Abstract: A device for producing a rubber mixture and/or non-vulcanized vehicle tire components and/or a vehicle tire, comprising a first mixer comprising a mixing chamber with at least one first mixing rotor and with a first volume ratio, and a second mixer comprising a mixing chamber with at least one second mixing rotor and with a second volume ratio, wherein the ratio of said first volume ratio to said second volume ratio lies in the range from 50:1 to 1:10. Also disclosed is the use of the device and a method for producing non-vulcanized vehicle tire components and/or a vehicle tire.

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire including a utility vehicle tire has a tread with profile positives which are separated from one another in a circumferential direction by transverse channels which extend continuously from the central region of the tread as far as the lateral tread edges, respectively. The transverse channels are main channels of the tread and, at least over the major part of the course thereof, have the maximum provided profile depth. The transverse channels are provided, on the respective channel base thereof, with a row of base elevations formed so as to be distributed over the entire course of the transverse channels. The base elevations are attached to the channel flanks of the transverse channels and are configured such that their rubber volume becomes smaller the closer to the tread edge they are disposed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire of radial construction having a tread (1), a radial carcass, a belt bandage (8) having at least two belt plies (8a, 8b) and having at least one belt bandage ply (9), which is arranged radially outside the belt, wherein the belt bandage ply comprises cords of at least two multifilament yarns twisted together which are arranged parallel to one another inside the belt bandage ply (9) and wherein the multifilament yarns are made of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). At a force of 1.56 cN/dtex the rPET cord (10) has an elongation of 2% to 5% at 20° C. and an elongation of 6% to 9% at 120° C., the sum of the breaking elongation of the rPET cord (10) and the heat shrinkage determined at 180° C. at a preload force of 0.01 cN/dtex and a time of exposure of two minutes is greater than 17%, and the rPET cord (10) has a heat shrinkage determined at 180° C. at a preload force of 0.01 cN/dtex and a time of exposure of two minutes of greater than 2.5%.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, a vulcanizate and a vehicle tire. The sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: at least one diene rubber and at least one silica and at least one silane having the general empirical formula [(R1)oSi—(R3—)pX—(R4—)p]mSn(R2)2-m,??I) where X is a radical comprising at least one polar group selected from urethane, amide, ester, amine, thiourea, thioamide, O-organyl thiocarbamate, S-organyl thiocarbamate, amidine, guanidine, piperidine, maleic anhydride, sulfonamide, carbonate, imidazoline, thiazolidine, thiazolidinone, pyrrolidine, pyrazole, benzimidazole, indole, purine, thiazine, sulfonate, and phosphonate groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to a two-wheeled vehicle pneumatic tire (1), preferably bicycle tire, particularly preferably racing bike tire (1), having a tread (2), a tire carcass, tire side walls (3) and two bead regions (4), each with a tire bead with a core (5), wherein the tire carcass comprises two carcass inlays (6,6?) wherein the two carcass inlays (6, 6?) extend from a zenith region (17) of the two-wheeled vehicle pneumatic tire (1) over the tire side walls (3) as far as the two bead regions (4) and are looped there around the respective core (5) from axially on the inside axially outward and end with carcass inlay ends (7,7?) and wherein the two bead regions (4) each have a bead protective strip (8) arranged on the carcass from the outside as protection against chafing. The problem addressed is that of improving the rolling resistance.

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 method for producing a mold segment component of a vulcanizing mold for a pneumatic vehicle tire for forming at least one profile block or a region structured in a block-like manner of an altogether curved tread, with a tread outer surface, which mold segment component is built up by means of an additive process, such as selective laser melting, by layer-by-layer planar application and melting of a metal powder on a planar building plate (10) together with a bottom part (7b) and mold elements, such as lamellae (4) and/or microlamellae (11) and/or ribs and/or regions of ribs, wherein mold elements delimit or run around mutually adjacent mold area elements (12) of the bottom part (7b) which have outer surfaces (12a) forming a region of the tread outer surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic utility vehicle tire of a radial type of construction, in particular for trucks, buses, and truck trailers, which has a four-ply or multi-ply belt (4) comprising a barrier ply (5), two working plies (6, 8) and a 0° ply (7), wherein steel cords (10) are arranged in the 0° ply (7), comprising at least two strands (11) each with at least 6 steel filaments (12), and wherein twisting causes each strand to have an identical first twist angle ? and the steel cord to have a second twist angle ?. The invention is distinguished in that the steel cord (10) of the 0° ply (7) has the construction 2 to 4×n×d, with n=6 to 8 and with d=0.15 mm to 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for devulcanizing a vulcanized rubber mixture, comprising the following steps: A) providing or producing a vulcanized rubber mixture, B) comminuting the vulcanized rubber mixture into a granulate of vulcanized rubber particles, C) extruding the vulcanized rubber particles produced in step B) in a twin-screw extruder to form a devulcanized rubber mixture, wherein, during the extruding in step C) at least one regeneration reagent is added to the extruded rubber particles, wherein the regeneration reagent comprises at least one silane, at least one plasticizer, at least one aging stabilizer or mixtures thereof. The invention also comprises an apparatus for performing the method and the uses of the apparatus, and a rubber mixture and also a pneumatic vehicle tyre or a technical rubber article comprising a component composed of the rubber mixture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire of a radial type of construction, comprising two bead regions with bead cores, a carcass insert running around the bead cores and comprising carcass turn-ups extending in the direction of the sidewalls, at least one rubber rim strip, which forms the outer surface of a bead region and consists of a first rubber rim strip part, consisting of a first rubber compound, and a second rubber rim strip part, consisting of a second rubber compound, wherein the first rubber rim strip part runs along the carcass turn-up and the second rubber rim strip part is designed such that, after pulling onto a rim, it is at least partially positioned between the bead cores and the rim, characterized in that the first rubber compound has a rebound elasticity at 20° C. according to DIN 53512 in the range of 20% and 80% and the rebound elasticity of the second rubber compound, likewise measured at 20° C.

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular a commercial-vehicle tire, having a one- or multi-ply carcass, a multi-ply belt or breaker and having a profiled tread with grooves formed to a profile depth, wherein the profiled tread is provided at the tire shoulders either with a respective block row (2) or with a respective profile rib (7), wherein the blocks (1) of the shoulder-side block rows (2), or the shoulder-side profile ribs (7) each have a peripheral edge (1a, 7a) laterally delimiting the ground contact patch of the tire, or a shoulder rounding with a radius of up to 30.0 mm, wherein shoulder flank surfaces that extend in a radial direction adjoin the peripheral edges or the shoulder roundings, and wherein, in the case of shoulder roundings, an imaginary section line is defined between an envelope of the tread that is continued beyond the shoulder rounding and the shoulder flank surface that is continued beyond the shoulder rounding.

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: Tread profile of a vehicle tire with profile elements (1,12,13,14,15,6) separated from one another by grooves (7,8,9,10,23), wherein the profile elements (13,14,1,12) separated by a groove (9,7) are outwardly delimited in the radial direction R by a radially outer surface (16) forming the ground contact area and toward the groove (9,7) respectively by a profile element flank forming a groove wall (17,18), wherein a rubber rib (20,19) extending in the extension direction of the groove (9,7) is respectively formed in the profile element flanks which delimit the groove (9,7) and each form a different groove wall (17,18) of the groove (9,7), wherein the rubber rib (19) formed in one groove wall (17) is formed in a different radial position of the vehicle tire than the rubber rib (20) formed in the other groove wall (18), wherein the two rubber ribs each (19,20) extend over the entire extension length of the profile element flank and wherein each of these two rubber ribs (19,20) respectively extends along its enti

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire of radial type of construction for utility vehicles, in particular trucks, buses and truck trailers, having a belt which has three or more belt plies (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) with steel cords (10), wherein each steel cord (10) has at least two strands (11) and wherein each strand (11) has at least two steel filaments (12); the invention is characterized in that steel cords (10) of the construction 2 to 4×N, where N=2 to 5, are at least arranged in one of the belt plies (5, 6, 7, 8, 9), wherein this construction means that this steel cord (10) has 2 to 4 twisted-together strands (11), wherein each strand (10) comprises 2 to 5 steel filaments (12) which are twisted together such that these 2 to 5 steel filaments (12) are arranged without a core filament.