Abstract:
A steel cord comprises more than one steel filament (10). At least some of the steel filaments have a zinc iron alloy layer (14) partially covered with a zinc cover (16). The zinc cover is only present in valleys formed in the zinc-iron alloy layer. The processability and adhesion level in rubber products of the steel cord are increased.
Abstract:
Metal cord (C-1) having two layers (Ci, Ce) of 3+N construction, rubberized in situ, comprising an inner layer (Ci) formed from three core wires (10) of diameter d1 wound together in a helix with a pitch p1 and an outer layer (Ce) of N wires (11) N varying from 6 to 12, of diameter d2, which are wound together in a helix with a pitch p2 around the inner layer (Ci), wherein said cord has the following characteristics (d1, d2, p1 and p2 are expressed in mm): 0.20
Abstract:
Provided by the present invention is a technique which can, in a pneumatic radial tire using corrugated steel cords in the circumferential bent, improve the durability of the corrugated steel cords in order to prevent fatigue rupture thereof caused by an increase in energy input.The present invention is a pneumatic radial tire which has a carcass 1 as the skeleton extending in a toroidal shape between a pair of bead portions on either side of the tire, as well as a belt layer 2 and a tread layer 5 successively arranged thereonto at the outer part in the tire radial direction. The belt layer 2 comprises at least one layer of circumferential belt 3 which comprises a plurality of corrugated or zigzag-shaped steel cords extending along the tire circumferential direction, and when the steel cords are removed from the circumferential belt 3, the bending radius of curvature (R) of the steel cords is within the range from not less than 18 mm to not more than 125 mm.
Abstract:
Elevator, preferably an elevator without machine room. In the elevator, a hoisting machine engages a set of hoisting ropes by means of a traction sheave. The set of hoisting ropes comprises hoisting ropes of substantially circular cross-section. The hoisting ropes support a counterweight and an elevator car moving on their respective tracks. The hoisting rope has a thickness below 8 mm and/or the diameter of the traction sheave is smaller than 320 mm. The contact angle between the hoisting rope or hoisting ropes and the traction sheave is larger than 180°.
Abstract:
A steel cord comprises more than one steel filament (10). At least some of the steel filaments have a zinc iron alloy layer (14) partially covered with a zinc cover (16). The zinc cover is only present in valleys formed in the zinc-iron alloy layer. The processability and adhesion level in rubber products of the stell cord are increased.
Abstract:
A steel cord which has no production problem noted in the related art and which can be produced efficiently with stable quality, particularly a steel cord useful for the purpose of reinforcing a tire crown portion, as well as a composite of rubber and steel cord and a tire, which include the steel cord, are provided.A steel cord has a multi-twist structure in which N (N=2 to 8) strands 2 are twisted, each strand 2 being formed by twisting a plurality of element wires 1 and having a substantially elliptical cross-section, wherein d1/d2>1.08 is satisfied, where the major diameter of the strand 2 is represented by d1 and the minor diameter is represented by d2, and εc defined by the following equation: εc=√{square root over ( )}(−b/2+√{square root over ( )}(b2/4−c))−1 (in the equation, b represents −1+π2(−4R2+d2)/P2, c represents π2d2k(4π2R2+P2)/P4, R represents (D−d)/2, k represents tan2(π/2−π/N), and d represents (d1+d2)/2) satisfies εc>0.005, where the diameter of a circle circumscribing the cord is represented by D (mm) and the twist pitch of the cord is represented by P (mm).
Abstract:
There is provided a steel cord for reinforcing rubber article having superior durability, and a pneumatic radial tire improved in steering stability and durability by using it. There is also provided a pneumatic radial tire satisfactorily combining steering stability, durability, and good cost performance required for a high performance radial tire intended for the application to a high performance passenger car. The steel cord for reinforcing rubber article has a 1×n structure composed of a plurality of steel filaments stranded in the same direction at the same stranding pitch, wherein the number of the steel filaments is 6 to 12 and the diameter of the steel filaments is 0.08 to 0.21 mm. In the pneumatic radial tire having a carcass (1), as a framework, extending toroidally between a pair of bead parts (11), with a crown part of the carcass being reinforced with a belt layer (2), the above-described steel cord for reinforcing rubber article is applied to a cord constituting the belt layer.
Abstract:
A bead cord is described including an annular core and a side wire. The side wire is helically wound around the annular core. Further, the annular core is made of a strand wire. The strand wire includes a plurality of twisted core wires. The plurality of core wires may have substantially the same diameter.
Abstract:
A steel cord adapted for the reinforcement of elastomers includes: a core steel filament with a diameter dc and coated with a polymer, six intermediate steel filaments with a diameter di smaller than or equal to dc, the intermediate steel filaments being twisted around the core steel filament, ten to eleven outer steel filaments with a diameter do, smaller than or equal to di wherein these outer steel filaments are twisted around the intermediate steel filaments, and the outer steel filaments are preformed in order to allow rubber penetration inside the cord. The core steel filament, the intermediate steel filaments, and the outer steel filaments all have a tensile strength of at least 2600 MPa. The cord has an outer diameter D according to the following formula: D≦dc+2×di+2×do+0.1 mm, wherein all diameters are expressed in millimeters (mm).
Abstract translation:适用于增强弹性体的钢丝绳包括:具有直径d c c的芯钢丝,并涂覆有聚合物,六个中等长度的细长丝,直径小于或等于 中间钢丝缠绕在芯钢丝上,十到十一个直径小于或等于的钢丝, 其中这些外部钢丝围绕中间钢丝绞合,并且外部钢丝被预成型以允许橡胶在帘线内渗透。 芯钢丝,中间钢丝和外钢丝均具有至少2600MPa的拉伸强度。 帘线具有根据以下公式的外径D:D <= D i> + 2×2×2×2×↓+ 0.1mm,其中 所有直径以毫米(mm)表示。
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire includes metal cords each made of metal filaments twisted together, the metal cords having an initial elongation in a range of from 0.05 to 0.20% and a standard deviation of the initial elongation in a range of not more than 0.02. A method of manufacturing the metal cord comprises shaping metal filaments in a two-dimensional zigzag waveform, and twisting the shaped metal filaments together, wherein the number of the filaments is in a range of from 8 to 12, the metal filaments have the same diameter (d) of from 0.15 to 0.30 mm, the shaped metal filaments have the same zigzag waveforms, the zigzag waveform of each said shaped metal filament has constant wave lengths (P) and constant wave heights (h) wherein the ratio (P/d) is in the range of 100/3 to 700/3, and the ratio (h/d) is in the range of 5/3 to 80/3.