IP Library Granted Patent US 12662774
Granted Patent B2
US 12662774 · App. 19/102,766 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Method for producing layered steel cord

Inventors: Chenlu Zhu (Taizhou, CN); Zifei Ni (Taizhou, CN); Shoupeng Kou (Taizhou, CN); Na Li (Taizhou, CN)
Assignee: Jiangsu Xingda Steel Tyre Cord Co., Ltd.
D07B5/007D07B1/0613D07B1/062D07B1/0646D07B2201/102D07B2201/104D07B2201/2009D07B2205/3025
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Patent No.
US 12662774
App. No.
19/102,766
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method for producing a layered steel cord and belongs to the technical field of steel cord production. The method includes: prestressing some of steel filaments in each layer other than a core wire to obtain prestressed steel filaments; and arranging conventional steel filaments and the prestressed steel filaments in each layer alternately in a stranding machine and performing twisting to obtain the layered steel cord. In the prior art, during the twisting process of a steel cord, due to the residual stress of a steel filament itself and the fluctuation of the tension during the unwinding process, a layered steel cord has a problem of a large interlayer residual stress. The methods controls the stress distribution state of a twisted layered steel cord by prestressing steel filaments, and avoids unflatness of a cord fabric during calendering and warping during cutting in the production process of tires.

Claims (19)

1 . A method for producing a layered steel cord, comprising:

prestressing some of steel filaments in each layer other than a core wire to obtain prestressed steel filaments; and

arranging steel filaments without prestressing and the prestressed steel filaments in each layer alternately in a stranding machine, and twisting the steel filaments around a core wire to obtain the layered steel cord, wherein

performing the prestressing on a filament production water tank to prestress some of the steel filaments.

2 . The method for producing a layered steel cord according to claim 1 , wherein, performing the prestressing by a prestressing device, wherein the prestressing device comprises a straightener and an overtwister.

3 . The method for producing a layered steel cord according to claim 1 , wherein, performing the prestressing before a twisting point of the stranding machine to prestress the steel filaments.

4 . The method for producing a layered steel cord according to claim 3 , wherein, a number of the prestressed steel filaments is at least one.

5 . The method for producing a layered steel cord according to claim 3 , wherein,

during the twisting process, controlling an interlayer stress state,

wherein the interlayer stress state is characterized by a sum of absolute values of the stress states of all layers, and the stress state of each layer is characterized by an algebraic sum of a residual torsion of the steel filaments in the layer divided by a number of steel filaments in the layer.

6 . The method for producing a layered steel cord according to claim 5 , wherein, controlling a number of turns of interlayer twist to be 0-1.5 turns, preferably 0-1 turn.

7 . A layered steel cord, being produced by the production method according to claim 1 , wherein the layered steel cord comprises the core wire, the steel filaments without prestressing and the prestressed steel filaments; the core wire is located in a center, and the steel filaments without prestressing and the prestressed steel filaments are arranged alternately around the core wire.

8 . The layered steel cord according to claim 7 , wherein, performing the prestressing by a prestressing device, wherein the prestressing device comprises a straightener and an overtwister.

9 . The layered steel cord according to claim 7 , wherein, performing the prestressing before a twisting point of the stranding machine to prestress the steel filaments.

10 . The layered steel cord according to claim 9 , wherein, a number of the prestressed steel filaments is at least one.

11 . The layered steel cord according to claim 9 , wherein,

during the twisting process, controlling an interlayer stress state,

wherein the interlayer stress state is characterized by a sum of absolute values of the stress states of all layers, and the stress state of each layer is characterized by an algebraic sum of a residual torsion of the steel filaments in the layer divided by a number of steel filaments in the layer.

12 . The layered steel cord according to claim 11 , wherein controlling a number of turns of interlayer twist to be 0-1.5 turns, preferably 0-1 turn.