Metal wire coated with a layer of metal material intended to reinforce elastomeric materials and methods for producing the same

a technology of elastomeric materials and metal wires, which is applied in the direction of vacuum evaporation coating, coating, manufacturing tools, etc., can solve the problems of excessive number of steps, unresolved, and excessive duration of the above-mentioned diffusion step, and achieves high quality, improved corrosion resistance, and suitable mechanical strength.

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-06-15
PIRELLI TYRE SPA
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[0016] The Applicant has perceived the necessity of providing a method for producing a metal wire intended to reinforce elastomeric materials, of the type comprising a metal core and a metal coating layer, which allows to obtain a wire having suitable mechanical strength in view of the incorporation of the wire into elastomeric materials to be reinforced and comprising a coating layer of high quality, in particular with reference to the uniformity and homogeneity thereof, and improved corrosion resistance, with a positive effect upon the adhesion of the wire to elastomeric materials.

Problems solved by technology

Conventional methods of such type, although substantially suitable for the purpose, nevertheless have a series of drawbacks which have not been overcome yet, such as the excessive number of steps, the excessive duration of the above-mentioned diffusion step and the reduction of mechanical resistance of the wire following such a diffusion step.
Furthermore, in the brass coating layer there are undesired gradients of concentration of copper in the radial direction and in the axial direction of the wire, as well as a variability of the amount of brass both in the axial direction and in the radial direction of the wire.
The presence of β brass, particularly when in a concentration of more than 10% by weight, makes the drawing step extremely difficult and results in an excessive wear of the drawing dies, as well as the risk that there are areas of wire not completely coated and / or containing unacceptable amounts (in the order of about 50 mg / m2) of impurities, such as oxides deriving not only from the acid used in the above-mentioned picking step, but also from the oxides present in the coppering bath and from those present in the lubricant used in the drawing step.
However, the metal film is so thin (from some Å to 0.4 μm) that there is the risk that more or less large areas of the surface of the core are not perfectly coated or that surface areas, although substantially coated, present surface defects, thus not ensuring a suitable corrosion resistance of the wire.

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[0155] A steel wire rod, having a diameter of about 5.5 mm, was subjected to a descaling step and to a dry drawing—at the end of which the wire core having an initial diameter equal to about 1.4 mm was obtained—in a substantially continuous manner.

[0156] Subsequently, an electrolytically pickling of the core with sulfuric acid was carried out. In particular, the core was pickled by conveying the same in a sulfuric acid bath arranged downstream of the descaling position in a substantially continuous manner. The core was successively washed by conveying the core in water, said washing step being provided downstream of the pickling bath.

[0157] Successively, a patenting thermal treatment of the core, consisting of a heating step in a furnace at a temperature of about 950° C. and of a subsequent cooling step in air at a temperature of about 550° C., was carried out in a substantially continuous manner. The exit rate of the core from the furnace was equal to about 36 m / min.

[0158] Subse...

example 2

[0172] A steel wire rod, having a diameter of about 5.5 mm, was subjected to a descaling step as in Example 1.

[0173] After the descaling step, an electrolytically pickling of the wire rod with sulfuric acid and a subsequent washing in water were carried out as described in Example 1.

[0174] The rod so pickled and washed was dried and submitted to a dry drawing—at the end of which a wire core having an initial diameter equal to about 1.4 mm was obtained—in a substantially continuous manner.

[0175] Successively, a patenting thermal treatment, a deposition and a wet drawing step were carried out as described in Example 1.

[0176] A further stranding step of a plurality of steel wires coated with brass obtained as described above was provided to obtain a cord reinforcing elastomeric materials, such as for example the belt layers of a tire.

[0177] In a way known per se, cords produced in accordance with the method of the invention were incorporated in articles of elastomeric materials, s...

example 3

[0178] A core of steel wire having an initial diameter equal to about 1.4 mm was obtained as described in Example 1.

[0179] Subsequently, the steel core was superficially treated and patented as described in Example 1.

[0180] The exit rate of the core from the furnace was equal to about 36 m / min.

[0181] The steel core was fed into a first pre-chamber and then into a vacuum deposition chamber as described in Example 1, with the exception that the vacuum deposition chamber comprised a plurality of rectangular-shaped cathodes (45 cm×7 cm), consisting of brass having a copper content of 63.5% by weight and 36.5% by weight of zinc. The steel core was fed in a substantially continuous manner into such a vacuum deposition chamber at a speed of about 36 m / min and a brass coating layer having an initial thickness equal to about 1.5 μm was then deposited on the steel core in a substantially continuous manner by means of the magnetron sputtering technique.

[0182] For such a purpose, after a pr...

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Abstract

A metal wire for reinforcing an elastomeric material includes a metal core and a metal coating layer. The core includes a predetermined initial diameter. A method for producing the wire includes submitting the core to at least one surface treatment, thermally treating the core, depositing the coating layer on the core, and drawing the metal-coated metal core. The at least one surface treatment predisposes a surface of the core to being coated with the coating layer. The coating layer is deposited on the core to a predetermined initial thickness using a plasma deposition technique. The metal-coated metal core is drawn until the core includes a final diameter smaller than the predetermined initial diameter and the coating layer includes a final thickness smaller than the predetermined initial thickness. A metal cord for reinforcing an elastomeric material and a method for producing the metal cord are also disclosed.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention refers to a method for producing a metal wire intended to reinforce elastomeric materials, such as for example semi-finished products intended for the manufacture of tires, tubes, conveyor belts, transmission belts and cables. [0002] In particular, the present invention refers to a metal wire of the type comprising a metal core and a metal coating layer. [0003] In the present description and in the following claims, the term “metal” is used to indicate both a single metal and a metal alloy. [0004] The present invention also refers to a metal wire intended to reinforce elastomeric materials, of the type comprising a metal core and a metal coating layer, as well as to a metal cord comprising a plurality of such metal wires and to a method for producing the same. PRIOR ART [0005] Methods for producing metal wires comprising a metal core and a metal coating layer and intended to reinforce elastomeric materials, such as for example semi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B21C1/00B21C37/04B29C70/68C23C14/02C23C14/16C23C14/56C23C14/58C23C16/54
CPCB21C37/042C23C14/021C23C14/165C23C14/562C23C14/5886C23C16/545D07B1/0666D07B2205/3089D07B2801/18
Inventor PAVAN, FEDERICOAGRESTI, SIMONCAVALLOTTI, PIETRO LUIGINOBILI, LUCA
Owner PIRELLI TYRE SPA
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