Methods for manufacturing a tread for agricultural tire using a dinitrile oxide cure system
AssigneeBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
InventorsRobert Barned, Joshua Abell, David Bender
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a tread for agricultural tires, the method comprising providing an agricultural tire casing, providing a cured rubber component having first and second planar surfaces, providing a plurality of cushion gums, wherein the plurality of cushion gums contains a cure system comprising a stable dinitrile oxide compound, providing a plurality of lugs, and forming an agricultural tread composite by mating the lugs to a planar surface of the cured rubber component using the cushion gum.
Claims27
A method of retreading a used agricultural tire, the method comprising:
- (i) providing a used agricultural tire casing;
- (ii) providing a cured rubber component having first and second planar surfaces;
- (iii) providing a plurality of cushion gums, wherein each cushion gum of the plurality of cushion gums contains a cure system comprising a stable dinitrile oxide compound;
- (iv) providing a plurality of lugs;
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- (v) forming an agricultural tire composite by mating the lugs to a planar surface of the cured rubber component using the cushion gums.
A method of manufacturing an agricultural tire, the method comprising:
- (i) providing a newly manufactured agricultural tire casing;
- (ii) providing a plurality of cushion gums, wherein each cushion gum of the plurality of cushion gums contains a cure system comprising a stable dinitrile oxide compound;
- (iii) providing a plurality of lugs;
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- (iv) forming an agricultural tire composite by mating the lugs to the tire casing by using the cushion gums.
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