1. A reticle fabrication system comprising:
a first preparatory processing means for performing preparatory processing for converting CAD data, which are reticle design data, to plotting data;
a second preparatory processing means for performing preparatory processing for converting said CAD data to inspection data;
a first preparatory process recording means for recording therein a log file indicative of the content of preparatory processing of said first preparatory processing means as a first processing log;
a second preparatory process recording means for recording therein a log file indicative of the content of preparatory processing of said second preparatory processing means as a second processing log;
a comparisondetermination means for comparing said first processing log that has been recorded in said first preparatory process recording means and said second processing log that has been recorded in said second preparatory process recording means, and for permitting conversion of said CAD data upon determining, based on results of this comparison, that said preparatory processing has been carried out correctly;
a first conversion means for converting said CAD data to said plotting data when conversion of said CAD data has been permitted by said comparisondetermination means;
a second conversion means for converting said CAD data to said inspection data when conversion of said CAD data has been permitted by said comparisondetermination means; and
an inspection means for inspecting a reticle that has been produced from said plotting data that have been converted by said first conversion means, using said inspection data that have been converted by said second conversion means.
2. The reticle fabrication system according to claim 1, wherein said first processing log and said second processing log are log files in text format.
3. The reticle fabrication system according to claim 1, wherein said first preparatory processing means, said second preparatory processing means, said first preparatory process recording means, said second preparatory process recording means, said comparisondetermination means, said first conversion means, and said second conversion means are all installed in a common data conversion device.
4. The reticle fabrication system according to claim 1, wherein said comparisondetermination means is provided with a function to transmit said comparison results to said first preparatory processing means andor said second preparatory processing means and to prompt a reconsideration of said preparatory processing when it has been determined that said preparatory processing has not been carried out correctly.
5. A reticle fabrication method, comprising steps of:
(a) performing preparatory processing for converting CAD data, which are reticle design data, to plotting data;
(b) performing preparatory processing for converting said CAD data to inspection data;
(c) recording a first processing log, which is a log file showing the content of preparatory processing for converting to said plotting data;
(d) recording a second processing log, which is a log file showing the content of preparatory processing for converting to said inspection data;
(e) comparing said first processing log with said second processing log, and based on the comparison results, determining whether said preparatory processing has been carried out correctly;
(f) converting said CAD data to said plotting data and converting said CAD data to said inspection data, when it has been determined, based on comparison results of said first processing log and said second processing log, that said preparatory processing has been carried out correctly; and
(g) inspecting a reticle that has been produced from said plotting data, using said inspection data.
6. A reticle fabrication method according to claim 5, wherein said step (c) and said step (d) include recording said first processing log and said second processing log respectively as log files in text format.
7. A reticle fabrication method according to claim 5, further comprising a step of:
(h) returning to said step (a) andor said step (b) for prompting redoing said preparatory processing, when it has been determined, based on the results of comparing said first processing log and said second processing log, that said preparatory processing has not been carried out correctly.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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18. A multilayer laminate usable as a reinforcing element for a tyre, the multilayer laminate comprising at least one polymer film,
wherein each polymer film has a Young’s modulus E, in any tensile direction in a plane of the film, greater than 500 MPa,
wherein each polymer film is positioned between and in contact with two layers formed of a rubber composition, and
wherein each layer formed of the rubber composition exhibits, in a crosslinked state, a secant modulus Ms, in extension at 10% elongation, greater than 30 MPa.
19. The multilayer laminate according to claim 18, wherein the rubber composition includes a diene rubber.
20. The multilayer laminate according to claim 19, wherein the diene rubber is selected from a group of elastomers consisting of: polybutadienes, natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprenes, butadiene copolymers, isoprene copolymers, and mixtures thereof.
21. The multilayer laminate according to claim 20, wherein each layer formed of the rubber composition includes from 50 to 100 phr of natural rubber.
22. The multilayer laminate according to claim 18, wherein each layer formed of the rubber composition includes more than 5 phr of a plasticizing agent, with between 5 and 30 phr of the plasticizing agent being preferable.
23. The multilayer laminate according to claim 18, wherein each layer formed of the rubber composition includes a tackifying resin at a content of greater than 3 phr.
24. The multilayer laminate according to claim 18, wherein the secant modulus Ms of each layer formed of the rubber composition is between 30 and 150 MPa.
25. The multilayer laminate according to claim 18, wherein the secant modulus Ms of each layer formed of the rubber composition is greater than 40 MPa, with between 40 and 120 MPa being preferable for the secant modulus Ms.
26. The multilayer laminate according to claim 18, wherein the Young’s modulus E, for each polymer film in any tensile direction in the plane of the film, is greater than 1000 MPa, with greater than 2000 MPa being preferable for the Young’s modulus E.
27. The multilayer laminate according to claim 18, wherein each polymer film exhibits a maximum tensile stress \u03c3max greater than 80 MPa, in any tensile direction considered in a plane of the polymer film, with greater than 100 MPa being preferable for the maximum tensile stress \u03c3max.
28. The multilayer laminate according to claim 18, wherein the polymer film is a thermoplastic polymer film.
29. The multilayer laminate according to claim 28, where the thermoplastic polymer film exhibits, after 30 minutes at 150\xb0 C., a relative contraction in length of less than 5%.
30. The multilayer laminate according to claim 28, wherein the thermoplastic polymer film includes a polyester or a polyamide.
31. The multilayer laminate according to claim 28, wherein the thermoplastic polymer film includes a polyester, and wherein the polyester is a polyethylene terephthalate or a polyethylene naphthalate.
32. The multilayer laminate according to claim 18, wherein the multilayer laminate is incorporated in a tyre.
33. A tyre comprising a multilayer laminate,
wherein the multilayer laminate includes at least one polymer film,
wherein each polymer film has a Young’s modulus E, in any tensile direction in a plane of the film, greater than 500 MPa,
wherein each polymer film is positioned between and in contact with two layers formed of a rubber composition, and
wherein each layer formed of the rubber composition exhibits, in a crosslinked state, a secant modulus Ms, in extension at 10% elongation, greater than 30 MP.
34. The tyre according to claim 33, wherein the multilayer laminate is included as a reinforcement in a belt of the tyre.
35. The tyre according to claim 34, wherein the belt includes the multilayer laminate in combination with circumferential reinforcing threads embedded in at least one rubber layer other than the layers formed of the rubber composition.