JP2016194720A - Laminated film, method for producing laminated film, method for producing polarizing laminated film, and method for producing polarizing plate - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laminated film which is a laminated film having a resin layer formed of a polyvinyl alcohol resin formed on a substrate film, and prevents generation of optical uneven streaks when assembled in a polarizing plate; a method for producing the laminated film; a method for producing a polarizing laminated film from the laminated film; and a method for producing a polarizing plate from the laminated film.SOLUTION: A laminated film has a resin layer formed of a polyvinyl alcohol resin having an average value of thicknesses in a width direction of 10 μm or less formed on a long-sized substrate film having a tensile elastic modulus at 80°C of 180 MPa or more, a maximum amplitude of the thickness in the width direction of the resin layer measured at measuring intervals of 0.05-2 mm by an interference film thickness gauge is 1.3 μm or less, a value of the maximum amplitude in a period of 30-70 mm when film thickness distribution in the width direction of the resin layer has been subjected to fast Fourier transformation is 0.09 or less, and the substrate film is a film which is peeled later.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a laminated film, a method for producing a laminated film, a method for producing a polarizing laminated film, and a method for producing a polarizing plate.

  Conventional polarizers are produced by stretching and dyeing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film (usually about 30 to 75 μm), and the thickness of the stretched film is usually about 12 to 30 μm. When a film of 30 μm or less is used as the original film of polyvinyl alcohol resin for thinning, there is a problem of productivity such that the film is easily broken during stretching.

  Therefore, in order to cope with the recent thinning of the polarizing plate, a method of coating an aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin on a base film has been proposed. In this method, after a resin film made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin is formed by coating an aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin on a base film to obtain a laminated film, the laminated film is stretched and dyed. By performing the treatment, a polarizing layer is obtained by imparting a polarizing function to a resin layer made of polyvinyl alcohol resin (Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  In the polarizing plate obtained from the method of coating an aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin on the base film, there is a problem that optical unevenness occurs in the polarizing plate. There is a similar problem in a polarizing plate obtained from an original film of polyvinyl alcohol resin, and it has been found that the cause is uneven thickness of the original film of polyvinyl alcohol resin (Patent Document 3).

  However, in the method of coating an aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin on the base film, the thickness of the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is measured by the following two methods, and an accurate polyvinyl alcohol resin is obtained. It was difficult to measure the thickness unevenness as well as the thickness of the resin layer. For this reason, it has not been possible to find the cause of optical unevenness and to find a method for controlling the cause.

(Method 1) A method in which a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin is peeled off from a base film, and the thickness of the peeled polyvinyl alcohol resin layer is measured. In this method, a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin may be stretched during peeling.
(Method 2) The thickness of the laminated film before peeling the resin layer made of polyvinyl alcohol resin and the thickness of the base film after peeling are measured, and the thickness of the resin layer made of polyvinyl alcohol resin is determined from the difference. How to calculate. In this method, the measurement position may be shifted.

JP 2011-150313 A JP 2012-159778 A JP 2002-28941 A

  The present invention is a laminated film in which a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is formed on a base film, and does not generate optical stripes when incorporated in a polarizing plate, and a method for producing such a laminated film It aims at providing the method of manufacturing a polarizing laminated film from this laminated film, and the method of manufacturing a polarizing plate from this laminated film.

The present invention includes the following.
[1] A laminated film in which a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is formed on a long base film,
A laminated film having a maximum amplitude of thickness in the width direction of the resin layer of 2.0 μm or less.
[2] The laminated film according to [1], wherein the periodic strength of the film thickness distribution in the width direction of the resin layer is 0.09 or less.
[3] The laminated film according to [1] or [2], in which an average value of thicknesses in the width direction of the resin layer is 10 μm or less.
[4] The method for producing a laminated film according to any one of [1] to [3], comprising the following steps (1-1) and (2-1).
Process (1-1) The coating process process (2-1) which coats the aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-type resin on a base film, forms a coating layer, and obtains the base film which has a coating layer ) A substrate film having a coating layer is conveyed to a drying zone, and in the drying zone, the coating layer is dried while supporting the substrate film having the coating layer by at least one guide roll, and polyvinyl alcohol is obtained. The drying process [5] which forms the resin layer which consists of resin of a type | system | group, and includes the following process (1-2) and process (2-2), It is in any one of [1]-[3] A method for producing a laminated film.
Process (1-2) Coating process process (2-2) which coats the aqueous solution containing polyvinyl alcohol-type resin on a base film, forms a coating layer, and obtains the base film which has a coating layer (2-2) ) By transporting the substrate film having the coating layer to the drying zone in a floating manner, the coating layer is dried to form a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a thickness of 10 μm or less to obtain a laminated film A drying process,
The manufacturing method of the polarizing laminated film including the drying process [6] below process (3) and process (4) whose dew point of the atmosphere in the said drying zone is 50 degrees C or less.
Step (3) Stretching step (4) for uniaxially stretching the laminated film according to any one of [1] to [3] to obtain a stretched laminated film (4) Dyeing the stretched laminated film and having a polarizer layer and a substrate film Dyeing process [7] for obtaining a polarizing laminate film A method for producing a polarizing plate comprising the following steps (3) to (6).
Step (3) Stretching step (4) for uniaxially stretching the laminated film according to any one of [1] to [3] to obtain a stretched laminated film (4) Dyeing the stretched laminated film and having a polarizer layer and a substrate film Dyeing process step (5) for obtaining a polarizing laminate film Pasting step step (6) for obtaining a multilayer film by laminating a transparent protective film on the polarizer layer in the polarizing laminate film Peeling the substrate film from the multilayer film And the peeling process [8] which obtains the polarizing plate which has a polarizer and a transparent protective film The manufacturing method of the sheet body of a polarizing plate including the following processes (7).
Process (7) The cutting process of obtaining the sheet body of a polarizing plate by cutting the polarizing plate as described in [7] into a rectangle.

  According to the laminated film of the present invention, a polarizing plate without optical stripes can be obtained.

It is the schematic which shows an example of the method of supporting the base film which has a coating layer with a guide roll. It is the schematic which shows an example of the method of supporting the base film which has a coating layer with a guide roll. It is the schematic which shows an example of the method of supporting the base film which has a coating layer with a guide roll. It is the schematic which shows an example of the method of supporting the base film which has a coating layer in the state which floated in the air.

  The inventors measured the film thickness of a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin with an interference film thickness meter, so that the cause of optical unevenness is the width in the resin layer made of a long polyvinyl alcohol-based resin. It has been found that the maximum amplitude of the thickness in the direction is greater than 2.0 μm. In the measurement of the thickness by the interference film thickness meter, it is not necessary to peel the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol resin from the base film as in the prior art, and the measurement position is not shifted. For this reason, the thickness of the resin layer which consists of a polyvinyl alcohol-type resin can be measured correctly.

  Therefore, the maximum amplitude in the width direction in the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol resin included in the laminated film of the present invention is 2.0 μm or less. The maximum amplitude is preferably 1.7 μm or less, more preferably 1.5 μm or less, and even more preferably 1.3 μm or less in that optical streaks can be further suppressed. Usually, the maximum amplitude is 0.2 μm or more.

  In this specification, the width direction means a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the long laminated film and parallel to the laminated film surface. When the laminated film is manufactured by a roll-to-roll method, the width direction is perpendicular to the conveying direction (MD direction) of the laminated film and coincides with the direction parallel to the laminated film surface, that is, the TD direction. Of course, the length direction coincides with the MD direction. When the laminated film of the present invention is subjected to a treatment including a stretching treatment and a dyeing treatment to obtain a polarizing laminated film, the normal stretching direction coincides with the length direction of the laminated film, and the polarizing laminated film The absorption axis direction coincides with the length direction of the laminated film. This relationship is the same even in a polarizing plate in which a transparent protective film is bonded to a polarizing laminated film and a base film is peeled off, and the same is true even in a single wafer cut into a predetermined size. It is.

  In the present specification, the maximum amplitude means a value measured by the following method. First, the thickness in the width direction of the laminated film is measured with an interference film thickness meter so that the measurement interval is 0.05 mm or more and 2 mm or less. If it is the said measurement space | interval, the difference of the thickness amplitude which causes an optical stripe unevenness can be detected correctly. The thickness is measured over the entire width in the width direction of the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol resin in the laminated film. When the thickness is measured for only a part of the resin layer made of polyvinyl alcohol resin in the width direction, there is a possibility that a difference in thickness amplitude that causes optical unevenness cannot be detected. In the thickness profile in the width direction thus obtained, the magnitude of the difference between the largest peak and the largest valley is called the maximum amplitude.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the resin layer which consists of polyvinyl alcohol-type resin does not have a periodic structure in the profile of the thickness of the width direction at the point that an optical stripe can be suppressed more. Therefore, in the laminated film of the present invention, the periodic strength of the film thickness distribution in the width direction of the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is preferably 0.09 or less, more preferably 0.065 or less. More preferably, it is 050 or less. The periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution in the normal width direction is 0.00 or more. In the present invention, the periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution means a value obtained by the following method. First, the thickness profile in the width direction obtained as described above is subjected to fast Fourier transform. Of the wave number spectrum thus obtained, the periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution refers to the value of the maximum amplitude in the region where the period is 30 to 70 mm.

  Hereinafter, the manufacturing method of the laminated film of this invention, the manufacturing method of a light-polarizing laminated film, and the manufacturing method of a polarizing plate are demonstrated.

  The laminated film of the present invention can be produced by the following step (1-1) and step (2-1), or step including step (1-2) and step (2-2). Hereinafter, each step will be described. In this specification, the step (1-1) and the step (1-2) may be collectively referred to as a step (1). In this specification, the step (2-1) and the step (2-2) may be collectively referred to as a step (2).

Process (1-1) The coating process process (2-1) which coats the aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-type resin on a base film, forms a coating layer, and obtains the base film which has a coating layer ) A drying step of transporting a substrate film having a coating layer to a drying zone to dry the coating layer to form a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin to obtain a laminated film, wherein the drying zone In the drying process, the substrate film having the coating layer is conveyed by at least one guide roll

Process (1-2) Coating process process (2-2) which coats the aqueous solution containing polyvinyl alcohol-type resin on a base film, forms a coating layer, and obtains the base film which has a coating layer (2-2) ) By transporting the substrate film having the coating layer to the drying zone in a floating manner, the coating layer is dried to form a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a thickness of 10 μm or less to obtain a laminated film A drying process wherein the dew point in the drying zone is 50 ° C. or less

[Step (1)]
In the step (1), an aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is applied on the base film. In particular, in the step (1-2), an aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is applied on the base film so that the thickness when the step (2-2) is performed is 10 μm or less.

[Base film]
As the resin constituting the base film, thermoplastic resins excellent in transparency, mechanical strength, thermal stability, stretchability, etc. are preferably used, depending on their glass transition temperature (Tg) or melting point (Tm). Thus, an appropriate resin can be selected. Specific examples of thermoplastic resins include polyolefin resins, polyester resins, cyclic polyolefin resins (norbornene resins), (meth) acrylic resins, cellulose ester resins, polycarbonate resins, polyvinyl alcohol resins, vinyl acetate. Resin, polyarylate resin, polystyrene resin, polyethersulfone resin, polysulfone resin, polyamide resin, polyimide resin, and mixtures and copolymers thereof.

  The base film may be a single layer film using only one kind of the above-described resin, or may be a blend of two or more kinds of resins. Of course, a multilayer film may be formed instead of a single layer film.

  The polyolefin-based resin is a polymer having a chain olefin such as ethylene or propylene as a main monomer. Further, a propylene-ethylene copolymer obtained by copolymerizing propylene with ethylene can also be used. Copolymerization is possible with monomers other than ethylene, and examples of other monomers copolymerizable with propylene include α-olefins. The α-olefin copolymerized with propylene has 4 or more carbon atoms, and preferably an α-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms. Specific examples of the α-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms include linear monoolefins such as 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 1-heptene, 1-octene and 1-decene; Branched monoolefins such as methyl-1-butene, 3-methyl-1-pentene and 4-methyl-1-pentene; vinylcyclohexane and the like. The copolymer of propylene and other monomers copolymerizable therewith may be a random copolymer or a block copolymer. The content of the structural unit derived from the other monomer in the copolymer is determined by infrared (IR) spectrum according to the method described on page 616 of “Polymer Analysis Handbook” (1995, published by Kinokuniya). It can be obtained by measurement. The polyolefin-based resin is preferably used as a base film in the present invention because it is easily stretched stably at a high magnification.

  Among polyolefin resins, propylene resins are preferred, and examples thereof include propylene homopolymer, propylene-ethylene random copolymer, propylene-1-butene random copolymer, and propylene-ethylene-1-butene random copolymer. Etc.

  The stereoregularity of the propylene-based resin is preferably substantially isotactic or syndiotactic. A film made of a propylene-based resin having substantially isotactic or syndiotactic stereoregularity has relatively good handleability and excellent mechanical strength in a high temperature environment.

  The polyester-based resin is a polymer having an ester bond, and specifically, is often composed of a polycondensate of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol. The polyvalent carboxylic acid used here is mainly a dicarboxylic acid, that is, a divalent carboxylic acid, or a lower alkyl ester thereof, and examples thereof include terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, dimethyl terephthalate, and dimethyl naphthalenedicarboxylate. . The polyhydric alcohol used is also mainly a diol, that is, a divalent alcohol, and examples thereof include propanediol, butanediol, neopentylglycol, and cyclohexanedimethanol.

A typical example of the polyester resin is polyethylene terephthalate which is a polycondensate of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. Polyethylene terephthalate is a crystalline resin, but the one in a state before crystallization treatment is more easily subjected to treatment such as stretching. If necessary, it can be crystallized during stretching or by heat treatment after stretching.
Further, a copolymerized polyester having a crystallinity lowered (or made amorphous) by further copolymerizing another monomer with a polyethylene terephthalate skeleton is also preferably used. Examples of such resins include those obtained by copolymerizing cyclohexanedimethanol and isophthalic acid. Since these resins are also excellent in stretchability, they can be suitably used.

  Specific polyester resins other than polyethylene terephthalate and copolymers thereof include polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polybutylene naphthalate, polytrimethylene terephthalate, polytrimethylene naphthalate, polycyclohexane dimethyl terephthalate, polycyclohexane. Examples thereof include dimethyl naphthalate. These blend resins and copolymers can also be used.

  The cyclic polyolefin-based resin is a general term for polymers having a cyclic olefin as a main constituent monomer, and is described in, for example, JP-A-1-240517, JP-A-3-14882, JP-A-3-122137, and the like. The resin currently used is mentioned. Specific examples include ring-opening (co) polymers of cyclic olefins, addition polymers of cyclic olefins, copolymers of cyclic olefins and α-olefins such as ethylene or propylene (typically random copolymers). There are graft polymers obtained by modifying these with unsaturated carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, and hydrides thereof. Specific examples of the cyclic olefin include norbornene monomers. As the cyclic polyolefin resin, a norbornene resin is particularly preferably used.

  Various products are commercially available as cyclic polyolefin resins. Specific examples include TOPAS (manufactured by Topas Advanced Polymers GmbH), Arton (registered trademark) (manufactured by JSR Corporation), ZEONOR (registered trademark) (manufactured by ZEON Corporation), ZEONEX (registered trademark). ) (Manufactured by Zeon Corporation), Apel (registered trademark) (manufactured by Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.), and the like.

The (meth) acrylic resin is a polymer having a compound having a (meth) acryloyl group as a main constituent monomer. For example, polymethacrylate such as polymethyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate- (meth) acrylic acid copolymer, methyl methacrylate- (meth) acrylic acid ester copolymer, methyl methacrylate-acrylic acid ester- (meta ) Acrylic acid copolymer, methyl methacrylate-styrene copolymer (such as what is called MS resin), copolymer of methyl methacrylate and a compound having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group (for example, methyl methacrylate- ( Meth) acrylic acid cyclohexyl copolymer, methyl methacrylate- (meth) acrylic acid norbornyl copolymer, etc.). Preferably, such as polymethyl methacrylate, polymers and the like mainly composed of C ₁ -C ₆ alkyl esters of methacrylic acid. More preferable examples of the (meth) acrylic resin include a methyl methacrylate-based resin containing methyl methacrylate as a main component (50 to 100% by weight, preferably 70 to 100% by weight).

  The cellulose ester resin is an ester of cellulose and a fatty acid. Specific examples of such a cellulose ester resin include cellulose triacetate, cellulose diacetate, cellulose tripropionate, and cellulose dipropionate. Moreover, these copolymers and those in which a part of the hydroxyl group is modified with another substituent are also included. Among these, cellulose triacetate is particularly preferable. Many products of the cellulose triacetate film are commercially available, which is advantageous in terms of availability and cost. Examples of commercially available cellulose triacetate films include Fujitac (registered trademark) TD80 (manufactured by Fujifilm Corporation), Fujitac (registered trademark) TD80UF (manufactured by Fujifilm Corporation), Fujitac (registered trademark) TD80UZ (Fujifilm Corporation) Company-made), Fujitac (registered trademark) TD40UZ (manufactured by FUJIFILM Corporation), KC8UX2M (manufactured by Konica Minolta Co., Ltd.), KC4UY (manufactured by Konica Minolta Co., Ltd.), and the like.

  The polycarbonate resin is a polymer having a carbonate bond (—O—CO—O—) in the main chain. It is a kind of engineering plastic and is a resin having high impact resistance, heat resistance and flame retardancy. Moreover, since it has high transparency, it is used suitably also for an optical use. For optical applications, resins called modified polycarbonates in which the polymer skeleton is modified in order to lower the photoelastic coefficient, copolymerized polycarbonates with improved wavelength dependence, and the like are commercially available and can be suitably used. Such polycarbonate-based resins are widely commercially available. For example, Panlite (registered trademark) (manufactured by Teijin Chemicals Ltd.), Iupilon (registered trademark) (manufactured by Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics), SD Polyca (registered trademark) ( Sumika Stylon Polycarbonate Co., Ltd.) and Caliber (registered trademark) (Suika Stylon Polycarbonate Co., Ltd.).

Arbitrary appropriate additives other than said thermoplastic resin may be added to the base film. Examples of such additives include ultraviolet absorbers, antioxidants, lubricants, plasticizers, mold release agents, anti-coloring agents, flame retardants, nucleating agents, antistatic agents, pigments, and coloring agents.
The proportion of the thermoplastic resin exemplified above in the base film is preferably 50 to 100% by weight, more preferably 50 to 99% by weight, still more preferably 60 to 98% by weight, and particularly preferably 70 to 97% by weight. %. This is because if the ratio of the thermoplastic resin in the base film is less than 50% by weight, the high transparency inherent in the thermoplastic resin may not be sufficiently exhibited.

  The thickness of the base film can be determined as appropriate, but in general, from the viewpoint of workability such as strength and handleability, it is preferably 1 to 500 μm, more preferably 1 to 300 μm, especially 5 to 200 μm. Is more preferable. Furthermore, a base film having a thickness in the range of 5 to 150 μm is most preferable.

  The width of the base film is preferably 50 cm or more, and usually 5 m or less. When the width of the base film exceeds 5 m, slack is likely to occur in the transport path, and when the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol resin is applied, the distribution of the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol resin on the base film is There is a risk of non-uniformity. For this reason, the maximum amplitude of the thickness in the width direction in the resin layer made of polyvinyl alcohol-based resin tends to increase. Moreover, productivity may deteriorate that the width | variety of a base film is less than 50 cm.

  The base film may be subjected to corona treatment, plasma treatment, flame treatment, or the like on the surface on which the polyvinyl alcohol resin layer is formed in order to improve adhesion with the polyvinyl alcohol resin layer. .

The tensile elastic modulus of the base film at 80 ° C. is preferably 180 MPa or more, and more preferably 200 MPa or more. The tensile modulus at high temperature of the base film affects the film thickness distribution of the coating layer when an aqueous solution (coating liquid) containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin is applied on the base film. By using a base film having a tensile modulus of elasticity of 180 MPa or more at 80 ° C., it is possible to make it difficult to cause slack in the width direction of the film when the coating layer is dried after coating (step (2)). Therefore, the variation in the film thickness of the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin in the width direction is reduced, and more optical unevenness can be suppressed.
[Primer layer]
Prior to coating the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin on the base film, a primer layer may be formed on the base film. The primer layer may be formed of a material that exhibits a certain degree of strong adhesion to both the base film and the resin layer made of polyvinyl alcohol resin. For example, a thermoplastic resin excellent in transparency, thermal stability, stretchability, etc. is used. Specific examples include acrylic resins and polyvinyl alcohol resins.

  The resin forming the primer layer may be coated on the base film in a state dissolved in a solvent. In consideration of the influence on the environment, it is preferable to form the primer layer from a primer layer forming coating solution using water as a solvent. The primer layer forming coating solution may contain a crosslinking agent. Examples of the crosslinking agent include an epoxy crosslinking agent, an isocyanate crosslinking agent, a dialdehyde crosslinking agent, and a metal crosslinking agent.

  The ratio of the thermoplastic resin and the crosslinking agent used for forming the primer layer is from about 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of the crosslinking agent with respect to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin. It may be appropriately determined depending on the type of the material, and it is particularly preferable to select from the range of about 0.1 to 50 parts by weight. The primer layer forming coating solution preferably has a solid content concentration of about 1 to 25% by weight. In the present specification, the solid content means the total of components excluding the solvent.

  The thickness of the primer layer is preferably in the range of about 0.05 to 1 μm, more preferably 0.1 to 0.4 μm. When the thickness of the primer layer is 0.05 to 1 μm, it is possible to achieve both adhesion between the base film and the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer and thinning of the polarizing plate.

  In forming the primer layer, the coating method to be used is not particularly limited, and a wire bar coating method, a roll coating method such as reverse coating or gravure coating, a die coating method, a comma coating method, a lip coating method, or a spin coating method. And a known method such as a screen coating method, a fountain coating method, a dipping method, or a spray method.

[Aqueous solution containing polyvinyl alcohol resin]
Examples of the polyvinyl alcohol resin include polyvinyl alcohol resins and derivatives thereof. Polyvinyl alcohol resin derivatives include polyvinyl formal, polyvinyl acetal, etc., as well as polyvinyl alcohol resins modified with olefins such as ethylene and propylene; unsaturated carboxylic acids such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and crotonic acid. Denatured; modified with alkyl ester of unsaturated carboxylic acid; modified with acrylamide. The proportion of modification is preferably less than 30 mol%, and more preferably less than 10 mol%. When modification of 30 mol% or more is performed, it may be difficult to adsorb the dichroic dye, resulting in a problem that the polarization performance is lowered.
Among the above-mentioned polyvinyl alcohol resins, it is preferable to use a polyvinyl alcohol resin.

  The average degree of polymerization of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is preferably in the range of 100 to 10000, more preferably in the range of 1000 to 10000, still more preferably in the range of 1500 to 8000, and in the range of 2000 to 5000. Most preferably. The average degree of polymerization can be determined by a method defined in JIS K 6726-1994 “Testing method for polyvinyl alcohol”. If the average degree of polymerization is less than 100, it is difficult to obtain a preferable polarization performance, and if it exceeds 10,000, the solubility in a solvent is deteriorated, and it becomes difficult to form a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer.

  The polyvinyl alcohol resin is preferably a saponified product of a polyvinyl acetate resin. The range of the saponification degree is preferably 80 mol% or more, more preferably 90 mol% or more, and particularly preferably 94 mol% or more. If the degree of saponification is too low, the water resistance and heat-and-moisture resistance may not be sufficient when a polarizing laminate film or a polarizing plate is formed. Further, it may be a completely saponified product (having a saponification degree of 100 mol%), but if the saponification degree is too high, the dyeing speed becomes slow, and the production time is required to give sufficient polarization performance. In some cases, a polarizer having sufficient polarization performance may not be obtained. Therefore, the saponification degree is preferably 99.5 mol% or less, more preferably 99.0 mol% or less.

The degree of saponification is the unit ratio (mol%) of the ratio of acetate groups (acetoxy groups: —OCOCH ₃ ) contained in polyvinyl acetate resin, which is a raw material for polyvinyl alcohol resins, to hydroxyl groups by saponification treatment. The following formula:
Saponification degree (mol%) = [(number of hydroxyl groups) ÷ (number of hydroxyl groups + number of acetate groups)] × 100
Defined by

  The higher the degree of saponification, the greater the proportion of hydroxyl groups, and hence the smaller the proportion of acetate groups that inhibit crystallization. The saponification degree can be determined by a method defined in JIS K 6726-1994 “Testing method for polyvinyl alcohol”.

  Examples of the polyvinyl acetate resin include polyvinyl acetate, which is a homopolymer of vinyl acetate, and copolymers with other monomers copolymerizable with vinyl acetate. Examples of other monomers copolymerizable with vinyl acetate include unsaturated carboxylic acids, olefins, vinyl ethers, unsaturated sulfonic acids, and acrylamides having an ammonium group.

  As commercially available products of polyvinyl alcohol resins that can be suitably used, all are “PVA124” (saponification degree: 98.0 to 99.0 mol%), “PVA117” (saponification) manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd. Degree: 98.0 to 99.0 mol%), "PVA117H" (degree of saponification: 99.5 mol% or more), "PVA624" (degree of saponification: 95.0 to 96.0 mol%), "PVA617 (Saponification degree: 94.5 to 95.5 mol%); “AH-26” (degree of saponification: 97.0 to 98.8 mol%) manufactured by Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., “AH-22 (Saponification degree: 97.5-98.5 mol%), "NH-18" (Saponification degree: 98.0-99.0 mol%), "N-300" (Saponification degree: 98. 0-99.0 mol%) “JC-33” (KEN Degree: 99.0 mol% or more), "JM-33" (degree of saponification: 93.5-95.5 mol%), "JM-26" (degree of saponification: 95.5-97.5 mol%) ), “JP-45” (degree of saponification: 86.5-89.5 mol%), “JF-17” (degree of saponification: 98.0-99.0 mol%), “JF-17L” ( Saponification degree: 98.0-99.0 mol%), "JF-20" (saponification degree: 98.0-99.0 mol%) and the like.

  The aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin may contain additives such as a plasticizer and a surfactant as necessary. Examples of the plasticizer include polyols and condensates thereof, and specific examples include glycerin, diglycerin, triglycerin, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and polyethylene glycol. The blending amount of the additive is preferably 20% by weight or less of the polyvinyl alcohol resin.

  Examples of the method for applying the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin on the base film include the same method as the method for applying the primer layer forming coating solution. The aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin may be applied over the entire width direction of the base film, or may be applied to only a part of the width direction. Examples of the method of coating only a part in the width direction include a method of leaving uncoated portions at both ends of the base film. The aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is preferably applied 70% or more, more preferably 90% or more, and still more preferably 95% or more with respect to the entire width of the base film.

  The thickness of the coating layer is determined by the target thickness after drying and the solid content of the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol resin. The thickness of the coating layer is preferably 145 μm or less, and more preferably 140 μm or less. By setting the coating layer to 145 μm or less, it is possible to suppress the fluidity of the coating liquid on the base film and to make the film thickness distribution more uniform until the step (2) is performed. In particular, it is easy to set the maximum amplitude after the step (2) to 2 μm or less. The thickness of the coating layer can be determined by dividing the thickness after drying by the solid content of an aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin.

[Step (2-1)]
In the step (2-1), the coating layer is dried by conveying the substrate film having the coating layer obtained in the step (1) to the drying zone. By drying the coating layer, a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin can be formed. In the step (2-1), the base film having the coating layer is conveyed by at least one guide roll in the drying zone. However, when there are two or more drying zones as will be described later, the substrate film having the coating layer may be supported by the guide roll in at least one drying zone.

  Moreover, when passing through the last drying zone in a process (2-1), it is preferable that the coating layer is solidified and it becomes the resin layer which consists of polyvinyl alcohol-type resin. In the step (2-1), by completing the solidification of the coating layer, when transporting the laminated film to the subsequent process, or when winding the laminated film on a roll, the contamination between the laminated films and the surrounding devices In addition, the distribution of the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin can be prevented from becoming uneven on the base film. If the finger touches the coating layer and does not feel dampness, it may be considered that solidification has been completed.

  In the present specification, a zone having a function of drying a coating layer such as heating or blowing is referred to as a drying zone. As a drying zone, a hot roll, a drying furnace, and ventilation are raised. When the drying zone is a hot roll, the hot roll itself is a drying zone, when the drying zone is a drying furnace, when the inside of the drying furnace is a drying zone, and when the drying zone is blown, wind is blown. The place is a drying zone.

  As the drying zone in the step (2-1), any of the above-described hot roll, drying furnace, and air blowing can be employed. The drying zone in the step (2-1) is preferably a drying furnace, more preferably a roll support type drying furnace. Two or more drying zones may be provided in the transport path. Further, two or more types of drying zones may be provided. As a form in this case, the form which combines a heat roll and a drying furnace, the form which combines a drying furnace and ventilation, the form which combines a heat roll and ventilation, etc. are mentioned.

  Drying by the hot roll is achieved by bringing the hot roll into contact with the base film and heating the coating layer, and the hot roll also serves as the guide roll. The drying temperature when drying with a hot roll is preferably 80 to 140 ° C, and more preferably 90 to 120 ° C. By setting the drying temperature to 80 ° C. or higher, the drying time can be shortened and the productivity can be improved. In addition, the drying temperature when drying with a hot roll means the surface temperature of a hot roll. The drying time when drying with a hot roll is preferably 30 to 1000 seconds, and more preferably 30 to 300 seconds. In addition, the drying time when drying with a hot roll means the time when the conveyed film is contacting the hot roll.

  Drying by blowing is achieved by blowing air to the coating layer on the base film. At this time, in the base film having the coating layer, the portion to which the wind is blown is supported by the guide roll. The drying temperature when drying by blowing is preferably 50 to 150 ° C, and more preferably 60 to 140 ° C. By setting the drying temperature to 50 ° C. or higher, the drying time can be shortened and the productivity can be improved. In addition, the drying temperature when drying by ventilation means the temperature of the air sprayed on the coating layer. The wind speed is preferably 0.5 to 20 m / s, and more preferably 1.0 to 15 m / s. When the wind speed is 0.5 to 20 m / s, the base film having the coating layer can suppress fluttering and the drying time can be shortened, so that the film thickness distribution in the width direction is made more uniform. Can be improved. The drying time when drying by blowing is preferably 30 to 1500 seconds, more preferably 180 to 1000 seconds, and further preferably 360 to 600 seconds. In addition, the drying time when drying by ventilation means the total of the time when the wind is sprayed on the film to be conveyed.

Drying by a drying furnace is achieved by conveying a base film having a coating layer into the drying furnace. At this time, the base film having the coating layer in the drying furnace is supported by at least one guide roll. When the coating layer is dried by a drying furnace, the atmospheric temperature in the drying furnace is preferably 40 to 130 ° C, and more preferably 50 to 120 ° C. By setting the drying temperature to 40 ° C. or higher, the drying time can be shortened and the productivity can be improved. The dew point in the drying furnace is preferably 50 ° C. or lower, more preferably 47 ° C. or lower. Usually, the dew point in the drying oven is 0 ° C or higher. By setting the dew point to 50 ° C. or lower, the drying efficiency can be further improved, and the flow of the coating liquid can be effectively suppressed. The drying time when drying with a drying furnace is preferably 30 to 1500 seconds, more preferably 180 to 1000 seconds, and still more preferably 360 to 600 seconds.
In addition, the drying time when drying with a drying furnace means the total time for which the conveyed film stays in the drying furnace.

In the step (2-1), the base film having the coating layer in the drying zone is supported by at least one guide roll. The base film having the coating layer is preferably supported by the base film being in contact with the guide roll. The number of guide rolls that support the base film having the coating layer in the drying zone is preferably 2 or more, and more preferably 7 or more. By supporting the base film having a coating layer in the drying zone with at least one guide roll, the base film having the coating layer is less likely to sag and contains a polyvinyl alcohol resin on the base film. The aqueous solution distribution can be made uniform. For this reason, it is easy to reduce the maximum amplitude of the thickness in the width direction in the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer.

  Hereinafter, the support method of the base film which has a coating layer by a guide roll is demonstrated with reference to figures. However, the present invention is not limited to these illustrated examples.

  In FIG. 1, a base film 2 having a coating layer is supported by one guide roll 1 in a drying zone. In this case, the drying zone may be a drying furnace, an air blower, or a hot roll. When the drying zone is a hot roll, the guide roll 1 may also serve as a hot roll. As shown in FIG. 1, when a base film 2 having a coating layer is supported by one guide roll 1 in the drying zone, the base film 2 having a coating layer is held by the guide roll 1. It is preferably supported. In other words, the portion where the base film 2 having the coating layer and the guide roll 1 are in contact with each other is preferably 5% or more of the surface area of the side periphery of the guide roll 1 and is 25% or more. More preferably, it is usually 50% or less. Thus, since the base film 2 having the coating layer is supported by being held by the guide roll 1, the base film 2 having the coating layer can be conveyed in a stable state without causing slack, It is easy to reduce the maximum amplitude of the thickness in the width direction in the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer. The arrow 3 represents the rotation direction of the guide roll.

Furthermore, when the base film 2 having the coating layer is supported by one guide roll 1 as shown in FIG. 1, it is preferable to increase the diameter of the guide roll 1. The diameter of the guide roll 1 is preferably 5 to 100 cm, and more preferably 5 to 50 cm.
Although it depends on the conveyance speed of the base film 2 having a coating layer, when the diameter of the guide roll 1 is 5 cm or more, the time during which the base film 2 having the coating layer is in contact with the guide roll 1 is lengthened. can do. For this reason, since the base film 2 which has a coating layer can be conveyed in the stable state, without generating the slack in the base film 2 which has a coating layer, the thickness of the width direction in the resin layer which consists of polyvinyl alcohol-type resin It is easy to reduce the maximum amplitude.

  In FIG. 2A, the base film 2 having the coating layer is supported by the three guide rolls 11, 12, and 13 in the drying zone, and the three guide rolls are installed in a straight line. In this embodiment, since the base film 2 having the coating layer is supported by a plurality of guide rolls, it is easy to reduce the maximum amplitude of the thickness in the width direction in the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin. Three guide rolls may be installed at the same height so that the base film 2 having the coating layer is conveyed horizontally with respect to the ground. Moreover, it arrange | positions so that an installation height may become high in order of the guide rolls 11, 12, and 13, or arrange | position so that an installation height may become low in order of the guide rolls 11, 12, and 13, You may make it the base film 2 which has it convey diagonally with respect to the ground.

  In FIG.2 (b), the base film 2 which has a coating layer is supported by the three guide rolls 11, 12, and 13 in a drying zone, and the guide roll 12 of the center part has other guide rolls 11 and It is installed at a position higher than 13. That is, the guide rolls are arranged in an arch shape such that the central guide roll 12 is the apex. For this reason, in the drying zone, an appropriate tension can be applied to the base film 2 having the coating layer, and the base film 2 having the coating layer has the coating layer in a stable state without causing slack. Since the base film 2 can be conveyed, it is easy to reduce the maximum amplitude of the thickness in the width direction in the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol resin. Of course, as shown in FIG.2 (c), the base film 2 which has a coating layer is supported by the three guide rolls 11, 12, and 13 in a drying zone, and the guide roll 12 of the center part is made another guide roll. Although it is possible to apply tension to the base film 2 having the coating layer by installing it at a position lower than 11 and 13, the surface on which the guide rolls 11, 12, 13 are in contact with the base film 2 The surface shown in FIG. 2B is preferable because the surface on the side opposite to the surface on which the coating layer is laminated can be used.

  In FIG. 3, the base film 2 having the coating layer is supported by five guide rolls 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 in the drying zone, and the guide rolls 15, 16, 17 at the center are other It is installed at a position higher than the guide rolls 14 and 18, and the central guide roll 16 is installed at a position higher than the guide rolls 15 and 17. By adopting the method as shown in FIG. 3, the number of guide rolls is larger than that in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2B, and the distance between the guide rolls can be reduced. The base film 2 having the coating layer can be transported in a more stable state without the film 2 becoming slack. For this reason, it is easy to make the maximum amplitude of the thickness in the width direction in the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol resin smaller. From such a viewpoint, the distance between the guide rolls is preferably 20 to 150 cm, and more preferably 30 to 100 cm. When the distance between the guide rolls exceeds 150 cm, the base film 2 having the coating layer is likely to be loosened, or the base film 2 having the coating layer is applied with a large tension to prevent the loosening. There is a risk of stretching.

  In addition to the method shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, as a method of applying an appropriate tension to the base film having the coating layer, a nip roller is disposed only at the end of the base film before and after the guide roll. And a method of combining the pinch roll method. Moreover, the method of restraining the base film which has a coating layer with a suction force using a suction roll is also preferable.

  The thickness of the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin in the laminated film obtained through the above step (2-1) is preferably 2 to 10 μm, more preferably 4 to 10 μm. If the thickness of the resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin is 2 to 10 μm, it is preferable because the polarizing performance and durability of the polarizer layer obtained in a subsequent process are improved.

[Step (2-2)]
In the step (2-2), the base film having the coating layer is conveyed to the drying zone by a floating method. By drying the coating layer, a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin can be formed. At this time, the dew point of the atmosphere in the drying zone is 50 ° C. or less, preferably 47 ° C. or less, more preferably 20 ° C. or less. The dew point is usually 0 ° C or higher. By setting the dew point to 50 ° C. or less, the drying time can be shortened, and the distribution of the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin can be further suppressed from becoming nonuniform on the base film.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the coating layer is solidified at the time of passing through the last drying zone in the step (2-2) to be a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin. In the step (2-2), by completing the solidification of the coating layer, the distribution of the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin when the laminated film is conveyed to the subsequent process or when the laminated film is wound on a roll. Can be prevented from becoming non-uniform on the base film. If the finger touches the coating layer and does not feel dampness, it may be considered that solidification has been completed.

  With the floating system, as shown in FIG. 4, air is blown from the nozzles 4 installed above and below the base film 2 having the coating layer, and the base film having the coating layer floats in the air. In this method, a base film having a coating layer is conveyed. The arrow 5 represents the direction of the wind that is blown. In the step (2-2), examples of the drying zone include a hot roll, a drying furnace, and air blowing. Two or more drying zones may be provided in the transport path. Two or more types of drying zones may be provided. As a form in this case, the form which combines a drying furnace and ventilation is mentioned.

  Drying by blowing is accomplished by using warm air as the wind blowing from the nozzles installed above and below the base film having the coating layer. The drying temperature when drying by blowing is preferably 50 to 150 ° C, and more preferably 60 to 140 ° C. By setting the drying temperature to 50 ° C. or higher, the drying time can be shortened and the productivity can be improved. In addition, the drying temperature when drying by ventilation means the temperature of the air sprayed on the coating layer. The wind speed is preferably 0.5 to 20 m / s, and more preferably 1.0 to 15 m / s. When the wind speed is 0.5 to 20 m / s, the fluttering of the base film having the coating layer can be suppressed and the drying time can be shortened, so that the film thickness distribution in the width direction is made more uniform. Can be improved. The drying time when drying by blowing is preferably 30 to 1500 seconds, more preferably 180 to 1000 seconds, and preferably 360 to 600 seconds. In addition, the drying time when drying by ventilation means the time when wind is sprayed on the film to be conveyed.

  Drying by a drying furnace is achieved by conveying a base film having a coating layer into the drying furnace by a floating method. When drying in a drying furnace, the atmospheric temperature in the drying furnace is preferably 40 to 130 ° C, and more preferably 50 to 120 ° C. By setting the drying temperature to 40 ° C. or higher, the drying time can be shortened and the productivity can be improved. The drying time when drying with a drying furnace is preferably 30 to 1500 seconds, more preferably 180 to 1000 seconds, and still more preferably 360 to 600 seconds. In addition, the drying time when drying with a drying furnace means the total time for which the conveyed film stays in the drying furnace.

As described above, the thickness of the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol resin in the laminated film obtained through the step (2-2) is 10 μm or less. The thickness of the resin layer made of polyvinyl alcohol resin is preferably 2 μm or more, more preferably 4 μm or more. It is preferable that the thickness of the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is 2 μm or more because a polarizer layer having good polarization performance and durability can be obtained.

The laminated film of the present invention can be produced by the steps including the step (1-1) and the step (2-1) or the step (1-2) and the step (2-2). When manufacturing a polarizing laminated film or a polarizing plate from the laminated film of the present invention, the following steps (3) and (4) or steps (3) to (6) are further performed on the laminated film of the present invention. You can give them each.
When the laminated film of the present invention is produced by the roll-to-roll method, the film may be wound up once into a laminated film roll after the step (2-1) or the step (2-2). Instead, it may be conveyed to the subsequent process as it is. Since the laminated film roll obtained by winding the laminated film of the present invention on a roll has a uniform film thickness distribution in the width direction, it is difficult to cause winding tightening at the end of the laminated film roll. The yield in (6) can be improved. Moreover, when it conveys to a post process as it is, without winding up, since the process wound up on a roll can be skipped, productivity improves.

  In the laminated film of the present invention, a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin may be formed on one side of the base film, but of course, a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is formed on both sides of the base film. Also good. As a method of forming a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin on both sides of a base film, first, after forming a resin layer on one side of the base film, the surface of the base film on which the resin layer is not formed What is necessary is just to give the process including the said process (1-1) and the process (2-1), or the process (1-2) and the process (2-2). In this specification, a laminated film in which a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin is formed on one side of a base film may be referred to as a single-area layer product, and a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin on both sides of the base film. The formed laminated film may be called a double-sided laminated product. The double-sided laminated product is advantageous in terms of productivity because a resin layer made of two polyvinyl alcohol-based resins can be formed on one base film.

Step (3) Stretching step (4) for uniaxially stretching the laminated film to obtain a stretched laminated film (4) Dyeing step (5) for dyeing the stretched laminated film to obtain a polarizing laminated film having a polarizer layer and a substrate film Bonding step (6) for obtaining a multilayer film by laminating a transparent protective film on the polarizer layer in the conductive laminated film A polarizing plate having a polarizer and a transparent protective film by peeling the substrate film from the multilayer film Peeling process

[Step (3)]
In the step (3), a laminated film having a base film and a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin is uniaxially stretched to obtain a stretched laminated film. Preferably, uniaxial stretching is performed so that the stretching ratio is more than 5 times and not more than 17 times. A more preferable draw ratio is more than 5 times and not more than 8 times. When the draw ratio is 5 times or less, the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is not sufficiently oriented, and as a result, the degree of polarization of the polarizer layer may not be sufficiently high. On the other hand, if the draw ratio exceeds 17 times, the laminated film is likely to break during stretching, and the stretched laminated film becomes thinner than necessary, which may reduce workability and handling properties in the subsequent steps. The stretching process in the step (3) is not limited to stretching in one stage, and can be performed in multiple stages. In this case, the second and subsequent stretching steps may be performed in the step (3), but may be performed simultaneously with the dyeing treatment and the crosslinking treatment in the step (4). Thus, when extending | stretching by multistage, extending | stretching process is performed so that it may become a draw ratio exceeding 5 times combining all the stages of extending | stretching process. When extending | stretching by processes other than a process (3), the draw ratio in a process (3) can be more than 1 time and 3.5 times or less.

  In the step (3), longitudinal stretching performed in the length direction of the laminated film, transverse stretching extending in the width direction, or the like can be employed. When employing longitudinal stretching, examples of the method include a roll-to-roll stretching method and a compression stretching method. When employing transverse stretching, the method includes a tenter method.

  As the stretching treatment, either a wet stretching method or a dry stretching method can be adopted. However, the use of the dry stretching method is preferable in that the temperature when stretching the laminated film can be selected from a wide range.

[Step (4)]
In step (4), the resin layer of the stretched laminated film is dyed with a dichroic dye. Specifically, iodine or a dichroic organic dye is used as the dichroic dye. Examples of dichroic organic dyes include red BR, red LR, red R, pink LB, rubin BL, Bordeaux GS, sky blue LG, lemon yellow, blue BR, blue 2R, navy RY, green LG, violet LB, Violet B, Black H, Black B, Black GSP, Yellow 3G, Yellow R, Orange LR, Orange 3R, Scarlet GL, Scarlet KGL, Congo Red, Brilliant Violet BK, Spura Blue G, Spura Blue GL, Spura Orange GL, Direct There are Sky Blue, Direct First Orange S and First Black. These dichroic organic dyes are commercially available. Only one type of dichroic dye may be used, or two or more types may be used in combination.

  Step (4) is performed, for example, by immersing the stretched film in a solution (dye solution) containing the dichroic dye. As the staining solution, a solution in which the above dichroic dye is dissolved in a solvent can be used. As a solvent for the dyeing solution, water is generally used, but an organic solvent compatible with water may be further added. The concentration of the dichroic dye in the dyeing solution is preferably 0.01 to 10% by weight, more preferably 0.02 to 7% by weight, and particularly preferably 0.025 to 5% by weight. preferable.

  When iodine is used as the dichroic dye, it is preferable to further add an iodide because the dyeing efficiency can be further improved. The iodide used for that purpose is, for example, potassium iodide, lithium iodide, sodium iodide, zinc iodide, aluminum iodide, lead iodide, copper iodide, barium iodide, calcium iodide, tin iodide, iodine. It can be titanium fluoride or the like. When adding an iodide, it is preferable that the ratio is 0.01 to 20 weight% in a dyeing solution. Of the iodides listed above, potassium iodide is preferably used. When potassium iodide is added, the ratio of iodine to potassium iodide is preferably in the range of 1: 5 to 1: 100, more preferably in the range of 1: 6 to 1:80 by weight. , Particularly preferably in the range of 1: 7 to 1:70.

  Although the immersion time of the stretched laminated film in the dyeing solution is not particularly limited, it is usually preferably in the range of 15 seconds to 15 minutes, and more preferably 30 seconds to 3 minutes. Moreover, it is preferable that it is in the range of 10-60 degreeC, and, as for the temperature of a dyeing | staining solution, it is more preferable that it exists in the range of 20-40 degreeC.

  In addition, although it is also possible to perform a dyeing | staining process before an extending process or simultaneously with an extending process, in order to favorably orient the dichroic dye adsorb | sucked to polyvinyl alcohol-type resin, it is an unstretched laminated film. It is preferable to perform a dyeing | staining process after giving a process (3). At this time, it may be simply dyed what has been stretched in advance at the target magnification, or may be stretched again during dyeing and stretched at a low magnification in advance to reach the target magnification in total. . Further, in the case of stretching during the subsequent crosslinking treatment, the total draw ratio at the stage where the dyeing process is completed can be set lower than the target final magnification. In this case, what is necessary is just to adjust suitably so that the target magnification may be reached after a crosslinking process.

In the step (4), a crosslinking treatment can be performed after the dyeing. The crosslinking treatment can be performed, for example, by a method of immersing the stretched film in a solution containing a crosslinking agent (crosslinking solution). Conventionally known substances can be used as the crosslinking agent. Examples thereof include boron compounds such as boric acid and borax, glyoxal, and glutaraldehyde.
A crosslinking agent may also be used individually by 1 type and may use 2 or more types together.

  As the crosslinking solution, a solution in which a crosslinking agent is dissolved in a solvent can be used. As the solvent, for example, water can be used, but an organic solvent compatible with water may be further included. The concentration of the crosslinking agent in the crosslinking solution is not limited to this, but is preferably in the range of 1 to 20% by weight, and more preferably in the range of 6 to 15% by weight.

  Iodide may be added to the crosslinking solution. By adding iodide, the in-plane polarization characteristics of the resin layer can be made more uniform. Examples of the iodide include potassium iodide, lithium iodide, sodium iodide, zinc iodide, aluminum iodide, lead iodide, copper iodide, barium iodide, calcium iodide, tin iodide, and titanium iodide. Etc. The iodide content in the crosslinking solution is preferably 0.05 to 15% by weight, more preferably 0.5 to 8% by weight.

  The immersion time of the stretched laminated film in the crosslinking solution is usually preferably from 15 seconds to 20 minutes, and more preferably from 30 seconds to 15 minutes. Moreover, it is preferable that the temperature of a crosslinking solution exists in the range of 10-90 degreeC.

  The crosslinking treatment can be performed simultaneously with the dyeing treatment by blending a crosslinking agent in the dyeing solution. In this case, a film stretched in advance at a target magnification may be immersed in a dyeing solution containing a crosslinking agent, where only dyeing and crosslinking may be performed, or a crosslinking agent may be added. You may extend | stretch simultaneously in the dyeing | staining solution made. In step (3), the stretched laminated film previously stretched at a low magnification may be stretched again in a dyeing solution containing a cross-linking agent to reach the target magnification in total. Of course, the stretching treatment, the dyeing treatment and the crosslinking treatment can be carried out in this order, and in this case, an additional stretching treatment can be carried out at the stage of the dyeing treatment and / or the crosslinking treatment. In short, it may be set so that the total draw ratio becomes a target value at the stage when the crosslinking treatment is completed.

  Finally, it is preferable to perform a washing step and a drying step. In the cleaning step, a water cleaning process can be employed. The water washing treatment is usually performed by immersing the stretched film in pure water such as ion exchange water or distilled water. The temperature for water washing is usually in the range of 3 to 50 ° C, preferably 4 to 20 ° C. The immersion time in water is usually 2 to 300 seconds, preferably 3 to 240 seconds.

The washing step may be a combination of an iodide solution washing treatment and a water washing treatment. In these washing steps, an aqueous solution appropriately mixed with a liquid alcohol such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, or butanol is used. It can also be used.
Examples of the iodide contained in the iodide solution include potassium iodide, and the concentration thereof is usually 0.5 to 10% by weight.

  It is preferable to perform a drying process after the washing process. In the drying step, any appropriate method (for example, natural drying, air drying, heat drying, etc.) can be employed. For example, the drying temperature in the case of heat drying is usually 20 to 95 ° C., and the drying time is usually about 1 to 15 minutes. Through the above step (4), the resin layer has a function as a polarizer. In this specification, the resin layer which has a function as a polarizer is called a polarizer layer, and the laminated body provided with the polarizer layer on the base film is called a polarizing laminated film.

[Step (5)]
In the step (5), a transparent protective film is bonded to the surface of the polarizer layer opposite to the surface on the base film side to obtain a multilayer film. An adhesive or an adhesive can be used for pasting the protective film.

[Protective film]
The protective film may be a simple protective film having no optical function, or may be a protective film having an optical function such as a retardation film or a brightness enhancement film. The material constituting the protective film is not particularly limited. For example, a cyclic polyolefin resin, a cellulose acetate resin such as triacetyl cellulose or diacetyl cellulose, a polyester resin such as polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, or polybutylene terephthalate, or a polycarbonate resin. Materials that have been widely used in the art such as resins, acrylic resins, and polypropylene resins can be used.

  Examples of the cyclic polyolefin-based resin include appropriate commercial products such as TOPAS (manufactured by Topas Advanced Polymers GmbH), Arton (registered trademark) (manufactured by JSR Corporation), ZEONOR (registered trademark) (manufactured by ZEON Corporation). ZEONEX (registered trademark) (manufactured by ZEON CORPORATION), Apel (registered trademark) (manufactured by Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.) and the like can be suitably used. When such a cyclic polyolefin resin is formed into a film, a known method such as a solvent casting method or a melt extrusion method is appropriately used. In addition, cyclic polyolefin-based resins formed in advance, such as Essina (registered trademark) (manufactured by Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.), ZEONOR film (registered trademark) (manufactured by Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.), and in some cases, further provided with a phase difference. You may use the commercial item of a film.

  The cyclic polyolefin resin film may be uniaxially stretched or biaxially stretched. An arbitrary retardation value can be imparted to the cyclic polyolefin-based resin film by stretching. Stretching is usually performed continuously while unwinding the film roll, and is stretched in the heating furnace in the roll traveling direction, the direction orthogonal to the traveling direction, or both. The temperature of the heating furnace is usually in the range from the vicinity of the glass transition temperature of the cyclic polyolefin resin to the glass transition temperature + 100 ° C. The draw ratio is usually 1.1 to 6 times, preferably 1.1 to 3.5 times in one direction.

  Since the cyclic polyolefin resin film generally has poor surface activity, surface treatment such as plasma treatment, corona treatment, ultraviolet irradiation treatment, flame (flame) treatment, and saponification treatment is performed on the surface to be bonded to the polarizer layer. Is preferred. Among these, plasma treatment and corona treatment that can be performed relatively easily are preferable.

  Examples of the cellulose acetate-based resin film include commercially available products such as FUJITAC (registered trademark) TD80 (manufactured by FUJIFILM Corporation), FUJITAC (registered trademark) TD80UF (manufactured by FUJIFILM Corporation), and FUJITAC (registered trademark) TD80UZ ( FUJIFILM Corporation), FUJITAC (registered trademark) TD40UZ (Fuji Film Corporation), KC8UX2M (Konica Minolta Corporation), KC4UY (Konica Minolta Corporation), and the like can be suitably used.

  A liquid crystal layer or the like may be formed on the surface of the cellulose acetate-based resin film in order to improve viewing angle characteristics. Moreover, in order to provide a phase difference, the stretched cellulose acetate type-resin film can also be used. The cellulose acetate-based resin film is usually subjected to a saponification treatment in order to improve the adhesion with the polarizer layer. The saponification treatment is performed by immersing the film in an aqueous solution of an alkali such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.

  An optical layer such as a hard coat layer, an antiglare layer and an antireflection layer can be formed on the surface of the protective film as described above. The method for forming these optical layers on the surface of the protective film is not particularly limited, and a known method can be used.

  The thickness of the protective film is preferably as thin as possible from the viewpoint of thinning, and is preferably 90 μm or less, and more preferably 50 μm or less. On the other hand, if the thickness is too thin, the strength may be lowered and the workability may be hindered. Therefore, the thickness is preferably 5 μm or more.

[Adhesive layer]
The pressure-sensitive adhesive is usually formed from a composition in which an acrylic resin, a styrene resin, a silicone resin, or the like is used as a base polymer and a crosslinking agent such as an isocyanate compound, an epoxy compound, or an aziridine compound is added thereto. Furthermore, it can also be set as the adhesive layer which contains microparticles | fine-particles and shows light-scattering property.

  The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer preferably has a thickness of 1 to 40 μm, but it is preferably applied thinly within a range that does not impair properties such as workability and durability. For example, it preferably has a thickness of 3 to 25 μm. . If the thickness is 3 to 25 μm, it has good processability and is suitable for suppressing the dimensional change of the polarizing plate. When the thickness of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is less than 1 μm, the adhesiveness is lowered. On the other hand, when the thickness exceeds 40 μm, problems such as the pressure-sensitive adhesive protruding easily occur.

  The method for forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the protective film or the polarizer layer is not particularly limited, and a solution containing each component including the above base polymer is applied to the protective film surface or the polarizer layer surface, After drying to form the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a separator or other type of film may be bonded to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, or after forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the separator, it is applied to the protective film surface or the polarizer layer surface. You may laminate. In addition, when forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the protective film or the polarizer layer surface, if necessary, the protective film or the polarizer layer surface, or the adhesive layer on one or both surfaces to be bonded, adhesion treatment, For example, corona treatment may be performed.

[Adhesive layer]
As the adhesive, for example, an aqueous adhesive composed of an aqueous polyvinyl alcohol resin solution, an aqueous two-component urethane emulsion adhesive, or the like can be used. Among these, a polyvinyl alcohol resin aqueous solution is preferably used. Polyvinyl alcohol resins used as adhesives include vinyl alcohol homopolymers obtained by saponifying polyvinyl acetate, which is a homopolymer of vinyl acetate, as well as other single quantities copolymerizable with vinyl acetate. And vinyl alcohol copolymers obtained by saponifying the copolymer with the polymer, and modified polyvinyl alcohol polymers obtained by partially modifying the hydroxyl groups. A polyhydric aldehyde, a water-soluble epoxy compound, a melamine compound, a zirconia compound, a zinc compound, or the like may be added as an additive to the water-based adhesive. When such a water-based adhesive is used, the adhesive layer obtained therefrom is usually much thinner than 1 μm, and even when the cross section is observed with a normal optical microscope, the adhesive layer is practically not observed.

  The method of laminating the film using the water-based adhesive is not particularly limited, and the adhesive is evenly applied or poured onto the surface of the film, and the other film is laminated on the coated surface and pasted with a roll or the like. And a method of drying. Usually, an adhesive agent is apply | coated at the temperature of 15-40 degreeC after the preparation, and the bonding temperature is the range of 15-30 degreeC normally.

  When using a water-system adhesive, after bonding a film, in order to remove the water contained in a water-system adhesive, it is made to dry. The temperature of the drying furnace is preferably in the range of 30 to 90 ° C. When the drying temperature is less than 30 ° C., the adhesive surface tends to be peeled off. On the other hand, when the drying temperature is 90 ° C. or higher, the optical performance of a polarizer or the like may be deteriorated by heat. The drying time can be about 10 to 1000 seconds.

  After drying, it may be further cured for about 12 to 600 hours at room temperature or a slightly higher temperature, for example, a temperature of about 20 to 45 ° C. The temperature at the time of curing is generally set lower than the temperature adopted at the time of drying.

  Moreover, a photocurable adhesive can also be used as a non-aqueous adhesive. Examples of the photocurable adhesive include a mixture of a photocurable epoxy resin and a photocationic polymerization initiator.

  When laminating a film using a photocurable adhesive, a conventionally known method can be adopted, for example, casting method, Meyer bar coating method, gravure coating method, comma coater method, doctor blade method, die coating method, Examples thereof include a method in which an adhesive is applied to the adhesive surface of the film by a dip coating method, a spraying method, and the like, and the two films are overlapped. The casting method is a method in which two films as an object to be coated are moved in a substantially vertical direction, generally in a horizontal direction, or in an oblique direction between the two, and an adhesive is allowed to flow down and spread on the surface. is there.

  After the adhesive is applied to the surface of the film, the film is bonded by sandwiching it with a nip roll or the like. Moreover, the method of pressing this laminated body with a roll etc. and spreading it uniformly can also be used suitably. In this case, the material of the roll can be metal or rubber. Furthermore, a method in which this laminate is passed between rolls and pressed to spread is preferably employed. In this case, these rolls may be made of the same material or different materials. The adhesive layer after being bonded using a nip roll or the like preferably has a thickness before drying or curing of 0.01 μm or more and 5 μm or less.

In order to improve adhesiveness, surface treatment such as plasma treatment, corona treatment, ultraviolet irradiation treatment, flame (flame) treatment, and saponification treatment may be appropriately performed on the adhesion surface of the film.
The saponification treatment is performed by immersing the film in an aqueous solution of an alkali such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.

  When a photocurable resin is used as an adhesive, the photocurable adhesive is cured by irradiating active energy rays after laminating the films. The light source of the active energy ray is not particularly limited, but an active energy ray having a light emission distribution at a wavelength of 400 nm or less is preferable. A microwave excitation mercury lamp, a metal halide lamp and the like are preferably used.

The light irradiation intensity to the photocurable adhesive is appropriately determined depending on the composition of the photocurable adhesive and is not particularly limited, but the irradiation intensity in the wavelength region effective for activating the polymerization initiator is 0.1 to 6000 mW / It is preferable to be cm ² . By appropriately selecting the irradiation intensity within this range, the reaction time does not become too long, and the yellowing of the adhesive and the deterioration of the polarizing plate are caused by the heat radiated from the light source and the heat generated when the photocurable adhesive is cured. The possibility of occurring can be suppressed. The light irradiation time to the photocurable adhesive is determined according to the photocurable adhesive to be cured and is not particularly limited, but is expressed as a product of the irradiation intensity and the irradiation time. It is preferable that the integrated light amount is set to be 10 to 10,000 mJ / cm ² . By appropriately selecting the amount of light integrated into the photocurable adhesive within this range, it is possible to generate a sufficient amount of active species derived from the polymerization initiator to allow the curing reaction to proceed more reliably and to increase the irradiation time. However, good productivity can be maintained. The thickness of the adhesive layer after curing is usually about 0.001 to 5 μm, preferably 0.01 μm or more, and preferably 2 μm or less.

  When curing the photocurable adhesive between the polarizer layer and the protective film, etc. by irradiation with active energy rays, the polarization degree, transmittance and hue of the polarizer layer, and transparency of the protective film, etc. It is preferable to perform the curing under conditions that do not deteriorate the functions of the plate.

[Step (6)]
In the step (6), the base film is peeled from the multilayer film having the protective film, the polarizer layer, and the base film in this order. The peeling method of a base film is not specifically limited, It can peel by the method similar to the peeling process of the peeling film from the adhesive layer employ | adopted in the normal polarizing plate with an adhesive. After the step (5) of pasting the protective film, the base film may be peeled off as it is, or after winding it into a roll, a separate peeling step is provided, and the base film is peeled off there. Also good. Thus, the polarizing plate which has a protective film and a polarizer layer can be manufactured.

  Furthermore, you may bond a protective film on a polarizer layer, and obtain the polarizing plate which has a protective film, a polarizer layer, and a protective film in this order. As a protective film newly bonded, the same protective film as the above-mentioned protective film can be mentioned. For the bonding of the protective film, a pressure-sensitive adhesive or an adhesive can be used in the same manner as described above. Furthermore, you may bond another optical film on a protective film. Other optical films include a brightness enhancement film, a film with an antiglare function having a concavo-convex shape on the surface, a film with a surface antireflection function, a reflective film having a reflection function on the surface, and a transflective film having both a reflection function and a transmission function. Examples thereof include a film and a viewing angle compensation film. The other optical film and the protective film can be bonded with the pressure-sensitive adhesive and the adhesive.

  The polarizing plate of the present invention preferably has an adhesive layer for bonding the polarizing plate to the liquid crystal cell on the outer side of the transparent resin film (that is, the surface opposite to the side laminated with the polarizing film). . As the pressure-sensitive adhesive forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for bonding the polarizing plate to the liquid crystal cell, the above pressure-sensitive adhesive can be used. Among these, an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive is preferably used from the viewpoints of transparency, adhesive strength, reliability, reworkability, and the like. The adhesive layer is preferably protected with a separator until the polarizing plate is bonded to the liquid crystal cell.

[Step (7)]
Step (7) is a chip cutting step of cutting the long polarizing plate into a predetermined size. The polarizing plate produced by the above process is suitable as a member constituting a display device such as a liquid crystal display device. When a polarizing plate is manufactured by a roll-to-roll method, a long polarizing plate may be cut into a sheet having a predetermined size and incorporated into a display device.

  Examples of the method of cutting the long polarizing plate into a single sheet include a method of cutting with a cutting tool having a sharp blade, a method of cutting by irradiating with laser light, and a method in which both are combined.

The cutting tool having a sharp blade may be a cutter that is usually used in the field of optical films, and examples thereof include a push-cut cutter, a dicing cutter, a fixed round blade, and a rotating round blade. Examples of the laser light include a CO ² laser, a YAG laser, a semiconductor laser, and the like. Among these, a CO ² laser or a semiconductor laser is preferable. The laser light may be continuous light or pulsed light. In the laser irradiation, the output and the speed are not limited, and the laser irradiation may be performed by a single irradiation or a plurality of irradiations. The output of the laser irradiation is usually 10 W to 800 W, preferably 100 W to 350 W when cutting with one irradiation, and preferably 50 W to 200 W when cutting with two irradiations.

  As a method of combining a method of cutting with a cutting tool having a sharp blade and a method of cutting by irradiating a laser beam, the polarizing plate is cut halfway in the thickness direction, and the rest has a sharp blade The method of cutting with a cutting tool is mentioned. In such an embodiment, it is preferable to cut from the surface layer immediately before or immediately after the layer where the absorption rate of the laser beam is 5% or less with a laser beam, and the rest with a cutting tool having a sharp blade.

  The speed at which the polarizing plate is cut depends on the thickness of the polarizing plate to be cut, but if the thickness of the polarizing plate is in the range of 70 to 500 μm, it is 1 m / min or more, preferably 5 to 60 m / min. is there.

  Thus, after cutting a long-shaped polarizing plate into a sheet, it is preferable that the side peripheral surface of the polarizing plate is cut. As a method for cutting the side peripheral surface, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-54845, a method of cutting the outer peripheral end of a polarizing plate with a rotary blade, or Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-220512 A method of continuously cutting the outer peripheral edge of the polarizing plate by a fly-cut method as disclosed in the publication is preferably employed. By cutting the side peripheral surface by such a method, it is assumed that the adhesive component uniformly covers the side peripheral surface, but advantageously the polarizer layer is exposed to the outside. Can be avoided.

  The shape of the polarizing plate obtained through the step (7) is not particularly limited, but is preferably rectangular. When the shape of the polarizing plate is a rectangle, the length of the long side is, for example, 5 cm or more, and the length of the short side is, for example, 3 cm or more. The upper limit is not particularly limited, but the length of the long side and the short side is usually 5 m or less.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an Example is given and this invention is demonstrated, this invention is not limited to these Examples at all.

[Evaluation method]
<Maximum amplitude of resin layer thickness in the width direction>
The entire thickness in the width direction of the laminated film was scanned with an interference film thickness meter (F20 Filmetrics), and the film thickness profile in the width direction was measured. The layer structure of the measured sample is a resin layer made of base film / primer layer / polyvinyl alcohol resin. Measurement was performed while moving the sample on an automatic stage so that the measurement interval was 2 mm or less. The maximum amplitude was defined as the difference between the largest peak and the largest valley in the film thickness profile in the width direction thus obtained.

<Period intensity of film thickness distribution>
The thickness profile in the width direction obtained as described above was subjected to fast Fourier transform by Fourier analysis incorporated in Microsoft Excel 2010. In the wave number spectrum thus obtained, the maximum amplitude value in the region having a period of 30 to 70 mm was defined as the periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution. Specifically, the number of data (A) used for the calculation at this time is a multiplier of 2 that is smaller than the number of data (B) of the obtained thickness profile in the width direction and closest to B. The amplitude value is represented by 2C / A when the absolute value of the result of Fourier transform is C, and the period is represented by Ln / N when the width position of the Nth data is Ln. For the A data used in the calculation, the amplitude and the period were obtained, respectively, and the maximum amplitude in the region where the period was 30 to 70 mm was obtained.

[Example 1]
<Preparation of laminated film>
(1) Base Film A non-stretched polypropylene (PP) film (melting point: 163 ° C.) having a thickness of 90 μm was prepared as a base film. The tensile elastic modulus at 80 ° C. of this base film was 205 MPa.

(2) Preparation of primer layer forming coating solution Polyvinyl alcohol powder (“Z-200” manufactured by Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., average degree of polymerization 1100, average degree of saponification 99.5 mol%) is heated to 95 ° C. A polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution having a concentration of 3% by weight was prepared. The resulting aqueous solution was mixed with 1 part by weight of a crosslinking agent (“SUMIREZ RESIN (registered trademark) 650” manufactured by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.) with respect to 2 parts by weight of polyvinyl alcohol powder to obtain a primer layer forming coating solution. .

(3) Preparation of aqueous solution containing polyvinyl alcohol resin Polyvinyl alcohol powder (“PVA124” manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd., average polymerization degree 2400, average saponification degree 98.0 to 99.0 mol%) was heated to 95 ° C. An aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin that is an aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution having a concentration of 8% by weight was prepared.

(4) Step (1), Step (2)
-Single-area layer product While continuously transporting the base film, one surface thereof was subjected to corona treatment, and then the primer layer coating solution was continuously applied to the corona-treated surface by a microgravure coater. Thereafter, the primer layer having a thickness of 0.2 μm was formed by drying at 60 ° C. for 3 minutes. Then, the aqueous solution containing the said polyvinyl alcohol-type resin was continuously coated on the primer layer with the lip coater, conveying a film.

  By drying at 80 ° C. for 10 minutes in a drying furnace having eight guide rolls, a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a thickness of 9.5 μm was formed on the primer layer to obtain a laminated film. At this time, the dew point in the drying oven was 27 ° C, and it was judged that the resin layer had solidified because it did not feel wet when touched with the finger before checking the 8th roll. I was able to.

  A film thickness profile in the width direction was obtained at a measurement interval of 0.85 mm. The maximum amplitude of the film thickness in the width direction was 0.6 μm. Further, the periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution at this time was 0.06.

・ Double-sided laminated product Furthermore, the surface opposite to the surface on which the resin layer is formed in the base film is subjected to the same treatment, and a primer layer having a thickness of 0.2 μm and polyvinyl alcohol having a thickness of 9.5 μm are formed on both sides of the base material. A resin layer made of a resin was formed, and a laminated film of a double-sided laminate was created. The dew point in the drying oven was 28 ° C.

  A film thickness profile in the width direction was obtained at a measurement interval of 0.90 mm. The maximum amplitude of the film thickness in the width direction was 0.2 μm. Further, the periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution at this time was 0.03.

(5) Step (3)
While continuously transporting the laminated film obtained in (4) above, the film is stretched 2.5 times at a stretching temperature of 140 ° C. in the longitudinal direction (film transport direction) by a stretching method between nip rolls, and then at 160 ° C. The film was stretched 2.3 times (total stretch ratio: 5.8 times) to obtain a stretched laminated film. The thickness of the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol resin in the stretched laminated film was 5.2 μm and 5.3 μm, respectively.
<Preparation of polarizing laminated film>

(6) Step (4)
The stretched laminated film is immersed in a dyeing solution at 30 ° C. containing iodine and potassium iodide so that the residence time is about 150 seconds, and a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin is dyed, and then 10 ° C. The excess staining solution was washed away with pure water. Subsequently, a crosslinking treatment was performed by dipping in a crosslinking solution at 76 ° C. containing boric acid and potassium iodide so that the residence time was 600 seconds. Thereafter, the polarizing laminate film was obtained by washing with pure water at 10 ° C. for 4 seconds and drying at 80 ° C. for 300 seconds.

<Preparation of polarizing plate>
(7) Step (5), Step (6)
Polyvinyl alcohol powder (“KL-318” manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd., average polymerization degree 1800) was dissolved in hot water at 95 ° C. to prepare a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution having a concentration of 3% by weight. The resulting aqueous solution was mixed with 1 part by weight of a cross-linking agent (“Smiles Resin (registered trademark) 650” manufactured by Taoka Chemical Co., Ltd.) with respect to 2 parts by weight of polyvinyl alcohol powder to obtain an adhesive solution.

  Next, after applying the adhesive solution to the polarizing laminated film on the polarizer layers on both sides, a protective film with a saponification treatment applied to the bonding surface [transparent protective film made of triacetyl cellulose (TAC) ( Konica Minolta Opto Co., Ltd. “KC4UY”), thickness 40 μm] is bonded onto the polarizer layer and pressed between a pair of bonding rolls, and TAC / polarizer / primer layer / base film / primer. A multilayer film consisting of layer / polarizer / TAC was obtained. The multilayer film was peeled between the base film and the primer layer to obtain TAC / polarizer / primer layer / base film and primer layer / polarizer / TAC. Subsequently, the base film was peeled and removed to obtain a polarizing plate in which a protective film was laminated on the polarizer layer composed of TAC / polarizer / primer layer via an adhesive layer. There was no problem such as breakage in the peeling step.

<Confirmation of Sujimura>
Each polarizing plate is cut to 150 mm in the direction of the absorption axis and full width to the direction perpendicular to the absorption axis, placed in an oven at 105 ° C. for 30 minutes, and then observed as a crossed Nicol with other polarizing plates on the backlight. As a result, no noticeable unevenness was found in both polarizing plates.

[Example 2]
In the one-area layer product of Example 1, the number of guide rolls in the drying zone of the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin was set to 3, and was the same as Example 1 except that it was dried at 90 ° C. for 5 minutes in a drying furnace. Then, a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin having a thickness of 9.6 μm was formed on the primer layer. The dew point in the drying oven was 26 ° C., and it was judged immediately before the third roll that the resin layer was solidified because the coating layer was touched with a finger and checked. did it.

  A film thickness profile in the width direction was obtained at a measurement interval of 0.83 mm. The maximum amplitude of the film thickness in the width direction was 0.6 μm. Further, the periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution at this time was 0.03.

A polarizing plate was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that it was in a single-area layer state. However, no particular problem occurred, and no noticeable stripes were observed.

[Example 3]
In the one-area layer product of Example 2, the number of guide rolls in the drying zone of the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin was one, and was the same as that of Example 2 except that it was dried at 90 ° C. for 5 minutes in a drying furnace. Then, a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin having a thickness of 9.4 μm was formed on the primer layer. The dew point in the drying oven is 27 ° C., and it was confirmed that the resin layer was solidified because it did not feel wet when touched with the finger on the coating layer before the exit of the drying oven. It was.

  A film thickness profile in the width direction was obtained at a measurement interval of 0.86 mm. The maximum amplitude of the film thickness in the width direction was 0.7 μm. Further, the periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution at this time was 0.06.

  A polarizing plate was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that it was in a single-area layer state. However, no particular problem occurred, and no noticeable stripes were observed.

[Example 4]
In Example 3, except that the drying zone of the aqueous solution containing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer was a floating system and was dried at 80 ° C. for 20 minutes by a drying furnace and air blowing, the same as in Example 3 was performed on the primer layer. A resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin having a thickness of 9.9 μm was formed. The dew point in the drying furnace was 45 ° C.

  A film thickness profile in the width direction was obtained at a measurement interval of 0.78 mm. The maximum amplitude of the film thickness in the width direction was 1.2 μm. Further, the periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution at this time was 0.07.

  A polarizing plate was produced in the same manner as in Example 2. However, no particular problem occurred and no noticeable stripes were observed.

[Example 5]
In Example 4, a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a thickness of 9.1 μm was formed on the primer layer in the same manner as in Example 4 except that the dew point in the drying furnace was 20 ° C.

  A film thickness profile in the width direction was obtained at a measurement interval of 0.78 mm. The maximum amplitude of the film thickness in the width direction was 0.9 μm. Further, the periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution at this time was 0.07.

  A polarizing plate was produced in the same manner as in Example 4. However, no particular problem occurred and no noticeable stripes were observed.

[Comparative Example 1]
A resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol resin was formed on the primer layer in the same manner as in Example 3 except that the thickness of the resin layer made of the polyvinyl alcohol resin was changed to 11.9 μm.

  A film thickness profile in the width direction was obtained at a measurement interval of 0.83 mm. The maximum amplitude of the film thickness in the width direction was 2.45 μm. Further, the periodic intensity of the film thickness distribution at this time was 0.10.

  When a polarizing plate was produced in the same manner as in Example 3, no particular problem occurred, but when streaks were confirmed, strong streaks were confirmed.

[Comparative Example 2]
When a base film having an elastic modulus of 100 MPa at 80 ° C. was used, the shrinkage was very large and wrinkles occurred when the primer layer was formed.

  The laminated film of the present invention is useful because it can provide a polarizing plate without optical stripes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 11-18: Guide roll 2: Base film which has a coating layer 3: Arrow 4: Nozzle 5: Arrow

Claims (6)

A laminated film in which a resin layer made of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having an average thickness in the width direction of 10 μm or less is formed on a long base film having a tensile modulus at 80 ° C. of 180 MPa or more. ,
The maximum amplitude of the thickness in the width direction of the resin layer measured by an interference film thickness meter so that the measurement interval is 0.05 mm or more and 2 mm or less is 1.3 μm or less,
When the film thickness distribution in the width direction of the resin layer is subjected to fast Fourier transform, the maximum amplitude value in a region having a period of 30 mm to 70 mm is 0.09 or less,
The base film is a laminated film that is peeled off later. The manufacturing method of the laminated | multilayer film of Claim 1 including the following processes (1-1) and processes (2-1).
Step (1-1) A base material having a coating layer formed by coating an aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin on a base film having a tensile modulus of elasticity of 180 MPa or more at 80 ° C. Coating process step for obtaining a film (2-1) A substrate film having a coating layer is conveyed to a drying zone, and in the drying zone, the substrate film having a coating layer is supported by at least one guide roll. While drying the coating layer to form a resin layer made of polyvinyl alcohol resin, a drying process to obtain a laminated film The manufacturing method of the laminated | multilayer film of Claim 1 including the following processes (1-2) and processes (2-2).
Step (1-2) A base material having a coating layer formed by coating an aqueous solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin on a base film having a tensile modulus of elasticity of 180 MPa or more at 80 ° C. Coating process step (2-2) for obtaining a film From a polyvinyl alcohol resin having a thickness of 10 μm or less by drying a coating layer by conveying a base film having a coating layer to a drying zone by a floating method. Forming a resin layer to obtain a laminated film,
A drying step in which the dew point of the atmosphere in the drying zone is 50 ° C. or less The manufacturing method of the light-polarizing laminated film including the following processes (3) and processes (4).
Step (3) Stretching step (4) for uniaxially stretching the laminated film according to claim 1 to obtain a stretched laminated film (4) Dyeing for obtaining a polarizing laminated film having a polarizer layer and a substrate film by dyeing the stretched laminated film Process The manufacturing method of a polarizing plate including the following processes (3)-a process (6).
Step (3) Stretching step (4) for uniaxially stretching the laminated film according to claim 1 to obtain a stretched laminated film (4) Dyeing for obtaining a polarizing laminated film having a polarizer layer and a substrate film by dyeing the stretched laminated film Process step (5) Lamination process step (6) to obtain a multilayer film by laminating a transparent protective film on the polarizer layer in the polarizing laminate film, the substrate film is peeled from the multilayer film, and the polarizer and the transparent protection Peeling process for obtaining a polarizing plate having a film The manufacturing method of the sheet body of a polarizing plate including the following processes (7).
Process (7) The cutting process which obtains the sheet body of a polarizing plate by cutting the polarizing plate of Claim 5 into a rectangle.

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