Continental Reifen Deutschland Gmbh

Thorsten Torbruegge

Carla Recker

Thomas Kramer

Marc Kreye

Norbert Mueller

Viktoria Pavon Sierra

Fabian Dettmer

Philipp Koelle

Christoph Jocher

Katharina Herzog

Norbert Kendziorra

Christoph Vatterott

Anette Stark

Ewgeni Haas

Catarina Sá

Norbert Daldrup

Disclosed are sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixtures that can be incorporated into treads of vehicle tires, and vehicle tires comprising the disclosed sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixtures. The rubber mixtures comprise: at least one diene rubber, at least one silica, at least one hydrocarbon resin, and 1 to 40 phr of at least one liquid polybutadiene having terminal organosilicon modification and having a weight-average molecular weight Mw by GPC of 500 to 12 000 g/mol.

Rubber mixture and vehicle tires

A process for producing an environmentally-friendly plasticizer, which is particularly suitable for use in vehicle tires or technical rubber articles. A vulcanized and/or unvulcanized polymer material of a high molecular weight is converted into a low-molecular phase by direct thermal liquefaction. The vulcanized and/or unvulcanized high-molecular-weight polymer material is provided as a polymer powder and/or a granulated polymer and can be obtained from used tires.

Method for producing environmentally-friendly plasticizers

A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, in particular for pneumatic vehicle tires, straps, belts, and hoses, is disclosed which exhibits, among other things, improved rolling resistance behavior. The rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: 5 to 95 phr of at least one styrene-butadiene rubber, which is functionalized with phthalocyanine groups and/or hydroxy groups and/or epoxy groups and/or silane-sulfide groups and the styrene content of which is 0 to 12 wt % and which has a glass transition temperature (T) according to DSC of &#x2212;75 to &#x2212;120&#xb0; C. in the unvulcanized state, 5 to 95 phr of at least one further rubber, and 20 to 300 phr of at least one silica.

Sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture

A pneumatic vehicle tire has a radial carcass, a sulfur-impregnated rubber mixture which contains 70 to 100 phr (parts per weight related to 100 parts per weight of the entire types of rubber in the mixture) of natural rubber, up to 30 phr of at least one polybutadiene, up to 15 phr of at least one soot, 20 to 100 phr of at least one silica, at least one silane coupling agent and one adhesive system. In order to lengthen the service life of the pneumatic vehicle tire, the rubber mixture is the carcass rubber coating and the silica has a CTAB number according to ASTM D 3765 of more than 100 m/g.

Pneumatic vehicle tire

A sulfur-crosslinkable rubberizing mixture for strengthening elements in motor vehicle pneumatic tires comprises 70 to 100 phr (parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of total rubbers in the mixture) of natural rubber, up to 30 phr of at least one polybutadiene, 40 to 70 phr of at least one carbon black and a bonding system. Further, motor vehicle pneumatic tires are disclosed that comprise the sulfur-crosslinked rubberizing mixture. The key conflict between tear propagation resistance, stiffness and heat build-up is solved by virtue of the carbon black being a nanostructured carbon black with a rough surface.

Sulfur-crosslinkable rubberizing mixture

A sulfur-crosslinkable rubberizing mixture for strengthening elements in motor vehicle pneumatic tires comprises 70 to 100 phr (parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of total rubbers in the mixture) of natural rubber, up to 30 phr of at least one polybutadiene, up to 15 phr of at least one carbon black, 20 to 100 phr of at least one high-dispersibility silica, at least one silane coupling agent and a bonding system. The invention further relates to motor vehicle pneumatic tires comprising the sulfur-crosslinked rubberizing mixture. For improved resistance to cracking and growth of cracks with good adhesion and good mechanical and dynamic properties, the high-dispersibility silica has a CTAB number to ASTM D 3765 of more than 130 m/g.

A pneumatic tire for a commercial vehicle with a tread, wherein at least the part of the tread which comes into contact with the road contains a sulphur-vulcanized rubber mixture. The sulphur-vulcanized rubber mixture contains 90 to 50 phr (parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight, of all of the rubbers in the mixture) of natural rubber, 10 to 50 phr of at least one polybutadiene having a glass transition temperature Tof &#x2212;110 to &#x2212;65&#xb0; C. and 5 to 50 phr of at least one aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon resin having a softening point (ring and ball to ASTM E 28) of 0 to 150&#xb0; C., and a mean molecular weight Mof less than 2000 g/mol and a polydispersity D=M/Mof 1 to 5.

Pneumatic tires for commercial vehicles

A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture which, for improved abrasion characteristics with no significant deterioration in rolling resistance and in wet grip, comprises at least one functionalized diene rubber, the functionalization of which is along the polymer chain and/or at the end and enables attachment to fillers, the diene rubber having a glass transition temperature Tof &#x2212;110 to &#x2212;15&#xb0; C., at least one aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon resin with a softening point (ring and ball to ASTM E 28) of 50 to 150&#xb0; C. and a mean molecular weight Mof 200 to 2000 g/mol, and a polydispersity D=M/Mof 1 to 5, and at least one filler.

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