JP6336314B2 - Tire vulcanization mold - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a tire vulcanization mold used for vulcanization molding in the manufacture of a pneumatic tire.

  In manufacturing a pneumatic tire, generally, a tread ring provided with a pattern corresponding to a tread portion of the tire is divided into a plurality of tread segments (hereinafter also simply referred to as “segments”) in the circumferential direction, and sidewalls. Vulcanization molding is performed using a so-called split mold type tire vulcanization mold (hereinafter also simply referred to as “mold”) having a pair of upper and lower side plates provided with corresponding patterns. Yes.

  Specifically, after placing the low cover formed on the lower side plate of the mold that has been opened by expanding the diameter of the tread ring, the diameter of the tread ring is reduced and the mold is closed, for a predetermined time, The raw cover is vulcanized and molded by heating and pressurizing (for example, Patent Document 1).

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  However, when such a mold is used, when the tread ring is reduced in diameter and the mold is closed, the rubber of the raw cover may be caught between the segment to be reduced in diameter and the side plate. In the tire after vulcanization, there is a possibility that rubber protrudes as a spew on the periphery of the boundary between the tread and the sidewall and causes deterioration in the appearance quality of the tire.

  And if this protruding rubber remains in the mold, it will be separated from the mold that opens and closes during the next and subsequent vulcanization, and will adhere to the raw cover and be vulcanized. There is a risk of inviting.

  Furthermore, the occurrence of such rubber biting reduces the durability of the mold and shortens the durability of the mold.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a tire vulcanization mold that can sufficiently suppress the occurrence of rubber biting in the closed state, obtain a tire with excellent appearance quality, and has a long durability life. This is the issue.

The invention described in claim 1
The tread ring is provided with a plurality of tread segments divided in the circumferential direction and a pair of upper and lower side plates. The tread ring is reduced in diameter, and heated and pressed for a predetermined time to vulcanize the raw cover. A mold for tire vulcanization,
The tread segment is provided with a pair of upper and lower inclined surfaces that are inclined in the diameter-reducing direction from the center of the tread segment toward the outer edge side,
A piece having an inclined surface parallel to the inclined surface of the tread segment is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the side plate so as to be slidable in the vertical direction with respect to the outer peripheral portion via a spring body that expands and contracts in the vertical direction. And
When the diameter of the tread ring is reduced, after the inclined surface of the tread segment to be reduced comes into contact with the piece, the piece is moved along the inclined surface of the tread segment against the biasing force of the spring body. Move towards the center of the tread segment,
When the diameter of the tread ring is expanded, the piece moves in the direction of the outer edge of the tread segment while keeping the piece in contact with the inclined surface of the tread segment to be expanded. A tire vulcanization mold characterized in that the mold is configured to be separated from an inclined surface and return to a position before the diameter reduction of the tread ring.

The invention described in claim 2
The tire vulcanization mold according to claim 1, wherein the piece is an aluminum piece.

The invention according to claim 3
3. The tire vulcanization mold according to claim 1, wherein a width that moves up and down of the piece is 5 to 8 mm. 4.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to sufficiently suppress the occurrence of rubber biting in the closed state, obtain a tire with excellent appearance quality, and provide a tire vulcanization mold having a long durability life. be able to.

It is sectional drawing explaining the open state of the metal mold | die for tire vulcanization concerning embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing explaining the middle step from the open state to the closed state of the mold for tire vulcanization concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is sectional drawing explaining the closed state of the metal mold | die for tire vulcanization | curing which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings based on embodiments.

1. Tire Vulcanizing Mold FIGS. 1 to 3 are sectional views showing a mold according to the present embodiment. The mold is in an open state (FIG. 1), and an intermediate stage from an open state to a closed state ( FIG. 2) is a cross-sectional view illustrating a closed state of the mold (FIG. 3). In addition, since the metal mold | die is formed left-right symmetrically, in FIGS. 1-3, only the left half is described.

  The mold according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of segments 1 in which a tread ring 1A is divided in the circumferential direction and a pair of upper and lower side plates 2 in the same manner as a conventional mold. When the diameter of the tread ring 1A is reduced, the tread ring 1A is brought into contact with the side plate 2 to be closed, and when the diameter is increased, the tread ring 1A is separated from the side plate 2 to be opened.

  As shown in FIG. 1, each segment 1 has a tread pattern molding surface 1a on the radially inner surface, and a divided surface 1b that abuts the side plate 2 when the mold is closed has a tread pattern. It is provided above and below the molding surface 1a. And between the molding surface 1a of the tread pattern and the dividing surface 1b, a pair of upper and lower inclined surfaces 1c inclined in the diameter reducing direction from the center of the segment 1 toward the outer edge side is provided.

  Each side plate 2 has a piece 4 having an inclined surface 4a parallel to the inclined surface 1c of the segment 1 attached to the outer peripheral portion of the side plate body 3 via a spring body 5 that expands and contracts in the vertical direction. A sidewall pattern is provided from the sidewall pattern molding surface 3 a of the side plate body 3 to the sidewall pattern molding surface 4 b of the piece 4.

  The spring body 5 is loaded between a recess 3c formed at an appropriate interval in the circumferential direction of the flange 3b of the side plate body 3 and a recess 4d formed in the piece 4 corresponding to the recess 3c. Yes.

  In the mold according to the present embodiment, the piece 4 slides along the inclined surface 1c of the segment 1 in accordance with the reduced diameter and enlarged diameter of the tread ring 1A, and in the vertical direction on the outer peripheral portion of the side plate body 3. Configured to move to.

  In other words, when the diameter of the tread ring 1A is reduced using the tire vulcanization mold configured as described above, the segment 1 moves in the direction of diameter reduction as shown by the arrows in FIG. After that, the inclined surface 1 c of the segment 1 comes into contact with the inclined surface 4 a of the piece 4. Thereafter, the piece 4 receives a pressing force from the segment 1 that further moves in the diameter reducing direction, slides while abutting along the inclined surface 1c of the segment 1 against the biasing force of the spring body 5, and Move toward the center.

  Thus, the tread ring 1A is reduced in diameter, so that the piece 4 moves in the vertical direction toward the low cover set inside the mold, and the inclined surface 1c of the segment 1 and the inclined surface 4a of the piece 4 Slide while abutting. When the segment 1 is further reduced in diameter and approaches the piece 4, the width and height of the gap formed between the segment 1 and the piece 4 are gradually reduced, and the capacity of the gap is gradually increased. Decrease. As a result, the rubber of the raw cover that is about to be caught in the gap is pushed back inward of the mold, and sufficiently suppresses the biting of the rubber that occurred when the mold was closed in the past. it can.

  Then, the segment 1 further moves as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 3 to further reduce the diameter of the tread ring 1A. Finally, the rubber of the low cover that is about to be caught in the gap between the segment 1 and the piece 4 Are pushed back inward of the mold, the tread ring 1A and the piece 4 are brought into close contact with each other, and the mold is closed.

  In the above, the specific width by which the piece 4 moves up and down is preferably 5 to 8 mm, and the segment 4 is applied to the segment 1 from a position about 5 to 8 mm away from the raw cover toward the raw cover side. The piece 4 moves in contact.

  After the vulcanization molding of the raw cover is completed, the tread ring 1A is expanded to open the mold. In this case, contrary to the above, the inclined surface 1c of the segment 1 moves away from the piece 4 as the diameter of the tread ring 1A increases. However, since the piece 4 is biased by the spring body 5, it moves while sliding toward the outer edge of the segment 1 while being in contact with the inclined surface 1 c of the segment 1.

  When the diameter of the tread ring 1A is further expanded and the piece 4 and the segment 1 are separated from each other, the piece 4 is urged by the spring body 5 to return to a position before the tread ring 1A is reduced in diameter. Wait for vulcanization.

  The piece 4 is preferably made of the same material as that of the side plate 2, but aluminum is preferably used from the viewpoint of thermal conductivity and ease of processing.

2. Effects of the present embodiment According to the tire vulcanizing mold of the present embodiment, when the diameter of the tread ring 1A is reduced, the piece 4 slides in contact with the segment 1, and the segment 1 and the piece The width and height of the gap formed between the gap 4 and the gap are gradually reduced to reduce the capacity of the gap, and the rubber of the raw cover that is about to be caught in the gap is pushed back inward of the mold.

  As a result, the biting of the raw cover that occurs when the mold is closed can be suppressed, the rubber protruding as spew can be reduced, and the appearance quality of the product tire can be improved.

  By reducing the protrusion of rubber, the amount of rubber remaining in the mold is reduced, and the amount of rubber that protrudes during the next and subsequent vulcanizations is reduced, further reducing the appearance quality of the product tire. Can be improved.

  Further, since the biting of the raw cover during the diameter reduction is reduced, the durable years of the tire vulcanization mold can be extended.

1. Preparation of mold First, a mold having a conventional structure without a piece was prepared as a mold of a conventional example.

  Next, using the same mold as above, remodeling to provide the piece of the present embodiment on the outer periphery of the side plate, and remodeling the segment to the segment of the present embodiment, as a mold of the example Got ready.

2. Test Method First, a low cover having a tire size of 195 / 65R15 was placed in each mold, and the tread ring was reduced in diameter to close the mold until tightening. Next, the mold was opened without vulcanization, and the raw cover was taken out. Next, each taken-out raw cover was hot-pressed, and the surface of the raw cover after hot pressing was visually observed to determine the biting state.

3. Test Result It was confirmed that the raw cover bite occurred in the conventional mold, but no bite occurred when the mold of the example was used. As a result, the superiority of the tire vulcanization mold according to the present embodiment has been clarified.

  While the present invention has been described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various modifications can be made to the above-described embodiments within the same and equivalent scope as the present invention.

1 Segment 1A Tread ring 1a Tread pattern forming surface 1b Split surface 1c, 4a Inclined surface 2 Side plate 3 Side plate main body 3a, 4b Side wall pattern forming surface 3b Flange 3c, 4d Recess 4 Frame 5 Spring body

Claims (3)

The tread ring is provided with a plurality of tread segments divided in the circumferential direction and a pair of upper and lower side plates. The tread ring is reduced in diameter, and heated and pressed for a predetermined time to vulcanize the raw cover. A mold for tire vulcanization,
The tread segment is provided with a pair of upper and lower inclined surfaces that are inclined in the diameter-reducing direction from the center of the tread segment toward the outer edge side,
A piece having an inclined surface parallel to the inclined surface of the tread segment is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the side plate so as to be slidable in the vertical direction with respect to the outer peripheral portion via a spring body that expands and contracts in the vertical direction. And
When the diameter of the tread ring is reduced, after the inclined surface of the tread segment to be reduced comes into contact with the piece, the piece is moved along the inclined surface of the tread segment against the biasing force of the spring body. Move towards the center of the tread segment,
When the diameter of the tread ring is expanded, the piece moves in the direction of the outer edge of the tread segment while keeping the piece in contact with the inclined surface of the tread segment to be expanded. A tire vulcanization mold, which is configured to be separated from an inclined surface and to return to a position before the diameter reduction of the tread ring.
  2. The tire vulcanization mold according to claim 1, wherein the piece is an aluminum piece.   3. The tire vulcanization mold according to claim 1, wherein a width of moving up and down of the piece is 5 to 8 mm.

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