Abstract: The invention relates to an elastomer product having at least one strength member ply embedded into a vulcanizable rubber compound, where the strength member ply is formed from a multitude of steel cords that each consist of at least two helically twisted filaments or at least two strands formed from two or more mutually helically twisted filaments, and the cords have an elongation at break of at least 5% and an elongation under a tensile stress of 100 N of at least 3.5%, and the vulcanizable rubber compound, as well as natural rubber and/or synthetic rubber, contains sulfur and/or sulfur donors and accelerators, and the elongation of the cords after complete vulcanization of the rubber compound under a tensile stress of 100 N is reduced by at least 10% compared to the state prior to the vulcanization.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resin-free sealant for temporary sealing of pneumatic vehicle tires, wherein the sealant comprises at least one rubber latex, at least one stabilizer and water. The invention further relates to a sealant vessel comprising a resin-free sealant and to a method of temporary sealing of a pneumatic vehicle tire.

Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, a vulcanizate thereof, and a vehicle tire. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: a) 1 to 30 phf of at least one silane A selected from the silanes having the general empirical formulae A-I) and A-XI): A-I) (R1)oSi—R20—(S—R30)m—Sx—(R30—S)m—R20—Si(R1)o; A-XI) (R1)oSi—R2—(S—R3)q—S—X; and b) 0.5 to 30 phf of at least one silane B selected from the silanes having the general empirical formulae B-I), B-01) and B-02): B-I) (R1)oSi—R4—(S—R5)u—S—R4—Si(R1)o; B-01) (R1)oSi—R10—Si(R1)o; B-02) (R1)oSi—R9; and c) 12 to 300 phr of silicon dioxide having a CTAB surface area to ASTM D 3765 of 190 to 300 m2/g; and d) at least one diene rubber, where x is an integer from 2 to 10; and q is 1 or 2 or 3; and u is 1 or 2 or 3; and X is a hydrogen atom or a —C(?O)—R8 group where R8 is selected from hydrogen, C1-C20-alkyl groups, C6-C20-aryl groups, C2-C20-alkenyl groups and C7-C20-aralkyl groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire, comprising: a) a tire carcass with a first bead area, a first sidewall area, a central area, a second sidewall area and a second bead area, b) a tread, lying on the outside in the radial direction relative to the tire carcass and arranged over the central area, c) a first flipper strip, arranged at the first bead area, and a second flipper strip, arranged at the second bead area, d) a first upper reinforcing element, arranged at the central area and at the first sidewall area, and a second upper reinforcing element, arranged at the central area and at the second sidewall area, and e) a first lower reinforcing element, arranged at the first bead area, and a second lower reinforcing element, arranged at the second bead area, the first upper reinforcing element (30) and the second upper reinforcing element being located at a distance from the first lower reinforcing element and the second lower reinforcing element.

Abstract: A two-wheeler tire, preferably a bicycle tire, and to a process for producing a two-wheeler tire, preferably a bicycle tire. The two-wheeler tire includes in at least one component a rubber mixture containing at least the following constituents: at least one rubber, preferably at least one diene rubber; and at least one substance from renewable raw materials which is distinct from rubber.

Abstract: A vehicle tire having a sidewall with at least one sidewall decoration that extends at least over a circumferential portion of the sidewall and is made up of structured surface elements, smooth surface elements and base hatching that adjoins these surface elements and is made up of hatching ribs that extend without branching and intersecting, wherein the structured surface elements reproduce a copy or a shadow at least of partial regions of smooth surface elements, and the structured surface elements absorb light to a greater extent than the base hatching. The structured surface elements are each provided with an area-covering contrast structure with branched rib portions, wherein each branched rib portion has intersection points from which the rib portion respectively extends in at least three directions.

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire having a carcass with textile carcass strength elements, a belt arranged radially outside the carcass, and a belt bandage ply of a belt bandage arranged radially outside the belt, wherein the belt bandage ply has textile cords as strength elements, which are arranged substantially parallel to one another and are embedded in elastomeric material, wherein the cords each have precisely two yarns, wherein the two yarns are yarns of polyamide 6.6 (PA 6.6), which have the same linear density and are end-twisted together to form the cord.

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular utility vehicle tire, having a tread which has a directional profiling with shoulder-side and middle profile ribs running in a circumferential direction, wherein at least one of the middle profile ribs (1), which is in particular a profile rib running along the tire equator, is traversed in an axial direction by sipes (4) with a width (b1) of 0.5 mm to 1.2 mm, each of which has a central portion (4a), in which the sipe (4) runs with an undulation in the direction of extent thereof, and two lateral portions (4b). The sipes (4) extend, in plan view, in an arc shape and symmetrically with respect to the centerline of the profile rib (1), and, in the lateral portions (4b) and in the central portion (4a), have a uniform undulation running in the radial direction, on which the undulation present in the extent direction of the sipes (4) is superposed only in the central portion (4a) of the sipe (4).

Abstract: A process for producing a vulcanizable composite material, including the steps of: a) producing or providing a textile strength member, b) treating the textile strength member with an aqueous dispersion for adhesive activation of the textile strength member and to obtain an adhesion-activated textile strength member and c) introducing the adhesion-activated textile strength member into a crosslinkable rubberization mixture to obtain the vulcanizable composite material, wherein the aqueous dispersion is essentially free of free resorcinol and resorcinol precondensates, especially resorcinol-formaldehyde precondensates, and is free of free formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing substances, wherein the crosslinkable rubberization mixture is processible by vulcanization to give a crosslinked rubberization mixture which is at least partly transmissive to visible light at least in sections.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a vulcanizable composite material, comprising the steps of: a) producing or providing a textile strength member, b) treating the textile strength member with an aqueous dispersion for adhesive activation of the textile strength member and to obtain an adhesion-activated textile strength member and c) introducing the adhesion-activated textile strength member into a crosslinkable rubberization mixture to obtain the vulcanizable composite material, wherein the aqueous dispersion is essentially free of free resorcinol and resorcinol precondensates, especially resorcinol-formaldehyde precondensates, and is free of free formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing substances, wherein the crosslinkable rubberization mixture is processible by vulcanization to give a crosslinked rubberization mixture which is at least partly transmissive to visible light at least in sections.

Abstract: A metallic strength member rubberized with a sulfur-crosslinkable, essentially cobalt-free rubberization mixture, wherein the metallic strength member is a steel cord containing one or more filaments, wherein the filaments include a steel substrate filament and a coating that partly or completely covers the steel substrate filament, wherein the coating includes brass consisting of copper and zinc, and wherein the coating is enriched with iron in the form of particles having a size between 10 and 10 000 nm in the brass. In order to optimize vulcanization times, the rubberization mixture contains 0.5 to 3 phr of at least one sulfenimide accelerator and/or at least one dibenzylamine-based sulfenamide accelerator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic tire for a vehicle, having formed on its outer surface at least one surface element (2) with a contrast structure (6) which imparts a roughness to the surface element (3). In the case of a tire of said type, it is the intention to make available a contrast structure with a considerably improved contrast effect. This is achieved in that the contrast structure (6) is a large-area, nonuniform hill-and-dale contrast structure (6) having an areal roughness value Sa according to EN ISO 25178 of 50 ?m to 150 ?m.

Abstract: Systems for depositing coatings onto surfaces of molds and other articles are generally provided. In some embodiments. a system is adapted and arranged to cause gaseous species to flow parallel to a filament array. In some embodiments, a system comprises one or more mold supports that are translatable.

Abstract: Systems for depositing coatings onto surfaces of molds and other articles are generally provided. In some embodiments, a system is adapted and arranged to cause gaseous species to flow parallel to a filament array. In some embodiments, a system comprises one or more mold supports that are translatable.

Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture and a process for producing the sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, in which the sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: a) 30 to 95 phr of at least one butadiene rubber; and b) 5 to 70 phr of at least one further rubber; and c) 0.1 to 3.0 phr of an oligomer mixture of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline, wherein the mixture contains 70% to 100% by weight of dimers and trimers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crosslinkable rubber mixture comprising: a. a diene rubber having an average molar mass of more than 150 000 g/mol, b. a filler, c. a polymer or oligomer having an average molar mass Mn of less than 150 000 g/mol, which has a filler-interactive functional group and a glass transition temperature Tg<?15° C., d. a polymer or oligomer having an average molar mass Mn of less than 150 000 g/mol, which has a filler-interactive functional group and a glass transition temperature Tg>?15° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-layer tread for use in vehicle tires, comprising: a) a base layer comprising a first rubber material, and b) a top layer arranged on the base layer and connected to the base layer, wherein the top layer comprises: i) a first side region comprising a second rubber material, ii) a second side region comprising a third rubber material, and iii) a central region arranged between the first side region and the second side region and comprising a fourth rubber material, wherein the first rubber material has a higher modulus of elasticity than the fourth rubber material, and wherein the fourth rubber material has a higher modulus of elasticity than the second rubber material and the third rubber material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a distributor device (1) for generating an aerosol (8) comprising both gas and sealant, wherein the distributor device has at least one gas connector (2) for connection to at least one compressed-air source (11), at least one sealant connector (3) for connection to at least one sealant container (12), and one or more than one connecting element (4) for connection to a pneumatic vehicle tire (16), characterized in that the distributor device has a metering unit (5) for metering the sealant quantity fed to the distributor device. The invention also relates to a system for sealing and inflating pneumatic vehicle tires, and to a method for sealing pneumatic vehicle tires or inflatable technical articles, and to the use of a dosing unit for generating an aerosol.

Abstract: The invention concerns a pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread and sidewalls, wherein the tread has at least one shoulder-side profile rib with a shoulder portion extending from the lateral edge of the ground contact patch of the tread in the direction of the respective sidewall and having an outer face, and containing rectangular depressions which are formed elongate transversely to the circumferential direction and are each delimited by a base and in the circumferential direction by side faces, wherein the base, viewed in cross-section transversely to the circumferential direction, has an inside base portion running towards the outer face with a maximum extent length, and an outside base portion with a maximum extent length.