Abstract: The positive-displacement pump (10) includes a pump body (12) delimiting a rubber pressurizing chamber (14), and a feeder (16) for feeding the chamber (14) with rubber. The feeder (16) includes a worm (42) able to rotate about a main axis (X) with respect to the pump body (12) and an absorption body (50) that absorbs pressure in the pressurizing chamber (14) and is axially secured to the worm (42). The absorption body (50) is distinct from the worm (42), and has a surface (54) delimiting the pressurizing chamber (14) and arranged axially in line with the worm (42).

Abstract: An aromatic perfluoroalkane monomer is provided that can be used for the manufacture of a polymer membrane for a PEM-type fuel cell. The perfluoroalkane monomer has a structure corresponding to a formula (I): Z1—Ar3—C(O)—Ar1—(CF2)n—Ar2—C(O)—Ar4—Z2??(I) in which: n is in a range from 1 to 20; Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4 which are identical or different, represent a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group; and Z1 and Z2, which are identical or different, represent an electrophilic or nucleophilic polymerizable functional group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method that allows the automatic and hands-free threading of a calender set of rolls comprising one or more pairs of rolls that have a nip between them by preventing the skim from sticking to a roll undesirably as it exits the nip. This is particularly useful during startup or when the continuous running of skim through the calender is interrupted or broken. This method also comprises steps that help prevent the interruption of the calendering process including the breaking of the skim being processed. The steps for startup include running the rolls to which the elastomeric mix is desired to stick at slower speeds than other rolls. The steps for maintaining continuous running of the calender after startup include running the rolls to which the elastomeric mix is desired to stick at faster speeds than other rolls.

Abstract: A tyre, which is designed to be able to run flat, includes a carcass reinforcement. The carcass reinforcement includes at least one reinforcing element. Each reinforcing element includes at least one multifilament plied strand made of aramid and at least one multifilament plied strand made of polyester. The at least one multifilament plied strand made of aramid and the at least one multifilament plied strand made of polyester are twisted together.

Abstract: Method for cutting to length a strip formed of preassembled products comprising one or more rubber profiled elements superposed in part on a reinforcing ply made up of threads coated in rubber and making an angle (a) with the longitudinal direction of the strip, during which method the following steps are performed: a cutting means is run between two threads of the reinforcing ply, the discrepancy between the actual cutting line (A?B?C?) and a theoretical cutting line (ABC) is measured, and the point of intersection of the actual cutting line (B?) with a reference longitudinal line (XX?) placed on the strip is determined, the actual cutting line (B?C?) of that part of the rubber profiled elements that are not superposed with the reinforcing ply is longitudinally offset (Z) with respect to the theoretical cutting line (BC) so that the said actual cutting line (B?C?) meets the reference longitudinal line (XX?) at the point of intersection (B?) of the actual cutting line of the reinforcing ply (A?B?) with the

Abstract: Methods for producing a rubber composition for a tire component that include preparing a methylene acceptor block by mixing a first highly unsaturated diene elastomer with a methylene acceptor. This mixture is then cooled and may then be used or may be stored for later use in producing a rubber composition. Such methods may further include mixing a non- productive mix, the non-productive mix comprising a second highly unsaturated diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler and the methylene acceptor block. The methylene acceptor block itself comprises no or essentially no reinforcing filler. To prepare for the addition of the vulcanization agent, such methods, include cooling the non-productive mix and then mixing a vulcanizing agent and a methylene donor into the cooled non-productive mix to produce a productive mix.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire tread having a reinforcing part on front surface side walls of a block to improve performance on ice while improving performance on snow, and a pneumatic tire having such a tread, wherein the difference G between a distance Rt measured from the tire axis of rotation to the outermost side of the upper surface of the block and a distance Re measured from the tire axis of rotation to two front surface edges is between 0.2 mm and 2.0 mm in a new article, the distance from the axis of rotation to any point in the region of the block upper surface excluding the front surface edge is greater than Re, and the distance between the portion at the outermost side of the reinforcing part measured in the radial direction and the front surface edge is no greater than 2.0 mm.

Abstract: Preparation of a masterbatch of diene elastomer and silica including preparing at least one silica dispersion in water; bringing into contact and mixing an elastomer latex and the aqueous silica dispersion in the presence of a metal salt having an at least divalent metal element, in order to obtain a coagulum; and recovering the coagulum and drying same in order to obtain the masterbatch. The metal cation molar ration, defined as the number of moles of metal cations of the metal salt per BET unit area of the silica, is between 9.375*10?7 and 1.875*10?5 mol/m2.

Abstract: Device intended for extracting weft threads (T) arranged transversely in a straight grain reinforcing ply (F) comprising a hook capable of gripping a weft thread (T) by performing an alternating movement between a high position and a low position, characterized in that the hook engages with a disengageable anvil capable of moving along the path (XX?) of the hook so that when the device is in operation, the anvil is engaged in contact with the hook during all or part of the descending movement of said hook, forming a clamp capable of holding a section of weft between the hook and the anvil the anvil is disengaged from contact with said hook during the remainder of the travel of the hook, so as to enable the hook to engage a weft thread (T) and to release a section of weft (T).

Abstract: A method for processing an image of a surface of a tire under inspection is described. A three-dimensional digital image of the surface is captured and, for each point of the captured image, a grey-level value corresponding to an elevation is assigned to the point. Utilizing a first morphological operator that uses a rectangular key element, a closure-type first transformation of the image of the surface is carried out. Utilizing a second morphological operator that uses a rectangular key element, an opening-type second transformation of the surface is carried out. For each point of the image, a grey-level value equal to a minimum value between a grey-level value at that point obtained in a preceding step and a grey-level value at that point is assigned, so as to eliminate false measurement points.

Abstract: A tire is disclosed that includes at least one annular bead wire forming a body of revolution about a reference axis. A carcass ply of generally toroidal shape about the same axis as the bead wire has a portion that is folded around the wire. A materials interface is defined at least in part by the junction between a rubber first mass and a second mass that includes an electronic member. By way of example, the electronic member is a passive radiofrequency identification transponder. The interface extends from a free edge of the folded portion of the carcass ply radially away from the reference axis to a circumferential junction line between the interface and the carcass ply.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a funtionalisable polysilylated organosilane precursors with formula (I): in which: Z1 represents a moiety with formula (a) and Z2 represents a moiety with formula (b) Z1 and Z2 simultaneously represent a moiety chosen from the moieties R7R8Si(OH), R9Si(OH)2, Si(OH)3, R7R8SiO1/2, R9SiO or Si03/2; U represents a moiety chosen from the moieties with formulas (U1), (U2), (U3), (U4), (U5), (U6), (U7), (U8).

Abstract: A tire component comprising a rubber composition having a highly unsaturated diene elastomer and a reinforcing filler with a methylene acceptor selected from 3-hydroxydiphenyl- amine, 4-hydroxydipheyl- amine or combinations thereof. Such rubber compositions further include a methylene donor, wherein a ratio of the methylene acceptor to the methylene donor may be greater than 10:1 or in other embodiments greater than 10:1 but no more than 50:1 or between 15:1 and 30:1. A method for manufacturing a tire component includes mixing together components of a rubber composition into a non-productive mix, the components including a highly unsaturated diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler and a methylene acceptor selected from 3-hydroxydiphenylamine, 4-hydroxydipheyl-amine or combinations thereof; and mixing a methylene donor and a vulcanizing agent into the non-productive mix to convert the non-productive mix to a productive mix.

Abstract: The invention relates to a functionalized diene elastomer composed a) of a specific block copolymer functionalized, at the chain end or in the middle of the chain, by a tin functional group, b) of a specific block copolymer star-branched by tin and c) of a content of less than 15% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the functionalized diene elastomer, of a specific non-tin-functional block copolymer.

Abstract: A mold for vulcanizing a tire tread comprising a molding surface able to mold a tread surface of the tread of the tire and at least one bar of length L and of width W able to mold a groove in the tread. The bar comprises two lateral faces extending along the length of the bar and projecting from the molding surface and an upper face connecting the said lateral faces. The mold comprises in the bar at least two cavities respectively opening onto the two lateral faces of the bar without opening onto the upper face of this bar. These cavities overlap in the width of the bar. The mold further comprises a first element added into the bar beforehand, this first element separating the two cavities in the length of the bar.

Abstract: Technique for improving the durability of the beads of a radial tire for a heavy vehicle of the civil engineering type, by reducing the rate of spread of cracks initiated at the surface of contact between a first filler polymer material (23a) which is radially innermost and in contact with the bead wire core (22) and a second filler polymer material (23b) radially on the outside of the first filler polymer material. A transition element (24), made of a transition polymer material, of contact thickness (e), is in contact, via its radially internal face (24a), with the first filler polymer material (23a) and in contact, via its radially external face (24b), with the second filler polymer material (23b), and the elastic modulus at 10% elongation of the transition polymer material is somewhere between the respective elastic moduli at 10% elongation of the first and second filler polymer materials.

Abstract: An improvement in an airplane tire to obtain a more even distribution of temperature within the crown of the tire. An airplane tire comprises a crown reinforced by a working reinforcement (3), comprising at least one layer of working reinforcement (30) made up of axially juxtaposed substantially circumferential strips (31) made up of mutually parallel textile reinforcing elements (32) coated with a polymer coating material (33). Each strip is in contact, over at least its radially inner axial face, with a heat transfer element (34) comprising at least one heat-conducting material with thermal conductivity at least equal to 50 times the thermal conductivity of the polymer coating material. The product of the thickness of a heat transfer element by the tension modulus of a heat transfer element is at most equal to 0.3 times the product of the thickness of the strip by the tension modulus of the strip.

Abstract: A rotor (100) having a first plurality of laminates (110), comprising a first plurality of protrusions (120) located at a periphery of each of the first plurality of laminates, and a second plurality of laminates (1101), arranged differently from the first plurality of laminates (110) around a shaft hole (132), comprising a second plurality of protrusions (120?) located at a periphery of each of the second plurality of laminates, wherein the first plurality of protrusions are asymmetric and/or angularly offset from the second plurality of protrusions, and wherein the second plurality of protrusions are asymmetric and/or angularly offset from the first plurality of protrusions. The rotor further having a plurality of magnets (115), each inserted between the first plurality of protrusions and/or the second plurality of protrusions, wherein reactive forces operate to hold the plurality of magnets.

Abstract: An optical system for producing color images includes: an objective lens system having an entrance aperture; a multi-faceted prism positioned at the entrance aperture of the objective lens system and including at least a first face having a first optical filter formed thereon and a second face having a second optical filter formed thereon; and a monochromatic detector array positioned to receive light from the objective lens system. The multi-faceted prism intercepts light from a scene and splits a pupil of the objective lens system into two or more spectrally separated sub-images which are projected onto the monochromatic detector array.