WO2022038176A1 - Vessie pour moules de vulcanisation de pneus - Google Patents

Vessie pour moules de vulcanisation de pneus Download PDF

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WO2022038176A1
WO2022038176A1 PCT/EP2021/072909 EP2021072909W WO2022038176A1 WO 2022038176 A1 WO2022038176 A1 WO 2022038176A1 EP 2021072909 W EP2021072909 W EP 2021072909W WO 2022038176 A1 WO2022038176 A1 WO 2022038176A1
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bladder
styrene
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Maria Del Mar BERNAL ORTEGA
Raffaele Di Ronza
Cristian CAPALDI
Marco Tomaselli
Mario MAGGIO
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Bridgestone Europe Nv/Sa
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D30/00—Producing pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
    • B29D30/06—Pneumatic tyres or parts thereof (e.g. produced by casting, moulding, compression moulding, injection moulding, centrifugal casting)
    • B29D30/0601—Vulcanising tyres; Vulcanising presses for tyres
    • B29D30/0654—Flexible cores therefor, e.g. bladders, bags, membranes, diaphragms
    • 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
    • B29C43/00—Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding material; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C43/32—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C43/36—Moulds for making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles
    • B29C43/3642—Bags, bleeder sheets or cauls for isostatic pressing
    • 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
    • B29C43/00—Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding material; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C43/32—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C43/36—Moulds for making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles
    • B29C43/3642—Bags, bleeder sheets or cauls for isostatic pressing
    • B29C2043/3649—Inflatable bladders using gas or fluid and related details
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D30/00—Producing pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
    • B29D30/06—Pneumatic tyres or parts thereof (e.g. produced by casting, moulding, compression moulding, injection moulding, centrifugal casting)
    • B29D30/0601—Vulcanising tyres; Vulcanising presses for tyres
    • B29D30/0654—Flexible cores therefor, e.g. bladders, bags, membranes, diaphragms
    • B29D2030/0655—Constructional or chemical features of the flexible cores

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  • the present invention relates to a bladder for use in pneumatic tyre vulcanization molds.
  • the pneumatic tyre production process provides that after the assembly step, in which the various portions of the pneumatic tyre are assembled together, the green tire (the pneumatic tyre that has not yet been vulcanized) thus obtained is subjected to a vulcanization step.
  • the pneumatic tyre vulcanization step is generally performed inside a mold that confers the final shape to the pneumatic tyre.
  • the green pneumatic tyre is compressed between the walls of the mold by means of the action of a bladder that, by swelling, pushes from the inside the pneumatic tyre against the walls of the mold.
  • the bladder must be made using a material which is elastic but, at the same time, is able to withstand the mechanical and thermal stresses that the vulcanization step implies, and which is capable of ensuring several usage cycles of the bladder itself.
  • one of the most widely used materials for the manufacture of the bladder is butyl rubber.
  • butyl rubber has excellent resistance to mechanical stress , heat and elongation, nonetheless it causes adhesion problems with the internal parts of the pneumatic tyre during the vulcanization step .
  • the butyl rubber remains glued to the internal parts of the green tire , i . e . , the innerliner layer .
  • antiadhesive substances are normally used, which are appl ied to the surface of the bladder and to the inner surface of the pneumatic tyre .
  • the use of these antiadhesive substances necessarily entails both an issue of production nature , due to the need for an additional step for their application thereof , as well as , with regards to speci fic technologies , to their removal thereof , and an issue of chemical nature , due to the possible contamination of the innerliner layer .
  • the prior art document JP2010221505 describes a bladder to be used in vulcanization molds for pneumatic tyres that does not require antiadhesive substances to be applied to the surface of the bladder itself , nor to the inner surface of the pneumatic tyre .
  • the proposed solution consists in providing a bladder comprising several layers of rubber, wherein the furthest out layer contains a silicone rubber and one or more inner layers contain a rubber other than silicone rubber .
  • a bladder consisting of multiple rubber layers has the disadvantage of having poor construction efficiency and involves the possibility of detachment phenomena between the different layers due to the materials ' incompatibility
  • the inventors of the present invention have manufactured a bladder using rubber compounds based upon organopolysiloxanes that are capable of satisfying the aforementioned requirement .
  • the obj ect of the present invention is a bladder for a pneumatic tyre vulcani zation mold made from a rubber compound; said bladder being characteri zed in that it comprises a single layer of a rubber compound comprising 100 phr of a cross-linkable polymeric base consisting of an organopolysiloxane , wherein the maj ority of organic groups is methyl ; from 20 to 100 phr of silica ; and from 1 to 3 phr of a vulcani zing agent belonging to the class of peroxides .
  • said organopolysiloxane is methyl vinyl silicone . More preferably, the methyl vinyl silicone has a vinyl content of between 0 . 01 and 0 . 5% .
  • said rubber compound comprises from 0 to
  • thermoplastic elastomer 20 phr of a thermoplastic elastomer. More preferably, said thermoplastic elastomer is selected from styrene-butadiene- styrene (SBS) , styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene (SEBS) , styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene (SEPS) copolymer, styrene-isoprene (SIS) copolymer, thermoplastic polyester (TPC) , thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPV) , still more preferably it is styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene (SEBS) .
  • SBS styrene-butadiene- styrene
  • SEBS styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene
  • SEPS styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene
  • said rubber compound comprises from 40 to 70 phr of silica.
  • said silica has a surface area (BET) of greater than 150 m 2 /g.
  • said rubber compound comprises from 2 to 10 phr of anti-structuring agents included in the class of alpha-mega-siloxanediols or the class of alkoxysilanols.
  • said vulcanizing agent belonging to the class of peroxides is di-tert-butyl 1 , 1 , 4 , 4-tetramethyl tetramethylene diperoxide.
  • a further object of the present invention is a pneumatic tyre vulcanization mold comprising a bladder according to the present invention.
  • Still a further object of the present invention is a pneumatic tyre manufactured with a vulcanization step that uses a mold comprising a bladder according to the present invention .
  • the following are three examples of embodiments of the invention for illustrative and non-limiting purposes only .
  • the methyl vinyl silicone 1 used has a vinyl content equal to 0 .2% .
  • the methyl vinyl silicone 2 used has a vinyl content equal to 0 . 1% .
  • the TPE used is styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene ( SEBS ) .
  • the silica used has a surface area (BET ) equal to 170 m 2 /g .
  • the compounds of Table I were processed according to the classical procedure and were subjected to a vulcanization step at a temperature of between 160 and 200°C for a period of between 5 and 10 minutes and a pressure of greater than 3.5 Mpa. After the vulcanization step, the compounds were subjected to a post-vulcanization step within a ventilated air oven at a temperature ranging from 190 to 200°C for a period of less than or equal to 4 hours.
  • the bladder for tire manufacturing should ensure heat resistance and elongation to maximize its service life .
  • the physical properties of the bladder compound need to be balanced taking into account that during service life one of the main failure modes is due to an increase on the modulus that leads to crack formation .
  • the selected compounds provide satisfactory values of elongation at break together with improved flex properties (crack growth) , and satisfactory values of Shore Hardness A and tear strength to resist the repeated cycles.
  • the values of dynamic stiffness of all compounds ensure the prevention of buckling effects.
  • a bladder according to the invention was subjected to aging using ozone according to the ISO 1431 standard (2012 edition) .
  • the M 100% of the bladder was measured using a dynamometer, before and after being subjected to a known and constant concentration of ozone, under isothermal conditions and for a predetermined period of time . Under the aforementioned conditions , a retention module index was calculated o f between 5 and 30% .
  • the inventors of the present invention have developed a new bladder for pneumatic tyre vulcani zation molds that is capable of avoiding the use of antiadhesive substances .
  • the bladder made of silicone rubber which is the obj ect of the present invention, compared to the prior art bladder made totally or partially of butyl rubber, has advantages both in terms of productivity, by avoiding the step of applying the antiadhesive substances themselves , and in terms of the integrity of the innerliner layer .
  • the bladder which is the obj ect of the present invention has an important advantage in terms of sustainability, insofar as it involves eliminating the use of releasing agents and, consequently, reduces the environmental impact of these materials .

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une vessie pour un moule de vulcanisation pour pneus, fabriquée à l'aide d'un composé de caoutchouc, comprenant une seule couche d'un composé de caoutchouc comprenant : 100 phr d'une base polymère réticulable constituée d'un organopolysiloxane, la majeure partie des groupes organiques étant le méthyle ; de 20 à 100 phr de silice ; et de 1 à 3 phr d'un agent de vulcanisation appartenant à la classe des peroxydes.
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EP4306310A1 (fr) 2022-07-12 2024-01-17 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA Vessie pour la vulcanisation des pneumatiques

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JPS61175009A (ja) * 1985-01-31 1986-08-06 Bridgestone Corp ゴム製品の成型加硫方法
JP2010221504A (ja) * 2009-03-23 2010-10-07 Bridgestone Corp タイヤ加硫用ブラダー
JP2010221505A (ja) 2009-03-23 2010-10-07 Bridgestone Corp タイヤ加硫用ブラダー
JP2010221506A (ja) * 2009-03-23 2010-10-07 Bridgestone Corp タイヤ加硫用ブラダー

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JPS61175009A (ja) * 1985-01-31 1986-08-06 Bridgestone Corp ゴム製品の成型加硫方法
JP2010221504A (ja) * 2009-03-23 2010-10-07 Bridgestone Corp タイヤ加硫用ブラダー
JP2010221505A (ja) 2009-03-23 2010-10-07 Bridgestone Corp タイヤ加硫用ブラダー
JP2010221506A (ja) * 2009-03-23 2010-10-07 Bridgestone Corp タイヤ加硫用ブラダー

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EP4306310A1 (fr) 2022-07-12 2024-01-17 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA Vessie pour la vulcanisation des pneumatiques

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