Method and system for producing unvulcanized-rubber/steel-wire composites
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorSusumu Imamiya
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Abstract
In a method of the present invention for producing an unvulcanized-rubber/steel-wire composite, steel wires are continuously drawn, and the drawn steel wires are not taken up but fed to a rubber coater so that the steel wires are coated with unvulcanized rubber. An apparatus of the present invention for producing an unvulcanized-rubber/steel-wire composite comprises a wire drawer for drawing steel wires continuously, and a rubber coater for coating the steel wires with unvulcanized rubber, and the steel wires drawn by the wire drawer are not taken up but are led to the rubber coater.
Claims9
A method for producing an unvulcanized-rubber/steel-wire composite for tires, comprising the steps of:
- drawing a plurality of brass plated steel wires continuously to reduce the sectional area for each of the steel wires to form drawn steel wires, wherein a drawing speed of said drawn steel wires is 80 m/min. or less;
- feeding said drawn steel wires to a rubber coater without taking up said drawn steel wires;
- coating said drawn steel wires with unvulcanized rubber to form a primary composite;
- cutting said primary composite at a predetermined angle to a predetermined length to form strips having side edges and cut ends;
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- splicing the side edges of the strips to each other to form a secondary composite.
A system for producing an unvulcanized-rubber/steel-wire composite for tires, characterized by comprising:
- a plurality of brass plated steel wires;
- a wire drawer for drawing the plurality of steel wires continuously to reduce the sectional area for each of the steel wires to form drawn steel wires, wherein a drawing speed of said drawn steel wires is 80 m/min or less;
- a rubber coater for coating said drawn steel wires with unvulcanized rubber to form a primary composite, said drawn steel wires being fed to said rubber coater without being taken up;
- a band worker including a cutter for cutting said primary composite at a predetermined angle to a predetermined length to form strips having side edges and cut ends;
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- a splicer for splicing the side edges of the strips to each other to form a secondary composite.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.