Stainless steel wire to reinforce the crown of the tire

摘要

The stainless steel wire for reinforcing the crown 1 of the tire 100 comprises at least 0.02 wt% to at most 0.2 wt% carbon, at least 6 wt% up to 10 wt% nickel, and at least 16 wt% up to 20 Comprising by weight chromium, the molybdenum content of the steel is zero or less than 5% by weight, and the total of nickel, chromium and molybdenum is at least 23% by weight and at most 28.5% by weight; The structure of the steel comprises at least 50% by volume martensite and up to zero or 50% by volume of austenite.;The present invention includes an assembly 620, reinforcement ply 62 and tire 100 comprising such a wire and a method of making the wire.