Bridgestone Corporation

Riccardo Ascione

Davide Privitera

Pasquale Agoretti

Francesco Botti

Michele Amurri

A method of producing rubber compounds, in which the polymer base is composed partly of a first polymer material having a glass transition temperature of over &#x2212;50&#xb0; C., and partly of a second polymer material having a glass transition temperature of below &#x2212;50&#xb0; C. and silica as a filler. The method includes a preliminary first polymer material treating step, in which the first polymer material, a silica having a surface area of 80 to 135 m/g, a silane bonding agent, and at least one nucleophile agent are mixed together; a preliminary second polymer material treating step, in which the second polymer material, a silica having a surface area of 150 to 220 m/g, a silane bonding agent, and at least one nucleophile agent are mixed together; a mixing step, in which the compounds resulting from the preliminary treating steps are mixed together; and a final step, in which stearic acid and a curing system are added and mixed with the compound being produced.

Rubber tyre compound production method

A rubber compound production method including a first mixing step wherein at least one cross-linkable unsaturated-chain polymer base, silica, and a silane bonding agent in the alkoxymercaptoalkyl-silane class are mixed together; and a following mixing step wherein a curing system having at least sulphur and accelerants is added and mixed to the compound being produced. 0.2 to 5 phr of an accelerant, and 0.5 to 6 phr of a zinc salt of a fatty acid with a carbon atom number of C8 to C24 are added at the first mixing step. The accelerant is from the group of benzothiazyl-cyclohexyl-sulphenamide (CBS), benzothiazole disulphide (MBTS), N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazylsulphenamide (TBBS), 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), zinc salts of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (ZMBT), benzothiazyl-2-dicyclohexyl-sulphenamide (DCBS), diphenylguanidine (DPG), triphenylguanidine (TPG), diorthotolyl guanidine (DOTG), o-tolylbiguanidine (OTBG), ethylene thiourea (ETU) and their mixtures.

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