Abstract: The steel wire for the steel cord of the present invention includes a plating layer of Cu-M-Zn (M is one or two elements of Co, Ni, Cr, Mo, Al, In, or Sn) and has a concentration gradient in which the M content ratio in a region from the surface to ¼ of the plating layer is 40% or more compared with the M content ratio in the entire region of the plating layer, and the steel cord for rubber reinforcement is obtained by a manufacturing method comprising: performing sequential plating on a surface of a steel wire in the order of Cu?M?Zn; performing a primary diffusion, for concentration gradient of M, by subjecting the sequentially plated steel wire to high-frequency induction heating using 1-500 MHz; and performing a secondary diffusion, following the primary diffusion, by medium-frequency induction heating using 10-500 KHz.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electroplated bead wire having excellent oxidation resistance, of which oxidation resistance and aging adhesive strength with tire rubber are improved by forming a copper- and cobalt-plated layer by electroplating. The electroplated bead wire includes the plated layer formed through electroplating, wherein the plated layer contains 40 to 99 wt % of copper and 1 to 40 wt % of cobalt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brass-plated steel cord capable of further improving initial adhesiveness and heat-resistant adhesiveness between a coating rubber and a steel cord and also imparting excellent durability to a resulting rubber article, and more particularly to a brass-plated steel cord, wherein an outermost surface thereof contains 0.3 to 1.7 atomic % of phosphorus, 4.93 to 14 atomic % of zinc, and 0.01 to 2.0 atomic % of a metal having an ionization tendency lower than that of zinc and higher than that of copper as measured by XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), and an amount of zinc in the outermost surface is 30 to 90 atomic % based on 100 atomic % of a total amount of zinc and copper.

Abstract: An elongated steel element adapted for the reinforcement of rubber products is covered with a ternary alloy or quaternary alloy coating of copper-M-zinc. M is one or two metals selected out of the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, tin, indium, manganese, iron, bismuth and molybdenum. The copper content inside the coating ranges from 58 weight percent to 75 weight percent. The content of the one or two metals inside said coating ranges from 0.5 weight percent to 10 weight percent. The remainder is zinc and unavoidable impurities. The one or two metals are present throughout the coating. Phosphorus is present on and/or in the coating in an amount of more than 1 and less than 4 milligram per square meter of the coating. The coating further comprises one or, ore compounds which complex with the copper in the coating to form an insoluble film on its surface. Good results are obtained for steam ageing and cured humidity adhesion.

Abstract: This disclosure relates metalized fluoroelastomer materials such as films. The fluoroelastomer materials bear a conductive metal layer bound to the fluoroelastomer material through a thin layer of titanium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fixation member having a multi-layer metallic structure, which member comprises a substrate employing electroformed nickel for preventing image quality failure. The fixation member of the present invention includes a metallic substrate including a first layer formed of an electroformed seamless belt made of nickel or a nickel alloy, and a second layer formed of an electroformed seamless belt made of a metal having a thermal conductivity greater than that of the first layer; an adhesion layer disposed on the surface of the second layer; and a fluororesin layer disposed by the mediation of the adhesion layer, wherein the ratio of the thickness of the second layer to the total thickness of the metallic substrate is 0.66 to 0.95.

Abstract: Composite elements have the following layer structure: (i) from 2 to 20 mm of metal, (ii) from 10 to 300 mm of plastic, and (iii) from 2 to 20 mm of metal, where (i) and/or (iii) have an opening which may, if desired, be sealable.

Abstract: Laminated metallic sheets which comprise an interior layer of a viscoelastic polymeric compound sandwiched between outer layers of metallic sheet may exhibit enhanced properties through modification of the viscoelastic phase. In a first embodiment the elastic modulus of the viscoelastic polymeric compound may be reduced by incorporating voids, bubbles or pores within the compound. These voids which may be introduced by introduction of polymeric microspheres are effective in reducing the internal stresses induced in the laminate by temperature changes. In a second embodiment, coating the microspheres with an electrically-conductive layer may be effective in enabling resistance spot welding of such laminated materials.

Abstract: A brass-plated steel wire for reinforcing rubber articles capable of surely improving adhesiveness between brass-plated steel wire and rubber and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An article, as well as the process of producing the article, wherein the article is produced by a process that includes the steps of providing a substrate; applying a viscous coating that contains a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic component to at least a selected portion of the substrate; causing the selected portion of the substrate to be under the influence of a magnetic field; and transforming the viscous coating so as to form a wear-resistant coating on the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved weldable metal composites and methods. A metal composite structure (10) features two metal members (12) (14) sandwiching a viscoelastic layer (26) where the viscoelastic layer entrains electrically conductive particles (28) and a carbon extracting attractant layers (32) (34) to inhibit and/or prevent carbon migration and carbide formation during welding.

Abstract: A metallic body of carbon steel covered with an adhesive layer capable of adhering to a rubber matrix based on diene elastomer. The carbon content of the steel is between 0.35 and 1.2% by weight. The adhesive layer is formed of a metallic layer bearing aluminum oxides or hydroxides, which itself is covered with an organosilane film which is at least bifunctional, capable of ensuring, as coupling agent, the bond between the aluminum oxides or hydroxides on one hand, and the rubber matrix on the other hand.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal part in which a rubber is adhered to a portion or the whole of a surface thereof, and a surface treating method of the metal part, in order to improve adhesive property between the metal and the rubber, to easily form a surface roughness in a specific portion of a metal part, and to achieve an improvement of working accuracy in the surface roughness, an improvement of mold maintenance property, a reduction of cost and, man hour. A surface roughness is formed in a portion of a surface of the metal part to which the rubber is adhered, and the surface roughness is transcribed from a mold to the metal part by previously providing with a surface roughness in the mold. A magnitude of the surface roughness is preferably set to be 10 ?m or more and less than 60 ?m.

Abstract: A fitting type damper and a process thereof being capable of increasing largely slipping torque in strength are ones that the large slipping torque can be increased not only when the damper is a new product but also after a heat aging test and/or a durability test are performed. And, the damper is one that ?-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane 4, which is an organosilane used as a non-slip agent, is adhered and fitted between a hub 1 formed by some metal parts and a rubber elastic body 3, and between a inertia mass body 2 formed by some metal parts and the rubber elastic body 3.

Abstract: There is provided a laminated body that includes a metal layer comprising an electroconductive metal layer and a metal oxide layer disposed on each side of the electroconductive metal layer; and a resin layer or an elastic layer disposed on at least one side of the metal layer. There is also provided a producing method of the laminated body. Furthermore, there is provided a fixing belt and an image forming device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to interlayer dielectric materials and pre-applied die attach adhesives, more specifically pre-applied die attach adhesives (such as wafer and other substrate-applied die attach adhesives), methods of applying the interlayer dielectric materials onto substrates to prepare low K dielectric semiconductor chips, methods of applying the pre-applied die attach adhesives onto wafer and other substrate surfaces, and assemblies prepared therewith for connecting microelectronic circuitry.

Abstract: An insulated wire for an automobile coated with an insulating material which is a fire retardant polypropylene-based resin composition, wherein the fire retardant polypropylene-based resin composition comprises a polypropylene-based resin and an inorganic fire retardant at a ratio of from 80 to 20% by weight and from 20 to 80% by weight, respectively, wherein the ratio ?(=?/?a) of the elongation percentage at a yield point ? of the fire retardant polypropylene-based resin in the resin composition to the elongation percentage at a tensile yield point ?a of the polypropylene-based resin alone satisfies the following equation (1): ?=1??W??(1) wherein ? represents a number of 0.6 or less; and W is the weight fraction of the inorganic fire retardant.

Abstract: A plate-shaped composite material has a first member and a second member. The first member is an expanded metal formed of a metal plate. The coefficient of linear expansion of the metal plate is less than or equal to 8×10?6/degrees Celsius. The first member suppresses thermal expansion of the composite material. The coefficient of thermal conductivity of the second member is greater than or equal to 200 W/(m×K). The second member maintains the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the composite material. This structure provides a reliable coefficient of thermal conductivity and high strength. The structure is suitable for a cooling substrate on which electronic elements such as semiconductors are mounted.

Abstract: A fitting type damper and a process thereof being capable of increasing largely slipping torque in strength are ones that the large slipping torque can be increased not only when the damper is a new product but also after a heat aging test and/or a durability test are performed. And, the damper is one that ?-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane 4, which is an organosilane used as a non-slip agent, is adhered and fitted between a hub 1 formed by some metal parts and a rubber elastic body 3, and between a inertia mass body 2 formed by some metal parts and the rubber elastic body 3.

Abstract: A method of treating a metallic cord to improve its ability to adhere to rubber is disclosed. The method involves contacting the metallic cord with a naphthenic oil containing from 1 to 53 percent by weight of a soluble cobalt salt and thereby deposit from 0.002 to 0.7 grams of cobalt per kilogram of steel to the metallic cord.

Abstract: A coated metal reinforcement element for polymeric or elastomeric materials comprises a coating of: a polymer or prepolymer compatible with and co-polymerizable, co-vulcanizable or crosslinkable with said polymeric or elastomeric material to be reinforced, and bearing functional groups; either covalently bonding to the metal surface of said reinforcement element; or forming covalent bonds with the outward directed first functional groups of a mono-or multimolecular layer of a bifunctional adhesion promotor intercalated between said metal by its second functional groups. A method for the coating includes a one step and a two step procedure.

Abstract: Composite elements have the following layer structure: (i) from 2 to 20 mm of metal, (ii) from 10 to 300 mm of polyisocyanate polyaddition products obtainable by reacting (a) isocyanates with (b) compounds which are reactive toward isocyanates in the presence of from 1 to 50% by volume, based on the volume of the polyisocyanate polyaddition products, of at least one gas (c) and also, if desired, (d) catalysts and/or (f) auxiliaries and/or additives, (iii) from 2 to 20 mm of metal.

Abstract: A rubber-bonded brass composite material prepared by bonding rubber to the surface of a brass-plated material obtained by plating the surface of a substrate with brass or to the surface of a brass material by vulcanization, wherein preheating is carried out before vulcanization to form needle-like Cu—S-based reaction products at the bonding interface between brass and rubber. Thereby, there is provided a rubber-bonded brass composite material having excellent long-term adhesion while excellent initial adhesion at the time of bonding by vulcanization is retained.

Abstract: Composite elements having the following layer structure: (i) 2-20 mm of metal, (ii) 10-100 mm of compact polyisocyanate polyaddition products obtainable by reacting (a) isocyanates with (b) polyether polyalcohols, if desired in the presence of (c) catalysts and/or (d) auxiliaries and/or additives, (iii) 2-20 mm of metal.

Abstract: An article is coated with a multi-layer coating having the appearance of nickel. The coating comprises a polymeric layer on the surface of said article and vapor deposited on the polymeric layer a refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride where the nitrogen content of said nitride is from about 6 to about 45 atomic percent.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic composite is described which contains at least one supporting zone having oxidation-sensitive reinforcing fibers as well as a matrix. The matrix optionally contains oxidation-sensitive components. The composite further contains at least one surface layer, as well as at least one additional protective layer disposed between the supporting zone and surface layer, and whose matrix is composed substantially of at least one component of the matrix of the supporting zone or cover layer. The protective layer further contains additives that form self-healing layers.

Abstract: A plate-shaped composite material has a first member and a second member. The first member is an expanded metal formed of a metal plate. The coefficient of linear expansion of the metal plate is less than or equal to 8×10−6/degrees Celsius. The first member suppresses thermal expansion of the composite material. The coefficient of thermal conductivity of the second member is greater than or equal to 200 W/(m×K). The second member maintains the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the composite material. This structure provides a reliable coefficient of thermal conductivity and high strength. The structure is suitable for a cooling substrate on which electronic elements such as semiconductors are mounted.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of machine elements for designing a composite of two parts, one of which is a rare-earth permanent magnet and the other of which is a metallic support.

Abstract: A cover tape for the electronic-part conveyance comprises at least four laminated layers of: a substrate; at least one layer of a base coating layer and an intermediate layer, provided on the substrate; an adhesive layer, provided on the at least one layer of the coating layer and the intermediate layer; and a conductive layer formed on at least one of the rear surface of the substrate and the front surface of the adhesive layer by deposition.

Abstract: A (metal/rubber) composite comprising a rubber matrix reinforced with a metallic body adhering to the rubber matrix by means of an adhesive interphase; the rubber matrix is based on diene elastomer; the metal is a carbon steel, the carbon content of which is between 0.35% and 1.2%; to constitute the adhesive interphase, the carbon steel is coated with a metallic layer bearing aluminium oxides or hydroxides, which itself is covered by an organosilane film providing, as coupling agent, the bond between the aluminium oxides-hydroxides on one hand, and the rubber matrix on the other hand. The invention also relates to articles or semi-finished products made of rubber which are reinforced with or formed by such a composite, in particular tires.

Abstract: A composite structural laminate plate suitable for building maritime vessels or for building civil structures such as double hull oil tankers, bulk carriers, barges decks for roll-on roll-off ferries, orthotropic bridge decks or for building any structural application in which the traditional method of construction uses stiffened steel plates. The laminate has two facing metal layers that are structurally bonded to a polyurethane elastomer core which may have steel or rigid foam void sections embedded within. The laminate provides equivalent inplane and transverse stiffness and strength, reduces fatigue problems, minimizes stress concentrations, improves thermal and acoustical insulation, and provides vibration control. The laminate provides a structural system that acts as a crack arrest layer and that can join two dissimilar metals without welding or without setting up a galvanic cell.

Abstract: This invention relates to steel wires and steel cords used as a reinforcement for rubber articles such as pneumatic tire, industrial belt and the like, particularly steel wires and steel cords having an excellent adhesion property to rubber, in which an amount of phosphorus included as an oxide in a surface layer region from a brass plated surface applied to a circumferential face of a wire up to a depth of 5 nm in a radial direction of the wire is controlled to not more than 1.5 atomic %, whereby an excellent adhesion property between steel cord and coating rubber can be provided even when an adhesion promoter conventionally added in a coating rubber composition for the steel cord is reduced or is not added.

Abstract: The process for preparing copper-film-plated steel cord (hereafter abbreviated as copper-plated cord) of 20-90 nm of copper film for vehicle tire, by plating zinc or tin with strong tendency of ionization on the surface of steel cord and after drawing the zinc or tin-plated cord, and then plating copper film onto it contacting with cupric sulfate solution of 10 to 50 gram per litter.

Abstract: A method of treating a metallic cord to improve its ability to adhere to rubber is disclosed. The method involves contacting the metallic cord with a naphthenic oil containing from 1 to 53 percent by weight of a soluble cobalt salt and thereby deposit from 0.002 to 0.7 grams of cobalt per kilogram of steel to the metallic cord.

Abstract: A steel cord particularly adapted for reinforcement of a protection ply in a tire has under compression in rubber a deformation Wk at instability of at least 3% and is stress-relieved so that its total elongation at rupture in rubber exceeds 3.5%. The steel cord comprises pearlite filaments.

Abstract: A steel cord (10) particularly adapted for reinforcement of a protection ply in a tire has under compression in rubber a deformation Wk at instability of at least 3% and is stress-relieved so that its total elongation at rupture in rubber exceeds 3.5%. The steel cord (10) comprises steel filaments (12) having a pearlitic structure.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly and method for attaching a multi-chip module cap to a polymeric heat sink adhesive by means of a thin adhesion-promoting metal film layer, which provides an interfacial bond between the cap and polymeric adhesive meeting package performance and reliability requirements. There is also a method of promoting adhesion between a silicon-containing polymeric adhesive and a metal surface using the thin adhesion-promoting metal film layer and the products thereof.

Abstract: An article is coated with a multi-layer coating having the appearance of nickel. The coating comprises a polymeric layer on the surface of said article and vapor deposited on the polymeric layer a refractory metal nitride or refractory metal alloy nitride where the nitrogen content of said nitride is from about 6 to about 45 atomic percent.

Abstract: Composite wire comprising a core made of carbon steel the chemical composition of which consists, by weight, of: 0.15%≦C≦0.6%; 0.1%≦Si≦0.3%; 0.3%≦Mn≦1%; 0% V≦0.3%; the remainder being iron and impurities resulting from processing; and an outer layer made of stainless steel the composition of which consists, by weight, of 0.005%≦C≦0.05%; 0.005%≦N≦0.05%; 0.1%≦Si≦2%; 0.1%≦Mn≦5%; 5%≦Ni≦12%; 10%≦Cr ≦20%; 0%≦Mo≦3%; 0%≦Cu≦4%; the remainder being iron and impurities resulting from processing. The diameter of the wire is less than 1 mm and the tensile strength of the wire is in excess of 2000 MPa.

Abstract: A base rubber selected from natural rubber and diene rubber is blended with, based on 100 parts by weight of the base rubber, 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline polymer having a primary amine content of not more than 1% by weight, a monomer content of not more than 3% by weight and a dimer content of at least 30% by weight. The resulting rubber composition is vulcanized in contact with a reinforcing material such as an organic fiber or a steel cord. The rubber article thus obtained and reinforced with the reinforcing material is excellent in adhesiveness between the rubber and the reinforcing material, and further in thermal resistance.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cable having a covering layer on the outside of a multicore stranded wire composed of plural insulated conductors that are intertwined, wherein at least an outermost layer of the covering layer is made of a crosslinked product of a resin composition containing (a) 10 to 60% by weight of a polyamide elastomer made up of a block copolymer whose hard segment is a polyamide, (b) 5 to 60% by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane resin, (c) 10 to 60% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester elastomer, and (d) 0 to 20% by weight of a thermoplastic styrene elastomer. The airtightness and the watertightness at the interface between the cable and a molded body are kept for extended periods without taking any particular sealing measures. The corrosion of the conductors in the cable and the deterioration of the performance of the connected parts of machinery and tools can be prevented, and the cable has excellent water resistance.

Abstract: A noise-damping composite is formed by providing a laminate of two metal layers separated by a much thinner viscoelastic layer which has an initial thickness of at least 1 mil., and then cold rolling the laminate to proportionally permanently reduce the thickness of each layer, until the thickness of the viscoelastic layer is less than 1 mil. and preferably less than 0.5 mil. The cold rolling may be through a set of adjustable rollers, and may be done in multiple passes with the rollers adjusted for each pass to further reduce the thickness. Alternatively, the laminate may be fed successively through a series of roller sets designed to successively reduce the thickness of the laminate.

Abstract: A process for producing a rubber-based composite material including steps of laminating a rubber compound onto a substrate, with a bonding layer of metal or metal compound interposed therebetween, and subsequently vulcanizing the rubber compound, characterized in that a prime-coating film is interposed between the substrate and the bonding film of metal or metal compound. The rubber-based composite material retains good bond strength even when used in such a way that its bond interface is in contact with water. In addition, it has good adhesion to the substrate treated by conversion treatment.

Abstract: A tagging material comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive tape incorporating electromagnetic sensor material whose presence can be detected. Tags are cut from the tagging material as the tagging material and articles are conveyed along converging paths and are adhered to the articles by the adhesive of the tape by means of apparatus comprising a tagging material feeding means and an applicator head.

Abstract: There is disclosed a zinc-rich coated steel article which is characterized by an outer layer of rubber containing a weight ratio of sulfur vulcanizing agent to total accelerator ranging from 0.4:1 to 0.8:1.

Abstract: An article is coated with a multi-layer coating comprising a polymeric layer deposited on the surface of the article, a zirconium compound, titanium compound or zirconium/titanium alloy compound layer deposited on the polymeric layer, and a silicone resin layer deposited on the zirconium compound or titanium compound layer.

Abstract: Tank treads, brake linings, rifles stocks, and other devices requiring the bonding of metal to rubber, epoxy, or plastic, with a layer of metal foam interposed between the metal and the rubber or plastic.

Abstract: A telecommunications cable includes an extruded plastic member formed of an extruded blend of a nonplasticized polyvinyl chloride and an ether-based polyurethane. The blend may be used in the extrusion of tubes or ribbons holding light waveguides or metallic conductors.

Abstract: A heat conductor used by being disposed between a heat sink and electronic parts mounted on a printed circuit board. The heat conductor is layered by a heat conductive layer, made of silicone gel with alumina as a heat conductive filler dispersed therein, and a potentially adhesive layer. The potentially adhesive layer consists of a hot melt layer, with alumina as a heat conductive filler dispersed therein, and a heat resistant film, to facilitate formation of the hot melt layer, adhered to the heat conductive layer on one face of the heat resistant film. The heat conductor is set on the electronic parts so that the potentially adhesive layer abuts them, and is made to adhere to the electronic parts due to heating by means of reflow soldering to reach the phase change temperature of the adhesive.

Abstract: A two-part system for electrical stress control includes a non-tacky conformable stress control material that is positioned at the shield cut edge of a prepared power cable and a stress control tube over the non-tacky conformable stress control material. A second region of conformable stress control material is positioned adjacent the cut end of the insulation.