Method for Producing a Belt- or Band-Shaped Component Having an Electronic Device
First Claim
1. A method for producing a component made of an elastomer material, which is driven to run around under tensile stress and which has an electronic circuit or electronic device installed in the component, the component having tension members or cords which are arranged in the longitudinal direction and the component being a belt or band-shaped component, the method comprising:
- inserting planar intermediate plies which cannot be crosslinked by vulcanization into a blank structure in subregions of a blank component;
completely vulcanizing the blank component to form a vulcanized component after inserting the planar intermediate plies;
removing the intermediate plies from the vulcanized component generating interspace in the vulcanized component;
introducing one or more electronic devices into the interspace of the vulcanized component.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing a belt- or band-shaped component made of elastomer material, which is driven to run around under tensile stress and which has an electronic circuit or electronic device installed in the component, the component having tension members or cords which are arranged in the longitudinal direction, wherein, during the fabrication and before the vulcanization of the component blank, planar intermediate plies or strips made of material which cannot be crosslinked by vulcanization are inserted into the blank structure in subregions of the blank, wherein, after the fabrication, the blank is completely vulcanized to form the component and, where appropriate, cut or trimmed, and wherein the intermediate plies or strips are then removed from the component through correspondingly incorporated or method-intrinsically formed openings, and an electronic circuit or electronic device is introduced into the thus resulting planar empty space or interspace in the component.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for producing a component made of an elastomer material, which is driven to run around under tensile stress and which has an electronic circuit or electronic device installed in the component, the component having tension members or cords which are arranged in the longitudinal direction and the component being a belt or band-shaped component, the method comprising:
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inserting planar intermediate plies which cannot be crosslinked by vulcanization into a blank structure in subregions of a blank component; completely vulcanizing the blank component to form a vulcanized component after inserting the planar intermediate plies; removing the intermediate plies from the vulcanized component generating interspace in the vulcanized component; introducing one or more electronic devices into the interspace of the vulcanized component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A drive belt comprising:
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one or more plies comprised of an elastomer material; an interspace formed within the one or more plies; an electronic device located within the interspace and only partially filling the interspace; a thermoplastic material filling a remaining portion of the interspace. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A conveyor belt having a drive side and a support side for items to be conveyed, the conveyor belt comprising:
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one or more plies comprised of an elastomer material; an interspace formed within the one or more plies; an electronic device located within the interspace and only partially filling the interspace; a thermoplastic material filling a remaining portion of the interspace. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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