JPH034024B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a sheet for forming a sleeve used for covering and protecting glass bottles and the like.

[Prior art]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sleeve made of a heat-shrinkable synthetic resin sheet is placed over the outer surface of a glass bottle and heated to shrink the sleeve to protect the glass bottle. As the synthetic resin sheet, for example, foamed polystyrene sheets are widely used as they have excellent cushioning properties, but the foamed polystyrene sheets have poor surface smoothness, poor printability, and sheet troubles during printing. Many of them had very low yields. In addition, the sheet surface is easily scratched even after printing, and furthermore, when the glass bottles are shrink-coated as a sleeve and then transported continuously on a conveyor, etc., the sheet surface does not slip well, so the glass bottles do not move smoothly and are stuck on the runway. Printing sometimes stagnates in the middle of printing, and the printing sometimes disappears or becomes smudged due to friction between the bottles. One solution to these problems was previously described as a laminate of a shrinkable foamed polystyrene sheet and a shrinkable non-foamed polystyrene film. The non-laminated side of the layer is thicker than the laminated side with the non-foamed film, and the shrinkage rate of the laminated sheets in the machine direction is 60% or less, the widthwise shrinkage rate is 10% or less, and the shrinkage rate in the machine direction is "A sheet for forming a sleeve, characterized in that the shrinkage rate is larger than the shrinkage rate in the width direction, and the foam sheet side is made the inner surface and both ends in the flow direction are joined." It has been proposed as
According to this invention, since the sleeve-forming sheet has a two-layer structure of a shrinkable non-foamed polystyrene film and a shrinkable foamed polystyrene sheet, it is expected that the printability and the mobility of the glass bottle will be greatly improved.

[Problems to be solved by the present invention]

However, in the above invention, the thickness of the skin layer of the foamed sheet is made different between the non-foamed film, the laminated surface, and the non-laminated surface, and the shrinkage rate of the foamed sheet and the non-foamed film is made different, etc. Also, according to the specifications, there are three methods for laminating the foam sheet and non-foam film: thermocompression bonding, adhesion using an adhesive such as ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and coextrusion. However, when adhesive is applied, shrinkage, deformation, and uneven thickness of the sleeve-forming sheet due to heat are unavoidable, and adhesion cannot be performed at a temperature that does not cause deformation. Also, ethylene
When bonding with an adhesive such as vinyl acetate copolymer, when the completed sleeve-forming sheet is inserted into a bottle and shrink-linked, the heat causes air bubbles called "blisters" to form between the non-foamed film and the foamed sheet. This occurs easily and worsens the appearance. In particular, when sterilizing raw fruit juice or the like at high temperatures, "blisters" are more likely to occur. Furthermore, since the coextrusion method can print only on the outside of the non-foamed film, there is a problem that it is impossible to prevent the printing from disappearing or becoming smeared due to mutual friction between the bottles. Therefore, the inventors of the present invention conducted research to solve the above problems, and as a result, they found that a method of shrink-linking without using a method such as co-extrusion or without using an adhesive such as ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. They also discovered an adhesive method that does not cause blisters during high-temperature sterilization.

[Means to solve the problem] In order for the sheet to shrink efficiently, both non-expanded polystyrene film and expanded polystyrene sheet must have a heat shrinkage rate of 60 to 80% in the machine direction (140℃).
It is necessary that the heat shrinkage rate of the two be approximately equal. When adhering the two, a foamed polystyrene sheet with a thickness of 0.15 to 0.4 mm must be used at least 10 days after sheet manufacture. In addition, unfoamed polystyrene films with a thickness of 15 to 45 μm are printed using a printing ink containing at least 20% of the total solids of a thermoplastic polymethacrylate binder that softens at temperatures below 100°C. Must be dry. The above-mentioned expanded polystyrene sheet and non-expanded polystyrene film are bonded by thermocompression bonding the printed surface of the unexpanded polystyrene film and the expanded polystyrene sheet at a temperature in the range of more than 80° C. and less than 180° C. without using an adhesive. The thickness of expanded polystyrene sheet is 0.15~0.4mm
The reason for this limitation is that if it is less than 0.15 mm, the shock absorption capacity is too small, and if it exceeds 0.4 mm, it will easily break due to deformation, and creases will easily appear when wrapping it around a bottle. The thickness of non-expanded polystyrene film is 15~45μ
The reason for this is that if the thickness is less than 15μ, sufficient film strength cannot be obtained, and if it exceeds 40μ, no merit in terms of strength will be observed. The reason why the thermocompression bonding temperature was set to be more than 80°C and less than 180°C is because the object of the present invention is a heat-shrinkable sheet, and if it exceeds 180°C, the heat shrinkage will be large and inappropriate. This is because below 80°C, the thermocompression bonding speed is slow and productivity is low, making it less practical. Therefore, the present inventors printed the film surface of a non-foamed polystyrene film with a printing ink containing at least 20% polymethacrylic acid ester binder based on the total solids, and after sufficient drying, printed the printed non-foamed polystyrene film. When a polystyrene film and a foamed polystyrene sheet that has been manufactured for more than 10 days are thermocompressed at high speed at temperatures above 80°C and below 180°C, the thermal shrinkage rate during thermocompression bonding is suppressed to 20% or less, and the result is sufficient. It was possible to obtain a beautiful shrinkable composite sheet without causing problems such as "blisters" due to heat during shrink-linking and heat during sterilization.

【Example】

Polystyrene resin Product name: S-Bright-8
(manufactured by Showa Denko) 100 parts by weight Foaming agent Pentane (manufactured by Gordo Solvent Co., Ltd.) 5 parts by weight Foaming nucleating agent Baking soda - citric acid (1:1 mixture)
While injecting 0.8 parts by weight into a 40mmφ foaming extruder, foam extrusion was performed to create a foamed polystyrene sheet with a thickness of 0.3mm, a foaming ratio of 7 times, and a shrinkage of 75% (140℃) in the flow direction coming out of the extruder. and heated at room temperature for 15 days. Polyethyl methacrylate and polybutyl methacrylate (1:1 mixture) were added to the back side of a non-foamed polystyrene film with a thickness of 30 μm and a heat shrinkage property almost equal to that of the above-mentioned foamed polystyrene sheet.
After printing a floral pattern using gravure ink containing 60% and drying thoroughly, the foamed polystyrene sheet was heat-pressed at a speed of 30 m/min between a heated roll at 130°C to form a shrinkable composite sleeve. I made a sheet. Then, both ends of this shrinkable composite sheet for forming a sleeve are bonded into a cylindrical shape corresponding to the diameter of the glass bottle, wrapped around the glass bottle, and then shrunk with hot air.The sheet is then printed directly onto a single-layer expanded polystyrene sheet. The printing is more beautiful than that of the non-foamed polystyrene film, and since the surface is made of non-foamed polystyrene film, it is smooth and scratch-resistant, and because it is slippery, it is less likely to stagnate during transportation on a belt conveyor. Gansho 57-4294
As with the invention of the issue, it was time-consuming to produce, and the printing did not fade or become smudged.

【Effect of the invention】

Since printing is performed on non-foamed polystyrene film in this way, printing performance is good and sheet troubles during printing are eliminated, resulting in a marked improvement in yield.Also, since the printing is performed between the non-foamed polystyrene film and the foamed polystyrene sheet, it is possible to easily print on bottles. The print will not disappear or become smudged due to friction,
Furthermore, when the composite sheet is attached as a sleeve to the surface of a bottle, the surface is covered with a non-foamed polystyrene film, so the surface of the composite sheet is less likely to be scratched and has shock absorbing power. Furthermore, when adhering the film and sheet, no adhesive is applied, and adhesive properties are imparted to the printing ink, which has the advantage of shortening the process. As explained above, the shrinkable composite sheet for forming sleeves according to the invention has many advantages and is of great industrial value.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Thickness 15~15mm printed on one side using a printing ink containing a thermoplastic polymethacrylic acid ester binder that softens at temperatures below 100℃
45μ, heat shrinkage rate in machine direction 60~80% (140℃)
Non-expanded polystyrene film, thickness 0.15~
0.4mm, heat shrinkage rate in machine direction 60~80% (140℃)
It is characterized by thermocompression bonding of expanded polystyrene sheets that have been produced for at least 10 days and have a shrinkage rate almost equal to that of non-expanded polystyrene film at a temperature in the range of more than 80°C and less than 180°C with the same flow direction. A method for manufacturing a shrinkable foam composite sheet for forming a sleeve.