Tire building drum
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorTatsuya Itoh
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Abstract
A tire building drum (10) is used to build a large green tire. The tire building drum (10) comprises: a cylindrical drum main body (12) having an outer peripheral surface (14) a diameter of which is capable of being increased and reduced; and a coating (16) formed on the outer peripheral surface of the drum main body. The coating (16) includes a silicon layer (26) defining a surface of the coating (16), and the silicon layer has a surface roughness Ra of 10 μm or greater. The tire building drum (10) requires no application of stearic acid onto the surface thereof in release of the green tire.
Claims1
A tire building drum used to build a large green tire, comprising:
- a cylindrical drum main body having an outer peripheral surface, a diameter of the cylindrical drum main body being capable of being increased and reduced;
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- a coating formed on the outer peripheral surface of the drum main body, wherein
- the coating includes a silicon layer defining a surface of the coating, and
- the silicon layer has a surface roughness (Ra) of 10 μm or greater,
- wherein the coating includes a sprayed ceramic layer having a porous structure and impregnated with part of the silicon layer,
- wherein the coating includes a sprayed stainless steel layer having a surface roughness (Ra) of 16 μm or greater and fixedly adhering to the outer peripheral surface of the drum main body which is roughened, and
- the sprayed ceramic layer is formed on the sprayed stainless steel layer,
- wherein a thickness dimension of the silicon layer is within a range of 10 to 20 μm,
- a thickness dimension of the sprayed ceramic layer is within a range of 40 to 60 μm, and
- a thickness dimension of the sprayed stainless steel layer is within a range of 80 to 120 μm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.