Stainless steel fiber reinforced composite belt
AssigneesNippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd., Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
InventorsHiroaki Yamashita, Takashi Toyota
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Abstract
A fiber reinforced composite belt in which a stainless steel fiber aggregate having a diameter of from 5 to 50 .mu.m and impregnated with 1 to 10% by weight of a thermosetting resin such as an epoxy resin is buried as a reinforcing material in a base material for belt, and a process for preparing the above-mentioned fiber reinforced composite belt are provided. This fiber reinforced composite belt is much more excellent in flex resistance, durability, water resistance and coefficient of linear expansion, as compared with not only a rubber belt and a synthetic resin elastomer belt but also belts reinforced by directly burying a stainless steel fiber and a steel fiber in the rubber.
Claims4
A fiber reinforced composite belt comprising a stainless steel fiber aggregate impregnated with a thermosetting matrix resin being buried as a reinforcing material in an elastomeric base material for belt wherein the amount of matrix resin with which the fiber aggregate is impregnated is in the range of from 1 to 10 weight percent based on the weight of the impregnated fiber aggregate, said stainless steel fiber aggregate comprising monofilaments each having a diameter of from 5 to 50 microns.
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