Abstract:
A tire mold part having a body with a first surface intended to mold all or part of a tread surface, a second surface opposite the first and intended to contact another part of the mold, and a lateral face connecting the first surface and the second surface. The body includes a sintered part of a metallic powder fused together layer by layer, and a non-sintered part attached to the sintered part and in contact therewith in a contact zone, the sintered part forming the first surface and the non-sintered part forming the second surface. The sintered part has a thickness (E) of between 1 and 6 millimeters. The mold part further includes a cavity extending from the first surface into the part beyond the contact zone, without opening onto the second surface. The part comprises an insert placed in the cavity, at the same level as the first surface, and including a canal extending from the first surface and opening onto the contact zone the contact zone opening onto the lateral face.
Abstract:
A molding element for a tire mold manufactured from a metallic powder fused together layer by layer, having a body, comprising a first surface intended to mold all or part of a tread surface of the tire and a second surface opposite to the first surface and intended to be in contact with another part of the mold, the thickness (E) of the body of the molding element being between 1 and 6 millimetres. The molding element has at least one cavity opening onto the second surface of this body. The molding element also has a plate positioned across the cavity and formed as one with the body of the molding element, being at the same level as the first surface of the body, and having at least one hole allowing air to pass between the first surface of the molding element and the second surface thereof.
Abstract:
A part obtained by selective melting of a powder on a support plate having a main element and rigid secondary elements arranged between the main element and the support plate, and adapted to be detached from the main element. All or part of the secondary elements comprises a body of thickness E and a head of width L greater than the thickness E of this body, the body connected to the support plate and the head connected to main element. All or part of the secondary elements includes a region of connection between the head and the body. The head of the secondary element extends over at most half the height H of this element.
Abstract:
A 3-D solid model of a tire vulcanizing mold is constructed on CAD, lamination models the optimum value of the pitch of which is determined in consideration of molding accuracy and processing time are created by dividing this model in a predetermined lamination direction, slice data for each layer corresponding to the lamination pitch of each segment are created, a sector mold of the tire vulcanizing mold is manufactured by a powder sintering method based on the slice data, and the density of a sintered body is controlled by adjusting the output of a laser beam or the exposure time of the laser beam applied to the powders to provide a density distribution on the plane and in the depth direction of a mold element for each layer so as to obtain a tire vulcanizing mold having a hybrid structure.
Abstract:
The subject invention relates to a mold segment comprising a tread molding element for manufacturing a tire wherein the tread molding element comprises a shell and an infill, wherein the shell has a first wall with a negative tread pattern extending from its external surface for molding the tread, a second wall opposed to the first wall, and lateral walls; wherein the infill is a fluid-permeable structure defining a fluid-permeable infill; and wherein at least one of a lateral wall and the second wall comprises at least one fluid passage passing through the lateral wall or the second wall.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a lining element intended to be applied to a support block of a segment of a segmented mould for tires, the lining element being intended to form tread patterns on part of a tire tread, characterized in that it comprises an outer shell (30) delimiting an inner volume and a core (34) inside the shell.
Abstract:
Semi-circular cover members 17 and 17 having a spring function for opening and closing the openings of pores 15S are provided on the cavity inner wall side of a porous air vent 15 in order to close the openings of the above pores 15S while a small space remains between the above cover members 17 and 17 and the openings of the pores 15S of the porous air vent during vulcanization, whereby the occurrence of the occlusion of the above pores 15S is reduced and stains adhered to the cavity inner wall side of the mold 10 are removed by physical means such as a blast treatment while the above cover members 17 and 17 are closed at the time of cleaning to remove the stains of the above mold 10. Further, the above openings are opened as required to allow a cleaning liquid 24 go into the above pores 15S to clean the above mold 10 and remove stains in the pores 15S.
Abstract:
A 3-D solid model of a tire vulcanizing mold is constructed on CAD, lamination models the optimum value of the pitch of which is determined in consideration of molding accuracy and processing time are created by dividing this model in a predetermined lamination direction, slice data for each layer corresponding to the lamination pitch of each segment are created, a sector mold of the tire vulcanizing mold is manufactured by a powder sintering method based on the slice data, and the density of a sintered body is controlled by adjusting the output of a laser beam or the exposure time of the laser beam applied to the powders to provide a density distribution on the plane and in the depth direction of a mold element for each layer so as to obtain a tire vulcanizing mold having a hybrid structure.
Abstract:
A vulcanizing mold for pneumatic tires includes a plurality of mold pieces for forming a tread portion of the tire, which can be assembled with each other in a circumferential direction of the tire. Each mold piece has a molding surface for forming a tread pattern of the tire tread portion, and end surfaces where adjacent mold pieces are in abutment with each other when they are assembled. The end surface of the mold piece includes an edge region adjacent to the molding surface and extending in a width direction of the tread portion. The mold piece has a vent passage communicating with atmosphere, formed of a narrow gap along the edge region over substantially entire width of the tread portion, and additional vent passage in the molding surface, formed of fine unevenness communicating with the narrow gap, and/or fine apertures at a region corresponding to a land in the tread portion and isolated from the narrow gap.
Abstract:
A method of making a tire mold segment with a porous metal tread surface for a tire mold wherein an annular segmental tire model of refractory material is formed with tire model segments which are used to shape and form each tire mold segment from powdered metal by applying heat and pressure to sinter the powdered metal as it is shaped by the tire model segment. Blades may be mounted in the tire model segments for transfer to the tire mold segments for molding slits a tire tread.