JP2014237770A - Polyethylene-based resin multilayer expanded sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polyethylene-based resin multilayer expanded sheet having extremely small transition amount of a lower molecular weight component to objects to be packed while having antistatic performance.SOLUTION: A polyethylene-based resin multilayer expanded sheet is a multilayer expanded sheet obtained by co-extrusion of a polyethylene-based resin (A), a molten resin for forming an expanded layer obtained by mixing a high molecular weight-type antistatic agent and a physical expansion agent, and a molten resin for forming a surface layer obtained by mixing a polyethylene-based resin (B), and having a surface layer laminated on at least single side of the expanded layer, and both of the polyethylene-based resin (A) and the polyethylene-based resin (B) are polyethylene-based resin having n-heptane extraction amount of 0.5 wt.% or less at 50°C, the blended amount of the high molecular weight type antistatic agent to the expanded layer is from 3 to 15 wt.% based on 100 wt.% of the total of the polyethylene-based resin (A) and the high molecular weight type antistatic agent, and the thickness of the surface layer is from 2 to 10 μm.

Description

  The present invention relates to a polyethylene-based resin multilayer foam sheet, and more specifically, a polyethylene-based resin multilayer foam that is excellent in antistatic performance when used as a packaging material or a slip sheet, but has a low migration of organic substances and the like to the package. It relates to a foam sheet.

  Conventionally, polyethylene-based resin foam sheets have been used as materials such as cushioning materials and packaging materials. In particular, a polyethylene-based resin foam sheet having antistatic properties has been used as a suitable material as a packaging material because it is difficult to damage dust and is flexible because it is difficult to dust.

  In recent years, polyethylene-based resin foam sheets having antistatic properties have been used in the packaging field of electronic devices and their materials, such as being used for slip sheets such as glass plates for liquid crystal panels.

  If the liquid crystal panel glass plate is contaminated by the migration of organic substances contained in the foamed sheet, it will lead to failure and deterioration of production yield when an electronic circuit is formed on the glass plate. It is required to reduce the migration of substances and the like.

  A typical example of the organic substance that migrates from the foamed sheet to the package is a surfactant type antistatic agent that is blended to impart the antistatic performance. Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses a polyethylene resin foam sheet in which a polymer type antistatic agent is blended as an antistatic agent. Patent Document 2 discloses a polyethylene resin multilayer foam sheet in which a polymer type antistatic agent is blended in a surface layer laminated on a foam layer. The foamed sheet using these polymer-type antistatic agents has a greatly reduced amount of migration of organic substances and the like to the package as compared with a foamed sheet using a conventional surfactant.

  The polyethylene-based resin foam sheet using the polymer type antistatic agent as described above has a good antistatic property and a low degree of contamination due to migration, so that it can be used as a suitable packaging material for an electronic device or its material. Used as paper.

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  However, even in the foam sheet using the above-described polymer type antistatic agent, the low molecular weight component contained in the polymer type antistatic agent itself may migrate to the package, and the polyethylene constituting the foam sheet The low molecular weight component contained in the base resin itself may migrate. Then, development of the polyethylene-type resin foam sheet with less transition to a to-be packaged object is desired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet having an antistatic performance and a very small amount of low molecular weight components transferred to a package. It is what.

According to the present invention, the following polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet is provided.
[1] Foamed layer forming molten resin obtained by kneading a polyethylene resin (A), a polymer-type antistatic agent and a physical foaming agent, and a molten resin for forming a surface layer obtained by kneading a polyethylene resin (B) A multilayer foamed sheet obtained by coextrusion with a surface layer laminated on at least one side of the foamed layer,
Both the polyethylene resin (A) and the polyethylene resin (B) are polyethylene resins having an n-heptane extraction amount at 50 ° C. of 0.5% by weight or less,
The blend amount of the polymer antistatic agent in the foamed layer is 3 to 15% by weight with respect to 100% by weight in total of the polyethylene resin (A) and the polymer antistatic agent,
A polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet, wherein the surface layer has a thickness of 2 to 10 μm.
[2] The polyethylene-based resin multilayer foam sheet as described in 1 above, wherein the surface resistivity of the multilayer foam sheet on the surface layer side is less than 1 × 10 ¹⁴ Ω.
[3] The polyethylene-based resin multilayer foam sheet as described in 1 or 2 above, wherein the multilayer foam sheet has an apparent density of 15 to 300 kg / m ³ .
[4] A glass sheet interleaf made of the polyethylene resin multilayer foamed sheet according to any one of 1 to 3 above.

  The polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet of the present invention (hereinafter also simply referred to as a multilayer foamed sheet) is a polyethylene-based resin foamed layer (hereinafter also simply referred to as a foamed layer) and a polyethylene-based material laminated on at least one side of the foamed layer. A multilayer foamed sheet having a resin surface layer (hereinafter also simply referred to as a surface layer), which is 50 ° C. as a polyethylene resin (A) constituting the foam layer and a polyethylene resin (B) constituting the surface layer. Polyethylene resin with a heptane extraction amount of 0.5% by weight or less is used, and a polymer antistatic agent is blended in the foam layer, and the polymer antistatic agent is blended into the foam layer. The amount is 3 to 15% by weight with respect to a total of 100% by weight of the polyethylene resin (A) and the polymer antistatic agent, and the thickness of the surface layer is 2 to 10 μm. While having antistatic performance, migration of organic substances such as low molecular weight components of the packaged articles is extremely small.

Hereinafter, the polyethylene resin multilayer foamed sheet of the present invention will be described in detail.
The polyethylene-based resin multilayer foam sheet of the present invention is a multilayer foam sheet in which a polyethylene-based resin surface layer is laminated on at least one surface of a polyethylene-based resin foam layer. This multilayer foamed sheet is made by supplying additives such as a polyethylene resin (A), a polymer-type antistatic agent, and a cell regulator added as necessary to an extruder, heating, kneading, melting, and further physical A foam layer-forming molten resin obtained by press-fitting and kneading a foaming agent and a surface layer-forming molten resin obtained by kneading the polyethylene resin (B) are introduced into a coextrusion die and merged and laminated. It is obtained by extrusion.
In addition, the surface layer may be laminated | stacked on the single side | surface, and may be laminated | stacked on both surfaces of the foaming layer.

The characteristic of the multilayer foam sheet of the present invention is that the amount of migration of organic substances such as low molecular weight components is extremely small while having antistatic performance.
For this purpose, the multilayer foamed sheet has a polyethylene resin surface layer laminated on the surface of a polyethylene resin foam layer containing a polymeric antistatic agent, and further comprises a polyethylene resin (A) and a foam resin As the polyethylene resin (B) constituting the surface layer, a polyethylene resin having a heptane extraction amount at 50 ° C. of 0.5% by weight or less is used. And the compounding quantity of the polymeric antistatic agent to a foaming layer is 3 to 15 weight% with respect to a total of 100 weight% of polyethylene-type resin (A) and a polymeric antistatic agent, A configuration in which the thickness is 2 to 10 μm is adopted. In the present invention, the combination of these configurations allows organic substances such as low molecular weight components contained in the polyethylene resin and the polymer type antistatic agent to be transferred to the package while allowing the antistatic performance to be expressed. It is suppressed.

The polyethylene resin (B) used for the surface layer is a resin having an ethylene component in the resin of 50 mol% or more, specifically, low density polyethylene (PE-LD), linear low density polyethylene. (PE-LLD), high density polyethylene (PE-HD), ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVAC), ethylene-methyl methacrylate copolymer (EMMA), ethylene-ethyl acrylate (EEAK), and these A mixture etc. are mentioned. In general, low-density polyethylene is a polyethylene resin density of less than 910 kg / ^{m 3} or more 930 kg / ^{m 3} having a long-chain branched structure, linear low density polyethylene, ethylene and 4 to 8 carbon atoms a polyethylene resin density copolymer is a substantially molecular chain is linear is less than 910 kg / ^{m 3} or more 930 kg / ^{m 3} and α- olefin, high density polyethylene has a density of 930 kg / m ³ or more polyethylene resins. Among these polyethylene resins, low density polyethylene is preferable from the viewpoint of buffering properties.

  In the present invention, the polyethylene resin (B) and the polyethylene resin (A) are required to be a resin having a heptane extraction amount at 50 ° C. of 0.5% by weight or less. Since both the polyethylene resin (A) and the polyethylene resin (B) are resins having a heptane extraction amount of 0.5% by weight or less, organic substances such as low molecular weight components contained in the polyethylene resin itself are covered. Transition to the package can be suppressed, and the foam sheet has a smaller amount of transition to the package. The low molecular weight component derived from the polyethylene resin (A) is transferred to the resin melt of the polyethylene resin (B) constituting the surface layer during the coextrusion. In order to suppress the transition, it is necessary to use not only a polyethylene resin (B) having a small amount of heptane extract but also a polyethylene resin (A) having a small amount of heptane extract. From this viewpoint, the amount of heptane extracted is preferably 0.4% by weight or less, more preferably 0.3% by weight or less, and particularly preferably 0.2% by weight or less.

  Examples of the polyethylene resin having a heptane extraction amount of 0.5% by weight or less include those obtained by extracting and removing low molecular weight components from the polyethylene resin with a solvent such as heptane. Moreover, what is manufactured using the slurry method and the solution method among the said polyethylene-type resin is mentioned. Polyethylene resins produced by the slurry method or solution method have low molecular weight components removed in the solvent removal process at the time of production, and extraction and removal treatment with a solvent such as heptane is not necessary. preferable. In addition, even if it is a polyethylene resin having a heptane extraction amount of more than 0.5% by weight, it can be reduced to 0.5% by weight or less as a whole by mixing with a polyethylene resin having a heptane extraction amount of 0.5% by weight or less. It can be used as long as it can.

The amount of heptane extracted can be determined as follows.
The polyethylene resin pellets are pulverized, and about 2 g of a 200 mesh pass pulverized sample is put into the flask, 400 ml of normal heptane is added, and the mixture is heated to reflux at 50 ° C. for 48 hours. The resulting solution is filtered and the solvent is removed from the fractionated residue under heating vacuum. The difference between the weight of the obtained residue and the weight of the introduced polyethylene resin is defined as the amount of n-heptane extraction, and the amount of the introduced polyethylene resin is converted as a reference and expressed in weight%.

  Since the polyethylene resin (B) is required to be laminated thinly and evenly on the surface of the foam layer, the melt mass flow rate (MFR) measured based on the condition D of JIS K7210-1999 is 1 to 30 g. / 10 minutes is preferable. In order to laminate | stack more uniformly, 1.5-20 g / 10min is preferable, and 2-15 g / 10min is still more preferable.

  In the multilayer foamed sheet of the present invention, the surface layer is laminated on the surface of the foamed layer containing the polymer type antistatic agent. The surface layer is made of a polyethylene-based resin, and the surface layer is substantially free of a polymer antistatic agent. However, in the range that does not hinder the intended purpose of the present invention to suppress the migration of organic substances such as low molecular weight components to the package, that is, the polyethylene resin and polymer antistatic agent used for the surface layer In the range where the amount of n-heptane extracted from the mixture is 0.5% by weight, a polymer type antistatic agent may be blended in the surface layer. The amount is approximately 1% by weight or less in the surface layer. Thereby, the transfer of the organic substance from the polymer type antistatic agent to the package is suppressed to a low level.

  Examples of the polyethylene resin (A) used for the foamed layer include the same ones as the polyethylene resin (B). However, the polyethylene resin (A) and the polyethylene resin (B) may be different resins.

  Furthermore, as the polyethylene resin (A), among the above-described polyethylene resins, those having a melt tension at 190 ° C. of 20 mN to 400 mN are preferable. From the viewpoint that it is easy to obtain a foam layer having a low apparent density, the melt tension at 190 ° C. is preferably 20 mN or more, more preferably 30 mN or more, and further preferably 40 mN or more. Further, from the viewpoint of easily obtaining a foamed layer having a low open cell ratio, the melt tension at 190 ° C. is preferably 400 mN or less, more preferably 300 mN or less, and further preferably 250 mN or less.

  The melt tension can be measured by, for example, a capillograph 1D manufactured by Toyo Seiki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. Specifically, a cylinder with a cylinder diameter of 9.55 mm and a length of 350 mm and an orifice with a nozzle diameter of 2.095 mm and a length of 8.0 mm were used. Place in the cylinder and let stand for 4 minutes, then push the molten resin out of the orifice into a string with a piston speed of 10 mm / min, put this string on a 45 mm diameter tension detection pulley, and take it off in 4 minutes. While increasing the take-up speed at a constant speed so that the speed reaches from 0 m / min to 200 m / min, the maximum value of the tension immediately before the string-like object breaks when the string-like object is taken up by the take-off roller. obtain. Here, the reason why the time until the take-up speed reaches 0 m / min to 200 m / min is set to 4 minutes is to suppress the thermal deterioration of the resin and increase the reproducibility of the obtained value. Using a different sample for the above operation, measuring a total of 10 times, removing the three values in order from the largest value of the maximum value obtained in 10 times, and the three values in order from the smallest value of the maximum value, The value obtained by arithmetically averaging the remaining four local maximum values is the melt tension (cN).

However, when the melt tension is measured by the method described above and the string-like material is not cut even when the take-up speed reaches 200 m / min, the melt tension obtained by setting the take-up speed to a constant speed of 200 m / min. The value of (cN) is adopted. Specifically, in the same manner as in the above measurement, the molten resin is extruded into a string from the orifice, and this string is put on a tension detection pulley, and a constant speed increase is made so that the speed reaches 0 m / min to 200 m / min in 4 minutes. Rotate the take-up roller while increasing the take-up speed, and wait until the rotation speed reaches 200 m / min. After the rotational speed reaches 200 m / min, the data acquisition of the melt tension is started, and the data acquisition is finished after 30 seconds. The average value (Tave) of the tension maximum value (Tmax) and the tension minimum value (Tmin) obtained from the tension load curve obtained during this 30 seconds is taken as the melt tension in the method of the present invention.
Here, the Tmax is a value obtained by dividing the total value of detected peak (peak) values in the tension load curve by the detected number, and the Tmin is detected in the tension load curve. It is a value obtained by dividing the total value of the dip (valley) values by the detected number. As a matter of course, when the molten resin is extruded into a string from the orifice in the above measurement, bubbles are prevented from entering the string as much as possible.

  A polymer type antistatic agent is blended in the polyethylene resin (A) constituting the foam layer. The blending amount is 3 to 15% by weight with respect to a total of 100% by weight of the polyethylene resin (A) constituting the foamed layer and the polymer antistatic agent. If the amount of the polymeric antistatic agent is too large, the low molecular weight component may permeate through the surface layer through the surface layer and migrate to the package, and the amount of the polymeric antistatic agent is The smaller the range in which the antistatic performance is expressed, the better. In the present invention, when the polymer type antistatic agent is blended in the foamed layer, the same antistatic effect can be obtained even with a smaller blending amount than when blended in the non-foamed layer. The reason for this is that when a polymer antistatic agent is blended in the foam layer, the polymer antistatic agent is not only oriented when the foam is widened and taken out, but also extruded from the die. It is conceivable that the polymer antistatic agent is oriented even when foaming. From this viewpoint, the upper limit of the amount of the polymeric antistatic agent is preferably 12% by weight, and more preferably 10% by weight. On the other hand, if the amount of the polymeric antistatic agent is too small, there is a possibility that sufficient antistatic performance cannot be obtained. From this viewpoint, the lower limit of the amount of the polymeric antistatic agent is preferably 4% by weight.

Specific examples of the polymer antistatic agent include a hydrophilic polymer having a volume resistivity of 1 × 10 ⁵ to 1 × 10 ¹¹ Ω · cm (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a hydrophilic polymer), and a hydrophilic polymer. Examples include block polymers of block and hydrophobic polymer blocks, ionomers, and the like. Examples of the hydrophilic polymer include polyether, cationic polymer, anionic polymer and the like. On the other hand, examples of the hydrophobic polymer block include polyolefin and polyamide. Examples of the bond between the hydrophilic polymer block and the hydrophobic polymer block include an ester bond, an amide bond, and an ether bond. Among these, in order to give an excellent antistatic effect and to suppress the deterioration of physical properties due to the addition of an antistatic agent, it has a polyether block as a hydrophilic polymer and a polyolefin block as a hydrophobic polymer block. A block copolymer having is preferred. Further, since the amount of the polymer type antistatic agent for obtaining a desired antistatic effect can be reduced, the amount of migration of the organic matter can be reduced, so that the surface resistivity is preferably 1 × 10 ⁷ Ω or less.

In the present invention, the surface layer needs to have a thickness of 2 to 10 μm. When the thickness is smaller than 2 μm, the migration of the low molecular weight component derived from the polymer antistatic agent contained in the foamed layer may not be suppressed by the surface layer. If it is larger than 10 μm, the distance between the foam layer containing the antistatic agent and the surface of the surface layer becomes large, and it becomes difficult to neutralize the charge generated on the surface layer surface. It becomes difficult to do.
The thickness of the foam layer can be adjusted by adjusting the discharge amount and the take-up speed.

  The thickness of the multilayer foamed sheet of the present invention is 10 mm or less from the viewpoint that when the multilayer foamed sheet is used as a packaging material or an interleaf, it has excellent cushioning properties and is easy to handle when packaging an article to be packaged. It is preferably 8 mm or less, more preferably 5 mm or less, and particularly preferably 2 mm or less. On the other hand, the thickness is preferably 0.05 mm or more, and more preferably 0.1 mm or more from the viewpoint of obtaining sufficient buffering properties when the multilayer foamed sheet is used particularly for applications requiring buffering properties.

The method for measuring the thickness of the surface layer and the thickness of the multilayer foamed sheet is as follows.
First, the multilayer foamed sheet was cut perpendicularly to the direction perpendicular to the extrusion direction, and the thickness of the cut surface was photographed at 10 points in the width direction at equal intervals with a microscope, and the surface layer at each photographed point of the multilayer foamed sheet The thickness is measured, and the arithmetic average value of the obtained values is defined as the thickness of the surface layer and the thickness of the multilayer foam sheet. Note that either the foam layer or the surface layer can be colored so that the thickness of the surface layer can be easily measured.
In addition, when manufacturing a multilayer foamed sheet, the thickness [μm] of the surface layer includes the discharge amount X [kg / hour] of the surface layer and the width W [m] of the obtained multilayer foamed sheet among the extrusion foaming conditions. When the length L [m / hour] per unit time of the obtained multilayer foam sheet is known, the density (ρ [g / cm ³ ] of the polyethylene resin constituting the surface layer is used, and the following (1 ) Equation.
Surface layer thickness [μm] = [1000 × X × ρ / (L × W)] (1)

The apparent density of the multilayer foamed sheet of the present invention is preferably 15 to 300 kg / m ³ . When the apparent density of the multilayer foamed sheet is in the above range, the balance between strength and buffering properties is excellent.該見seat Density From this point of view is preferably from 18 kg / ^{m 3} or more, 20 kg / ^{m 3} or more, and on the other hand,該見seat density is preferably less than 300 kg / ^{m 3,} more preferably 250 kg / ^{m 3} or less, 200 kg / m ³ or less is more preferable.

In the present invention, the method for measuring the apparent density of the multilayer foamed sheet is as follows. First, the thickness of the multilayer foamed sheet is measured by the method described above, and then the basis weight is measured. The basis weight [g / m ² ] of the multilayer foamed sheet was determined by cutting out a test piece having a width of 10 cm × the thickness of the multilayer foamed sheet over the entire width of the multilayer foamed sheet and measuring the mass [g] of the specimen, It is obtained by dividing the mass by [m ² : sheet width (m) × 0.1 m]. Furthermore, the apparent density [kg / m ³ ] of the multilayer foamed sheet can be determined by dividing the calculated basis weight [g / m ² ] by the thickness [mm] of the multilayer foamed sheet and converting the unit.

In the multilayer foam sheet of the present invention, the closed cell ratio is preferably 10% or more, more preferably 20% or more.
The closed cell ratio of the polyethylene-based resin foam sheet: S (%) is measured using an air comparison type hydrometer 930 type manufactured by Toshiba Beckman Co., Ltd. in accordance with Procedure C described in ASTM D2856-70. The actual volume of the foamed sheet (the sum of the volume of the closed cells and the volume of the resin part): Vx (L) can be obtained by calculation according to the following equation (2).

S (%) = (Vx−W / ρ) × 100 / (Va−W / ρ) (2)
However, Va, W, and ρ in the above equation (2) are as follows. Va: Apparent volume of foam sheet used for measurement (cm ³ )
W: Mass of the foam sheet in the test piece (g)
ρ: Density of resin constituting the foam sheet (g / cm ³ )

  The multilayer foamed sheet of the present invention has antistatic properties. Specifically, in order to be used as a packaging material or a slip sheet of an electronic device or its material, the half-life of the initial voltage on the surface layer side is preferably 60 seconds or less, more preferably 30 seconds or less. . The half-life is a value measured according to A method (half-life measurement method) of JIS L1094-1988. Specifically, a test piece (length 40 mm × width 40 mm × thickness: thickness of object to be measured) cut out from the multilayer foamed sheet was allowed to stand for 36 hours in an atmosphere at a temperature of 23 ° C. and a relative humidity of 50%. After adjusting the state, in accordance with method A of JIS L1094 (1988), the turntable rotation speed was 1300 rpm, and after applying for 30 seconds under the condition of (+) 10 kV or (−) 10 kV, the application was stopped, Time until the initial charged voltage decays to ½: A half-life (second) is obtained. The initial charging voltage is preferably within ± 2.0 kV, more preferably within ± 1.5 kV.

In the multilayer foam sheet of the present invention, when a sufficient antistatic effect is required, the surface resistivity on the surface layer side is preferably less than 1 × 10 ¹⁴ Ω, and preferably 1 × 10 ⁸ to More preferably, it is 1 × 10 ¹³ (Ω). The surface resistivity of the multilayer foamed sheet is a value measured according to JIS K6271 (2001). That is, a test piece (100 mm long × 100 mm wide × thickness: thickness of measurement object) cut out from a multilayer foamed sheet as a measurement object is left for 24 hours in an atmosphere at a temperature of 23 ° C. and a relative humidity of 50%. Then, under the condition of an applied voltage of 500 V, voltage application is started on the surface layer side of the test piece, and the surface resistivity after 1 minute is measured.

Next, the preferable example of the manufacturing method of the polyethylene-type resin multilayer foam sheet of this invention is demonstrated.
The laminated foam sheet of the present invention is produced by laminating a polyethylene resin surface layer on one or both sides of a polyethylene resin foam layer containing a polymer antistatic agent by a coextrusion method. Specifically, a coextrusion die is attached to the outlet of the foam layer forming extruder, and a device in which the surface layer forming extruder is connected to the coextrusion die, in the coextrusion die, A multilayer foamed sheet is produced by joining the resin melt for forming the foam layer and the resin melt for forming the surface layer and then performing extrusion foaming.

  First, the polyethylene-based resin (A), a polymeric antistatic agent, and additives such as an air-conditioning agent blended as necessary are supplied to a foaming layer forming extruder, heated and kneaded, and then physically added. A foaming agent is press-fitted into a resin melt for forming a foam layer.

  On the other hand, the polyethylene resin (B) is supplied to an extruder for forming a surface layer, heated and kneaded to obtain a resin melt for forming a surface layer.

  The foamed layer-forming resin melt is cooled to an appropriate foaming temperature, the surface layer-forming resin melt is cooled as close as possible to the appropriate foaming temperature of the foamed layer, and both are introduced into a coextrusion die. In the die for molding, the resin melt for forming the foam layer and the resin melt for forming the surface layer are merged, and the resin melt for forming the surface layer is laminated on at least one side of the resin melt for forming the foam layer, A multilayer foamed sheet is obtained by performing coextrusion and taking out the foamed layer forming resin melt while foaming to form a surface layer on the surface of the foamed layer.

  There are two methods for forming a multilayer foam sheet by co-extrusion: a co-extrusion method using a flat die for co-extrusion, and a co-extrusion method using a co-extrusion annular die to form a cylindrical multilayer foam. Then, there is a method in which the tubular multilayer foam is cut along the columnar widening device while being widened, and cut into a sheet-like multilayer foam sheet. Among these, a method using an annular die for coextrusion is a preferable method because it can suppress the generation of a corrugated pattern called a corrugate and can control the heat shrinkage rate of the multilayer foamed sheet within a preferable range.

  As the extruder, the co-extrusion annular die, the cylindrical widening device, the device for opening the cylindrical multilayer foam, etc., known ones conventionally used in the field of extrusion foaming can be used.

  Examples of the physical foaming agent that is press-fitted into the extruder include aliphatic hydrocarbons having 2 to 7 carbon atoms, halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, aliphatic alcohols having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or Those composed of one or more selected from aliphatic ethers having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, carbon dioxide and the like are preferably used.

  The physical foaming agent is preferably 0.1 to 50 parts by weight, more preferably 100 parts by weight in total of the resin constituting the foamed layer such as polyethylene resin (A) and the polymer antistatic agent. Is 0.5 to 30 parts by weight.

A foam regulator is usually added to the foamed layer forming resin melt. As the bubble adjusting agent, either an organic type or an inorganic type can be used. Examples of the inorganic foam regulator include borate metal salts such as zinc borate, magnesium borate, borax, sodium chloride, aluminum hydroxide, talc, zeolite, silica, calcium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, and the like. Examples of the organic bubble regulator include sodium 2,2-methylenebis (4,6-tert-butylphenyl) phosphate, sodium benzoate, calcium benzoate, aluminum benzoate, and sodium stearate.
A combination of citric acid and sodium bicarbonate, a mono-alkali salt of citric acid and sodium bicarbonate, or the like can also be used as the bubble regulator. These bubble regulators can be used in combination of two or more.

  It is preferable to add a volatile plasticizer to the resin melt for forming the surface layer. When the surface layer forming resin melt and the foam layer forming resin melt are coextruded by adding a volatile plasticizer, the extrusion temperature of the surface layer forming resin melt is set to the appropriate foaming temperature of the foam layer. Even if it approaches, the melt elongation of the resin melt for surface layer formation at this temperature can be remarkably improved, and the elongation of the resin melt for surface layer formation can follow the elongation of the resin melt for foam layer formation.

  The volatile plasticizer volatilizes and disappears from the multilayer foam sheet after the multilayer foam sheet is manufactured. The volatile plasticizer reduces the melt viscosity of the polyethylene-based resin in a state where it is present in the surface layer forming resin melt, and can form a resin melt suitable for coextrusion, After extrusion foaming, it volatilizes from the surface layer, disappears easily from the surface layer, does not remain in the multilayer foam sheet, and is preferable because there is very little possibility of causing migration.

Examples of the volatile plasticizer include saturated hydrocarbons having 2 to 7 carbon atoms, halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, aliphatic alcohols having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or 2 to 8 carbon atoms. Those composed of one kind or two or more kinds selected from aliphatic ethers are preferably used.
Examples of the saturated hydrocarbon having 2 to 7 carbon atoms exemplified in the volatile plasticizer include ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutane, normal pentane, isopentane, isohexane, cyclohexane and heptane.

  Examples of the halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 1 to 3 carbon atoms include methyl chloride, ethyl chloride, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, and 1,1-difluoroethane.

  Examples of the aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms include methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, isopropyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, sec-butyl alcohol, and tert-butyl alcohol.

  Examples of the aliphatic ether having 2 to 8 carbon atoms include methyl ether, ethyl ether, propyl ether, isopropyl ether, methyl ethyl ether, methyl propyl ether, methyl isopropyl ether, methyl butyl ether, methyl isobutyl ether, and methyl amyl ether. Methyl isoamyl ether, ethyl propyl ether, ethyl isopropyl ether, ethyl butyl ether, ethyl isobutyl ether, ethyl amyl ether, ethyl isoamyl ether, vinyl ether, allyl ether, methyl vinyl ether, methyl allyl ether, ethyl vinyl ether, ethyl allyl ether.

  The boiling point of the volatile plasticizer is preferably 80 ° C. or less, and more preferably 60 ° C. or less because it easily volatilizes from the surface layer. When the boiling point of the volatile plasticizer is within this range, the volatile plasticizer is volatilized naturally from the surface layer by the heat after co-extrusion and the subsequent gas permeation at room temperature. The lower limit of the boiling point is approximately -50 ° C.

  The addition amount of the volatile plasticizer is preferably 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, more preferably 1 to 50 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyethylene resin (B).

  The polyethylene-based resin multilayer foam sheet of the present invention has antistatic properties and suppresses the amount of organic matter transferred to the package, so that it can be used for electronic devices such as slip sheets for glass panels for liquid crystal panels and its materials. It can be suitably used as a packaging material.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples.
The polyethylene resin used in the examples, the bubble regulator, and the evaluation method are described below.

(1) Polyethylene resin (i) “Low density polyethylene: trade name NUC8321” (abbreviation: LDPE1, density: 922 kg / m ³ , MFR: 1.9 g / 10 min, melting point: 111 ° C., heptane extraction amount: 1 .15% by weight)
(Ii) “Low density polyethylene: Trade name 10S54A” manufactured by Tosoh Corporation (abbreviation LDPE2, density 925 kg / m ³ , MFR 1.8 g / 10 min, melting point 111 ° C., heptane extract 0.15% by weight)
(Iii) “High Density Polyethylene: Trade Name Nipolon Hard 2500” manufactured by Tosoh Corporation (density 961 kg / m ³ , MFR 8.0 g / 10 min, melting point 134 ° C., heptane extract 0.2% by weight)
(Iv) The LDPE1 was immersed in n-heptane at 50 ° C. for 48 hours to extract low molecular weight components (abbreviation LDPE3, density 922 kg / m ³ , MFR 1.7 g / 10 min, melting point 111 ° C., heptane extract amount 0% by weight)

  The amount of heptane extracted from the polyethylene resin was determined by the method described above. In addition, the heptane extraction amount of the mixed resin in Table 1 is the n-heptane extraction amount of the mixed resin kneaded at 200 ° C. with an extruder.

(2) Polymer type antistatic agent (i) “Polyether-polypropylene olefin block copolymer: Peletron HS (melting point: 134 ° C., surface resistivity: 2.0 × 10 ⁶ Ω) manufactured by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. (abbreviation) PAA1)
(Ii) Polymer type antistatic agent VL300
“Polyether-polypropylene olefin block copolymer: trade name: Perestat VL300” (melting point 133 ° C., surface resistivity 1.2 × 10 ⁸ Ω) (abbreviation PAA2) manufactured by Sanyo Chemical Industries

(3) Bubble regulator “Talc: Product name High Filler # 12” manufactured by Matsumura Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Equipment As an extruder for forming a foam layer, a tandem extruder in which a first extruder having a diameter of 90 mm and a second extruder having a diameter of 120 mm are connected in series is used as an extruder for forming a surface layer. A third extruder having a diameter of 50 mm was used, and an apparatus in which the outlet of the second extruder and the outlet of the third extruder were connected to an annular die for coextrusion was used. The annular die for coextrusion has a structure in which the melt for forming the surface layer is merged and laminated on both sides of the melt for forming the foam layer at the middle part of the die, and the diameter of the lip at the die exit is 94 mm. In Example 5, a die exit lip having a diameter of 70 mm was used.

Example 1
The polymer type antistatic agent shown in Table 1 is blended with the polyethylene resin (A) shown in Table 1 in the amount shown in Table 1, and talc (trade name “High Filler # 12” manufactured by Matsumura Sangyo Co., Ltd.) is added thereto. The raw material blended by 1 part by weight was supplied to the raw material inlet of the first extruder, heated and kneaded to obtain a molten resin mixture adjusted to about 200 ° C. Table 1 shows the molten resin mixture as a physical foaming agent. An amount of mixed butane (normal butane / isobutane = 70% by weight / 30% by weight) was injected and then fed to a second extruder connected downstream of the first extruder to obtain the resin temperature shown in Table 2. A resin melt for forming a polyethylene resin foam layer was obtained.

  At the same time, the polyethylene resin (B) shown in Table 1 is supplied to the raw material charging port of the third extruder, heated and melted to obtain a molten resin mixture adjusted to about 200 ° C., and a volatile plasticizer is added to the molten resin mixture. As shown in Table 2, mixed butane (normal butane / isobutane = 70% by weight / 30% by weight) in the amount shown in Table 2 is injected, and then the resin temperature is adjusted to the resin temperature shown in Table 1 to form a polyethylene-based surface layer resin melt. Got.

  Each of the resin melt for forming a surface layer and the resin melt for forming a foam layer is introduced into a co-extrusion annular die at a discharge amount shown in Table 1, and the resin melt for forming a surface layer is formed into a resin for forming a foam layer The melt was laminated on both sides of the melt and coextruded from an annular die to form a cylindrical multilayer foam having surface layers laminated on the inner and outer surfaces of the foam layer. While the extruded cylindrical laminated foam was widened with a cylindrical widening apparatus having a diameter of 350 mm, the take-up speed was adjusted to obtain the total basis weight shown in Table 3 to obtain a polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet.

Example 2
A polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that those shown in Table 1 were used as the polyethylene-based resin for forming the foam layer and the surface layer.

Example 3
A polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that those shown in Table 1 were used as the polyethylene-based resin for forming the foam layer and the surface layer.

Example 4
A polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the discharge amount was changed as shown in Table 1 so that the thickness of the surface layer shown in Table 4 was obtained.

Example 5
Using a co-extrusion annular die with a lip diameter of 70 mm, using the raw materials shown in Table 1 as the polyethylene resin (A), press-fitting mixed butane as the foaming agent in the amount shown in Table 1, and adjusting the resin temperature shown in Table 1 The raw material shown in Table 1 is used as the polyethylene resin (B), mixed butane is injected as a volatile plasticizer in the amount shown in Table 1, the resin temperature shown in Table 1 is adjusted, and the foamed layer forming molten resin and surface The molten resin for layer formation is coextruded at the discharge amount shown in Table 1 to form a cylindrical laminated foam, and the basis weight shown in Table 3 along the cylindrical cooling device having a diameter of 212 mm. A polyethylene resin multilayer foam sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the take-up speed was adjusted to obtain a polyethylene resin foam sheet.

Comparative Example 1
A polyethylene-based resin foam sheet consisting only of a foam layer containing a polymer antistatic agent was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the surface layer was not laminated.
Although the obtained foamed sheet was excellent in antistatic property, it did not have a surface layer, so that the migration amount of the low molecular weight component derived from the polymer antistatic agent was large.

Comparative Example 2
Example 1 except that the surface layer thickness was set to the thickness shown in Table 4, and the discharge amount and take-up speed of the foamed layer forming molten resin and the surface layer forming molten resin were adjusted to the total basis weight shown in Table 4. Similarly, a polyethylene resin multilayer foamed sheet was obtained.
The obtained multilayer foamed sheet had a large migration amount of the low molecular weight component derived from the polymer antistatic agent because the surface layer was too thin.

Comparative Example 3
A polyethylene resin multilayer foamed sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the polymer type antistatic agent in the amount shown in Table 2 was blended.
The obtained multilayer foamed sheet was inferior in antistatic property because the blending amount of the antistatic agent was too small.

Comparative Example 4
A polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the polymer type antistatic agent was added to the foam layer forming resin in the amount shown in Table 2.
The obtained multilayer foamed sheet had a large amount of migration of the low molecular weight component because the amount of the antistatic agent was too large.

Comparative Example 5
As the polyethylene resin (A) and the polyethylene resin (B), a polyethylene resin foamed sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the resin having a large amount of heptane extraction shown in Table 2 was used.
The obtained foamed sheet had a large migration amount of the low molecular weight component derived from the polyethylene resin.

Comparative Example 6
As the polyethylene resin (A), a polyethylene resin multilayer foamed sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the resin having a large amount of heptane extraction shown in Table 2 was used.
The obtained multilayer foamed sheet had a large migration amount of the low molecular weight component derived from the polyethylene resin and was inferior in migration resistance.

Comparative Example 7
The foam layer uses a resin with a large amount of heptane extraction shown in Table 2 as the polyethylene resin (A), does not contain a polymer type antistatic agent, and the surface layer shows a polyethylene resin (B) in Table 2. A polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a resin and a polymer type antistatic agent of the type and blending amount shown in Table 2 were blended.
The obtained multilayer foamed sheet was excellent in antistatic properties, but had a large amount of migration of low molecular weight components.

Comparative Example 8
Polyethylene resin multilayer as in Example 1, except that the foamed layer was not blended with a polymer antistatic agent and the surface layer was blended with a polymer antistatic agent of the type and blending amount shown in Table 2. A foam sheet was obtained.
The obtained multilayer foamed sheet was excellent in antistatic properties, but had a large migration amount of low molecular weight components derived from the polymer type antistatic agent.

  The production conditions of the examples are shown in Table 1, and the production conditions of the comparative examples are shown in Table 2. Table 3 shows the physical properties of the multilayer foamed sheets obtained in the examples, and Table 4 shows the physical properties of the multilayer foamed sheets obtained in the comparative examples.

Various physical property measurements and evaluations in Tables 3 and 4 were performed as follows.
(1) Apparent density, basis weight, overall thickness, and thickness of the surface layer were measured as described above.

(3) Initial charging voltage and half-life initial charging voltage were measured by randomly cutting 5 sheets of 45 mm × 45 mm size (thickness is the thickness of the laminated sheet) from the foamed sheet, and using these as test pieces at 23 ° C., 50 After conditioning for 24 hours in a% RH environment, using a static Honest Meter (TIPE S-5109, manufactured by Sisid Electrostatics Co., Ltd.) at 23 ° C. and 50% RH in accordance with JIS L1094 (1988) A method. The turntable rotation speed was 1300 rpm, a voltage of (−) 10 kV was applied to the surface of the test piece for 30 seconds, and the initial voltage when the application was stopped was measured. Subsequently, the time (half-life) until it became 1/2 of the initial charging voltage was measured. These measurements were performed on both sides of each test piece (10 times in total), and each measured value was averaged to obtain an initial charging voltage and a half-life.

(4) Surface resistivity A test piece (length 100 mm × width 100 mm × thickness: thickness of the test piece) obtained by randomly cutting out three pieces from the multilayer foamed sheet was used as a sample. In accordance with JIS K6271 (2001), a surface resistance value 1 minute after application at an applied voltage of 500 V was adopted. The measurement was performed on both sides of the test piece (6 times in total), and the surface resistivity was obtained from the average value of the obtained measurement values. As a measuring apparatus, “TR8601” manufactured by Takeda Riken Kogyo Co., Ltd. was used. The surface resistivity of the polymer antistatic agent is a value measured using a test piece obtained by heat-pressing the antistatic agent at 200 ° C. to 0.1 mm.

(5) Migrating evaluation In advance, the contact angle of Preclin slide glass manufactured by Matsunami Glass Industry Co., Ltd. was evaluated using a contact angle meter DM500R manufactured by Kyowa Interface Science Co., Ltd. based on the sessile drop method described in JIS-R3257-1999. did. The sample to be evaluated on the slide glass (foamed sheet obtained in Examples / Comparative Examples) was allowed to stand at 60 ° C. for 24 hours while closely contacting with a pressure of 3.8 g / cm ² . Thereafter, the sample was removed from the glass, and the contact angle was again measured in the same manner for the surface on which the sample was in contact.
A case where the difference between the contact angles before and after the test was 10 ° or less was evaluated as ○, and a case where the contact angle exceeded 10 ° was evaluated as x.

Claims (4)

A molten resin for forming a foam layer formed by kneading a polyethylene resin (A), a polymer-type antistatic agent and a physical foaming agent, and a molten resin for forming a surface layer formed by kneading a polyethylene resin (B) are used together. A multilayer foam sheet obtained by extruding and having a surface layer laminated on at least one side of a foam layer,
Both the polyethylene resin (A) and the polyethylene resin (B) are polyethylene resins having an n-heptane extraction amount at 50 ° C. of 0.5% by weight or less,
The blending amount of the polymer antistatic agent in the foamed layer is 3 to 15% by weight with respect to 100% by weight in total of the polyethylene resin (A) and the polymer antistatic agent,
A polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet, wherein the surface layer has a thickness of 2 to 10 μm. 2. The polyethylene-based resin multilayer foam sheet according to claim 1, wherein a surface resistivity of the multilayer foam sheet on the surface layer side is less than 1 × 10 ¹⁴ Ω. The polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an apparent density of the multilayer foamed sheet is 15 to 300 kg / m ³ . A paper sheet for glass plates comprising the polyethylene-based resin multilayer foamed sheet according to any one of claims 1 to 3.