IP Library Granted Patent US 8,747,951
Granted Patent B2
US 8,747,951 · App. 13/648,676 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Method for manufacturing hose with protector layer

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Patent No.
US 8,747,951
App. No.
13/648,676
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a hose with a protector layer 2 on the outer periphery of a tubular polyamide resin layer 1 includes steps of: preparing a rubber composition for forming the protector layer by separately preparing a first rubber material containing components (A) to (C) and a second rubber material containing components (a) and (b) but substantially free of a sulfur vulcanization agent and mixing them in a mixer; and forming the protector layer 2 by continuously vulcanizing unvulcanized rubber after continuous extrusion of the rubber composition onto the outer periphery of the previously formed polyamide resin layer 1. (A) Ethylene-propylene rubber (B) Sulfur vulcanization agent (C) Thiuram vulcanization accelerator (mp. 66 to 105° C.) (a) Ethylene-propylene rubber (b) Vulcanization accelerator (mp. 120° C. or higher).

Claims (26)

1. A method for manufacturing a hose having a protector layer formed on an outer periphery of a tubular polyamide resin layer, the method comprising steps of:

preparing an unvulcanized rubber composition for forming the protector layer by separately preparing

a first rubber material that contains following components (A) to (C):

(A) ethylene-propylene rubber

(B) sulfur

(C) thiuram vulcanization accelerator with the melting point of 66 to 105° C., and

a second rubber material that contains following components (a) and (b) but does not contain sulfur as a vulcanization agent:

(a) ethylene-propylene rubber

(b) vulcanization accelerator with the melting point of 120° C. or higher,

wherein the vulcanization accelerator is selected from a group consisting of dithiocarbamate vulcanization accelerator, thiazole vulcanization accelerator and xanthate vulcanization accelerator;

mixing the first rubber material and the second rubber material in a mixer to prepare the unvulcanized rubber composition for forming the protector layer; and

forming the protector layer by continuously vulcanizing the unvulcanized rubber composition after the unvulcanized rubber composition is continuously extruded onto the outer periphery of the previously formed polyamide resin layer.

2. The method for manufacturing a hose with a protector layer according to claim 1 , wherein the component (C) is tetraethylthiuram disulfide.

3. The method for manufacturing a hose with a protector layer according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the component (b) is at least one of zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole.

4. The method for manufacturing a hose with a protector layer according to claim 3 , wherein the polyamide resin layer is a layer made of polyamide 12 (PA12).

5. The method for manufacturing a hose with a protector layer according to claim 4 , wherein the vulcanization temperature is 100 to 170° C.

6. The method for manufacturing a hose with a protector layer according to claim 5 , wherein

the content of the component (B) is 1 to 4 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the component (A),

the content of the component (C) is 0.1 to 3 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the component (A), and

the content of the component (b) is 2 to 6 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the component (a).

7. The method of manufacturing a hose with a protector layer according to claim 1 , wherein the sulfur in component (B) is powdered sulfur.

8. The method of manufacturing a hose with a protector layer according to claim 1 , wherein the sulfur in component (B) is precipitated sulfur.

9. The method of manufacturing a hose with a protector layer according to claim 1 , wherein the sulfur in component (B) is insoluble sulfur.

10. The method of manufacturing a hose with a protector layer according to claim 1 , wherein a mixture ratio by weight of the first rubber material to the second rubber material is 30/70 to 70/30.

11. The method for manufacturing a hose with a protector layer according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:

forming a fluorine resin layer on an inner surface of the polyamide resin layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034016/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2012
From: OYAIZU, NAOKI; KATAYAMA, KAZUTAKA
To: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029105/0851 →