EP1711569A1 - Procede de production de films colores de marquage graphique - Google Patents

Procede de production de films colores de marquage graphique

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EP1711569A1
EP1711569A1 EP05722666A EP05722666A EP1711569A1 EP 1711569 A1 EP1711569 A1 EP 1711569A1 EP 05722666 A EP05722666 A EP 05722666A EP 05722666 A EP05722666 A EP 05722666A EP 1711569 A1 EP1711569 A1 EP 1711569A1
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John A. 3M Center NIELSEN
Jeffrey O. 3M Center EMSLANDER
David J. 3M Center YARUSSO
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3M Innovative Properties Co
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  • the present application is directed to colored, non-white films, especially those used as graphic marking films.
  • the present application is directed to colored films, especially those used as graphic marking films, for example those used in the generation of graphic designs for signage, vehicle markings and the like, and the manufacture thereof.
  • these films are adhesive backed, and comprise a base polymeric film layer, an adhesive layer, and optionally a release liner layer in contact with the adhesive layer opposite the polymeric film layer.
  • Such graphic marking films generally fall into two classes: white films which are printed to form the desired color image and pigmented colored films which are used to create colored images by cutting desired shapes from such films.
  • pigmented films are made by intimately mixing the desired pigment particles into the polymeric film components.
  • the pigment particles comprise organic or inorganic molecules which absorb certain wavelengths of light and thus impart specific colors. A mixture of pigments can be used to achieve a specific desired color.
  • white films have been laminated to colored transparent films to yield colored films. This has been used on, for example, white reflective sheeting to yield colored reflective sheeting.
  • Printing white film allows a high degree of flexibility in the design of the graphic image, from simple designs to photographic reproductions. Screen printing and a wide variety of 4-color (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) digital printing methods are commonly used.
  • Digital printing on white film to create solid color has several disadvantages. For example the color gamut available from such four color printing processes is more limited than that available by mixing of a much larger starting set of pigments. This is true even for the enhanced systems based on six or more process colors (e.g. systems sold under the tradename HEXACHROME).
  • Pigmented films generally have a greater range of colors (Color gamut) and are more uniform in color than printed films. Additionally, a pigmented film has color throughout the thickness of the film, and therefore the color can be viewed from both sides of the film, and scratches and gouges are less evident than if the color is in a layer on the surface. In addition, cut edges have the same color as the film major surface which is desirable in some applications. Pigmented colored films can be cut, and achieve sharply defined edges by cutting shapes with a knife compared to the edges of printed fields.
  • Colored graphic marking films are available in both opaque and translucent varieties.
  • the translucent types are used for backlit signage applications (where the light is transmitted through the film to the viewer) while the opaque films are used where the film will be viewed with light reflected off the film.
  • a film is considered opaque if it can effectively hide the color or pattern of the surface on which it is applied.
  • Translucent films transmit a significant portion of light through their thickness but typically scatter that light diffusely so that the image of the light source used to backlight such films is not apparent to the viewer.
  • the process for producing opaque and translucent pigmented films is similar, the primary difference being in the size and concentration of the pigment particles.
  • the current method for producing solid color graphic marking films comprises formulating a compound of polymer film components and pigments and fabricating the film by extrusion, calendering, or casting of organosols or plastisols. This system requires a special formulation of pigments for each color produced. The methods of production are complex such that the production of such films is accomplished by large film manufacturing companies using large scale equipment.
  • the process of changing over from one color to the next is time consuming and generates significant waste. Therefore, efficient production can only be done on relatively large runs of a particular color. As a result, large minimum order quantities are required by manufacturers to economically produce a custom color. It is expensive to inventory colors which are used infrequently. As a result, the selection of colors readily available to the users is limited.
  • the thermal transfer foils comprise a thin film of pigments in a thermally fusible binder on a carrier film.
  • the colored pigment/binder layer can be transferred to another film through a thermal transfer process.
  • a method of making a colored film comprising providing a base layer comprising a polymeric film, and an adhesive layer on a first major surface of the base layer polymeric film, the base layer having color; providing a transparent layer comprising a polymeric film and an adhesive layer on a first major surface of the transparent layer polymeric film, the transparent layer having color; and laminating the transparent layer to a second major surface of the base layer.
  • a colored film comprising a transparent layer having a color; and an adhesive layer having color on a first major surface of the transparent layer.
  • a method of making a colored film comprising providing a base layer comprising a polymeric film, and an adhesive layer on a first major surface of the base layer polymeric film, the base layer having color; and printing an ink color layer on a surface of the base layer with a non-contact digital printing method.
  • a colored film comprising a base layer comprising a polymeric film, and an adhesive layer on a first major surface of the base layer polymeric film, the base layer having color; and a transparent layer comprising a polymeric film and an adhesive layer on a first major surface of the transparent layer polymeric film, the transparent layer having color, wherein the transparent layer has a minimum light transmission in the range of visible light wavelengths of greater than 10%.
  • a colored film comprising a base layer comprising a polymeric film, and an adhesive layer on a first major surface of the base layer polymeric film, the base layer having color; and an ink color layer on a surface of the base layer deposited with a non-contact digital printing method, wherein the color shift between the colored film and the base layer is less than 40 DE* units.
  • a colored film comprising a transparent layer; an ink layer on a major surface of the transparent layer; and an adhesive layer on the ink layer opposite the transparent layer.
  • Figure 1 is a cross sectional view of a colored film made using an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of a colored film made using an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of a colored film embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing colored films which allows for the generation of a large number of colors from a small starting inventory. Furthermore, the processes used for generating the colored film can be accomplished with equipment which is readily available in the graphic marking industry.
  • the colored films are solid colored films. A solid color is defined, for the purpose of the present application, as a single color across the major surface of the film, as contrasted to a defined graphic image, which has color in areas to create an image.
  • the base layer used in the present invention is adhesive backed, and comprises a polymeric film layer, and an adhesive layer. In certain embodiments, the base layer comprises a release liner layer in contact with the adhesive layer opposite the polymeric film layer. The base layer has a color.
  • the base layer polymeric film layer may be a pigmented colored film, a printed film with color on a major surface of the polymeric film layer (i.e. a white film with a color printed on a major surface opposite the adhesive layer, or a transparent base polymeric film with printing on a major surface and the adhesive layer on the printed surface opposite the base polymeric film), or a transparent film with a colored adhesive.
  • the base layer may have printed color if the printed color is sufficiently uniform such as is produced by, for example, screen printing.
  • the polymeric film can be any polymeric film.
  • the polymeric film is polyvinyl chloride (commonly called "vinyl") film. Specific examples include vinyl films made by casting from organosol or plastisol mixtures or by calendering or by extrusion. Examples of such films are sold under the tradename SCOTCHCAL 7725 Graphic
  • the base layer additionally comprises an adhesive layer.
  • the adhesive layer may be, for example, a heat activated adhesive or a pressure sensitive adhesive.
  • the adhesive layer is a pressure sensitive adhesive, i.e. an adhesive which requires no activation and adheres upon contact with the target substrate. Modifications to such pressure sensitive adhesive layers are known which provide light adhesion upon initial contact followed by more aggressive adhesion after the application of pressure. Such adhesives have been referred to as pressure activated adhesives. Examples include the adhesives sold under the tradename CONTROLTAC adhesives available on graphic marking films from 3M Company, St. Paul, MN.
  • the adhesive may additionally comprise a release liner.
  • Release liners generally include a release liner base and a release layer.
  • the release liner base may comprise a paper, polymer coated paper, or a polymeric film, such as a polyester film.
  • the release layer is chosen so that the adhesive removes easily from the release liner.
  • release layers include silicone chemistries, as are widely known in the pressure sensitive adhesive art.
  • a set of colored base layers is combined with a set of transparent colored films to produce a wide variety of colors by lamination.
  • Lamination is defined as the process of bringing two layers of materials into intimate contact to form a bonded layered structure. For example, a set of 30 base polymeric films and a set of 20 colored transparent films can be combined to obtain 600 different colored films. Even more colors may be achieved through the lamination of more than one transparent colored film to the base layer.
  • An embodiment of the resulting colored film is shown in Figure 1.
  • Figure 1 shows colored film 10, which comprises a colored base layer 12 and a colored transparent layer 14.
  • Base layer 12 comprises a polymeric film 16 and an adhesive layer 18.
  • the transparent layer 14 comprises a transparent polymeric film 20 and an adhesive layer 22.
  • the colored film 10 comprises a release liner 24. Release liner 24 comprises a release liner base 26 and a release layer 28.
  • Figure 2 shows colored film 200, which comprises a colored transparent polymeric film 220 and a colored adhesive layer 222. Additionally, in the embodiment shown in Figure 2, the colored film 200 comprises a release liner 224. Release liner 224 comprises a release liner base 226 and a release layer 228.
  • the transparent layer 14 or the transparent film 220 has a minimum light transmission in the range of visible light wavelengths of greater than 10%, for example greater than 20%. In some embodiments, the transparent layer 14 or the transparent film 220 has a minimum light transmission in the range of visible light wavelengths of greater than 30%, for example greater than 40% and in specific embodiments greater than 50%.
  • the base films are of the traditional adhesive backed graphics marking film construction, comprising a layer of pigmented polymeric film, an adhesive (preferably a pressure sensitive or pressure activated adhesive) layer, and a release liner layer.
  • the base films may be either opaque or translucent.
  • the transparent films are of similar construction but the pigmentation of the film is such that, although colored, the film remains transparent. The generation of a specific color is accomplished by the lamination of the fransparent colored film onto the base film, using an adhesive between the fransparent film and the base film to provide the adhesion, or laminate, of one film to the other.
  • the lamination can be accomplished by any of the methods known in the industry, including the use of a laminating machine in which the two films are brought together under pressure as the films pass between two nip rollers wherein the rollers are pressed toward one another by hydraulic, pneumatic, spring force or other means to create a laminating pressure.
  • the films may also be laminated by hand application of pressure with a squeegee or similar tool.
  • Such hand lamination may be assisted by the use of water or a detergent water mixture. The squeegee action pushes the water out and brings the adhesive and film surfaces into contact. After drying, the bond reaches its maximum strength.
  • the colors and densities of the transparent films are chosen to create the desired color of the resulting colored film.
  • the resulting colored film can then be cut in the same way as with solid pigmented film to produce a graphic.
  • Both opaque and translucent films can be made by this method simply by choosing an opaque or franslucent base film, respectively.
  • the base film comprises a colored adhesive layer on a release liner with no polymeric film layer.
  • the fransparent film in this case, comprises a fransparent colored polymeric film with no adhesive or liner layer.
  • the fransparent film is laminated to the colored adhesive layer and its liner to produce the finished film in the desired color.
  • a colored adhesive is made in a similar way as the pigmented films, mixing the pigment into the adhesive prior to coating.
  • the color of said fransparent film can alternatively be provided as a printed layer on the top surface of the fransparent film or as a layer between the polymeric film layer and the adhesive layer of the fransparent film or by pigmenting the adhesive layer of the transparent film.
  • the adhesive layer of the fransparent film is a pressure sensitive adhesive so that the lamination can be accomplished by simple lamination equipment such as that used in the industry to apply application tapes to graphic marking films or that used to apply clear fransparent films to printed graphics for protection of the color layer.
  • the adhesive of the fransparent film is a heat activated adhesive in which case a heated laminator would be required.
  • the laminating equipment required is readily available in most graphic production facilities which would use colored graphic marking films so that the custom color can be created on demand by the user.
  • various non-contact digital printing methods are available such as inkjet printing to add color to a base layer. In such systems, a set of process print colors is used. These colors are typically cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Dots of various densities and sizes of these colors are delivered to the surface.
  • FIG. 3 shows colored film 300, which comprises a base layer 312 and an ink layer 314.
  • Base layer 312 comprises a polymeric film 316 and an adhesive layer 318.
  • the colored film 300 comprises a release liner 324.
  • Release liner 324 comprises a release liner base 326 and a release layer 328.
  • a digital printing process may be used to apply inks as a solid field of color on the surface of a pigmented base film to shift the color.
  • the printer can deliver the desired amount of printed film with no waste.
  • the inks used are transparent inks although the desired effect may be achieved to a large degree with partially opaque inks if the ink dots do not cover the base film so the eye will perceive the desired color resulting from the ink and the base film.
  • the colors and densities of the printed inks are chosen to create an apparent color of the composite which is similar to but shifted in color from that of the base film. Both opaque and franslucent films can be made by this method simply by choosing an opaque or translucent base film, respectively.
  • the film will be printed using a printer suitable for the printing method desired.
  • the printer may include software to assist in selection of the colored film to be printed and adjustment of the print densities to achieve the desired color. For example, a user could input a desired end color, and the software would recommend a starting base film to the user, and then print the appropriate color and density of the color to achieve the end color.
  • the printer would include a sensor for measuring the color of the base film. The software would then automatically print the correct density of the various ink colors to produce the desired color on the particular measured base film.
  • a clear protective overlaminate film or a protective clear coating may be applied over the printed layer to protect it as is commonly done with printed graphic films.
  • the degree of color shifting from the base film color can be continuously varied by control of the printer settings. There is very little wasted material with this system since the printer can start and stop printing at any point without wasting ink or film material.
  • the color gamut available is just as large as that available with pigmented film technology since one can use any pigmented base film. However, because of the ability to shift the color with the printing, a wide variety of shade variations can be achieved from relatively small set of films.
  • a transparent colored film is printed and then the printed surface is laminated to an adhesive on a liner to create the final product.
  • the adhesive would be clear or diffusely light scattering for franslucent applications and white for opaque applications.
  • the advantage of this scheme is that the defects in the print pattern may be even less visible because they are in the layer under the fransparent color. Color can be measured quantitatively using a specfrophotometer with a standardized light source for illumination and a standardized acceptance angle for capturing the reflected light.
  • GRETAG Model SPM50 One such instrument commonly used in the industry is sold under the tradename GRETAG Model SPM50, manufactured by GretagMacbeth LLC, New Windsor, NY .
  • the measured color can be expressed by three independent parameters.
  • One system for doing so is the CIELAB system.
  • the L* axis characterizes the overall brightness or luminance of the system, while the position in the a*-b* plane represents the hue and chroma.
  • the a* axis represents the balance between green and red with green in the negative direction and red in the positive direction.
  • the b* axis represents the balance between yellow and blue with blue in the negative direction and yellow in the positive direction.
  • the resulting colored film may be cut into a desired form using a variety of methods. Exemplary methods include electronic cutting, die cutting or thermal kiss cutting. In electronic cutting, a knife is driven under computer control to cut out the desired shape. In die cutting, a die formed in the desired shape is pressed into the film to cut it.
  • thermal kiss cutting a hot die is pressed briefly against the film, cutting by a combination of melting and pressure. Generally, the cutting method cuts through the polymeric film and the adhesive but not through the release liner. After cutting, the unwanted film material is peeled away (known as weeding) and discarded.
  • a sheet of application tape comprising a paper or film backing and a pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to the cut parts, bonding them in the appropriate positions on the application tape.
  • the liner is removed, causing the cut parts to remain on the adhesive surface of the application tape, while the application tape and its attached cut parts are applied to the target substrate. After applying pressure to ensure the adhesion of the cut parts to the substrate, the application tape is removed and discarded.
  • the system includes a method for allowing a customer to choose a color for a resulting film. The customer may choose the color from a selection on site.
  • the customer may view a book of base films and a book of fransparent films, and may overlay the base film until they reach a desired color.
  • the customer may view a book with printed color samples.
  • the customer has a preselected color chosen before seeing the color choices.
  • the colored film is then custom made for the customer in a short time, or the customer can custom-make the colored film him- or herself.
  • the customer may also order the custom colored film from a regional source.
  • the regional source is, for example, a location within a defined geographic area. For example, the United States may be separated into a number of geographic clusters (e.g. northeast, midwest, southwest), and one regional source is identified for each cluster.
  • the custom color is then manufactured using a method of the present invention.
  • the film is made quickly for the customer, for example within 48 hours and in specific embodiments within 24 hours.
  • the method allows for a small inventory to be on hand for a large number of desired colored films.
  • the customer interface site or geographic distribution center need only keep a set number of base films and then have either a set number of colored adhesives, a set number of fransparent films or a set number of inks, as well as the machinery for manufacturing the colored film (e.g. a laminator or a non-contact digital printer).

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La présente invention concerne des films colorés, en particulier ceux utilisés comme films de marquage graphique, par exemple ceux utilisés dans la génération de conceptions graphiques de signalisation, de marquage de véhicules et autres, et la fabrication de ceux-ci. La présente invention concerne également des procédés de fabrication de films colorés, ainsi que des procédés de distribution des films à un client.
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