JPH0737193B2 - Lubricant for printing process and its use - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a lubricant for a printing process and a method of using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a lubricant for a printing process, which can impart smoothness by applying it to the surface of a printed matter immediately after printing by offset printing or the like, and can suppress stains on the surface during friction, and a method of using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A printed matter, especially a printed matter such as a newspaper printed at a high speed by a large amount by offset printing, requires measures so as not to cause stains due to rubbing of the paper surface immediately after printing. As a countermeasure against this, a lubricant for printing process is used, which is applied to the surface of a printed matter immediately after printing to impart smoothness and suppress stains due to rubbing.
Conventionally, as the lubricant for the printing process, an emulsion containing polyethylene oxide or a higher fatty acid ester as a main component has been known (for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-33359).

[0003]

However, when this is applied to the surface immediately after printing by using a coating roller such as stainless steel, it is difficult to uniformly adhere to the coating roller.
In addition, there is a problem that stains from the printing surface tend to adhere to the coating roller surface.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems As a result of intensive investigations by the inventors of the present invention, a lubricant for a printing process, which adheres uniformly to a coating roller and does not cause stains on the coating roller, has been obtained.
The present invention has been reached. That is, the present invention is an aqueous emulsion containing a wax and a polyhydric alcohol higher fatty acid ester, the evaporation residue has a melting point of 20 to 50 ° C., and the surface tension when the solid content weight conversion concentration is 0.5%. 25
A lubricant for a printing process, which has a smoothness of 40 to 40 dyne / cm and which can impart smoothness by being applied to the surface of a printed matter immediately after printing, and can suppress stains during rubbing; and immediately after printing and drying. The method of using a lubricant for a printing step, which comprises applying the above lubricant to the printed matter by using a coating roller.

In the present invention, the wax is paraffin wax (having a carbon number of 18 to 30, a melting point of 20 to 85).
℃), microcrystalline wax (carbon number is usually 30 to 70), polyolefin wax (low molecular weight polyethylene, low molecular weight polypropylene, etc.), mineral wax (eg ozokerite etc.) and animal and vegetable oil wax (beeswax, rice bran wax, wood wax, Hydrogenated castor oil wax, bran oil hardened wax, etc.). You may use these 2 or more types together. Of these, preferred is paraffin wax.

Examples of the polyhydric alcohol higher fatty acid ester include polyhydric alcohols [ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, glycerin, polyglycerin, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol, polypentaerythritol, sorbitol, mannitol, sugars ( Glucose, sucrose, etc.) and saturated and / or unsaturated fatty acids having 8 or more, preferably 10 to 22 carbon atoms (lauric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, behenic acid, oleic acid, coconut oil fatty acid, beef tallow) Partial or complete esters with fatty acids, etc.). You may use these 2 or more types together. Of these, preferred are partial or complete esters of trihydric or higher alcohols and higher fatty acids having 10 to 22 carbon atoms (eg trimethylolpropane monopalmitate, pentaerythritol monostearate, sorbitan monostearate, sorbitan dipalmiate). Tate, sorbitan coconut oil fatty acid mono and / or diester, etc.).

The weight ratio of the wax to the polyhydric alcohol higher fatty acid ester is usually 1: 0.1-20, preferably 1: 0.2-10. When the polyhydric alcohol higher fatty acid ester is less than 0.1, the stability of the aqueous emulsion and the uniform adhesion to the coating roller become insufficient,
If it exceeds, smoothness becomes insufficient.

The lubricant of the present invention can be obtained by emulsifying the wax and the polyhydric alcohol higher fatty acid ester in water, usually using an emulsifier. Examples of the emulsifier include anionic surfactants (sulfate ester salts of higher alcohols, phosphate ester salts of higher alcohols, alkylbenzene sulfonates, sulfate ester salts of higher alcohol alkylene oxide adducts, phosphate ester salts of higher alcohol alkylene oxide adducts). , Sulfuric acid ester salts of alkylphenol alkylene oxide adducts, phosphoric acid ester salts of alkylphenol alkylene oxide adducts, nonionic surfactants (higher alcohol ethylene oxide adducts, alkylphenol ethylene oxide adducts, higher fatty acid sorbitan ester ethylene oxide adducts, alkyl Amine ethylene oxide adduct, etc., cationic surfactant (polyalkylene polyamine fatty acid amide acid salt, polyethylene polyamine fatty acid diamine Acid salt of urea condensation product of amide, imidazoline type cationic surfactant, quaternary ammonium salt type cationic surfactant such as dialkyldimethylammonium chloride), amphoteric surfactant (betaine type amphoteric interface such as distearylmethylbetaine) Activators, amino acid type amphoteric surfactants such as stearylaminopropionate, etc.) and the like. The amount of the emulsifier used is usually 10 to 2 with respect to the total weight of the wax and the polyhydric alcohol fatty acid ester.
It is 00%, preferably 30 to 150%. 1 emulsifier
If it is less than 0%, the emulsification becomes poor, and if it exceeds 200%, the smoothness is impaired.

A specific example of the method for producing the lubricant of the present invention will be described. First, the wax, the polyhydric alcohol higher fatty acid ester and the emulsifier are mixed and heated to form a uniform solution. Then, using a normal paddle stirrer, gradually add water (or hot water) to perform phase inversion emulsification, add a water (or hot water) in a high-viscosity emulsifying tank with a spiral stirrer to perform phase inversion emulsification, and use a homogenizer The lubricant of the present invention can be obtained by emulsifying by adding (or warm water) and emulsifying under high speed stirring, or by continuously emulsifying by adding water (or warm water) with Ebara Milder (manufactured by Ebara Corporation). In obtaining the lubricant of the present invention, if necessary, an organic solvent such as toluene, xylene, n-hexane, heptane, acetone, methylethylketone, methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, dimethylformamide and water may be used together with any organic solvent in the above production process. It may be added in stages. The concentration of the lubricant of the present invention is usually 10 to 80%, preferably 15 to 60% by weight in terms of solid content.

The melting point of the evaporation residue of the lubricant of the present invention is usually 2
The temperature is 0 to 50 ° C, preferably 30 to 45 ° C. If the melting point of the evaporation residue is less than 20 ° C., the smoothness becomes poor and the printed surface becomes dirty. If the temperature exceeds 50 ° C, stains will occur on the coating roller. The surface tension when the lubricant of the present invention has a solid content weight concentration of 0.5% is usually 25 to 40 d.
It is preferably 30 to 39 dyne / cm. If it is less than 25 dyne / cm, the coating bath foams,
It becomes difficult to evenly adhere to the coating roller. 40 dyne
If it exceeds / cm, it will not evenly adhere to the coating roller, and stains will occur on the roller surface.

The lubricant of the present invention may contain known treatment components such as an antioxidant, an ultraviolet absorber and an antiseptic / antifungal agent. The lubricant of the present invention is preferably applied to the surface of the printed matter immediately after printing and drying. Applicable printed materials include those printed on cellulosic paper, Japanese paper, polypropylene-based synthetic paper, plastic film and the like.

As a method of applying the lubricant of the present invention to the surface of a printed matter, a roller method using a roller made of stainless steel or the like is particularly useful because it has the advantage of being easily uniformly attached to the roller. It can be applied by brush method, spray method, etc., whichever method is used,
It has an effect of suppressing stains caused by rubbing on the printing surface. The amount applied to the printed matter is usually 0.05 to 5 g, preferably 0.1 to 3 g in terms of solid content per 100 g of the dried printed matter.
Is.

[0013]

The present invention will be further described with reference to the following examples.
The present invention is not limited to this. Hereinafter, "parts" in the examples mean "parts by weight" and "%" means "% by weight". Surface tension is 25 ℃
Was measured by the Wilhelmy method.

Example 1 Each component of the following formulation was placed in an emulsifying tank having a paddle type stirrer and thoroughly mixed at 70 to 80 ° C., and then warm water (200
(Part: 70 to 80 ° C.) was gradually charged and emulsified. Further diluted with warm water (550 parts: 70 to 80 ° C.) and cooled to give a pale yellowish white aqueous emulsion of the lubricant of the present invention [1] 1,0
I got 00 parts. Evaporation residue is 25.0%, melting point of evaporation residue is 35-40 ° C, surface tension of 2% aqueous solution is 33.5 dy.
It was ne / cm. Prescription: Paraffin wax (melting point 50-54 ° C) (40 parts) Sorbitan distearate (30 parts) Sorbitan monopalmitate (40 parts) Ethylene oxide 20 mol adduct of sorbitan monopalmitate (60 parts) C16, C18 direct 20 mol ethylene oxide adduct of chain alcohol mixture (80 parts)

Example 2 Each component of the following formulation was placed in an emulsification tank having a paddle type stirrer and thoroughly mixed at 70 to 80 ° C., and then warm water (200
(Part: 70 to 80 ° C.) was gradually charged and emulsified. Further diluted with warm water (550 parts: 70 to 80 ° C.) and cooled to give a pale yellowish white aqueous emulsion of the lubricant of the present invention [2] 1,0
I got 00 parts. The evaporation residue is 25.0%, the melting point of the evaporation residue is 32 to 37 ° C, and the surface tension of the 2% aqueous solution is 35.5 dy.
It was ne / cm. Formulation: Paraffin wax (melting point 43 to 49 ° C.) (40 parts) Sorbitan distearate (30 parts) Sorbitan coconut oil fatty acid monoester (50 parts) Ethylene oxide 20 mol adduct of sorbitan monopalmitate (40 parts) C16 , C18 straight chain alcohol mixture of ethylene oxide 20 mol adduct (50 parts) Stearylamine ethylene oxide 18 mol adduct (40 parts)

Example 3 The ingredients of the following formulation were placed in an emulsification tank having a paddle type stirrer and thoroughly mixed at 70 to 80 ° C., and then warm water (200
(Part: 70 to 80 ° C.) was gradually charged and emulsified. Further diluted with warm water (550 parts: 70 to 80 ° C.) and cooled to give a pale yellowish white aqueous emulsion of the lubricant of the present invention [3] 1,0
I got 00 parts. The evaporation residue is 25.0%, the melting point of the evaporation residue is 34 to 38 ° C., the surface tension of a 2% aqueous solution is 34.5 dyn.
It was e / cm. Formulation: Paraffin wax (melting point 43 to 49 ° C.) (40 parts) Pentaerythritol monostearate (30 parts) Sorbitan monostearate (50 parts) 20 mol ethylene oxide adduct of sorbitan monopalmitate (50 parts) C16, C18 20 mol ethylene oxide adduct of linear alcohol mixture (40 parts) 18 mol ethylene oxide adduct of stearylamine (40 parts)

Comparative Example 1 Each component of the following formulation was placed in an emulsifying tank having a paddle-type stirrer and thoroughly mixed at 80 to 90 ° C., and then warm water (200
(Part: 80 to 90 ° C.) was gradually charged and emulsified. Further diluted with warm water (550 parts: 80 to 90 ° C.) and cooled to give a pale yellowish white aqueous emulsion-like comparative lubricant [4] 1,00
I got 0 copies. The evaporation residue is 25.0%, the melting point of the evaporation residue is 55 to 59 ° C., the surface tension of a 2% aqueous solution is 44.5 dyne.
Was / cm. Formulation: Paraffin wax (melting point 73 to 79 ° C) (110 parts) Ethylene oxide 20 mol adduct of sorbitan monopalmitate (30 parts) Ethylene oxide 20 mol adduct of C16, C18 straight chain alcohol mixture (60 parts) Stearylamine 18 mol ethylene oxide adduct (50 parts)

Comparative Example 2 The components of the following formulation were placed in an emulsifying tank having a paddle type stirrer and thoroughly mixed at 80 to 90 ° C., and then warm water (200
(Part: 80 to 90 ° C.) was gradually charged and emulsified. Further diluted with warm water (550 parts: 80 to 90 ° C.) and cooled to give a pale yellowish white aqueous emulsion-like comparative lubricant [5] 1,00
I got 0 copies. The evaporation residue is 25.0%, the melting point of the evaporation residue is 54 to 58 ° C., the surface tension of a 2% aqueous solution is 45.5 dyne.
Was / cm. Formulation: pentaerythritol distearate (110 parts) sorbitan monopalmitate ethylene oxide 20 mol adduct (30 parts) C16, C18 ethylene oxide 15 mol adduct of linear alcohol mixture (60 parts) stearylamine ethylene oxide 18 Molar adduct (50 parts)

Examples 4 to 6 and Comparative Examples 3 to 4 Table 1 below shows the results of a uniform wetting and stain resistance test on a stainless steel roller using the lubricants [1] to [5].

[0020]

[Table 1]

Note) Explanation of symbols: The more uniform the roller wettability is and the less the stains are, the closer to the left in the order of the following symbols. ◎ ◎ − ○ ○ − ◎ ○ ○ − △ △ × × × Excellent Good Good Inferior Bad

Test method A stainless oiling roller was used as a lubricant 2% aqueous solution (20 ° C.).
Partially dipped in, and rotate for 1 hour at 20-40 rpm.
The wet state of the roller surface when the roller was rotated and the dirty state of the roller surface after the rotation was stopped were visually determined.

Examples 7 to 9 and Comparative Examples 5 to 6 The results of a stain test after printing using the lubricants [1] to [5] are shown in Table 2 below.

[0024]

[Table 2]

Note) Explanation of symbols ○: No stain △: Slight stain is observed

Test method: The coated paper was printed using an RI-2 type printability tester (ink: MARK V indigo L (BLUE) manufactured by Toyo Ink Co., Ltd.).
1 cc / m ² ) -dry (40 ° C. × 30 minutes), apply 2 g / m ² of lubricant with the same tester, and dry (40 ° C. × 30 minutes)
After that, the printed surface was rubbed to perform a smear test.

[0027]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION When the lubricant of the present invention is applied to a printed matter immediately after printing and drying by using a coating roller, the coating roller is uniformly attached, and the surface of the coating roller is not contaminated by the printed matter. Further, it imparts good smoothness to the printed matter, does not generate stains due to rubbing of the printing surface, and improves the paper alignment of the folding machine.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An aqueous emulsion containing a wax and a higher fatty acid ester of a polyhydric alcohol, the evaporation residue having a melting point of 20 to 50 ° C., and a surface tension at a solid content weight concentration of 0.5%. 25-40 dyne / c
A lubricant for a printing process, which is m and is capable of imparting smoothness by being applied to the surface of a printed matter immediately after printing and suppressing stains during rubbing. 2. A method of using a lubricant for a printing step, which comprises applying the lubricant according to claim 1 to a printed matter immediately after printing and drying using a coating roller.