RIDGESTONE eed me lives cf Foley AU Solel Bol) ol tela Togaees Cues Te aon) For peace of mind of all people. What we can offer with our technology. Seismic isolation. See Cen en eC Ca a Sau uC started to sell the seismic isolation rubber bearings in 1984, and has over twenty years of experience supplying isolators for use in terrace houses, apartment blocks, and high-rise buildings. In the recent Great Hanshin-Awaji See ac een mae Ceca ca ane Coc however the buildings that have the Bridgestone seismic isolation rubber bearing installed had no damage Cee ae he Re Rue aa) At Bridgestone, we work hard to produce a seismic isolation rubber bearing with unsurpassed quality and See eee i a Uae ta easy ra and manufacturing. Whether Bridgeston produces a tire or a seismic isolation rubber. béayi ea passion to produce to the highest quality. 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PS Bridgestone wants to ii Material LU technology lap. technology ‘Our seismic isolation rubber bearing had been tested and proven during the Re Cc cee ro ene ess Cee ee re ee ee try Pee eo Ce Rey eee acc oe neu) eee ae ee cee pee ae ect et te ee building should it was not seismic-isolated (rom simulation result), the response acceleration has reduced to about 1/3 in the eighth floor. Similar ‘effects have also been confirmed during the Hanshin-Awall and Fukuoka Cee ——., | Interaction & | Bridgestone CO eats coy Geers] case: rl Manufacturing technology ee eenFeatures and Types of Bridgestone’s Seismic Isolation Rubber Bearing Providing a safe living environment using Bridgestone technology. Our wide range of rubber bearings offers high performance seismic isolation for various applications. ‘At Bridgestone, we have over 20 years of experimental data on seismic isolation rubber bearings. This is in addition to the 70 yeats of knowledge and experience in rubber compounding built up over the last 70 years, Our products Pee ee eee Ue ne Cae ed Oe aCe nt eco teen ieee eet Pee a ee ee Ce ee oe ea eeu) these types, the high-damping rubber, has high restorabilty and damping effect, requires no damper, and has Deen ee uc CON eaa eM nu ee Cae eee ne rubber bearing manufacturer, Bridgestone meets a wide variety of customers’ demands. ee tetrare ee ee ee ee ae ater ippeeinererre pak earanntey ie Perrone erenresntic in eRe mec steeceut eae econo fl eer catalan ae) TESTE TITS] ee ip eeliegehied Ler neiermmete cS ee ne Tre Re EIS A Ce eee eee bearing, We also have a “Dust-proot cover eee \ Wide choices N Largest production & Highs OLS y) Taye) =) oe Cona Co oe eats Ae ray peace ad i aa DR nr a eure Paver onsen eiUelesebpmmIIrerh arent EN ECP , Sar oars ee Ome cot ects pene esoennrty peer ente i ay m&D capability Pee ee eens 4 feet erent homered ae unc peemernans Pare rR Bc CLEBasic Structure of Bridgestone’s Rubber Bearing Stiff in the vertical direction, soft in the horizontal direction, performance is achieved by alternately laminating thin rubber layers and steel plates. Functions as a building support in the vertical direction, and as a seismic shock absorber in the horizontal direction, Features ‘The inner rubber is protected from “UV rays” , | “ozone” . etc. which cause rubber degradation by covering it with an excellent weather-resistant cover rubber. The inner rubber and steel plates are strongly bonded using Bridgestone’ s long-established 2 | unique technology, allowing the bearing to receive an enormous strain during earthquakes without separation. Feat and Types Inner rubber Inner steel plate Cover rubber Bolt hole H-RB_ High-damping Rubber Bearing Series High damping nisbor Rubber bearing that uses high damping rubber Inner steslplate where the rubber material itself demonstrates 5, {ihe and damping expan . Generalyr separate damper not required: good ar pace sna intalaton _¥ Since fe hystrei curves ee eahvaly moot, = tolamieitlation eect can abo be expected for imbulng precaton equipments, ete, raher Flange than for bulaings only pitless N-RB_ Natural Rubber Bearing Series Nts gg Rubber bearing that uses natural rubbers damping performance is low (about 2~39% at ‘equivalent darnping rate), excellent inearty, and ows a sable restoring force enaracterist Separate damper is required, but with combina- A ‘ion of damper types, attenuation, et, it's pos ‘ble to design with greater exit ange E-SB _ Elastic Sliding Bearing Series rtange _CoMsisting of 2 poces: a natural rubber bearing absorbed by the rubber itself, while large displacements cause the rubber bearing to slide fon the plate, \ Since the restoring function will be lost when the ote SS ier sliding occurred, normally it's used in combina- SUSIPIFE coming tion with N-RB or H-RB. bonded with PTFE(Teflon) material and a stain- ya less steel slide plate. Small displacements areManufacturing Tecnology ff Ca Ue] Simulate heat transfer and chemical reaction process in rubber. Ultimate quality seismic isolation rubber comes about with our unique manufacturing technology. Bridgestone as the rubber industry's top manufacturer, uses a unique vulcanization analysis system to simulate ROO Cae CeO sce ce ee Ree ea eee oe eet ce et a Reece ee CC nace a Vulcanization Analysis System eC ua OULU Ine SY eee Ce Ree nee ag I ser nicarizaton ONO ene: 1 Te ae ee ee : a poe ei cea eeM Uae es OCS RIC) -_ See Rar ee eee eee Riel er Ecstasy Pe ae ocean oot ¥ See Poneman oiet ¥ ree Hesstietamaniediatacseiaa i See Pe erento ¥ Parone crated Charge ol pvseainopeies win uber dung Temper dtibten dung weston4 Supply Record Bridgestone’ s seismic isolation rubber bearing has been adopted all over Japan, from Hokkaido to Kyushu and is being used in a wide range of applications - from super high-rise buildings over 30-stories high to retrofit of exist- ing buildings for earthquake-proof improvement. Our track record has also been recognized in overseas, and Bridgestone’ seismic isolation rubber bearing has been playing an important role in various places such as Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles Police Department, and Oakland PIXAR Animation Studio Application examples ‘Apartment Blocks Government buildings: (Offices, courts, ete) Office buildings Disaster-prevention facilites Factories (Precision equipments i erect (Police / fire stations) Hospitals Warehouses (High-end goods stores, distribution bases) ‘Art museums / museums Research facilites Schools Computer centers Care faciities Fain aeis ices Ieee ‘Supe highrise bulaing pulout measures syste Winker constuction method (aintly developed by Kajima, Bragestone ete) iSuperhighise bulang (Capital Mark Tower Design/Superise Nikon Housing System Sate Soge CConsirction —-Kajma Mista! baling avon Los Angeles City Hall Misvontoy Searic nin svete wing Ore) Subaqueus model aoe abe bent ‘Shirizu Institute of Technology a " " ‘in ameter anoany Snag Cues Ca. 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