JP2008265250A - Decorative sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a decorative sheet in which adhesive properties are advanced between a substrate sheet and a transparent resin layer to prevent a bending processing portion from whitening, even when the decorative sheet is laminated on a steel substrate to be subjected to a bending processing. <P>SOLUTION: In the decorative sheet wherein an anchor coat layer 3 and two or more transparent resin layers 4, 5 comprising material constitution consisting mainly of polypropylene are laminated in this order on a substrate sheet 1, the layer 4 in contact with the anchor coat layer of the transparent resin layer comprises a mixture of 60 to 95 pts.wt. of a homo-polypropylene resin having an elastic modulus of 1 to 800 MPa prescribed by JIS Z 1702 and of 5 to 40 pts.wt. of an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer resin. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a decorative sheet that is used as a decorative sheet by being bonded to the surface of, for example, wooden boards, inorganic boards, and metal plates with an adhesive.

  Conventionally, a vinyl chloride resin sheet has been most common as a decorative sheet used for the decorative board. In recent years, however, vinyl chloride resin has become a cause of the generation of hydrogen chloride gas and dioxin, a highly toxic substance that causes acid rain during incineration, and the problem of bleeding out of plasticizer added to vinyl chloride resin sheets. From the viewpoint of environmental protection, various considerations are required for handling them. Under such circumstances, in recent years, a decorative sheet using a material other than vinyl chloride resin such as polypropylene, polyethylene, and acrylic has been demanded.

  Under such circumstances, decorative sheets using resins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, ethylene vinyl alcohol, acrylic, and copolymers thereof as resins that replace vinyl chloride resins have been proposed and are now on the market. ing.

  Among them, makeup using polypropylene that is provided with reasonable flexibility, abrasion resistance, scratch resistance, heat resistance, chemical resistance, post-processability, transparency, etc. required for decorative sheets, and at low cost A large number of sheets have been proposed, and some of them have a single layer, but a laminate structure of two or more layers occupies most from the viewpoint of design.

  In recent years, decorative sheets using polypropylene resin have been widely used in the market, and decorative panels made by bonding decorative sheets to plate-shaped substrates are not only those made of conventional wooden substrates. There are also increasing numbers of substrates bonded to aluminum substrates and steel plate substrates. In the case of a decorative board bonded to a wooden substrate, a V-shaped groove was dug on the back side of the wooden substrate, and the decorative plate was processed into various shapes by bending along the groove. For example, in the case of a decorative plate bonded to a steel plate substrate, the decorative sheet is directly bent using a press machine or the like without providing a V-groove. In this case, a load such as tension or bending is applied more, and as a result, whitening or cracking of the decorative sheet occurs, which may deteriorate the design.

  In order to solve these problems, whitening can be achieved by using maleic acid modification of a proposal using polypropylene having high flexibility (see, for example, Patent Document 1) or a resin obtained by adding an ethylene elastomer and a styrene elastomer to polypropylene. Various proposals (see, for example, Patent Document 2) for use as an adhesive resin layer that hardly occurs have been proposed.

Among these, in particular, in the proposal according to Patent Document 2, a whitening suppression effect is obtained by mixing a hydrogenated styrene butadiene copolymer elastomer, but the resin used is special and expensive, and the cost is high. turn into. In addition, hydrogenated styrene butadiene copolymer elastomer is finely dispersed in polypropylene, but it is not completely compatible because it is a different material from polypropylene, and whitening may occur depending on conditions such as kneading or processing environment Sometimes it does. In addition, because of the mixing of different materials, when considering the recycling of waste materials, a decorative sheet using only an olefin material as much as possible is desirable.
JP 2006-88349 A JP 2004-181705 A

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and the problem is that a two-layer structure comprising an anchor coat layer and a constituent material mainly composed of polypropylene on a base sheet. The above-mentioned transparent resin layer is a decorative sheet that is laminated at least in this order, and also improves the adhesion performance between the base sheet and the transparent resin layer, and is further bonded to a steel plate base material to be bent. It is to provide a decorative sheet in which the bent portion does not cause whitening even when performed.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a decorative sheet in which an anchor coat layer and two or more transparent resin layers composed of a material composition mainly composed of polypropylene are at least laminated in this order on a base sheet. Of the transparent resin layer, the layer in contact with the anchor coat layer is composed of 60 to 95 parts by weight of a homopolypropylene resin having an elastic modulus of 1 to 800 MPa specified by JIS Z 1702, and an ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin 5 to 5 parts. A decorative sheet comprising a mixture of 40 parts by weight.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the decorative sheet according to claim 1, wherein the homopolypropylene resin having an elastic modulus of 1 to 800 MPa has a pentad fraction of 1% to 85%.

  In the invention according to claim 3, when the melt mass flow rate defined in JIS K7210 is compared in each of the homopolypropylene resin and the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin, the melt mass flow rate of the homopropylene resin is: 3. The decorative sheet according to claim 1, wherein the decorative sheet has a melt mass flow rate of 3 to 70 times that of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the two or more transparent resin layers are laminated by a heat-melt coextrusion laminating method using a T-die. It is a sheet.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the constituent material of the layer in contact with the anchor coat layer of the two or more transparent resin layers is 0.1 to 2.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the mixture. The decorative sheet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a saturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof is graft-polymerized.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a decorative sheet in which an anchor coat layer and two or more transparent resin layers composed mainly of polypropylene are laminated in this order on a base sheet. The layer of the transparent resin layer in contact with the anchor coat layer is composed of 60 to 95 parts by weight of a homopolypropylene resin having an elastic modulus of 1 to 800 MPa defined by JIS Z 1702, and an ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin. Since it is characterized by comprising a mixture of 5 to 40 parts by weight, it absorbs the stress when a stress that peels off the lamination between the transparent resin layer and the base sheet side occurs. It is possible to improve the adhesion force. Furthermore, since a low-elasticity polypropylene-based resin is used, for example, whitening due to orientation of crystals due to sheet stretching can be suppressed in bending processing after being bonded onto a steel plate. . Further, by using homopolypropylene having a high melting point, it is possible to suppress a decrease in peel strength due to thermal history.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, the homopolypropylene resin having an elastic modulus of 1 to 800 MPa is characterized by having a pentad fraction of 1% or more and 85% or less, so that the homopolypropylene resin is cooled and solidified. In this case, it is possible to increase the non-crystalline region, and this region also has the effect of enhancing the compatibility with the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin. As a result, it is possible to suppress whitening caused by a divergence (craze) between the homopolypropylene resin and the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin in a bending process after being bonded on the steel plate.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, when the melt mass flow rate defined in JIS K7210 is compared in each of the homopolypropylene resin and the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin, the melt of the homopropylene resin Since the mass flow rate is 3 to 70 times the melt mass flow rate of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin, the matrix / domain structure in the transparent resin layer is divided into a transparent resin layer and an anchor coat layer. It is possible to maximize the ability to absorb the stress when a stress such as peeling is applied. As a result, the effect of further improving the adhesion can be obtained.

  Furthermore, according to the invention described in claim 4, since the two or more transparent resin layers are laminated by a hot melt coextrusion laminating method using a T die, Can be performed at the same time without using an adhesive or the like, and can also be performed at the same time on the substrate sheet side, so that an efficient decorative sheet can be produced.

  Furthermore, according to the invention described in claim 5, the constituent material of the layer in contact with the anchor coat layer of the two or more transparent resin layers is 0.1 to 2.0 parts by weight of unsaturated carboxylic acid. Since the acid or anhydride thereof is graft-polymerized, it is possible to introduce a polar group on the surface of the transparent resin layer and further improve the adhesion strength between the base sheet side and the transparent resin layer Become.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic cross-sectional structure of a decorative sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this decorative sheet, a pattern layer 2 and an anchor coat layer 3 are provided on a base sheet 1 made of a non-vinyl chloride resin material, and further, a transparent resin made of a constituent material mainly composed of polypropylene. The layer 4 and the transparent resin layer 5 are laminated.

  The transparent resin layer 5 is provided mainly to protect the pattern layer of the decorative sheet and to improve the design, and to exhibit scratch resistance, wear resistance, chemical resistance, etc. It consists of the constituent material. When importance is attached to scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, and resistance to thermal history, homopolypropylene obtained by polymerizing propylene alone is preferably used. Homopolypropylene has higher crystallinity and higher numerical values such as elastic modulus than random polypropylene and block polypropylene, and therefore performance such as scratch resistance and wear resistance is relatively good. Homopolypropylene has a particularly high melting point and softening point among polypropylenes, and particularly a homopolypropylene polymerized with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst has a melting point of 160 ° C. or higher, so that it has high resistance to thermal history and is preferably used.

  On the other hand, when emphasizing processability such as bending after bonding to the woody base material or steel plate of the decorative sheet of the present invention, and transparency, the constituent material of the transparent resin layer 5 is propylene. 90-99 parts by weight of one or more of ethylene, butene, hexene, octene, 4-methylpentene, etc., in which 1-10 parts by weight in total are randomly copolymerized (however, the total part by weight is 100) And a method using a homopolypropylene resin into which a large amount of an atactic polypropylene component is intentionally introduced is preferably used. In general, homopolypropylene in which a large amount of random polypropylene or atactic polypropylene component is intentionally introduced can reduce the crystallinity of the molded product, so that flexibility is increased and transparency is improved.

  You may make it improve the softness | flexibility and transparency of a transparent resin layer comprised by adding various rubber components in the constituent material of the above-mentioned transparent resin layer 5. FIG. Types of rubber components include isoprene rubber, butadiene rubber, butyl rubber, α-olefin copolymer rubber, chloroprene rubber, epichlorohydrin rubber, acrylic rubber, urethane rubber, silicone rubber, fluorine rubber, styrene butadiene rubber, chlorosulfonated polyethylene rubber, and nitrile rubber. Polysulfide rubber and the like can be mentioned, but depending on the type of material, it may be a factor that hinders transparency, so care must be taken.

  In order to improve the functionality of the decorative sheet, the transparent resin layer 5 includes a thermal stabilizer, a flame retardant, an ultraviolet absorber, a light stabilizer, a nucleating agent, an antiblocking agent, a catalyst supplement, and the like as necessary. It may be added as appropriate.

  One main role of the transparent resin layer 4 is to improve the adhesion between the transparent resin layer 5 and the base sheet 1 side. Therefore, the transparent resin layer 4 is a layer imparted with a performance that disperses and absorbs the peeling stress when a stress is applied to peel off the lamination with the base sheet 1 side. ing.

  In particular, when the transparent resin layer 5 and the transparent resin layer 4 are laminated by coextrusion, if the transparent resin layer 4 is also made of a propylene-based resin, the same kind of materials are coextruded and laminated. The strength is strong.

  Even if the constituent material is not mainly composed of a propylene component, it has a matrix-domain structure as shown in FIG. 2 (reference numeral 21 represents a domain, 22 represents a matrix), and the matrix 22 In the case of propylene, the lamination strength between both transparent resin layers becomes strong by coextrusion lamination.

  However, in the case where the transparent resin layer 4 is made of a resin mainly composed of a material other than propylene-based resin and the matrix 22 is made of a material other than propylene, in many cases, the interface of the laminated portion of the coextruded material is used. Adhesive strength is not expressed. Among resins with extremely low crystallinity and resins to which adhesive components such as tackifier are added, some resins other than propylene resins can be co-extruded with propylene resin to obtain lamination strength. In many cases, heat resistance is difficult, and if there is a thermal history, the strength is often greatly reduced thereafter.

  In the present invention, as the material constituting the transparent resin layer 5, the polypropylene resin is mainly used as described above, and the material constituting the transparent resin layer 4 is also a material mainly containing propylene resin, particularly an elastic modulus of 1 For example, the decorative sheet of the present invention was bonded to a steel plate substrate by using a mixture containing 60 to 95 parts by weight of a homopolypropylene resin of ~ 800 MPa and 5 to 40 parts by weight of an ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin. Even in the subsequent bending process, whitening does not occur, and adhesion to other layers can be improved. Moreover, since the homopolypropylene resin is the main component, it is possible to suppress a decrease in peel strength due to heat history and heat history. In addition, the ratio of the said resin is a ratio when the total weight part of both is set to 100.

  When the elastic modulus of the homopolypropylene resin of the transparent resin layer 4 exceeds 800 MPa, the rigidity is too high. For example, whitening occurs in the bending process after the decorative sheet is bonded to the steel sheet substrate. . If it is less than 1 MPa, the elastic modulus of the layer is too low, so that sufficient peel strength is not exhibited. The elastic modulus is measured according to JIS Z 1702. A more preferable elastic modulus is 50 to 500 MPa.

  Further, when the ratio of the homopolypropylene resin exceeds 95 parts by weight in the ratio of the homopolypropylene resin and the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin of the transparent resin layer 4, the stress absorption capacity of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin is It is not fully exhibited and sufficient peel strength is not exhibited. On the other hand, when the amount is less than 60 parts by weight, the cohesive strength of the transparent resin layer 4 is lowered, and the sufficient peel strength is not exhibited. Further preferred ratios are 65 to 85 parts by weight of homopolypropylene resin and 15 to 35 parts by weight of ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin.

  By limiting the homopolypropylene resin to a pentad fraction of 1% or more and 85% or less, it becomes possible to increase the amorphous region when the homopolypropylene resin is cooled and solidified. -The effect which improves compatibility with alpha olefin copolymer resin is acquired. The pentad fraction is obtained by dividing the propylene number of monomer units in which 5 methyl groups in the polypropylene are oriented in the same direction in polypropylene by 100 times by dividing the propylene number of monomer units in the entire polypropylene by 100 times. The lower the rate, the more non-crystalline parts are contained when cooled and solidified. As a result, the homopolypropylene resin and the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin are compatible with each other. It is possible to suppress whitening caused by a deviation (craze) from the resin.

  When the pentad fraction exceeds 85%, the non-crystalline region when cooled and solidified is not sufficient, so that whitening caused by dissociation (craze) between the homopolypropylene resin and the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin occurs. It cannot be suppressed. Further, homopolypropylene resins having a pentad fraction of less than 1% have not been established with a current technology in a stable and large-scale production method.

  With respect to the constituent material of the transparent resin layer 4 that satisfies the above conditions, the melt mass flow rate of the homopolypropylene resin is within the range of 3 to 70 times the melt mass flow rate of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin. By doing so, the stress absorption capability of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin can be maximized. The melt mass flow rate defined in JIS K7210 is a measured value when melted at 190 ° C. for ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin, and a measured value when melted at 230 ° C. for homopolypropylene resin. Although the measurement conditions are different, the numerical values may be compared by comparing numerical values measured under the respective conditions.

  When the melt mass flow rate of the homopolypropylene resin is less than 3 times the melt mass flow rate of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin, the difference in viscosity between the two is so small that the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin is stretched in a streak shape. This will reduce the cohesive strength of the layer. Furthermore, when the viscosity difference approaches, conversely, when the melt mass flow rate of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin reaches more than twice the melt mass flow rate of the homopolypropylene resin, the relationship between the matrix and the domain is reversed, Since the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin comes into the matrix, the strength of the interface of the coextruded laminate is reduced.

Conversely, when the melt mass flow rate of the homopolypropylene resin exceeds 70 times the melt mass flow rate of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin, the difference in melt viscosity is too large, so the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer The domain size of the resin becomes too large, and sufficient stress absorbing ability cannot be exhibited.
A more preferable ratio is 10 times or more and 60 times or less.
Further, the thickness of the transparent resin layer 4 is preferably 4 to 30 μm.

  As a method for laminating the transparent resin layer 4 and the transparent resin layer 5 described above and a method for laminating these laminates on the upper part of the base sheet, known methods such as a dry laminating method and a sand laminating method are used. However, various advantages can be obtained by using a heat-melt coextrusion laminating method using a T-die. For example, it is not necessary to provide an adhesive layer between the transparent resin layer 4 and the transparent resin layer 5, and the laminate of the transparent resin layer 4 and the transparent resin layer 5 and the base sheet are simultaneously laminated. This enables efficient production. Furthermore, when coextrusion laminating is performed, an embossed pattern is simultaneously applied to the surface of the decorative sheet by pre-applying a pattern in which irregularities are reversed from the design shape to be applied to the decorative sheet to the cooling roll. You will be able to

  Moreover, when using the heat-melt coextrusion laminating method by T-die as mentioned above, the material which comprises the transparent resin layer 4 is 0.1-2.0 weight part unsaturated carboxylic acid or its anhydride previously. If the graft polymerization is carried out, the adhesion can be further improved. This is because the polyolefin resin basically does not have a polar group, and therefore it is necessary to introduce the polar group by some method in order to improve the adhesion at the laminate interface.

  In the extrusion laminating method, the most common method for introducing a polar group at the laminate interface is to oxidize the molten resin with oxygen in the air by raising the resin temperature. The influence of oxidation by air begins to appear at around 300 ° C. However, since the thermal deterioration of the polypropylene resin starts in this temperature range, it is difficult to set the molding conditions.

  In addition, a method of forcibly oxidizing the molten resin by spraying ozone gas on the laminate interface of the molten resin is also common, but in this case, it is difficult to apply a technique of uniformly spraying colorless and transparent ozone gas in the width direction. Insufficient ozone treatment not only lowers the adhesion strength, but conversely, excessive ozone treatment in the propylene-based resin may deteriorate the resin at the laminated interface.

  Compared with these methods, a method in which about 0.1 to 2.0 parts by weight of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof is graft-polymerized in advance on the material constituting the transparent resin layer 4 corresponding to the laminate interface is an extrusion temperature. The effect is expected even at a low temperature of 300 ° C. or lower, and the amount of polar groups introduced in the width direction is substantially uniform. Further, in the method of introducing a polar group by air oxidation or ozone spraying, the amount of treatment depends on the speed of the laminate, but there is no concern in the method in which the polar group is previously graft polymerized.

  The optimum amount of graft polymerization is 0.1 to 2.0 parts by weight. If it is less than 0.1 part by weight, the amount of polar groups introduced is small, and sufficient laminate strength is not exhibited. On the other hand, when the amount exceeds 2.0 parts by weight, decomposition of the polymer occurs, and problems such as embrittlement and yellowing of the resin occur.

  Examples of the unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof include acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, phthalic acid, citraconic acid, itaconic acid, and anhydrides thereof, among which maleic anhydride is Particularly preferred.

  Hereinafter, further detailed description will be continued regarding the decorative sheet of the present invention.

  As a constituent material of the anchor coat layer 3 provided between the transparent resin layer 4 and the base sheet 1, there is no limitation on the material and the like as long as a non-vinyl chloride resin material is used. A two-component curable urethane-based resin that forms a urethane bond by the reaction with is preferably used. As the polyol component, polyester polyol or polyester polyurethane polyol is preferably used. Furthermore, as the isocyanate component, one containing at least one of hexamethylene diisocyanate or isophorone diisocyanate is preferably used. Further, as a method for forming the anchor coat layer 3, a gravure method (a gravure printing method or a gravure coating method) is preferably used, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

  In the decorative sheet of the present invention, the base sheet 1 includes polypropylene, polyethylene, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, polystyrene, ABS, polymethyl methacrylate, polymethyl acrylate, polyacrylic acid. Sheets made of non-vinyl chloride resin materials such as butyl, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl butyral, polyvinyl acetal, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polycarbonate, polyurethane, polyamide, nylon 6, nylon 66, etc. It can be given as a specific example. Among these, considering recyclability and the like, a base sheet made of polypropylene or polyethylene is desirable, but not necessarily limited thereto.

  Moreover, in the said resin which comprises the base material sheet 1, it is possible to add 1 type, or 2 or more types of additives, such as an inorganic pigment, antioxidant, a light stabilizer, and an antiblocking agent, in an appropriate quantity. It is.

  In the decorative sheet of the present invention, the base sheet 1 can be concealed. The reason for concealing is to prevent a base material such as a wooden board, an inorganic board, or a metal plate to be bonded from being visible from the surface of the decorative sheet. However, this is not the case when it is desired to make use of the texture of the base material.

  Application of concealability (concealment layer) and pattern layer 2 to the substrate sheet 1 is performed on the surface or the back surface of the substrate sheet 1 or both, gravure printing, intaglio printing, flexographic printing, silk printing, electrostatic printing, inkjet A known printing method such as printing is generally used, but is not necessarily limited thereto. In addition, the ink used at this time is also known, that is, a colorant such as a dye or pigment or an extender pigment is added to the vehicle, and further, a plasticizer, a stabilizer, a wax, a grease, a desiccant, a curing agent, a thickener. Ink formed by arbitrarily adding a dispersant, a filler and the like and kneading sufficiently with a solvent, a diluent and the like may be used.

  Further, a concealing layer and / or a pattern layer is formed on an arbitrary transfer base material sheet different from the base material sheet 1 for the decorative sheet by the above forming method, and the above-described thermal laminating method. Then, after laminating the substrate sheet 1 by the dry laminating method, the wet laminating method, the extrusion laminating method or the like, the transfer substrate sheet is peeled off, and the concealing layer and / or the pattern layer is used as a basis. A method of transferring onto the material sheet 1 can also be used.

  Further, when the T-die extrusion method is used as a method for producing the base sheet 1, a synthetic resin material for forming the film is directly colored with a concealing colorant such as a dye or a pigment and heated and melted. The substrate sheet 1 obtained by extrusion from the T die may be colored to impart concealability.

  In this case, the coloring method of the base sheet 1 in the T-die extrusion method includes a dry color method and a master batch method, but is not particularly limited. In the dry color method, a fine powdery colorant obtained by treating a pigment with a dispersion aid or a surfactant is directly mixed into an ordinary uncolored synthetic resin material for forming the base sheet 1. This is a method of coloring. On the other hand, in the master batch method, a master batch pellet in which a normal synthetic resin material that is not colored for forming the base sheet 1 and a high concentration pigment is melt-kneaded and pre-dispersed is prepared in advance. In the extrusion hopper, this master batch pellet is dry blended with a normal uncolored synthetic resin material for forming the base sheet 1 into a film.

  The types of pigments used for coloring may be those usually used, but inorganic pigments such as titanium oxide, ultramarine, cadmium pigment, iron oxide and the like are particularly desirable in consideration of heat resistance and weather resistance. Also, organic pigments such as phthalocyanine pigments and quinacridone pigments can be used. The pigment-to-resin ratio and hue are appropriately determined in view of the degree of concealment and design properties, and are not particularly limited.

  Moreover, as a method of applying the pattern layer 2 to the base sheet 1, there are a method of applying to the surface of the base sheet 1 and a method of applying to the base sheet 1 itself (in the layer of the sheet 1). As a method for applying to the surface, the above printing method or transfer method can be used. As a method for applying to the base sheet 1 itself, a master batch pellet in which a high-concentration pigment is melt-kneaded in a resin having different flow characteristics from the resin constituting the base sheet 1 and predispersed, or wood powder, glass powder, etc. Is added to the synthetic resin material provided with the concealability for forming the base sheet 1 and heated, melted, extruded, and formed into a master batch pellet on the concealable base sheet 1 itself. There is also a method of imparting a pattern with wood powder or glass powder. Of course, these methods of imparting color hiding properties and patterns to the substrate sheet 1 itself can be used in combination with the printing method and transfer method described above.

  Further, when the calendar method is used as a method for producing the concealable base sheet 1, the same method, that is, while the base sheet 1 is produced by the calender method, the base sheet 1 itself is simultaneously colored and concealed. The concealability and the pattern can be imparted to the base sheet 1 by a method for imparting a pattern, or a method using these methods in combination with the printing method and the transfer method described above.

  In the decorative sheet of the present invention, in some cases, in order to obtain a touch feeling on the surface of the decorative sheet and a further design feeling, a concave pattern 6 is applied to the transparent resin layer 5 as shown in FIG. Accordingly, the filling ink 7 may be embedded in the recessed portion. Further, as a measure for enhancing the design feeling and various physical properties of the decorative sheet, the surface protective layer 8 may be laminated on the outermost layer of the decorative sheet.

  As a method for applying the concave pattern 6, a normal hot-pressure embossing method may be used. As described above, when the T-die coextrusion method is used as a method for producing a decorative sheet, the surface of the chill roll that cools and solidifies the molten resin. Protruding pattern that reverses the concave pattern on the surface, embossing the extruded resin between chill roll and press roll, and applying the concave pattern on the surface of the transparent resin layer or transparent polypropylene resin layer is preferably used It is done.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to examples.

  As a base sheet, 100 parts by weight of a random polypropylene resin, 6 parts by weight of an inorganic pigment, 0.2 parts by weight of a phenolic antioxidant, 0.3 parts by weight of a hindered amine light stabilizer, and 0.2 parts of an antiblocking agent Using a sheet obtained by melt-extrusion of a resin obtained by adding parts by weight, and corona-treating the surface, using a gravure printing method using a pattern ink (Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd .; Lamister) A pattern was applied to form a pattern layer. Furthermore, a two-component curable urethane anchor coating agent (Mitsui Chemical Polyurethanes Co., Ltd .; Takelac (main agent) and Takenate (hardening agent)) is coated on the wood grain pattern layer 2 by gravure printing. Coating was performed at 1 μm to form an anchor coat layer.

  Next, on the upper surface of the anchor coat layer, 100 parts by weight of a soft polypropylene resin (Prime TPO semi-rigid homotype manufactured by Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.) is added with 0.2 parts by weight of a phenolic antioxidant and 0.5% of a hindered amine light stabilizer. Parts by weight, 0.5 parts by weight of a benzotriazole-based UV absorber (resin A) and those obtained by melt-kneading resins 1 and 2 (resin B) at the blending ratio shown in Table 1 A transparent resin layer having a two-layer structure is laminated by a T-die coextrusion laminating method at an extrusion temperature of 230 ° C. so that the resin A layer / resin B layer = 65 μm / 15 μm and the resin B layer and the anchor coat layer are in contact with each other. And the decorative sheet of this invention which concerns on Examples 1-3 was obtained.

The resins shown in Table 1 are as follows.
[Prime TPO (semi-rigid homotype)]
A homopolypropylene having a melt mass flow rate of 8, a pentad fraction of 68%, and an elastic modulus of 430 MPa (manufactured by Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.).
[Toughmer P]
An ethylene / propylene copolymer having a melt mass flow rate of 0.4 (manufactured by Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.).
[Toughmer P degradation product]
A product obtained by reducing the molecular weight of the Tuffmer P. Melt mass flow rate 3.

  Cosmetics according to Examples 4-6 for comparison using the same method as in Examples 1-3 above, except that the resin constituting the resin B layer was replaced by melt kneading at the blending ratio shown in Table 2. A sheet was obtained.

The resins shown in Table 2 are as follows.
[Prime Polypro (Homotype)]
Homopolypropylene having a melt mass flow rate of 21, a pentad fraction of 95% and an elastic modulus of 1450 MPa (manufactured by Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.).
[Prime Poly Pro (Random Type)]
An ethylene random polypropylene (manufactured by Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.) having a melt mass flow rate of 24 and an elastic modulus of 640 MPa.

The following four items were evaluated for each decorative sheet of Examples 1 to 6 thus obtained.
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(1) Peel strength in an atmosphere at 23 ° C.
(2) Peel strength after heating in an oven at 90 ° C. for 72 hours.
(3) Using a weather resistance test [weather resistance tester (Daipuru Wintes Co., Ltd .: die plastic metal weather) after coating the surface of the resin A layer with a surface protective layer (UC Clear, manufactured by Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc.) Peel strength after 96 hours, with an illuminance of 70 mW / cm ² (wavelength of 300 to 400 nm), a black panel temperature of 53 ° C., repeated irradiation for 20 hours and a condensation mode of 4 hours.
(4) The degree of whitening of the bent portion when 1R bending is performed in an environment of 5 ° C. after bonding on a steel sheet having a thickness of 0.5 mm.

  In addition, at the time of bonding on a steel plate, in order to activate the adhesive and improve the adhesion between the adhesive and the decorative sheet, the steel plate coated with the adhesive was heated in an oven at 200 ° C. for 3 minutes. Then, before the heat of the steel plate was cooled, a laminator was used to bond the decorative sheet, and immediately after that, the plate was cooled with cold water.

  Table 3 shows the evaluation results obtained by the above test method.

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Unit: N / 25mm

  As is clear from Table 3, the decorative sheets of Examples 1 to 3 according to the present invention have suppressed whitening during bending, but the decorative sheets of Examples 4 and 5 for comparison, Whitening has occurred during the bending process. In addition, in Example 5 for comparison using a random polypropylene resin, a decreasing tendency is also seen in the peel strength after a thermal history of 90 ° C., but in the decorative sheets of Examples 1 to 3 according to the present invention, Compared to Example 5, the decrease in peel strength is small. This is an effect of using a homopolypropylene resin having a low elastic modulus and a low pentad fraction in the decorative sheets of Examples 1 to 3 according to the present invention. In the decorative sheet of Example 6 for comparison, bending whitening is not observed, but since the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin is not contained, the stress relaxation ability is poor, so the peel strength value is generally low. .

  In addition, in the decorative sheets of Examples 1 to 3 according to the present invention, the strength reduction is suppressed to the minimum even after the ultraviolet irradiation. Furthermore, among these, the tendency is strong in the decorative sheets of Examples 2 and 3 in which the melt mass flow rate of the polypropylene resin is 3 to 70 times the melt mass flow rate of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin. Looking at Comparative Examples 4 to 6, in the decorative sheet of Example 5, the strength reduction is suppressed to the minimum even after the ultraviolet irradiation. From this, when the melt mass flow rate of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin is 3 times or more and 70 times or less, and the elastic modulus of the polypropylene resin is in the range of 1 to 800 MPa, the peel strength of ultraviolet irradiation However, it is suggested that the strength reduction will be suppressed to the minimum.

  Moreover, as a comparison of the numerical values in Examples 1 to 3, the peel strength value is larger in Example 2 than in Example 1, and is further increased in Example 3. From the comparison between Examples 1 and 2, it was found that the melt mass flow rate of the homopolypropylene resin is in the range of 3 times to 70 times the melt mass flow rate of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin. Further, it can be seen from the comparison between Examples 2 and 3 that the effect of further improving the peel strength value is obtained by graft polymerization of maleic acid. In any case, a decorative sheet having a transparent resin layer made of a mixture of 60 to 95 parts by weight of a homopolypropylene resin having an elastic modulus of 1 to 800 MPa and 5 to 40 parts by weight of an ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin is obtained by It is a decorative sheet that improves the adhesion performance with the transparent resin layer and does not cause whitening or the like of the bent portion against the whitening of the steel sheet.

  Since the decorative sheet of the present invention does not use any vinyl chloride resin, there is no concern about environmental problems, and since the main material is a polypropylene resin with a large amount of distribution in the market, it is inexpensive and stable in supply. High chemical resistance and scratch resistance. Furthermore, the post-processability after bonding to a steel plate substrate is also good. Furthermore, the heat-resistant adhesion and weather-resistant adhesion have sufficient values. Therefore, it is possible to provide a highly practical decorative sheet that is also excellent in design.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the general | schematic cross-section which concerns on one Embodiment of the decorative sheet of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the matrix domain structure of the transparent resin layer of the decorative sheet of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the schematic cross-section which concerns on other embodiment of the decorative sheet of this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Base material sheet 2 ... Pattern layer 3 ... Anchor coat layer 4 ... Transparent resin layer 5 ... Transparent resin layer 6 ... Recessed pattern 7 ... Filling ink 8 ... Surface protective layer 21 ... Domain 22 ... Matrix

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  A decorative sheet in which an anchor coat layer and two or more transparent resin layers composed mainly of polypropylene are laminated in this order on a base material sheet, The layer in contact with the anchor coat layer is composed of a mixture of 60 to 95 parts by weight of a homopolypropylene resin having an elastic modulus of 1 to 800 MPa specified by JIS Z 1702 and 5 to 40 parts by weight of an ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin. A decorative sheet characterized by   The decorative sheet according to claim 1, wherein the homopolypropylene resin having an elastic modulus of 1 to 800 MPa has a pentad fraction of 1% to 85%.   When the melt mass flow rate specified in JIS K7210 is compared in each of the homopolypropylene resin and the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin, the melt mass flow rate of the homopropylene resin is the same as that of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer resin. The decorative sheet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the decorative sheet has a mass flow rate of 3 to 70 times.   The decorative sheet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the two or more transparent resin layers are laminated by a hot melt coextrusion laminating method using a T die.   Of the two or more transparent resin layers, 0.1 to 2.0 parts by weight of unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof is grafted on 100 parts by weight of the mixture as a constituent material of the layer in contact with the anchor coat layer. The decorative sheet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the decorative sheet is polymerized.

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