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  • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
  • C08K—Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients
  • C08K5/00—Use of organic ingredients
  • C08K5/04—Oxygen-containing compounds
  • C08K5/10—Esters; Ether-esters
  • C08K5/101—Esters; Ether-esters of monocarboxylic acids
  • C08K5/103—Esters; Ether-esters of monocarboxylic acids with polyalcohols
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C1/00—Tyres characterised by the chemical composition or the physical arrangement or mixture of the composition
  • B60C1/0016—Compositions of the tread
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
  • C08K—Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients
  • C08K5/00—Use of organic ingredients
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  • C08K5/0016—Plasticisers
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C1/00—Tyres characterised by the chemical composition or the physical arrangement or mixture of the composition

Definitions

• the invention relates to tires and more particularly to those comprising a composition which comprises a polyfunctional acrylate derivative and a peroxide.
• compositions comprising zinc diacrylate derivatives are described in certain state of the art documents for objects that are not tires.
• US 2003/0065076 discloses military tank track compositions comprising an elastomer, a reinforcing filler, zinc diacrylate or zinc dimethacrylate, and a peroxide; with the effect of improving the resistance to abrasion.
• US 2005/0084638 discloses coating mix compositions of an air sleeve for suspensions, also comprising an elastomer, a reinforcing filler, zinc diacrylate and a peroxide.
• the invention therefore relates to a tire comprising a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a polyfunctional acrylate derivative of formula (Ia) or (Ib)
• R1, R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C7 hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyls, aralkyl groups, alkylaryl groups and aryl groups, and optionally interrupted by one or more heteroatoms, R2 and R3 may together form a non-aromatic ring, n represents an integer of value 1, 2 or 3, and in the case of a polyfunctional acrylate derivative of formula (Ia), R4 represents a radical selected from the group consisting of an atom hydrogen, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group or an isopropyl group,
• composition further comprising a peroxide, the levels of polyfunctional acrylate derivative and peroxide being such that the ratio of the level of polyfunctional acrylate derivative to the peroxide level is greater than or equal to 6.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, wherein R1, R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
• R2 and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom.
• R 1 represents a methyl group.
• n represents the integer 1.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, in which the polyfunctional acrylate derivative is a compound of formula (Ia).
• R4 represents an ethyl group.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, in which the polyfunctional acrylate derivative is a compound of formula (Ib).
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, in which the amount of polyfunctional acrylate derivative in the composition is in a range from 10 to 70 phr (parts by weight per hundred parts by weight). elastomer), preferably from 10 to 60 phr.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, wherein the peroxide in the composition is an organic peroxide.
• the amount of peroxide in the composition is less than or equal to 3 phr. More preferably, the amount of peroxide in the composition is in a range from 0.1 to 3 phr. Preferably, the amount of peroxide in the composition is in a range from 0.2 to 2 phr, preferably from 0.25 to 1 phr.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, in which the ratio of the level of polyfunctional acrylate derivative to the peroxide level is greater than or equal to 7, preferably greater than or equal to 8 and more. preferentially greater than or equal to 10. More preferably, the ratio of the of polyfunctional acrylate derivative on the peroxide level is between 10 and 1 10, preferably between 10 and 70, and more preferably between 10 and 40.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, in which the diene elastomer is chosen from the group consisting of polybutadienes, synthetic polyisoprenes, natural rubber, butadiene copolymers, copolymers of isoprene and mixtures of these elastomers.
• the diene elastomer is chosen from the group consisting of polybutadienes, synthetic polyisoprenes, natural rubber, butadiene and styrene copolymers, butadiene and acrylonitrile copolymers, isoprene and styrene and mixtures of these elastomers.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, wherein the composition comprises less than 50 phr of reinforcing filler.
• the level of reinforcing filler is in a range from 5 to 45 phr. More preferably, the level of reinforcing filler is in a range from 10 to 40 phr, preferably from 15 to 35 phr.
• the reinforcing filler is carbon black, silica or a mixture thereof.
• the reinforcing filler is predominantly made of carbon black.
• the reinforcing filler is mainly composed of silica.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, wherein the ratio of the charge ratio and the level of polyfunctional acrylate derivative is less than or equal to 3.5; preferably, less than or equal to 3.
• the ratio of the charge ratio and the level of polyfunctional acrylate derivative is in a range from 0.3 to 3; preferably from 1 to 3.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, wherein the composition does not contain molecular sulfur or sulfur donor agent as vulcanizing agent or contains less than 0.5 phr.
• the composition does not contain molecular sulfur or sulfur donor agent as the vulcanizing agent or contains less than 0.3 phr and preferably less than 0.1 phr.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, in which the composition does not contain a vulcanization accelerator.
• the composition does not contain an antioxidant.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, wherein the composition further comprises a plasticizer, preferably selected from plasticizing resins, extension oils and mixtures thereof.
• the invention relates to a tire as defined above, wherein the composition as specified above is that of the tread, or an inner layer of said tire.
• the tire according to the invention will be chosen from tires intended to equip a two-wheeled vehicle, a passenger vehicle, or a so-called “heavy vehicle” (that is to say, subway, bus, vehicles outside).
• road transport road transport equipment such as trucks, tractors, trailers), or aircraft, civil engineering, agrarian, or handling equipment.
• the tire rubber composition according to the invention is based on the following constituents: a polyfunctional acrylate derivative of formula (I) and a peroxide, the levels of polyfunctional acrylate derivative and of peroxide being such that the ratio of the of polyfunctional acrylate derivative on the peroxide level is greater than or equal to 6.
• the term "phr" means in known manner parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of elastomer. The quantity by weight of the constituents of the compositions is thus expressed relative to the total amount of elastomers by weight conventionally considered to be the hundred value.
• composition based on is meant a composition comprising the mixture and / or the reaction product in situ of the various basic constituents used, some of these constituents being able to react and / or being intended to react with one another, at least partially, during the various phases of manufacture of the composition, or during the subsequent firing, modifying the composition as it is prepared at the start.
• the compositions as implemented for the invention may be different in the uncrosslinked state and in the crosslinked state.
• a majority compound in the sense of the present invention, it is understood that this compound is predominant among the compounds of the same type in the composition, that is to say that it is the one which represents the largest amount by mass among the compounds of the same type.
• a majority polymer is the polymer representing the largest mass relative to the total mass of the polymers in the composition.
• a so-called majority charge is that representing the largest mass among the charges of the composition.
• a "minor" compound is a compound that does not represent the largest mass fraction among compounds of the same type.
• 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 term “from a to b” means the range from a to b (i.e., including the strict limits a and b).
• tread means the layer of the tire which is in contact with the running surface. Indeed, it is possible to define within the tire three types of zones:
• the inner zone of the tire that is to say that between the outer and inner zones.
• This zone includes layers or plies which are here called internal layers of the tire. These are, for example, carcass plies, tread sub-layers, tire belt plies or any other layer that is not in contact with the ambient air or the inflation gas of the tire.
• the radially inner zone and in contact with the inflation gas this zone being generally constituted by the layer impervious to inflation gases, sometimes called inner liner ("inner liner" in English).
• inner liner inner liner
• the tread of the tire is disposed radially above the tire belt and therefore constitutes the layer in contact with the running surface.
• the tire compositions of the invention may contain a single diene elastomer or a mixture of several diene elastomers.
• elastomer or "rubber”, the two terms being considered synonymous
• diene monomers monomers bearing two carbon-carbon double bonds, conjugated or otherwise
• the diene elastomers can be classified into two “essentially unsaturated” or “essentially saturated” categories.
• the term "essentially unsaturated” is generally understood to mean a diene elastomer derived at least in part from conjugated diene monomers, having a level of units or units of diene origin (conjugated dienes) which is greater than 15% (mol%);
• diene elastomers such as butyl rubbers or copolymers of dienes and alpha-olefins of the EPDM type do not fall within the above definition and may in particular be described as "essentially saturated” diene elastomers ( low or very low diene origin, always less than 15%).
• the term “highly unsaturated” diene elastomer is particularly understood to mean a diene elastomer having a content of units of diene origin (conjugated dienes) which is greater than 50%.
• iene elastomer that can be used in the tire compositions according to the invention is more particularly understood to mean: (a) - any homopolymer obtained by polymerization of a conjugated diene monomer having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms ; (b) - any copolymer obtained by copolymerization of one or more conjugated dienes with each other or with one or more vinyl aromatic compounds having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms;
• diene elastomer any type of diene elastomer
• the person skilled in the tire art will understand that the present invention is preferably implemented with essentially unsaturated diene elastomers, in particular of the type (a) or (b). ) above.
• conjugated dienes 1,3-butadiene 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, 2,3-di (C 1 -C 5 alkyl) -1,3-butadienes, such as for example 2, are particularly suitable.
• Suitable vinylaromatic compounds are, for example, styrene, ortho-, meta-, para-methylstyrene, the "vinyl-toluene" commercial mixture, para-tertiarybutylstyrene, methoxystyrenes, chlorostyrenes, vinylmesitylene, divinylbenzene, vinylnaphthalene.
• the copolymers may contain between 99% and 20% by weight of diene units and between 1% and 80% by weight of vinylaromatic units.
• the elastomers may have any microstructure which is a function of the polymerization conditions used, in particular the presence or absence of a modifying and / or randomizing agent and the amounts of modifying and / or randomizing agent used.
• the elastomers can be for example block, statistical, sequenced, microsequenced, and be prepared in dispersion or in solution; they may be coupled and / or starred or functionalized with a coupling agent and / or starring or functionalization.
• functional groups comprising a C-Sn bond or amine functional groups such as aminobenzophenone for example; for coupling to an inorganic filler for example, silanol or polysiloxane functional groups having a silanol end (as described, for example, in FR 2,740,778, US Pat. No. 6,013,718 and WO 2008/141702), alkoxysilane groups (as described in US Pat. for example in FR 2 765 882 or US Pat. No. 5,977,238), carboxylic groups (as described for example in WO 01/92402 or US Pat. No.
• These functionalized elastomers may be used in a blend with each other or with unfunctionalized elastomers.
• a silanol or polysiloxane functionalized elastomer having a silanol end in admixture with a coupled and / or tin-starred elastomer (described in WO 11/042507), may be used, the latter representing a level of from 5 to 50%, for example 25 to 50%.
• Tg glass transition temperature
• styrene content of between 5% and 60% by weight and more particularly between 20% and 50%, a content (mol%) of -1,2 bonds of the butadiene part of between 4% and 75%, a content ( mol%) in trans-1,4 bonds between 10% and 80%, butadiene-isoprene copolymers and in particular those having an isoprene content of between 5% and 90% by weight and a Tg of -40 ° C. to At -80 ° C., the isoprene-styrene copolymers and in particular those having a styrene content of between 5% and 50% by weight and a Tg included at -5 ° C.
• butadiene-styrene-isoprene copolymers those having a styrene content of between 5% and 50% by weight and more particularly between 10% and 40% are especially suitable.
• the diene elastomer of the composition is preferably chosen from the group of highly unsaturated diene elastomers consisting of polybutadienes (abbreviated "BR"), synthetic polyisoprenes (IR), natural rubber (NR), copolymers butadiene, isoprene copolymers and mixtures of these elastomers.
• BR polybutadienes
• IR synthetic polyisoprenes
• NR natural rubber
• copolymers butadiene butadiene
• isoprene copolymers and mixtures of these elastomers.
• Such copolymers are more preferably selected from the group consisting of butadiene-styrene copolymers (SBR), isoprene-butadiene copolymers (BIR), isoprene-styrene copolymers (SIR), isoprene-copolymers of butadiene-styrene (SBIR), butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymers (NBR), butadiene-styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers (NSBR) or a mixture of two or more of these compounds.
• SBR butadiene-styrene copolymers
• BIR isoprene-butadiene copolymers
• SIR isoprene-styrene copolymers
• NBR butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymers
• NSBR butadiene-styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers
• the composition comprises from 50 to 100 phr of an SBR elastomer, whether it be an emulsion-prepared SBR ("ESBR") or a SBR prepared in solution ("SSBR ").
• the diene elastomer is a blend (mixture) SBR / BR.
• the diene elastomer is a SBR / NR (or SBR / IR), BR / NR (or BR / IR) or SBR / BR / NR (or SBR / BR / IR) blend. ).
• an SBR elastomer In the case of an SBR elastomer (ESBR or SSBR), an SBR having an average styrene content, for example between 20% and 35% by weight, or a high styrene content, for example 35 to 35% by weight, is used in particular. 45%, a vinyl content of the butadiene part of between 15% and 70%, a content (mol%) of trans-1,4 bonds of between 15% and 75% and a Tg of between -10 ° C. and -55 ° C; such an SBR can be advantageously used in admixture with a BR preferably having more than 90% (mol%) of cis-1,4 bonds.
• an NBR elastomer an NBR having an acrylonitrile content of between 15% and 40% by weight is used, a vinyl bond content of the butadiene part of between 15% and 70%, a content (mol%) of trans-1,4 bonds of between 15% and 75%.
• the rubber composition comprises a blend of one (or more) diene elastomers referred to as "high Tg” having a Tg of between -70 ° C. and 0 ° C. a (one or more) diene elastomers called “low Tg” between -1 10 ° C and -80 ° C, more preferably between -105 ° C and -90 ° C.
• the high Tg elastomer is preferably selected from the group consisting of S-SBR, E-SBR, natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprenes (having a molar ratio (% molar) of cis-1,4 preferably greater than 95%), BIRs, SIRs, SBIRs, and mixtures of these elastomers.
• the low Tg elastomer preferably comprises butadiene units at a level (mol%) of at least 70%; it consists preferably of a polybutadiene (BR) having a content (mol%) of cis-1,4 chains greater than 90%.
• the rubber composition comprises, for example, between 30 and 90 phr, in particular between 40 and 90 phr, of a high Tg elastomer in a blend with a low Tg elastomer.
• the diene elastomer of the composition according to the invention comprises a blend of a BR (as low elastomer Tg) having a rate (% molar) of cis-chains. 1, 4 greater than 90%, with one or more S-SBR or E-SBR (as elastomer (s) high Tg).
• the tire according to the invention comprises a composition which comprises a polyfunctional acrylate derivative of formula (Ia) or (Ib)
• R1, R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C7 hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyls, aralkyl groups, alkylaryl groups and aryl groups, and optionally interrupted by one or more heteroatoms, R2 and R3 may together form a non-aromatic ring, n represents an integer of value 1, 2 or 3, and in the case of a polyfunctional acrylate derivative of formula (Ia), R4 represents a radical chosen from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group or an isopropyl group.
• cyclic alkyl group is meant an alkyl group comprising one or more rings.
• hydrocarbon group or chain (e) interrupted by one or more heteroatoms is meant a group or chain comprising one or more heteroatoms, each heteroatom being between two carbon atoms of said group or said chain, or between a carbon atom of said group or said chain and another heteroatom of said group or said chain or between two other hetero atoms of said group or said chain.
• the heteroatom (s) may be a nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen atom.
• R1, R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. More preferably, R 2 and R 3 each represent a hydrogen atom and according to a very preferred alternative R 1 represents a methyl group.
• n is equal to 1 in formulas (Ia) and (Ib) above.
• R4 represents an ethyl group.
• the amount of polyfunctional acrylate derivative is preferably in a range from 10 to 70 phr, preferably from 10 to 60 phr. Beyond a rate of 70 phr, the dispersion is less good and the properties of the composition may be degraded while below a level of 10 phr, the effect of the polyfunctional acrylate derivative is less significant on stiffening and reinforcement.
• polyfunctional acrylate derivatives such as trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (TMPTMA) "SR351" from the company SARTOMER.
• the tire composition of the invention utilizes a peroxide, which may be any peroxide known to those skilled in the art.
• a peroxide chosen from the family of organic peroxides, and in particular a peroxide selected from dicumyl peroxide, aryl or diaryl peroxides, diacetyl peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, dibenzoyl peroxide, ditertbutyl peroxide, tertbutylcumyl peroxide, 2,5-bis (tertbutylperoxy) -2,5-dimethylhexane, and mixtures thereof.
• the amount of peroxide to be used for the purposes of the invention is less than or equal to 3 phr.
• the amount of peroxide in the composition is in a range from 0.1 to 3 phr. Indeed, below an amount of 0.1 phr, the effect of the peroxide is not noticeable whereas beyond 3 phr, the properties of elongation rupture and therefore resistance of the composition are decreased . More preferably, the amount of peroxide in the composition is in a range from 0.2 to 2 phr, preferably from 0.25 to 1 phr.
• the ratio of the polyfunctional acrylate derivative level to the peroxide level be greater than or equal to 6. below, of such a ratio of the rates the synergy between the polyfunctional acrylate derivative and the peroxide is not as efficient in terms of the effect on the rheometry and the elongation rupture, in particular for a composition subject to constraints of a tire.
• the ratio of the level of polyfunctional acrylate derivative to the level of peroxide is greater than or equal to 7, preferably greater than or equal to 8 and more preferably greater than or equal to 10. More preferably, the ratio of the level of derivative of polyfunctional acrylate on the peroxide level is between 10 and 1 10, preferably between 10 and 70, and more preferably between 10 and 40.
• the tire composition according to the invention also comprises a reinforcing filler.
• the physical state under which the reinforcing filler is present is indifferent, whether in the form of powder, microbeads, granules, beads or any other suitable densified form.
• Any type of reinforcing filler known for its ability to reinforce a rubber composition that can be used for manufacturing tires for example an organic filler such as carbon black, a reinforcing inorganic filler such as silica, or a cutting of these two types of load.
• Carbon blacks are suitable for all carbon blacks, especially so-called pneumatic grade blacks.
• the reinforcing carbon blacks of the 100, 200 or 300 series for example blacks N 15, N 134, N 234, N 326, N330, N 339, N 347 or N375, or else, according to the targeted applications, the blacks of higher series (for example N660, N683, N772).
• the carbon blacks could for example already be incorporated into an isoprene elastomer in the form of a masterbatch (see for example WO 97/36724 or WO 99/16600).
• organic fillers other than carbon blacks mention may be made of functionalized polyvinyl organic fillers as described in applications WO-A-2006/069792, WO-A-2006/069793, WO-A-2008/003434 and WO-A-2008/003435.
• the composition may also contain a type of silica or a blend of several silicas.
• the silica used may be any reinforcing silica known to those skilled in the art, in particular any precipitated or fumed silica having a BET surface and a CTAB specific surface both less than 450 m 2 / g, preferably from 30 to 400 m 2 / g.
• HDS highly dispersible precipitated silicas
• the silica preferably has a BET surface area of between 45 and 400 m 2 / g, more preferably between 60 and 300 m 2 / g.
• the person skilled in the art will understand that, as the equivalent filler of the silica described in this paragraph, it would be possible to use a reinforcing filler of another nature, in particular organic, since this reinforcing filler would be covered with a layer of silica, or would comprise on its surface functional sites, especially hydroxyl, requiring the use of a coupling agent to establish the bond between the filler and the elastomer.
• the volume fraction of reinforcing filler in the rubber composition is defined as the ratio of the volume of the reinforcing filler to the volume of all the constituents of the composition, it being understood that the volume of all the constituents is calculated in adding the volume of each of the constituents of the composition.
• the volume fraction of reinforcing filler in a composition is therefore defined as the ratio of the volume of the reinforcing filler to the sum of the volumes of each of the constituents of the composition, and preferably this volume fraction is between 5% and 20%. preferably between 5% and 15%.
• the total reinforcing filler content is less than 50 phr, preferably 5 to 45 phr, more preferably 10 to 40 phr, and very preferably from 15 to 35 phr.
• an advantage of the invention is to reduce the rate of reinforcing filler without losing performance. Beyond a rate of 50 phr, this advantage is not as great and the hysteresis of the composition increases.
• the ratio of the charge ratio and the level of polyfunctional acrylate derivative is less than or equal to 3.5; preferably, less than or equal to 3. More preferably, this ratio is in a range from 0.3 to 3, preferably from 1 to 3.
• the tire composition according to the invention comprises predominantly carbon black as a reinforcing filler.
• the tire composition according to the invention comprises silica predominantly as a reinforcing filler.
• majority reinforcing filler is meant that which has the highest rate among the reinforcing fillers present in the composition.
• the term "majority reinforcing filler” means any reinforcing filler which represents at least 50% by weight of the reinforcing fillers present, preferably more than 50% and more preferably more than 60%.
• compositions may optionally also contain, in addition to the reinforcing fillers, and in particular when silica is used in the tire composition according to the invention, coupling agents, coupling activators, inorganic filler or more generally, processing aids which, in a known manner, by improving the dispersion of the filler in the rubber matrix and lowering the viscosity of the compositions, improve their ability to implement in the green state, these agents being for example hydrolysable silanes such as alkylalkoxysilanes, polyols, fatty acids, polyethers, primary, secondary or tertiary amines, hydroxylated or hydrolysable polyorganosiloxanes.
• coupling agents such as alkylalkoxysilanes, polyols, fatty acids, polyethers, primary, secondary or tertiary amines, hydroxylated or hydrolysable polyorganosiloxanes.
• polysulfurized silanes called “symmetrical” or “asymmetrical” silanes according to their particular structure, are used, as described for example in the applications WO03 / 002648 (or US 2005/016651) and WO03 / 002649. (or US 2005/016650).
• polysulphide silanes known as "symmetrical" silanes having the following general formula (III) are suitable in the following non-limiting definition:
• x is an integer of 2 to 8 (preferably 2 to 5);
• - A is a divalent hydrocarbon radical (preferably alkylene groups C1-C18 or arylene groups C 2 -C 6, more preferably alkylenes
• radicals R 1 substituted or unsubstituted, identical or different, represent an alkyl group having Ci 8 cycloalkyl, C 5 -C 8 aryl or C 6 -C 8 (preferably alkyl, CrC 6 , cyclohexyl or phenyl, especially C1-C4 alkyl groups, more particularly methyl and / or ethyl).
• radicals R 2 substituted or unsubstituted, identical or different, represent an alkoxy group C1-C18 cycloalkoxy or C 5 -C 8 (preferably a group selected from alkoxyls C 8 and C cycloalkoxyls 5 -C 8 , more preferably still a group selected from C 1 -C 4 alkoxyls, in particular methoxyl and ethoxyl).
• silane polysulfides are more particularly the bis (mono, trisulfide or tetrasulfide) of bis (alkoxyl (C 4) - alkyl (Ci-C 4) alkyl-silyl (Ci-C 4)) as, for example, polysulfides of bis (3-trimethoxysilylpropyl) or bis (3-triethoxysilylpropyl).
• TESPT bis (3-triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide
• TESPD bis (3-triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide
• TESPD bis (3-triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide
• TESPD bis (3-triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide
• TESPD bis (3-triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide
• polysulfides in particular disulfides, trisulphides or tetrasulfides
• bis- (monoalkoxyl (Ci-C 4 ) -dialkyl (Ci-C 4 ) silylpropyl) more particularly bis-monoethoxydimethylsilylpropyl tetrasulfide.
• the content of coupling agent is preferably between 1 and 5 phr, more preferably between 1 and 4 and even more preferably between 1 and 3.5 phr.
• Vulcanization system The tire composition according to the invention does not require a vulcanization system, which is one of its advantages since it makes it possible to simplify the formula and the preparation of the composition. If, however, a vulcanization system is present in the composition, it is preferably in low amounts explained below.
• the vulcanization system itself is usually based on sulfur (or a sulfur-donor agent) and a primary vulcanization accelerator.
• sulfur or a sulfur-donor agent
• a primary vulcanization accelerator To this basic vulcanization system are added, incorporated during the first non-productive phase and / or during the production phase as described later, various known secondary accelerators or vulcanization activators such as zinc oxide.
• the molecular sulfur (or equivalently the molecular sulfur donor agents), when it is used, is at a level preferably less than 0.5 phr, preferably less than 0.3 phr, more preferably at a rate less than 0.1 phr. Most preferably, the composition is free of molecular sulfur.
• the vulcanization system of the composition according to the invention may also comprise one or more additional accelerators, for example the compounds of the thiuram family, the zinc dithiocarbamate derivatives, the sulfenamides, the guanidines or thiophosphates.
• additional accelerators for example the compounds of the thiuram family, the zinc dithiocarbamate derivatives, the sulfenamides, the guanidines or thiophosphates.
• any compound capable of acting as a vulcanization accelerator for diene elastomers in the presence of sulfur in particular thiazole type accelerators and their derivatives, thiuram type accelerators, zinc dithiocarbamates, may be used in particular.
• accelerators are more preferably selected from the group consisting of 2-mercaptobenzothiazyl disulfide (abbreviated "MBTS”), N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide (abbreviated “CBS”), N, N-dicyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulphenamide (abbreviated “DCBS”), N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazyl sulphenamide (abbreviated “TBBS”), N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazyl sulphenimide (abbreviated “TBSI”), zinc dibenzyldithiocarbamate (in abbreviated “ZBEC”) and mixtures of these compounds.
• MBTS 2-mercaptobenzothiazyl disulfide
• CBS N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide
• DCBS N-dicyclohexy
• the tire composition according to the invention is preferably devoid of any vulcanization accelerator.
• the tire compositions according to the invention optionally also include all or part of the usual additives usually used in elastomer compositions intended in particular for the production of treads, such as, for example, pigments, agents and the like.
• additives usually used in elastomer compositions intended in particular for the production of treads such as, for example, pigments, agents and the like.
• anti-ozone waxes such as those proposed below, anti-fatigue agents, reinforcing resins, acceptors (for example phenolic novolac resin) or methylene donors (eg HMT or H3M).
• the tire composition of the invention is devoid of antioxidant.
• the tire composition of the invention is devoid of plasticizer.
• the composition according to the invention further comprises a plasticizer.
• this plasticizer is a solid hydrocarbon resin (or plasticizing resin), an extender oil (or plasticizing oil), or a mixture of both.
• the level of total plasticizer is preferably greater than or equal to 5 phr, more preferably 5 to 100 phr, in particular 10 to 80 phr, for example 15 to 70 phr.
• the plasticizer is a liquid extension oil at 20 ° C, said to "low Tg", that is to say that by definition has a Tg lower than -20 ° C, preferably below -40 ° C.
• any extender oil whether aromatic or non-aromatic in nature known for its plasticizing properties vis-à-vis diene elastomers, is usable. At ambient temperature (20 ° C), these oils, more or less viscous, are liquids (that is to say, as a reminder, substances having the ability to eventually take the shape of their container), as opposed in particular to hydrocarbon plasticizing resins which are inherently solid at room temperature.
• Particularly suitable extension oils selected from the group consisting of naphthenic oils (low or high viscosity, including hydrogenated or not), paraffinic oils, oils MES (Medium Extracted Solvates), oils TDAE (Treated Distillate Aromatic Extracts) ), mineral oils, vegetable oils, ethers plasticizers, ester plasticizers, phosphate plasticizers, sulphonate plasticizers and mixtures of these compounds.
• naphthenic oils low or high viscosity, including hydrogenated or not
• paraffinic oils oils MES (Medium Extracted Solvates)
• oils TDAE Teated Distillate Aromatic Extracts
• mineral oils mineral oils
• vegetable oils ethers plasticizers, ester plasticizers, phosphate plasticizers, sulphonate plasticizers and mixtures of these compounds.
• ethers plasticizers for example, there may be mentioned those containing between 12 and 30 carbon atoms, for example trioctyl phosphate.
• non-aqueous and non-water-soluble ester plasticizers By way of examples of non-aqueous and non-water-soluble ester plasticizers, mention may be made in particular of compounds selected from the group consisting of trimellitates, pyromellitates, phthalates, 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylates, adipates, azela- sebacates, glycerol triesters and mixtures of these compounds.
• triesters above there may be mentioned include glycerol triesters, preferably consisting predominantly (for more than 50%, more preferably more than 80% by weight) of an unsaturated fatty acid Ci 8 is that is to say selected from the group consisting of oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and mixtures of these acids.
• the fatty acid used is more than 50% by weight, more preferably still for more than 80% by weight of oleic acid.
• oleic acid triesters are well known and have been described, for example, in application WO 02/088238, as plasticizers in tire treads.
• this plasticizer is a thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin whose Tg is greater than 0 ° C, preferably greater than 20 ° C.
• This resin is a solid at room temperature (23 ° C), as opposed to a liquid plasticizer such as an oil.
• thermoplastic hydrocarbon plasticizing resin has at least one of the following characteristics:
• Tg greater than 20 ° C, more preferably greater than 30 ° C;
• Mn a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of between 400 and 2000 g / mol, more preferentially between 500 and 1500 g / mol;
• Ip polymolecularity index
• thermoplastic hydrocarbon plasticizing resin has all of the above preferred characteristics.
• the macrostructure (Mw, Mn and Ip) of the hydrocarbon resin is determined by steric exclusion chromatography (SEC): solvent tetrahydrofuran; temperature 35 ° C; concentration 1 g / l; flow rate 1 ml / min; filtered solution on 0.45 ⁇ 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”).
• SEC steric exclusion chromatography
• thermoplastic hydrocarbon resins may be aliphatic or aromatic or alternatively of the 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). Suitable aromatic monomers are, for example, styrene, alpha-methylstyrene, ortho-, meta-, para-methylstyrene, vinyl-toluene, para-methylstyrene and the like.
• the vinyl aromatic monomer is styrene or a vinylaromatic monomer resulting from a C 9 (or more generally from a C 8 to C 1 0).
• the vinylaromatic monomer is the minor monomer, expressed as a mole fraction, in the copolymer under consideration.
• the plasticizing hydrocarbon resin is selected from the group consisting of homopolymer resins or copolymers of cyclopentadiene (abbreviated CPD) or dicyclopentadiene (abbreviated DCPD), terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins, terpene phenol homopolymer or copolymer resins, homopolymer or C5 cut copolymer resins, homopolymer or C9 cut copolymer resins, alpha-methyl-styrene homopolymer and copolymer resins and blends of these resins, used alone or in combination with a liquid plasticizer, for example a MES or TDAE oil.
• a liquid plasticizer for example a MES or TDAE oil.
• 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. .
• hydrocarbon plasticizing resins there may be mentioned resins of homo- or copolymers of alphapinene, betapinene, dipentene or polylimonene.
• C 5 / vinylaromatic copolymer resins in particular C 5 / styrene or C 5 / C 9 cuts: by Neville Chemical Company under the names "Super Nevtac 78", “Super Nevtac 85” or “Super Nevtac 99", by Goodyear Chemicals under the name “Wingtack Extra”, by Kolon sous denominations "Hikorez T1095" and “Hikorez TU 00", by Exxon under the names "Escorez 2101" and "Escorez 1273”;
• phenol-modified alpha-methyl-styrene resins examples include phenol-modified alpha-methyl-styrene resins.
• hydroxyl number index measured according to ISO 4326 and expressed in mg KOH / g
• the invention relates to tires provided with treads comprising the rubber compositions previously described both in the so-called “raw” or uncrosslinked state (ie, before cooking) and in the “cooked” state. "or crosslinked, or vulcanized (ie, after crosslinking or vulcanization).
• compositions are manufactured in appropriate mixers, using two successive preparation phases well known to those skilled in the art: a first phase of work or thermomechanical mixing (sometimes referred to as “non-phase” phase). at high temperature, up to a maximum temperature of between 110.degree. C. and 190.degree. C., preferably between 130.degree. C. and 180.degree. C., followed by a second phase of mechanical work (sometimes referred to as Producer ”) at a lower temperature, typically below 1 10 ° C, for example between 60 ° C and 100 ° C, finishing phase during which is incorporated the crosslinking system or vulcanization and in particular the peroxide of the compositions according to the present invention.
• a first phase of work or thermomechanical mixing (sometimes referred to as “non-phase” phase). at high temperature, up to a maximum temperature of between 110.degree. C. and 190.degree. C., preferably between 130.degree. C. and 180.degree. C.
• Producer a second phase of mechanical work
• the first (non-productive) phase is preferably carried out in several thermomechanical steps.
• a suitable mixer such as a conventional internal mixer at a temperature of between 20.degree. ° C and 100 ° C and preferably between 25 ° C and 100 ° C.
• the other ingredients ie, those that remain if all were not put initially
• the total mixing time in this non-productive phase is preferably between 2 and 10 minutes at a temperature of less than or equal to 180 ° C., and preferably less than or equal to 170 ° C.
• the crosslinking system and in particular the peroxide are then incorporated at low temperature (typically below 100 ° C.), generally in an external mixer such as a roll mill; the whole is then mixed (productive phase) for a few minutes, for example between 5 and 15 min.
• the final composition thus obtained is then calendered, for example in the form of a sheet or a plate, in particular for a characterization in the laboratory, or extruded, to form for example a rubber profile used for the manufacture of semi-finished products. finished in order to obtain products such as sidewalls, carcass ply, crown plies (or tire belt), tread, bead filler, tread underlayer or other layers of elastomers, preferentially the rolling.
• the crosslinking (or baking) is conducted in a known manner at a temperature generally between 130 ° C and 200 ° C, under pressure, for a sufficient time which may vary for example between 5 and 90 min depending in particular on the cooking temperature , the crosslinking system adopted, the kinetics of crosslinking of the composition in question or the size of the tire.
• compositions as described in the present application may be used anywhere in the tire, and preferably in its tread or in an inner layer of this tire. Indeed, it is possible to define within the tire three types of zones:
• This zone consisting essentially of the tread and the external side of the tire.
• inner liner inner liner
• the inner zone of the tire that is to say that between the outer and inner zones.
• This zone includes layers or webs which are here called internal layers of tires. These are, for example, carcass plies, tread sub-layers, tire belt plies or any other layer that is not in contact with the ambient air or the inflation gas of the tire.
• the rubber compositions are characterized before and / or after firing as indicated below.
• the module used here is the nominal secant modulus (or apparent) measured in first elongation, calculated by reducing to the initial section of the specimen.
• the nominal secant moduli or apparent stresses, in MPa are measured at first elongation at 50%, 100% and 300% elongation respectively denoted M50, M100 and M300.
• the breaking stresses (in MPa) and the elongations at break (AR in%) are also measured at 23 ° C ⁇ 2 ° C, according to standard NF T 46-002.
• the results are expressed "in base 100" that is to say compared to the witness to which a value 100 is attributed.
• the dynamic properties G * (10%) and tan ( ⁇ ) max at 40 ° C are measured on a viscoanalyzer (Metravib VA4000) according to ASTM D 5992-96.
• the response of a sample of vulcanized composition (cylindrical specimen 4 mm in thickness and 400 mm 2 in section), subjected to a sinusoidal stress in alternating simple shear at the frequency of 10 Hz, is recorded under the defined conditions of temperature for example at 40 ° C according to ASTM D 1349-99, or as the case may be at a different temperature.
• a strain amplitude sweep of 0.1 to 50% (forward cycle) and then 50% to 1% (return cycle) are performed.
• Example I This example is intended to compare the rubber properties of control compositions to compositions according to the invention, loaded with carbon black. The compositions tested are presented in Table 1 below.
• composition C1 is at the same level of reinforcement (represented by M300) as the control compositions T1 and T5 but with a greatly reduced hysteresis.
• the composition C3 makes it possible to achieve a high level of reinforcement (M300) while maintaining a low hysteresis and a good cohesion (represented by the elongation rupture).
• This example is intended to compare the rubber properties of control compositions to compositions according to the invention, loaded with silica.
• the compositions tested are shown in Table 3 below.
• compositions C3 and C4 make it possible to achieve a strong reinforcement (M300) with a low hysteresis and while maintaining a good cohesion (elongation rupture).

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