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    • 专利摘要:
    The invention relates in particular to a tire manufacturing method comprising a step of assembling a blank (1) on a stepped drum (2), said blank comprising at least one carcass ply (3) and circumferential reinforcements of beads. (11, 12), said method being characterized in that: • The shouldered drum comprises shoulders (21) having a height (H) of at least 25 mm, • The circumferential reinforcements of beads are reinforcements wound on several turns around the blank, • The circumferential reinforcements of spiral beads are placed against the shoulder of the drum, the circumferential reinforcements of beads being positioned in said blank in a substantially definitive manner, • The carcass ply does not contain any fold around the circumferential reinforcements of beads.
    公开号:FR3030348A1
    申请号:FR1463178
    申请日:2014-12-23
    公开日:2016-06-24
    发明作者:Frederic Pialot；Gerard Bor；Yves Potin；Thomas Fabre；Matthieu Lutz
    申请人:Michelin Recherche et Technique SA Switzerland ；Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA；Michelin Recherche et Technique SA France；
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    专利说明:

    [0001] The invention relates to the field of the manufacture of tires for passenger vehicles or commercial vehicles and is more particularly concerned with the methods of assembling tire blanks, and more particularly with regard to the assembly of tire blanks. components of the low zone of the tires. [2] The low zone of the tire is the part of the tire extending from the contact zone with the rim of the wheel to the sidewalls of the tire. [3] The main function of the low zone is to connect the tire carcass to the rim in order to transmit the forces while sealing the contact zone. The lower zone comprises in particular a circumferential reinforcement ensuring the tightening of the tire on the seat of the rim. [4] This circumferential reinforcement is most often in the form of an annular assembly of metal son grouped as packets of rectangular section or twisted in the form of cables. These types of circumferential reinforcement are generally referred to by the word "rod". [5] During the manufacture of the tires, it first assembles a blank in which is associated all the constituent elements of the future tire. Rubber products which represent a large part of the blank are not yet vulcanized at this stage. Once the blank is complete, it is placed in a mold within a vulcanization press in which the temperature and pressure applied to the blank causes both the final molding of the tire shape and the vulcanization of the rubber. . [6] The assembly of the tire blank is a complex process whose accuracy is decisive for the quality and performance of the finished tire. This is particularly true for the assembly of the part of the blank intended to constitute the low zone of the tire. [7] In order to fix the generally radial carcass reinforcements in the lower zone, they are conventionally folded around the bead during assembly of the blank on a substantially cylindrical rotating drum. We speak of "laying flat" to designate this part of the conventional process. The blank is then shaped, that is to say inflated to take its toroidal form and receive the crown reinforcements and the tread of the tire. The complete blank (the term "bandage" is also used to designate the complete blank) can then be placed in the vulcanization mold. A difficulty of this type of process is the dimensional control of the finished tire because the carcass tends to move during the shaping of the blank which is accompanied by a rotation of the rod. On the other hand, during the use of the tire, the cyclic variations in the tension of the carcass reinforcements also cause movements of rotation of the bead wire and therefore significant deformations of the rubber of the low zone. Because of the hysteresis of the rubber, these elastic deformations of the lower zone hindered significant energy losses in the rolling resistance budget of the tire. [8] Also known are methods in which what is called a shoulder drum is used. This type of assembly drum comprises shoulders against which the rods are placed and which have the effect of making the assembly of the bead zone in a configuration close to that of the finished tire. The rotation of the rod during the shaping is then practically eliminated, but the energy losses during the use of the tire remain significant. [9] According to another tire manufacturing method, it has also been proposed to assemble all the constituents of the blank on a substantially toroidal shape corresponding to the inner shape of the finished tire before placing said form with the blank complete in the vulcanization mold. In this type of manufacturing method, it has been proposed to produce the circumferential reinforcement by winding several turns of a wire reinforcement on either side of the carcass reinforcements. A difficulty of this type of process is its complexity and therefore its industrial cost. [10] The invention therefore aims to overcome at least one of the disadvantages described above. [11] The invention proposes for this purpose a method of manufacturing a tire comprising a step of assembling a blank on a stepped drum, said blank comprising at least one carcass ply and circumferential reinforcements of beads, said method being characterized in that: - The shouldered drum comprises shoulders having a height of at least 25 MM, - The circumferential reinforcements of beads are reinforcements wound on several turns around the blank, - The circumferential reinforcements of beads are placed spirally against the shoulder of the drum, the circumferential reinforcements of beads being positioned in said blank in a substantially definitive disposition, - The carcass ply has no fold around the circumferential bead reinforcements. [12] Preferably, the height of the shoulder of the drum is at least 50 mm. [13] Preferably, the axial faces of the shoulder of the shouldered drum form with the axis of the drum an angle less than 900. [14] Preferably, the axial faces of the shoulders of the shouldered drum form with the axis of the drum an angle of between 60 and 80 °. [15] Circumferential bead reinforcements are preferably prepared in the form of annular semi-finished products each comprising at least a portion of said spirally wound reinforcements and an unvulcanized rubber ring. [16] More preferably, successively place: - a first annular semi-finished product against each of the shoulders of the drum, - the carcass ply coming to cover at least partly the first annular semi-finished product, and - a second product annular semi-finish against each end of the carcass ply. [017] According to one variant, the winding of the circumferential reinforcements of beads is made in situ by combining the rotation of the drum with the laying of said reinforcements against the shoulder of the drum. [018] Preferably, a non-vulcanized gum strip is also wound to form the filling of the lower zone. Preferably, a plurality of windings of circumferential bead reinforcements are superimposed in the low zone. [020] Preferably, the method further comprises a subsequent step of shaping the carcass of the blank and associating the blank with the crown block of the tire while maintaining said blank on said stepped drum. [21] The invention further relates to a tire obtained by a method as described above. [22] The following description provides a better understanding of the method according to the invention according to preferred embodiments of the invention and is based on FIGS. 1 to 7 in which: FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing in FIG. An essential principle of the process according to the invention is cut away. FIGS. 2 to 4 show a succession of steps of a first embodiment of the process of the invention. FIG. 5 shows the section of a blank obtained during the process of FIGS. 2 to 4. FIG. 6 schematically represents the detail of a preferred embodiment of the method of the invention. - Figure 7 illustrates a variant of the embodiment of Figure 6. [23] In the various figures, identical or similar elements bear the same references. The description of the structure and function of these identical or similar elements is therefore not systematically repeated. [24] In Figure 1, we see the essential principles of the method according to the invention. The relevant parts of a stepped drum 2 are schematically shown in section. The central part of the drum is interrupted in order to make the drawing clearer. This shows on a larger scale each of the shoulders 21 of the drum and the particularities of the assembly according to the method of the invention of the lower zones 10 of the tire blank 1. [025] The drum 2 comprises a A. Each shoulder 21 of the stepped drum has an axial face 22 at an angle with the axis A of the drum. the angle a is preferably less than 900 and more preferably between 60 and 80 °. [026] The shoulders have a height H. This height H is greater than 25 mm according to the invention and preferably greater than 50 mm, in particular for the assembly of tires for commercial vehicles ("heavy goods vehicles"). that is to say tires intended to carry significant loads under a pressure of at least 5 bar and whose load index is greater than 120. [27] The main constituents of the blank 1 can be seen in FIG. at this stage of the assembly and in particular those of the low zones 10. The carcass ply 3 covers the entire drum, from one low zone to another. An inner sealing layer 4 is visible inside the carcass ply. In each lower zone, the carcass ply is placed between two bundles of circumferential bead reinforcements. Here there are external reinforcements 11 and internal reinforcements 12. Each of said bundles of circumferential reinforcements consists of a spiral winding of several turns of a wire reinforcement disposed against the axial face 22 of the shoulder of the drum. is parallel to this one. Seen in section, each package can be as here in a single layer or in several layers. Gum profiles 13 and 14 protect both the circumferential reinforcements and the carcass ply by preventing any direct contact between them and with the external environment of the lower zone. We also speak of "filling the low zone". [28] The carcass ply 3 therefore has no fold around the bead circumferential reinforcements. It is simply held between the two packets of reinforcements. At this stage of the process, the low zone is complete and it is understood that the circumferential reinforcements of beads but also the volumes of rubber are already positioned in the blank according to their substantially definitive disposition, ie substantially according to the provision that they will have in the finished tire, after its molding. Such a low area does not undergo significant deformation or rotation, either during shaping or when using the finished tire. [29] After the process step shown in Figure 1, the drum can be extracted from the blank. The blank can then be taken up on another support before being shaped (that is to say, to be inflated to take its toroidal form) and to receive the crown reinforcements and the tread. [30] In Figures 2 to 4, there is shown a preferred embodiment of the method of the invention wherein the subsequent steps of the assembly are performed on the same drum 2 which was used for the steps shown in FIG. 1. For the sake of simplicity, the central portion of the drum has not been shown. [031] We therefore see in Figure 2 the blank 1 in the state of Figure 1 that is to say carcass and low areas assembled on the stepped drum 2. In Figure 3, the blank remains connected to the drum by its low areas 10 while the length of the drum is gradually reduced (the shoulders of the drum are closer to each other) while an internal pressure forces the carcass to take a toroidal shape and then to come flat to the The top ring may include all the crown reinforcements and the tread in a manner known per se in the field of tire assembly. Figure 4 corresponds to the moment when the blank is completely assembled and shaped, ready to be separated from the drum and then placed in the vulcanization mold. [32] Figure 5 shows the complete blank separated from the drum and ready to be molded. [33] Figure 6 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the method of the invention wherein the circumferential bead reinforcements are prepared as annular semifinished products comprising said spirally wound reinforcements associated with an unvulcanized rubber ring for filling the low area. These subassemblies 1311 and 1412 are thus easy to handle in the manner of the rods in the conventional process. In order to obtain the low-area architecture described in the preceding figures, the method consists here in placing a first semi-finished ring 1412 against the axial face 22 of each shoulder of the drum, and then in folding the ends of the carcass ply 3 on top of this inner ring before coming to place a second semi-finished ring 1311 over each of the ends of the carcass ply 3. It is understood that other tire architectures can be obtained according to the invention by varying the number and type of semi-finished rings placed on either side of the carcass. The carcass reinforcement may also consist of two or more superposed sheets between which may also be inserted in the lower zone of such semi-finished annular products. [34] Another way of constituting the spiral winding of the wire reinforcement may be to proceed to the laying of a bare wire and a strip of rubber according to the method described in the patent application published under the number WO2006 / 067,069. In this case the gum profiles 13 and 14 are preferably made by a large number of gum strip turns. Figure 7 illustrates this variant. The circumferential reinforcements 11 and 12 comprise several turns of wire wound in situ during the rotation of the drum and associated in several layers with a strip of rubber rolled according to the same principle, simultaneously or not as described in WO2006 / 067069. It is understood that in a similar manner to FIG. 6, the inner part (12, 14) of the low zone is made against the drum, then the carcass ply 3 is folded on this first subassembly before the outer part (11, 13) is made over the carcass. This figure also illustrates the case of a plurality of reinforcement layers as mentioned above. [35] The method of the invention makes it possible to manufacture in a simple and therefore industrially robust manner tires whose low zone is light, resistant and very weakly contributing to the rolling resistance of the tire. [36] Within the scope of the invention, any type of suitable wire reinforcement, for example a monofilament or a wire rope, a textile yarn (such as an aramid or hybrid cable) or a mineral yarn (fiber yarn) can be used for the circumferential windings. glass).
    权利要求:
    Claims (11)
    [0001]
    REVENDICATIONS1. A method of manufacturing a tire comprising a step of assembling a blank (1) on a stepped drum (2), said blank comprising at least one carcass ply (3) and circumferential bead reinforcements (11, 12), said method being characterized in that: - the stepped drum comprises shoulders (21) having a height (H) of at least 25 mm, - The circumferential reinforcements of beads are reinforcements wound on several turns around the blank, - The circumferential reinforcements of spiral beads are placed against the shoulder of the drum, the circumferential reinforcements of beads being positioned in said blank in a substantially definitive arrangement, - The carcass ply has no fold around the circumferential reinforcements of beads.
    [0002]
    2. Method according to one of the preceding claims wherein the height (H) of the shoulder of the drum is at least equal to 50 mm.
    [0003]
    3. Method according to one of the preceding claims wherein the axial faces (22) of the shoulder shouldered drum form with the axis of the drum (A) an angle less than 90 °.
    [0004]
    4. Method according to one of the preceding claims wherein the axial faces of the shoulder shouldered drum form with the axis of the drum (A) an angle (a) between 60 and 80 °.
    [0005]
    5. Method according to one of the preceding claims wherein is prepared the winding of the circumferential reinforcements beads in the form of annular semi-finished products (1311, 1214) each comprising at least a portion of said spiral wound reinforcements and a ring of unvulcanized rubber.
    [0006]
    6. The method of claim 5 wherein is placed successively: - a first annular semi-finished product (1412) against each of the shoulders of the drum, - the carcass ply (3) covering at least partially the first semi-finished product. annular finish, and - a second annular semi-finished product (1311) against each end of the carcass ply.
    [0007]
    7. Method according to one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the winding of the circumferential bead reinforcements is made in situ by combining the rotation of the drum with the laying of said reinforcements against the shoulder of the drum.
    [0008]
    8. The method of claim 7 wherein is also wrapped a strip of uncured rubber to form the filling of the low zone.
    [0009]
    9. Method according to one of the preceding claims wherein a plurality of windings of circumferential reinforcements of beads are superposed in the low zone.
    [0010]
    10. Method according to one of the preceding claims further comprising a subsequent step of performing the conformation of the carcass of the blank and to associate the blank to the crown block of the tire while maintaining said blank on said stepped drum.
    [0011]
    Pneumatic tire obtained by the process of claims 1 to 10.
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