diene elastomer (preferably unsaturated) above, in particular isoprenic elastomer such as natural rubber, may constitute the entire elastomer matrix or the majority by weight (preferably for more than 50%, more preferably for more than 70%) of the latter when it comprises one or more other elastomer (s), diene or non-dienic, for example of the thermoplastic type.
• the level of diene elastomer (preferably unsaturated), in particular of isoprene elastomer such as natural rubber is greater than 50 phr, more preferably greater than 70 pce (pce meaning in known manner parts by weight per hundred parts of solid elastomer). More preferably still, this level of diene elastomer (preferably unsaturated), in particular of isoprene elastomer such as natural rubber, is greater than 80 phr.
• the above diene elastomer especially when it is an isoprene diene elastomer such as natural rubber, is the only elastomer present in the self-sealing composition of the invention.
• this isoprene elastomer could be associated with other elastomers (solid) minority by weight, whether unsaturated diene elastomers (eg BR or SBR) or even saturated (For example butyl), or elastomers other than diene, especially thermoplastic styrene elastomers (so-called "TPS”), for example selected from the group consisting of styrene / butadiene / styrene block copolymers (SBS), styrene / isoprene styrene / styrene (SIS), styrene / butadiene / isoprene
• SBS styrene / butad
• Hydrocarbon resin is reserved in the present application, by definition known to those skilled in the art, to a compound that is solid at room temperature (23 0 C), as opposed to a liquid plasticizer such as an oil.
• Hydrocarbon resins are polymers well known to those skilled in the art, essentially based on carbon and hydrogen, which can be used in particular as plasticizers or tackifying agents in polymer matrices. They are inherently miscible (i.e., compatible) with the levels used with the polymer compositions for which they are intended, so as to act as true diluents. They have been described, for example, in the book "Hydrocarbon Resins” by R. Mildenberg, M. Zander and G. Collin (New York, VCH, 1997, ISBN 3-527-28617-9), chapter 5 of which is devoted their applications, in particular pneumatic rubber (5.5 “Rubber Tires and Mechanical Goods”).
• They can be aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, hydrogenated aromatic, aliphatic / aromatic type that is to say based on aliphatic and / or aromatic monomers. They may be natural or synthetic, whether or not based on petroleum (if so, also known as petroleum resins).
• Tg glass transition temperature
• these hydrocarbon resins can also be described as thermoplastic resins in that they soften by heating and can thus be molded. They can also be defined by a point or softening point, the temperature at which the product, for example in the form of powder, agglutinates; this datum tends to replace the melting point, which is rather poorly defined, of resins in general.
• the softening temperature of a hydrocarbon resin is generally greater by about 50 to 60 ° C. than the value of Tg.
• the softening temperature of the resin is preferably greater than 40 ° C. (in particular between 40 ° C. and 140 ° C.), more preferably greater than 50 ° C. (especially between 50 ° C. C and 135 ° C).
• the level of resin is preferably between 40 and 80 phr, more preferably still at least equal to 45 phr, in particular within a range of 45 to 75 phr.
• the hydrocarbon resin has at least one, more preferably all of the following characteristics:
• Tg greater than 25 ° C .
• softening point greater than 50 ° C. (in particular between 50 ° C. and
• this hydrocarbon resin has at least one, more preferably all of the following characteristics:
• Tg of between 25 ° C. and 100 ° C. (in particular between 30 ° C. and 90 ° C.); a softening point of 60 0 C, in particular between 60 0 C and 135 ° C; an average mass M n of between 500 and 1500 g / mol; a polymolecularity index Ip of less than 2.
• Tg is measured according to ASTM D3418 (1999).
• the softening point is measured according to ISO 4625 ("Ring and Bail” method).
• the macrostructure (Mw, Mn and Ip) is determined by steric exclusion chromatography (SEC): solvent tetrahydrofuran; temperature 35 ° C; concentration 1 g / 1; flow rate 1 ml / min; filtered solution on 0.45 ⁇ m porosity filter before injection; Moore calibration with polystyrene standards; set of 3 "WATERS” columns in series (“STYRAGEL” HR4E, HR1 and HR0.5); differential refractometer detection (“WATERS 2410") and its associated operating software (“WATERS EMPOWER”).
• hydrocarbon resins By way of examples of such hydrocarbon resins, mention may be made of those selected from the group consisting of homopolymer or copolymer resins of cyclopentadiene (abbreviated as CPD) or dicyclopentadiene (abbreviated to DCPD), terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins. C5 homopolymer or copolymer resins, and mixtures of these resins.
• CPD cyclopentadiene
• DCPD dicyclopentadiene
• copolymer resins mention may be made more particularly of those selected from the group consisting of (D) CPD / vinylaromatic copolymer resins, (D) CPD / terpene copolymer resins, (D) copolymer resins CPD / C5 cut, terpene / vinylaromatic copolymer resins, C5 / vinylaromatic cut copolymer resins, and mixtures of these resins.
• pene here combines in a known manner the alpha-pinene, beta-pinene and limonene monomers; preferably, a limonene monomer is used which is present in a known manner in the form of three possible isomers: L-limonene (laevorotatory enantiomer), D-limonene (dextrorotatory enantiomer), or the dipentene, racemic of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory enantiomers. .
• Suitable vinylaromatic monomers are, for example, styrene, alpha-methylstyrene, ortho-methylstyrene, meta-methylstyrene, para-methylstyrene, vinyl-toluene, para-tert-butylstyrene, methoxystyrenes, chlorostyrenes, hydroxystyrenes, vinylmesitylene, divinylbenzene, vinylnaphthalene, any vinylaromatic monomer resulting from a C 9 cut (or more generally from a C 8 to C 10 cut).
• the resins selected from the group consisting of homopolymer resins (D) CPD, copolymer resins (D) CPD / styrene, polylimonene resins, limonene / styrene copolymer resins, resins of limonene / D copolymer (CPD), C5 / styrene cut copolymer resins, C5 / C9 cut copolymer resins, and mixtures of these resins.
• D homopolymer resins
• D copolymer resins
• D copolymer resins
• polylimonene resins limonene / styrene copolymer resins
• resins of limonene / D copolymer (CPD) resins of limonene / D copolymer
• C5 / styrene cut copolymer resins C5 / C9 cut copolymer resins
• the self-sealing composition further comprises a system for crosslinking the diene elastomer, this crosslinking system being preferentially a sulfur-based crosslinking system, in other words a so-called "vulcanization" system.
• the sulfur vulcanization system preferably comprises, as vulcanization activator, a guanidine derivative, ie a substituted guanidine.
• a guanidine derivative ie a substituted guanidine.
• the substituted guanidines are well known to a person skilled in the art (see, for example, WO 00/05300): non-limiting examples are N, N'-diphenylguanidine (abbreviated as "DPG"), triphenylguanidine or else di-o-tolylguanidine. DPG is preferably used.
• the sulfur content is preferably between 0.1 and 1.5 phr, in particular between 0.2 and 1.2 phr. (for example between 0.2 and 1.0 phr) and the level of guanidine derivative is itself between 0 and 1.5 phr, in particular between 0 and 1.0 phr (especially in a range of 0.2 at 0.5 phr).
• the composition may therefore be devoid of such an accelerator, or at most comprise less than 1 phr, more preferably less than 0.5 phr.
• an accelerator there may be mentioned as an example any compound (primary or secondary accelerator) capable of acting as an accelerator for vulcanizing diene elastomers in the presence of sulfur, in particular thiazole accelerators and their derivatives, accelerators thiuram types, zinc dithiocarbamates.
• the above vulcanization system may be devoid of zinc or zinc oxide (known as vulcanization activators).
• sulfur donors are well known to those skilled in the art.
• the amount of such a sulfur donor will preferably be adjusted between 0.5 and 10 phr, more preferably between 1 and 5 phr, so as to reach the preferential equivalent sulfur levels indicated above (ie between 0.1 and 1.5 phr, in particular between 0.2 and 1.2 phr of sulfur).
• a vulcanization system as described above provides sufficient cohesion to the composition, without giving it true vulcanization: the measurable crosslinking, via a conventional swelling method known to those skilled in the art, is in fact close to detection limit.
• composition prepared according to the method of the invention has the other characteristic of being unloaded or very weakly charged, that is to say of having from 0 to less than 30 phr of charge.
• charge here is meant any type of charge, whether it is reinforcing (typically with nanometric particles, of average size by weight preferably less than 500 nm, in particular between 20 and 200 nm) or that it is non-reinforcing or inert (typically with micrometric particles, of average size in weight greater than 1 micron, for example between 2 and 200 microns).
• fillers reinforcing or not, are essentially there to give dimensional stability, that is to say a minimum mechanical strength to the final composition.
• the filler is known as a reinforcing agent with respect to an elastomer, especially an isoprene elastomer such as natural rubber.
• the self-sealing composition preferably comprises 0 to less than 20 phr, more preferably 0 to less than 10 phr of charge.
• fillers known to be reinforcing by those skilled in the art, mention will in particular be made of nanoparticles of carbon black or of a reinforcing inorganic filler, or a blend of these two types of filler.
• carbon blacks for example, all carbon blacks are suitable, in particular blacks of the HAF, ISAF, SAF type conventionally used in tires (so-called pneumatic grade blacks).
• HAF HAF
• ISAF SAF type conventionally used in tires
• pneumatic grade blacks carbon blacks of (ASTM) grade 300, 600 or 700 (for example N326, N330, N347, N375, N683, N772).
• inorganic fillers are in particular mineral fillers like silica (SiO 2), especially precipitated or pyrogenic silica having a BET surface below 450 m 2 / g, preferably from 30 to 400 m 2 / g.
• silica SiO 2
• precipitated or pyrogenic silica having a BET surface below 450 m 2 / g, preferably from 30 to 400 m 2 / g.
• fillers By way of examples of fillers known to be non-reinforcing or inert by those skilled in the art, mention will in particular be made of microparticles of natural (chalk) or synthetic calcium carbonates, of synthetic or natural silicates (such as kaolin, talc, mica). ), milled silicas, titanium oxides, aluminas or aluminosilicates. As examples of lamellar fillers, mention may also be made of graphite particles. Coloring or colored fillers may advantageously be used to color the composition according to the desired color.
• the physical state under which the charge is presented is indifferent, whether in the form of powder, microbeads, granules, beads or any other suitable densified form.
• charge is also understood to mean mixtures of different fillers, reinforcing and / or non-reinforcing.
• a reinforcing filler is present in the self-sealing composition, its content is preferably less than 5 phr (ie between 0 and 5 phr), in particular less than 2 phr ( between 0 and 2 phr).
• Such levels have been found to be particularly favorable to the manufacturing process of the invention, while providing excellent self-sealing properties to the composition.
• a rate of between 0.5 and 2 phr is more preferably used, in particular when it is carbon black.
• a filler such as carbon black
• it may be introduced during step a), that is to say at the same time as the unsaturated diene elastomer and the hydrocarbon resin, or during of step b) that is to say, at the same time as the crosslinking system. It has been found that a very small proportion of carbon black, preferably between 0.5 and 2 phr, further improves the mixing and the manufacture of the composition, as well as its final extrudability.
• the basic constituents described above are sufficient on their own for the self-sealing composition to fully fulfill its anti-puncture function vis-à-vis the pneumatic objects in which it is used.
• various other additives may be added, typically in small amounts (preferably at levels of less than 20 phr, more preferably less than 15 phr), such as, for example, protective agents such as anti-UV, anti-oxidants or anti-oxidants.
• ozonants various other stabilizers, coloring agents advantageously used for coloring the self-sealing composition.
• fibers in the form of short fibers or pulp, could possibly be added to give more cohesion to the self-sealing composition.
• the self-sealing composition could also comprise, still in a minority weight fraction relative to the unsaturated diene elastomer, polymers other than elastomers, such as, for example, thermoplastic polymers compatible with the diene elastomer. unsaturated.
• the step a) of manufacturing the masterbatch is preferably carried out in a screw mixer-extruder as schematized in a simple manner in FIG.
• FIG. 1 shows a screw extruder-mixer (10) essentially comprising a screw (for example a single-screw) for extrusion (11), a first dosing pump (12) for the diene elastomer (solid) and a second metering pump (13) for the resin.
• the dosing pumps (12, 13) allow to increase the pressure while maintaining the control of the dosage and the initial characteristics of the materials, the dissociation of the dosing functions (elastomer and resin) and mixing also providing better control of the process.
• the masterbatch thus extruded, ready to be used, is then transferred and cooled for example on an external cylinder mixer for introduction of the crosslinking system and the optional charge, the temperature inside said external mixer being kept below 100 ° C, preferably below 80 ° C, and moreover preferably being lower than the softening temperature of the resin.
• the above cylinders are cooled, for example by circulation of water, at a temperature below 40 ° C., preferably below 30 ° C., so as to avoid any parasitic bonding of the composition onto the walls of the mixer. .
• composition or self-sealing material prepared according to the process of the invention is a solid and elastic compound, which is characterized in particular, thanks to its specific formulation, by a very high flexibility and high deformability. It can be used as a puncture-resistant layer in any type of "pneumatic" object, that is to say, by definition, any object that takes its usable form when it is inflated with air. Examples of such pneumatic objects include pneumatic boats, balls or balls used for play or sport.
• ElIe is particularly well suited for use as a puncture-resistant layer in a pneumatic object, finished or semi-finished product, of rubber, in particular in tires for a motor vehicle such as two-wheeled vehicles, tourism or industrial, or not automobiles such as bicycles, more particularly in passenger car tires likely to run at very high speeds or tires for industrial vehicles such as heavy goods vehicles capable of driving and operating under conditions of particularly high internal temperatures.
• Such an anti-puncture layer is preferably disposed on the inner wall of the pneumatic object, covering it completely or at least in part, but it can also be completely integrated into its internal structure.
• the self-sealing composition described here has the advantage of not presenting, in a very wide range of tire operating temperatures, virtually no penalty in terms of rolling resistance compared to a tire having no such layer. self-sealing.
• the risks of excessive creep during use at a relatively high temperature typically greater than 60 ° C.
• the risks of excessive creep during use at a relatively high temperature typically greater than 60 ° C.
• FIG. 2 shows very schematically (without respecting a specific scale) a radial section of a tire according to the invention.
• This tire 20 comprises an apex 21 reinforced by a crown reinforcement or belt 25, two sidewalls 22 and two beads 23, each of these beads 23 being reinforced with a bead wire 24.
• the crown 21 is topped with a non-corrugated tread. represented in this schematic figure.
• a carcass reinforcement 26 is wound around the two rods 24 in each bead 23, the upturn 27 of this armature 26 being for example disposed towards the outside of the tire 20 which is shown here mounted on its rim 28.
• the carcass reinforcement 26 is known per se consists of at least one sheet reinforced by so-called "radial” cables, for example textile or metal, that is to say that these cables are arranged substantially parallel to each other and s' extend from one bead to the other so as to form an angle of between 80 ° and 90 ° with the median circumferential plane (plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tire which is located halfway between the two beads 23 and goes through the middle of the 25 vertex frame).
• radial cables for example textile or metal
• the tire 20 is characterized in that its inner wall comprises a multi-layer laminate (30) having two layers (30a, 30b), self-sealing thanks to its first layer (30a) and airtight thanks to its second layer (30b), for example based on butyl rubber.
• the two layers (30a, 30b) substantially cover the entire inner wall of the tire, extending from one side to the other, at least to the level of the rim hook when the tire is in the mounted position.
• the laminate is here arranged in such a way that the first self-sealing layer (30a) is radially outermost in the tire, with respect to the other layer (30b). In other words, the self-sealing layer (30a) covers the airtight layer (30b) on the side of the internal cavity 29 of the tire 20.
• the layer 30b (0.7 to 0.8 mm thick) is based on butyl rubber having a conventional formulation for an "innerliner” ⁇ "inner liner ⁇ r) which usually defines, in a bandage conventional pneumatic tire, the radially inner face of said tire intended to protect the carcass reinforcement from the diffusion of air coming from the internal space to the tire, this air-tight layer 30b thus allows the inflation and the pressure maintenance of the tire.
• bandage 20 its sealing properties allow it to ensure a relatively low rate of pressure loss, to maintain the swollen bandage, in normal operating condition, for a sufficient duration, normally several weeks or months.
• a self-sealing composition prepared according to the process according to the invention, comprising the two essential constituents that are natural rubber (100 pce) and a hydrocarbon resin "Escorez 2101" from Exxon Mobil (softening point equal to about 90 ° C) at a weight of about 50 phr.
• the extruder used comprised two different feeds (hoppers) (NR on the one hand, resin on the other hand) and a liquid injection pump under pressure for the resin (injected at a temperature of about 130 ° C.); when the elastomer and the resin are thus intimately mixed, it has been found that the parasitic tackiness of the composition decreases very significantly.
• the above extruder was provided with a die for extruding the masterbatch to the desired dimensions to an external cylinder mixer for final incorporation of the other components, namely the sulfur vulcanization system (e.g. 5 or 1.2 phr) and DPG (for example 0.3 phr) and carbon black (N772, at a rate of 1 phr), at a low temperature maintained at a value of less than + 30 ° C. (cooling of the cylinders by circulation of water).
• the layer 30a thus disposed between the layer 30b and the cavity 29 of the tire, provides the tire with an effective protection against pressure loss due to accidental perforations, allowing the automatic closure of these perforations.
• this tire withstood rolling at 150 km / h at a rated load of 400 kg, without loss of pressure for more than 1500 km, beyond which the roll was stopped.
• the tire thus perforated loses its pressure in less than a minute, becoming totally unfit for rolling.

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