Modelling of roller conveyor for the simulation of rubber tire tread extrusion
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Benoit Debbaut
Abstract
The extrusion of large or heavy technical rubber profiles is usually assisted by a conveying device. Such a device can be a conveyor belt or a series of rollers, and its use is necessary mainly for being able to achieve the process. Within the context of numerical simulation of extrusion flows, a conveying device brings additional downstream constraints to the flow governing equations. In the present paper, we propose a simple engineering approach for modelling a roller conveyor used in rubber tire tread extrusion, and we apply it to the extrusion simulation of a flat tire tread profile as typically encountered in the tire manufacturing industry.
Acknowledgement
The author wishes to acknowledge the use of the ANSYS POLYFLOW software developed by ANSYS Inc. (ANSYS POLYFLOW software 2023).
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Author contributions: The author has accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Competing interests: The author declares no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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