Process of making plated wire for reinforcing rubber goods
AssigneesKawasaki Steel Corporation, Kawatetsu Wire Products Company Ltd., The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasamitsu Takei, Kunihiko Kataoka, Yoshitaka Udagawa, Shunichi Harada, Kozo Tsunoyama
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Abstract
An improved wire with an excellent adhesion with rubber is disclosed for reinforcing rubber goods, made by a diffusion process wherein oxides formed on the surface of plated metal during diffusion are removed before drawing.
Claims5
A process for making a wire having an improved adhesion with rubber for reinforcing rubber goods comprising the steps of plating copper on the surface of a starting metal wire, plating zinc on said copper plated wire, diffusing said plated metals by heating, after diffusing dissolving and removing by chemical dissolution zinc oxides formed, during said diffusion treatment, on the surface of said zinc diffused copper plated metal wire, and drawing said wire thereafter, the dissolving and removing of said oxides being effective in eliminating detrimental effects of said zinc oxides in adhesion of the wire with rubber.
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