JP2013240310A - Method of manufacturing water absorbing and treating material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing a water absorbing and treating material which is inexpensive and of high quality and has a double-layered structure having a granular core part and a covered layer.SOLUTION: A method of manufacturing a water absorbing and treating material includes a granulating process of manufacturing a granular core part, a covering process of adding water to the granulated granular core part so that the water content based on weight is increased by 1.0 to 10.5 wt.%, and then covering the surrounding of the granular core part to make a granule, and a drying process of drying the granule in a dryer after the covering process in which the atmosphere temperature is maintained so that the temperature decrease of the surface temperature of the granular core part immediately after adding water to the granular core part and the temperature decrease of the surface temperature of the granular core part just before putting the granule in the dryer are 15 to 40°C, and the time from adding water to the granular core part to placement of the granule in the dryer is 2 to 7 minutes.

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing a granular water-absorbing treatment material (hereinafter simply referred to as “water-absorbing treatment material”) for absorbing liquid such as human or animal excrement.

  Recently, a multi-layer water-absorbing treatment material has been used to treat excrement such as pet animals. Since water-absorbing treatment materials are used on a daily basis, there is an increasing demand for lower prices, and in order to meet such demands, various waste materials have come to be used. Yes. For example, a conventional excrement treatment material, which is a kind of water-absorbing treatment material, uses the above-mentioned waste material and the like to add water to a granulated material (moisture content of about 35% by weight) created by extrusion granulation, It is manufactured by coating with a coating composition and drying in a hot air drying apparatus so that the moisture content is 12% by weight or less (Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-124804 A

By the way, the coating layer contains a water-absorbing resin for absorbing excrement. The amount of the water-absorbing resin used is only about 10% by weight of the water-absorbing treatment material, but the proportion of the raw material cost is about 80% by weight. Will be connected.
However, in the manufacturing method of the technology, the moisture content at the time of granulation is high, and the coating layer portion becomes thick, so the degree of peeling of the coating layer portion is high, and expensive coating materials are wasted. In addition, the manufacturing cost of the water-absorbing treatment material increases.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a water-absorbing treatment material having a multilayer structure that is inexpensive and of high quality.

  In order to solve the above problems, a method for producing a water-absorbing treatment material of the present invention is a method for producing a water-absorbing treatment material having a multilayer structure having a granular core part and a coating layer part covering the granular core part. A granulation step for producing the granular core part, and the granulated core part is hydrated so that the weight-based moisture content is increased by 1.0% to 10.5% by weight, and then the granular core part is added. A coating step of coating the periphery of the part with a coating material to form a granular material, and a drying step of drying the granular material with a drying device after the coating step, and immediately after the addition of the granular core portion The atmospheric temperature is maintained such that the temperature drop of the surface temperature of the granular core and the surface temperature of the granular core immediately before putting the granular material in the drying apparatus is 15 ° C. to 40 ° C. Drying the granulate from the water of the part It Time to add is 2 minutes to 7 minutes, and characterized.

  In the present invention, it is preferable to prevent a decrease in the surface temperature of the granular core immediately after the addition of the granular core and the surface temperature of the granular core immediately before putting the granular material in a drying apparatus, and In order to promote the penetration of moisture into the granular core at the time, it is more preferable to add water having a water temperature of 25 ° C. to 55 ° C. in the coating step.

In the coating material, moisture present in the granular core penetrates into the coating layer and adheres to the surroundings due to the moisture, so when the moisture content of the granular core immediately after the granulation step is low, The material which forms a coating layer part does not adhere to the circumference | surroundings.
On the other hand, if the moisture content of the granular core part is too high immediately after the granulation step, the moisture of the granular core part will exude excessively to the coating layer part during the formation of the coating layer part. The layer thickness increases, and peeling easily occurs.

By the way, the amount of moisture oozed from the granular core portion to the coating layer portion varies depending on the time required from the addition of the granular core portion to the introduction of the granular material into the drying device and the ambient temperature. That is, when the required time from the addition of the granular core to the drying apparatus is long and when the ambient temperature is high, the amount of moisture oozed from the granular core to the coating layer is large. Become.
On the other hand, when the required time is short and the ambient temperature is low, the amount of moisture oozed from the granular core portion to the coating layer portion is reduced. However, if the required time becomes too long and the ambient temperature becomes too high, the moisture in the granular core will exude so much that the finished product will absorb a predetermined effect (for example, absorb urination). The effect of forming a lump) is no longer achieved.
In view of such circumstances, the present invention finds the optimum amount of water added to the granular core, the required time and the atmospheric temperature in the coating process, and greatly removes the coating layer in the water-absorbing treatment material of the finished product. It has been successfully reduced.

  That is, according to the present invention, in the coating step, after the water is added so that the weight-based moisture content is increased by 1.0% to 10.5% by weight, the granular core is granulated. Further, the temperature of the surface temperature of the granular core part immediately after the addition of the granular core part and the surface temperature of the granular core part immediately before putting the granular body into the drying apparatus are covered with a coating material. However, the ambient temperature is maintained at 15 ° C. to 40 ° C., and the required time from the addition of the granular core to the drying apparatus is set to 2 to 7 minutes. By optimizing the layer thickness of the coating layer portion in the finished water-absorbing treatment material, the amount of peeling described below can be greatly reduced. Therefore, waste of expensive water-absorbing resin contained in the coating layer portion can be prevented, and a water-absorbing treatment material having a multilayer structure can be manufactured at low cost.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to provide the manufacturing method of the water absorption processing material of a multilayer structure which is cheap and high quality.

It is process drawing which shows the manufacturing method of the water absorption processing material which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

  A method for producing a granular water-absorbing treatment material (excrement treatment material) for treating excrement for pets such as cats and dogs with respect to an embodiment for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment”) Will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Water absorption treatment material]
First, the water-absorbing treatment material manufactured according to this embodiment (hereinafter referred to as “the present water-absorbing treatment material”) will be described to the extent necessary.

The water-absorbing treatment material has a granular structure having a multi-layer structure formed of a granular core part for absorbing moisture from the outside and a coating layer part having a predetermined thickness covering the surface of the granular core part. It is formed as a body.
The granular core only needs to be formed in the shape of a small lump, and does not have to be a perfect sphere. The shape is not limited to a columnar body (elongated shape), a flat shape, etc. As long as the water retaining material has performance, at least one of materials such as papers, fibers, woods, plants, plastics, rubbers, organic sludge materials and animal waste materials ( Hereinafter, the constituent materials of the granular core portion may be collectively referred to as “core portion material”).

  The paper is not limited as long as it is made of pulp, and various waste materials as well as virgin pulp can be used. For example, waste paper waste, sanitary paper waste, toilet paper waste, tissue paper waste, toilet paper waste, dust paper waste, paper cotton waste, paper towel waste, toilet seat waste, newspaper waste, magazine waste, buff powder (mainly in printing companies, Fine paper powder generated during bookbinding cutting and scraping), mechanical pulp waste, chemical pulp waste, titanium paper waste, semi-chemical pulp waste, cotton pulp waste, wood pulp waste, waste paper pulp pulverized product, fluff pulp, Water-absorbing fiber waste, non-woven fabric waste, paper dust generated during non-woven fabric manufacture, paper dust generated during the paper making process or paper dust generated during sanitary material manufacture, waste laminate paper, laminated paper printing waste, laminated paper scraps, cardboard Waste, waste paper (trimming loss, non-woven fabric, etc. generated from sanitary materials manufacturers, etc.) Soshi, paperboard, may be used used ticket, the punch chip and the like.

  The above-mentioned fibers are thread-like substances used as raw materials for fabrics, regardless of the type of natural fibers and chemical fibers, and are discarded from textile factories (cotton scraps, wool scraps, hemp scraps) , Lint, cloth lint, cotton litter, litter, rayon litter, nylon litter, polyester litter, rope litter) and the like can be used.

  Any kind of wood can be used, including various kinds of waste wood (waste wood for structures, waste wood related to the wood product manufacturing industry, wooden furniture, wooden pallets, sawdust, sawdust, bark, packaging material scraps, board scraps, etc. Waste chips, felled timber, roots, pruned branches, wood flour, etc.) can be used.

  The plant is not limited to any kind, and plant residues can be used as well as sasa, bamboo, fallen leaves, cut grass and the like. Here, the vegetable residue means solid waste of plants used as raw materials in the food manufacturing industry, pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, fragrance manufacturing industry or restaurants, etc. Rice cake, beer cake, rice cake, seaweed cake, starch cake, tofu cake, okara, rice cake, tea husk, roasted coffee bean extraction residue, rice / flour, soybean cake, fruit peel / seed, vegetable waste, medicinal herb It is possible to use dregs, oil dregs, etc.

  Plastics are also solid materials of synthetic polymer compounds (for example, polypropylene, vinyl chloride, polychlorinated biphenyls, polystyrene, polyacetal, polycarbonate, polyethylene, polyamide, polyethylene terephthalate, vinylidene chloride, acrylic resin, polyurethane (urethane foam), etc.) , Biodegradable plastics, etc.), any type can be used, and various waste materials can be used. Waste plastics, waste polyurethane, waste polystyrene (including foamed polystyrene), waste agricultural films, various synthetic resin packaging waste, waste photographic film, waste plastic containers, wire coating waste, lining waste, waste polymer , Paint residue, adhesive residue, waste bakeland (printed substrate, etc.) can be used.

  In addition, separation products rich in plastics of waste materials from excrement disposal materials, separation products rich in plastics from waste materials from disposable diapers (such as the outer packaging of non-standard paper diapers generated by sanitary materials manufacturers), and separation from plastics from sanitary napkin waste materials. Products, plastic diaper waste, plastic sanitary napkin waste plastic, milk pad waste plastic isolate, sweat pad waste plastic isolate, incontinence pad waste plastic separation Separation products rich in plastics of waste products from animal sheets, separation products from classification of plastics from waste sheets in bedding, separation products rich in plastics from mask waste materials, separation products rich in plastics from eye mask waste materials, head cover waste materials from seats A plastic-rich separation product, chloride Cycloalkenyl wallpaper waste, a separation product or synthetic resin fibers wastes rich plastic pillowcase waste can be used.

  In addition, waste disposal material waste, disposable diaper waste, sanitary napkin waste, milk pad waste, sweat pad waste, incontinence pad waste, animal bed sheet waste, bedding sheet waste, mask waste, eye mask waste, seat head cover waste Pillow cover waste materials, etc. can be used.

  In particular, since plastics have low ash content, it is possible to reduce the amount after incineration, and the amount of heat generated during incineration can be increased. Therefore, incineration treatment was adopted as the final disposal method for sludge after hydrolysis. It is suitable for the case.

  As long as the rubber is a polymer material having excellent stretchability, natural rubber, synthetic rubber and the like are not limited, and various waste materials can be used. For example, waste tires, synthetic rubber scraps, etc. can be used.

  The organic sludge is a muddy substance remaining after the treatment of factory waste water or the like and a muddy substance generated in the manufacturing process of various manufacturing industries, and all organic and inorganic substances can be used. For example, papermaking sludge, pulp sludge, sewage sludge, digested sludge (excess sludge), paste and the like can be used.

  Animal waste refers to animal unnecessarys used as raw materials in the food manufacturing industry, pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, leather manufacturing industry, restaurants, etc., and the kind of leather, bones, etc. is not limited.

Although the said core part material may be 1 type, water retention performance can be effectively improved by the synergistic effect of a mutual water retention material by selecting suitably 2 or more types of water retention materials from which a property differs. There is a case.
For example, a combination of fluff pulp (paper) and vegetable residue (such as okara), fluff pulp (paper), a combination of vegetable residue (such as okara) and wood (wood flour), fluff pulp (paper), Combination of plant residue (such as okara) and organic sludge (pulp sludge), combination of plant residue (such as okara) and organic sludge (pulp sludge), plastic (vinyl chloride wallpaper) and organic sludge (pulp sludge) It is preferable to combine various materials such as a combination of

  On the other hand, even if the water retention performance is not always sufficient, by using two or more types of water retention materials, other water retention materials may be able to complement the water retention performance. Thus, a material that has not been used as a water retention material can be effectively used.

  It should be noted that the core material is a deodorizing material, a deodorizing material, a substance having a bactericidal action, a colored substance, a test indicator, or the like that can exhibit other effects without impairing water retention performance. It can also be blended.

<Coating layer part>
The covering layer portion is provided mainly for the purpose of causing the water-absorbing treatment material wetted with excrement such as urine to adhere to a lump during use. The base material plays the role of these coating layer portions. Examples of the material include a water-absorbing resin, a water-soluble material having adhesiveness (hereinafter referred to as “water-soluble adhesive material”), or both materials. It is preferable to use a mixture of the above and a mixture of paper powder.

  The water-absorbing resin is a resin having water absorption performance such as a polymer, CMC (carboxyl methylcellulose), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), starch (T-α-modified starch, dextrin, wheat starch, potato starch). In particular, the polymer is a highly water-absorbing resin having high water absorption performance.

  Examples of the water-soluble adhesive material include a superabsorbent resin such as glue and sodium polyacrylate. Examples of the paste functioning as an adhesive include potato starch, wheat starch, sweet potato starch, corn starch, tapioca starch, rice starch, dextrin, starches such as starches converted to alpha (α), acrylamide, PVA, carboxy Methylcellulose or sodium alginate can be used, or two or more of these materials can be used in combination. Examples of other adhesives include vinyl ester, bentonite, pullulan, casein, and gelatin, which are used alone or in combination of two or more of these substances.

  Paper powder includes thin paper, thin paper waste, sanitary paper, sanitary paper waste, toilet paper paper, toilet paper waste, tissue paper paper, tissue paper waste, decorative paper paper, cosmetic paper waste, dust paper paper, dust paper waste, paper cotton, Waste paper cotton, paper towel, paper towel waste, toilet seat waste, mechanical pulp, mechanical pulp waste, chemical pulp, chemical pulp waste, semi-chemical pulp, semi-chemical pulp waste, cotton-like pulp, cotton-like pulp waste, wood pulp, Waste wood pulp, ground pulp waste, fluff pulp, water absorbent fiber waste, paper powder containing water absorbent resin, paper powder generated during bookbinding, paper powder generated during non-woven fabric production, paper powder generated during the papermaking process, or hygiene Paper powder generated during material production or a mixture of two or more pulverized products, both of which are preferably 0.5 Rimetoru less, more preferably used are pulverized into granules of particle size below 0.3 mm.

In addition, in order to make discrimination | determination of a used part and an unused part easy by dyeing to a base material after use, dyeing | staining materials, such as a well-known water-soluble dye and a pigment, can also be mix | blended.
In addition, a penetrant, a swelling agent, a deodorizing material, a deodorizing material, a substance having a bactericidal action, a test indicator, etc., are blended with substances that can achieve other effects without impairing water retention performance. be able to.

<Composition ratio of granular core and coating layer>
The water-absorbing treatment material has a composition ratio of 80% to 87% by weight of the granular core part and 20% to 13% by weight of the coating layer part. It is optimal for the relationship.

[Production method]
Then, the manufacturing method (henceforth "this manufacturing method") of this water absorption treatment material is demonstrated with reference to FIG.
This production method is mainly composed of a granulating step (S1), a covering step (S2), a sizing step (S3), and a drying step (S4).

(1) Granulation step (S1)
This step is a step of forming a granular core part.
In this process, core materials such as papers, fibers, woods, plants, plastics, rubbers, organic sludge and animal waste are pulverized to a predetermined size with a crusher, and the pulverized The core material is put into a mixer so as to have a predetermined ratio and mixed. Then, the water content is reduced to 14 wt% to 25 wt% (more preferably, 16 wt% to 21 wt%). Thus, the core material is extruded and granulated by a granulator to perform the operation of forming a granular core (the water content will be described later).

(2) Covering step (S2)
This step is a step of forming the covering layer portion by covering the periphery of the granular core portion with the covering material. In this step, a coating material or the like is used to attach a coating material around the granular core portion to form a coating layer portion, whereby an operation for manufacturing a granular material having a multilayer structure is performed.

Since the coating material adheres to the periphery of the moisture existing in the granular core portion by leaching into the coating layer portion, if the moisture content of the granular core portion immediately after the granulation step is low, Since the amount of exudation is reduced, the material forming the coating layer portion does not adhere to the periphery of the granular core portion.
On the other hand, if the moisture content of the granular core part is too high immediately after the granulation step, the moisture of the granular core part will exude excessively to the coating layer part during the formation of the coating layer part. The layer thickness increases, and peeling easily occurs.

  In consideration of such circumstances, the moisture content is adjusted so that the moisture content of the granulated core of the above-mentioned extruded granulation is 14% to 25% by weight (more preferably, 16% to 21% by weight). In addition, by spraying water having a water temperature of 25 ° C. to 55 ° C. onto the granulated core immediately after being extruded and granulated by the granulator, the water content is 1.0 wt% to 10.5 wt% ( The water is preferably added in an amount of 3 to 10.5% by weight.

Moreover, although the temperature drop of a product will progress normally as a process progresses, in this process, the time required for putting the said granular material into a postscript drier (drying device) from the addition of the said granular core part is 2. For 3 to 7 minutes (preferably 3 to 5 minutes), the surface temperature of the granular core immediately after the addition of the granular core, and the granular core immediately before putting the granular material in the drying apparatus The ambient temperature around the production line of the coating process (around the production equipment) is maintained and set so that the temperature drop of the surface temperature is 15 ° C to 40 ° C (preferably 20 ° C to 25 ° C). Is required.
In this case, at the time of hydration, water having a water temperature of 25 ° C. to 55 ° C. (adjusted according to the temperature) is used to promote moisture penetration into the granular core and The temperature drop of the surface temperature of the granular core portion at the start of the process and the surface temperature of the granular core portion at the end of the process can be suitably prevented.

As described above, the management of the moisture content of the granular core is very important for the formation of the coating layer, but the moisture content is determined from the atmospheric temperature of the coating process and the water content of the granular core. It will depend on the time required to put in the dryer. That is, if the ambient temperature is too high, the surface temperature of the granular core portion becomes too high, and the moisture in the granular core portion exudes excessively in the coating process. The effect of forming the () is not achieved. The same applies when the required time is too long.
On the other hand, if the ambient temperature is too low, the surface temperature of the granular core part after hydration becomes too low, and even when hydrated, the moisture does not evaporate and does not ooze into the coating layer part. Thus, a sufficient coating layer is not formed. The same applies when the required time is too short.
Under the circumstances described above, the inventor has intensively studied and completed the finished product by optimally setting the water content after extrusion granulation, the atmospheric temperature during the coating process, and the required time so as to satisfy the conflicting conditions. It has succeeded in greatly reducing the peeling of the coating layer portion in the water-absorbing treatment material.

(3) Sizing process (S3)
This step is a step of sizing so that the water-absorbing treatment material has a predetermined standard (S3).
In this step, the non-standard product is separated by passing the water-absorbing treatment material produced in the previous step through a sieve having a predetermined size, and only the predetermined standard product is extracted. Become.

(4) Drying step (S4)
This step is a step of drying the water-absorbing treatment material extracted as a standard product with a dryer.
If the water content of the granular core is high during storage of the water-absorbing treatment material, it will cause mold and the like in the long term. Therefore, in this step, the water-based treatment material has a water content of 3 wt% or more and 12 wt%. It is preferable to dry so that it may become in the range below%. For example, in this step, the temperature is adjusted to the predetermined moisture content by heating for 2 to 5 minutes with a dryer that generates hot air of 80 to 100 ° C.

  In addition, a sizing step similar to the above can be provided after the drying step.

[Function and effect]
According to the present embodiment, in the covering step, after the water is added so that the weight-based moisture content is increased by 1% by weight to 10.5% by weight with respect to the granulated core part, the periphery of the granular core part Further, the surface temperature of the granular core part immediately after the addition of the granular core part, and the temperature drop of the surface temperature of the granular core part immediately before putting the granular body in a drying device, The atmospheric temperature is maintained at 15 ° C. to 40 ° C., and the time required from the addition of the granular core to the introduction of the granular material into the dryer is 2 minutes to 7 minutes. By optimizing the layer thickness of the coating layer portion of the water-absorbing treatment material, the amount of peeling can be greatly reduced to 0.5 wt% or less. Therefore, waste of expensive water-absorbing resin contained in the coating layer portion can be prevented while maintaining the quality of the conventional water-absorbing treatment material, so that it is possible to manufacture a water-absorbing treatment material having a multilayer structure at low cost. It becomes.

  Further, when water is added, water having a water temperature of 25 ° C. to 55 ° C. can be used to promote the penetration of moisture into the granular core part, and the granular core part immediately after the addition of the granular core part. And the temperature drop of the surface temperature of the granular core immediately before putting the granular material in the drying apparatus can be suitably prevented.

  As mentioned above, although an example about a suitable embodiment was explained about the present invention, the present invention is not restricted to the embodiment concerned, and a design change is possible suitably in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of the present invention. In particular, in addition to the above steps, other steps can be added as appropriate.

  In order to examine the degree of peeling of the coating layer portion of the water-absorbing treatment material produced by this production method, a sample was prepared by the following production method, and a peel test by a forced friction method was performed.

<Constituent materials>
Each sample used in the following test is a water absorption treatment material having a multilayer structure formed of a granular core part and a coating layer part, and the weight ratio of the materials constituting the granular core part and the coating layer part is 80%. 20% vs. 20%. Further, the following constituent materials constituting the granular core portion and the coating layer portion were common to all samples.

(1) Granular core part Waste paper pulp and waste paper diapers were used as raw materials.

(2) Coating layer part It was formed by mixing 60% by weight of paper powder, 20% by weight of tapioca pregelatinized starch, 16% by weight of sodium polyacrylate (water absorbent resin) and 4% by weight of dextrin.

<Manufacturing method>
The sample is manufactured by a granulation step, a coating step, and a drying step, and the surface temperature of the granular core portion immediately after the addition of the granular core portion in the coating step, and the granular state immediately before putting the granular body in a dryer. Temperature difference from the surface temperature of the core part, moisture increase, required time from the addition of the granular core part in the coating process to putting the granular material into the dryer (hereinafter, each condition is simply referred to as “temperature difference”, “ Each sample was prepared by changing various conditions of “amount of water increase” and “required time”.

  First, in order to investigate the influence of the temperature difference, 35 types of samples in which the amount of water increase was 6.0% by weight, the required time was 4.0 minutes, and the temperature difference was changed by 1 ° C. from 10 ° C. to 44 ° C. (See Table 1).

  Subsequently, in order to examine the influence of the moisture increase amount, the temperature difference was set to 20 ° C., the required time was set to 4.0 minutes, and the moisture increase amount was changed by 0.1% from 0.5% to 2.0%. Forty-five kinds of samples were prepared which were changed by 0.5% from 2.0% to 9.5% and changed by 0.1% from 9.5% to 10.9% (see Table 2).

  Further, in order to investigate the influence of the required time, the temperature difference was set to 20 ° C., the water increase amount was set to 6.0% by weight, and the required time was changed from 1 minute to 10.5 minutes by 0.5 minutes (30 seconds). Twenty kinds of samples were prepared (see Table 3).

<Test method>
As a test for measuring the degree of peeling, a peeling test by the following forced friction method is performed, and the water-absorbing treatment material after use is visually observed (hereinafter referred to as “hardening strength”) (a predetermined amount of water absorption). 10 ml of physiological saline was dropped on the treatment material, and the degree of formation of lumps was observed).
In this test, a polyethylene bag (400 mm × 550 mm) was filled with 100 weight g of water-absorbing treatment material, and was forced to vibrate up and down manually for 1 minute, and the weight of the peeled coating layer portion was measured. And the degree of peeling is quantified by calculating the peeling rate of the coating layer part by the following formula.
Stripping rate of coating layer (wt%)
= Weight of peeled coating layer (g) / weight of water-absorbing treatment material (100 g) x 100

(A) Temperature difference Table 4 is an extract of the test results.
According to the result, the peeling rate of each sample (NO1-6 to NO1-31) having a temperature difference of 15 ° C. to 40 ° C. was a favorable result of 0.5% by weight or less. In particular, the peeling rate of each sample (NO1-11, NO1-16) at 20 ° C. to 25 ° C. was a very good result of 0.3% by weight (the mass strength was also very good). .)
On the other hand, the peeling rate of each sample (NO1-1 to NO1-5) having a temperature difference of 10 ° C. to 14 ° C. exceeded 0.5% by weight, resulting in incompatibility. In addition, each sample (NO1-32 to NO1-35) having a temperature difference of 41 ° C. to 44 ° C. resulted in an inadequate result that the mass strength was poor (the degree of forming a lump was weak).

(I) Moisture increase amount According to the test results, the peel rate of each sample (NO2-6 to NO2-41) having a moisture increase amount of 1.0 wt% to 10.5 wt% is 0.5 wt% or less. And good results. In particular, the peeling rate of each sample (NO2-20 to NO2-41) of 4.0% by weight to 10.5% by weight was a very good result of 0.3% by weight or less (good mass strength). Result).
On the other hand, the peeling rate of each sample (NO2-1 to NO2-5) having a water increase amount of 0.5 wt% to 0.9 wt% exceeded 0.5 wt%, resulting in incompatibility. It was.
Moreover, although the peeling rate of each sample (NO2-42 to NO2-45) whose moisture increase amount was 10.6 wt% to 10.9 wt% was good at 0.1 wt%, the lump strength was poor. (This phenomenon occurs because the moisture in the granular core part exudes excessively in the coating process, and the water-absorbing resin in the coating layer part reacts during manufacturing.) I think that would be).

(C) Required time According to the test results, the peeling rate of the samples (NO3-3 to NO3-13) required for 2 minutes to 7 minutes was 0.4% by weight or less, which was a favorable result. In particular, the peel rate of the samples (NO3-5 to NO3-9) required for 3 minutes to 5 minutes was a very good result of 0.3% by weight or less (the result that the mass strength was also very good) )
On the other hand, the peeling rates of the samples (NO3-1 and NO3-2) required for 1 minute to 1.5 minutes both exceeded 0.5% by weight, resulting in nonconformity. Moreover, although the peeling rate of each sample (NO3-14-NO3-20) for 7.5 minutes-10.5 minutes was favorable, the lump | strength intensity | strength became inferior and it became a non-conformity result.

  As mentioned above, in the manufacturing method of this absorption processing material, as manufacturing conditions in a coating process, a temperature difference is 15 to 40 degreeC (preferably 20 to 25 degreeC), and a water increase amount is 1.0 weight%- 10.5 wt% (more preferably 4.0 wt% to 10.5 wt%), good when the required time ranges from 2 minutes to 7 minutes (more preferably from 3 minutes to 5 minutes) It became clear that the peeling rate of the coating layer portion of the manufactured product can be reduced while maintaining a high mass strength.

S1 granulation process S2 coating process S3 sizing process S4 drying process

Claims (2)

In the method for producing a water-absorbing treatment material having a multilayer structure having a granular core part and a coating layer part covering the granular core part,
A granulating step for producing the granular core;
After the granulated core part is hydrated so that the water content by weight increases by 1.0 to 10.5% by weight, the periphery of the granular core part is coated with a coating material to form a granule A coating process to form
After the coating step, a drying step of drying the granular body with a drying device,
Atmospheric temperature so that the temperature drop of the granular core part immediately after the addition of the granular core part and the temperature decrease of the surface temperature of the granular core part immediately before putting the granular body into the drying device are 15 ° C. to 40 ° C. Is maintained,
The required time from the addition of the granular core to the drying apparatus being 2 to 7 minutes,
A method for producing a water-absorbing treatment material. 2. The method for producing a water-absorbing treatment material according to claim 1, wherein water at a water temperature of 25 ° C. to 55 ° C. is added in the covering step.

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