JP2011046071A - Method and apparatus for sticking resin film - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the lamination properties of a resin film on an unvulcanized rubber sheet by preventing an apparatus trouble and air intrusion between the resin film and the unvulcanized rubber sheet when the resin film baked with a backing sheet is laminated on the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet while the backing sheet is peeled off. <P>SOLUTION: A resin film sticking apparatus 1 includes: a feed conveyer 2 for conveying the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9; a storage means 3 for storing the resin film 10; a backing sheet peeling means 4 for peeling the backing sheet 14 from the resin film 10; a pressing means 6 which pushes the resin film 10 with the backing sheet 14 peeled off to the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 conveyed by the feed conveyer 2 to make both members adhere to each other; and a static electricity removing means 8 which is installed between the backing sheet peeling means 4 and the pressing means 6 and removes static electricity charged in the resin film 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a resin film application apparatus and a resin film application method for forming a sheet-like laminate by attaching a gas barrier resin film serving as an inner liner material to the surface of an unvulcanized rubber sheet. The present invention relates to a resin film affixing apparatus and a resin film affixing method for affixing a reinforced resin film while peeling a backing sheet on the surface of an unvulcanized rubber sheet.

  The inner surface of a pneumatic tire is provided with an inner liner made of a low gas permeable rubber such as butyl rubber in order to prevent air leakage and keep the tire air pressure constant. For the purpose of weight reduction and the like, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, it has been proposed to form an inner liner with a gas barrier thermoplastic resin film.

  A film inner liner using such a resin film is drawn from a resin film roll 13 to a strip-shaped unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 having a predetermined length supplied from the supply conveyor 2 as shown in FIG. The resin film 10 can be bonded and integrated, and then molded by winding it around the outer peripheral surface of the tire molding drum. By the way, the resin film 10 wound around the resin film roll 13 is backed by a backing sheet 14 such as a PET film as shown in FIG. 3B for the purpose of preventing adhesion and reinforcing between adjacent layers. Therefore, prior to application to the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9, it is necessary to peel the backing sheet 14 from the resin film 10.

International Publication No. 96/30221

  However, since static electricity is generated when the backing sheet 14 is peeled off from the resin film 10, as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), the tip of the resin film 10 is attached to various parts of the apparatus. As shown in c), wrinkles occur during doubling of the resin film to the unvulcanized rubber sheet. As indicated by P1 and P2 in the figure, the apparatus troubles between the resin film and the unvulcanized rubber sheet. There was a case of air entering.

  Therefore, in the present invention, when the resin film backed by the backing sheet is bonded to the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet while peeling off the backing sheet, there is an equipment trouble and air entering between the resin film and the unvulcanized rubber sheet. The object is to prevent and improve the bonding property of the resin film to the unvulcanized rubber sheet.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the resin film laminating apparatus of the present invention is a sheet-like material in which a resin film backed with a releasable backing sheet is attached to the surface of an unvulcanized rubber sheet while peeling the backing sheet. In the resin film affixing device for forming the laminate, a supply conveyor for conveying the unvulcanized rubber sheet, a storage means for storing the resin film to be fed toward the unvulcanized rubber sheet conveyed by the supply conveyor, A backing sheet peeling means for peeling the backing sheet from the resin film drawn from the storage means, and a resin film from which the backing sheet has been peeled are pressed against the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet conveyed by the supply conveyor. Provided between the pressing means for bringing these two members into close contact with each other, and the backing sheet peeling means and the pressing means. Is characterized in that and a static elimination means for removing static electricity charged to the resin film backing sheet is peeled off by means.

  According to the resin film laminating apparatus having such a configuration, when the resin film is affixed to the unvulcanized rubber sheet while peeling the backing sheet, the static electricity charged on the resin film due to the peeling of the backing sheet can be removed. The tip of the sheet does not cling to various parts of the apparatus, or wrinkles are not generated when doubling the resin film onto the unvulcanized rubber sheet. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the apparatus trouble and the occurrence of air entering between the resin film and the unvulcanized rubber sheet, and improve the bonding property of the resin film to the unvulcanized rubber sheet.

  In addition, in the resin film sticking apparatus of this invention, it is preferable that an electrostatic removal means is an ionizer which blows ionized air on the at least one surface of the resin film from which the backing sheet was peeled off.

  Moreover, in order to solve the said subject, the resin film sticking method of this invention is a gas barrier resin lined with a releasable backing sheet toward the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet conveyed by the supply conveyor. A step of feeding the film, a step of peeling the backing sheet from the fed resin film, and a resin film from which the backing sheet has been peeled off on the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet on the conveying surface of the supply conveyor In the method of applying a resin film, which includes a step of pressing and adhering both members together to form a sheet-like laminate by attaching a resin film to the surface of an unvulcanized rubber sheet. Prior to pressing the resin film against the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet on the conveying surface of the supply conveyor, the resin film from which the backing sheet has been peeled off Static electricity charged to is characterized in that the removal by electrostatic elimination means.

  In the method for pasting a resin film of the present invention, it is preferable to use an ionizer and blow ionized air onto at least one surface of the resin film from which the backing sheet has been peeled off.

  According to the present invention, when the resin film backed by the backing sheet is bonded to the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet while peeling the backing sheet, there is an equipment trouble and the air entering between the resin film and the unvulcanized rubber sheet. This can prevent the resin film from sticking to the unvulcanized rubber sheet.

It is the schematic side view which showed the resin film sticking apparatus of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view of the sheet-like laminated body manufactured using the apparatus of FIG. It is the schematic side view which showed the resin film sticking apparatus according to a prior art. It is the figure which showed the malfunction in a prior art in affixing a resin film on an unvulcanized rubber sheet.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a resin film sticking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a sheet-like laminate manufactured using the apparatus of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, this resin film sticking apparatus 1 includes a supply conveyor 2, a resin film roll support shaft 3 as storage means, a backing sheet peeling jig 4 as backing sheet peeling means, a backing sheet take-up drum 5, A pressing roller 6 as a pressing unit, a film cutting unit 7 and an ionizer 8 are provided.

  The supply conveyor 2 has a conveyance surface on the upper surface for conveying the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 in a flat posture. The unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 can be a rubber sheet for an inner liner, a rubber sheet for a squeegee rubber, a rubber sheet in which a carcass ply cord is embedded, and an unvulcanized rubber sheet made of butyl rubber is used here. Here, the supply conveyor 2 also has a function of delivering a sheet-like laminate 11 formed by attaching the resin film 10 to the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 to a tire molding drum (not shown). The supply conveyor 2 may be configured to be displaceable in the proximity and separation directions with respect to the tire molding drum.

  The resin film roll support shaft 3 stores the resin film 10 fed toward the unvulcanized rubber sheet conveyed by the supply conveyor 2, and is disposed at an upper position with respect to the conveyance surface of the supply conveyor 2. Then, the resin film roll 13 illustrated in FIG. 3B is supported. The resin film 10 of the resin film roll 13 is thermoplastic, has a gas barrier property and becomes an inner liner material, and may be a single layer or a laminated structure, and has a thickness of 10 to 500 μm. The resin film 10 is backed by, for example, a PET film backing sheet 14 for the purpose of preventing adhesion or reinforcing between adjacent layers.

  The backing sheet peeling jig 4 changes the direction of the backing sheet 14 of the resin film 10 that is pulled out from the resin film roll 13 toward the supply conveyor 2, and peels the backing sheet 14 from the resin film 10. The backing sheet take-up drum 5 winds the backing sheet 14 peeled from the resin film 10.

  The pressing roller 6 is for pressing the resin film 10 from which the backing sheet 14 has been peeled against the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 so that the members 10 and 9 are in close contact with each other. Furthermore, the film cutting means 7 is for cutting the resin film 10 into a predetermined length, and can be a knife edge, a shearing blade or the like.

  The ionizer 8 is provided between the backing sheet peeling jig 4 and the pressing roller 6 on both sides of the resin film 10 from which the backing sheet 14 has been peeled off, and ionized air is sprayed on both sides of the resin film 10. The static electricity charged on the resin film 10 from which the backing sheet 14 has been peeled off by the backing sheet peeling jig 4 is removed. The ionizer 8 can also be provided only on one surface side of the resin film 10. An earth wire (not shown) may be connected to the pressing roller 6 and the film cutting means 7 so as to be additionally grounded in addition to static electricity removal by the ionizer 8.

  In attaching the resin film 10 to the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 using the apparatus 1 as described above, first, the resin film 10 is sent out from the resin film roll 13 toward the conveyance surface of the supply conveyor 2. It is. At this time, the backing sheet 14 backed by the resin film 10 is peeled off and wound on the backing sheet take-up drum 5. The resin film 10 from which the backing sheet 14 has been peeled off by the ionizer 8 prior to pressing the resin film 10 from which the backing sheet 14 has been peeled against the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 on the conveying surface of the supply conveyor 2. The ionized air is sprayed on both surfaces of the sheet 10 to remove static electricity charged on the resin film 10 from which the backing sheet 14 has been peeled by the backing sheet peeling jig 4. Next, the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 is conveyed in a flat posture by the same supply conveyor 2 in accordance with the delivery timing of the resin film 10, and the leading edges 9a and 10a of the both 9 and 10 are expected. In a state adjusted as described above, the resin film 10 is sequentially adhered to the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 by the pressing action of the pressing roller 6. At this time, the resin film 10 and the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 are attached via an adhesive or the like.

  Next, the resin film 10 is cut by the film cutting means 7 when the length along the conveyance direction A of the resin film 10 attached to the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 reaches a predetermined length. Thereby, the sheet-like laminated body 11 of the resin film 10 and the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 as shown in FIG. 2 is formed.

  The subsequent steps will be briefly described. The supply conveyor 2 is moved to the downstream side in the conveying direction A under the operation thereof in accordance with the timing of cutting the resin film 10 by the film cutting means 7 and is displaced sufficiently close to the tire molding drum (not shown). And the winding start end of the sheet-like laminated body 11 by means for holding the tire molding drum (for example, a plurality of suction holes (not shown) provided on the outer peripheral surface of the tire molding drum for sucking air) Hold. In this state, by rotating the tire molding drum at a peripheral speed equal to that of the supply conveyor 2, the sheet-like laminate 11 on the supply conveyor 2 is transferred to the tire molding drum, and the sheet-like laminate 11 is transferred to the resin film 10. Wrap it on the outer peripheral surface of the tire molding drum in such a posture that becomes inside.

  In this way, the sheet-like laminate 11 is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the tire molding drum over the entire circumference, and at the end of the winding, the winding end portion and the winding end end portion of the sheet-like laminate 11 are abutted and joined. Or can be joined in a superposed state.

  Thereafter, a carcass ply is wound on the sheet-like laminate 11 on the tire molding drum, and bead cores and stiffeners or bead fillers are attached to both side portions thereof. Next, the both ends of the carcass ply are folded inward, and the side tread is wound. Thereafter, the drum is transferred to another molding drum (second drum), filled with air, and both end portions are brought close to each other, and a belt and a tread are wound around the center portion to complete a raw tire. This green tire is then loaded into a vulcanization mold as usual and vulcanized under a predetermined temperature and pressure to become a product tire.

  According to the resin film sticking apparatus 1 and the resin film sticking method having such a configuration, when the resin film 10 is stuck to the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 while peeling the backing sheet 14, the static electricity charged on the resin film 10 is removed. Therefore, unlike the prior art, the tip of the resin film 10 does not cling to various parts of the apparatus, and wrinkles are not generated when the resin film 10 is doubling onto the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the apparatus trouble and the occurrence of air entering between the resin film and the unvulcanized rubber sheet, and improve the bonding property of the resin film 10 to the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the ionizer was used as a static electricity removal means like the example of illustration, static electricity can be uniformly removed over the whole surface of a resin film. In addition, since ionized air is blown on both surfaces of the resin film 10 from which the backing sheet 14 has been peeled off, static electricity charged on both surfaces of the resin film can be removed, and the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 of the resin film 10 can be removed. The bonding property of can be further improved.

  As mentioned above, although demonstrated based on the example of illustration, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, It can change suitably within the description range of a claim, For example, resin film 10 is changed. In bonding to the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9, as shown in FIG. 2, the edge positions 10a, 9a, 10b, 9b in the length direction of the resin film 10 and the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 are shifted from each other. More specifically, the leading edge 10a of the resin film 10 is more downstream in the conveying direction A than the leading edge 9a of the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 when viewed in the conveying direction A of the sheet-like laminate 11. A resin film protruding portion 15 that is displaced so as to be positioned and protrudes on the downstream side in the transport direction A may be formed on the sheet-like laminate 11. According to this, since the resin film protrusion 15 having a relatively light weight can be attached to the tire molding drum in advance, positioning and position holding of the sheet-like laminate 11 on the tire molding drum can be performed easily and accurately. Can be done.

  Further, the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 and the resin film 10 having the same length along the transport direction A are used, and when viewed in the transport direction A, the leading edge 10a of the resin film 10 is preceded by the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9. By shifting to the downstream side in the transport direction A with respect to the end edge 9a, and shifting the trailing edge 10b of the resin film 10 to the downstream side in the transport direction with respect to the trailing edge 9a of the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 In addition to the resin film protruding portion 15, the unvulcanized rubber sheet protruding portion in which the trailing edge 9 b of the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9 protrudes upstream of the trailing edge 10 b of the resin film 10 in the transport direction A. 16 may be formed in the sheet-like laminate 11. According to this, at the end of the winding of the tire molding drum of the sheet-like laminate 11, the joint portion in the resin film 10 and the joint portion in the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9. Zhou with To be able to vary the direction position, it is possible to enhance the airtightness of the product tire.

  Further, prior to winding the resin film protruding portion 15 which is the winding start end of the sheet-shaped laminate 11 around the tire molding drum, the supply conveyor 2 may be moved close to the tire molding drum. For example, the resin film protrusion 15 of the sheet-like laminate 11 can be reliably guided to the holding means of the tire molding drum, and the delivery of the resin film protrusion 15 of the sheet-like laminate 11 to the tire molding drum is ensured. Can be done.

  Moreover, the sheet laminate 11 may be moved upstream in the conveying direction A in accordance with the timing at which the resin film protrusion 15 of the sheet laminate 11 is held in advance by the holding means of the tire molding drum. Well, according to this, it is possible to prevent the resin film protruding portion 15 from being wrinkled by applying tension to the sheet-like laminate 11, and if wrinkles are generated, Can be resolved.

  By the way, as described above, the resin material of the resin film 10 has a Young's modulus at 23 ° C. in a matrix composed of a modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer obtained by reacting an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. It is preferable to include at least a layer made of a resin composition in which a soft resin smaller than the modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer is dispersed, and an auxiliary made of an elastomer adjacent to the layer made of the resin composition. Provide one or more layers, make the thickness of the layer made of the resin composition 100 μm or less, and between the layer made of the resin composition and the auxiliary layer, and the auxiliary layer and auxiliary It is preferable to provide one or more adhesive layers in at least one place between the layers.

  In addition, as an adhesive for adhering the resin film 10 to the unvulcanized rubber sheet 9, a maleimide derivative having two or more reactive sites in the molecule and poly-p-dinitroso with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. It is preferable to use an adhesive composition containing at least 0.1 part by mass of benzene.

  Thus, according to the present invention, when the resin film backed by the backing sheet is bonded to the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet while peeling the backing sheet, it is possible to remove static electricity charged on the resin film. It became possible to improve the bonding property of the resin film to the unvulcanized rubber sheet without causing air entering between the vulcanized rubber sheets.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Resin film sticking apparatus 2 Supply conveyor 3 Resin film roll support shaft (storage means)
4 Backing sheet peeling jig (Backing sheet peeling means)
5 Backing sheet take-up drum 6 Pressing roller (pressing means)
7 Film cutting means 8 Ionizer (Static removal means)
9 Unvulcanized rubber sheet 10 Resin film 11 Sheet-like laminate 13 Resin film roll 14 Backing sheet

Claims (4)

In the resin film laminating apparatus that forms a sheet-like laminate by pasting the resin film backed with a releasable backing sheet on the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet while peeling the backing sheet,
A supply conveyor for conveying the unvulcanized rubber sheet;
Storage means for storing a resin film to be fed toward the unvulcanized rubber sheet conveyed by the supply conveyor;
A backing sheet peeling means for peeling the backing sheet from the resin film drawn out from the storage means;
A pressing means for pressing the resin film from which the backing sheet has been peeled against the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet conveyed by the supply conveyor so that the two members are in close contact with each other;
A static electricity removing means that is provided between the backing sheet peeling means and the pressing means and removes static electricity charged on the resin film from which the backing sheet has been peeled off by the backing sheet peeling means. Film sticking device.   The said static electricity removal means is a resin film sticking apparatus of Claim 1 which is an ionizer which sprays the ionized air on the at least one surface of the resin film from which the backing sheet was peeled. A step of feeding a gas barrier resin film backed by a release backing sheet toward the surface of an unvulcanized rubber sheet conveyed by a supply conveyor, and the backing sheet from the fed resin film. A step of peeling, and a step of pressing the resin film from which the backing sheet has been peeled against the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet on the conveying surface of the supply conveyor to bring these members into close contact with each other. In the method of attaching a resin film that is attached to the surface of a vulcanized rubber sheet to form a sheet-like laminate,
Prior to pressing the resin film from which the backing sheet has been peeled against the surface of the unvulcanized rubber sheet on the conveying surface of the supply conveyor, static electricity is removed from the static electricity charged on the resin film from which the backing sheet has been peeled off. A method of applying a resin film, characterized by being removed by the method.   The method for attaching a resin film according to claim 3, wherein ionized air is blown onto at least one surface of the resin film from which the backing sheet has been peeled off using an ionizer.

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