JP2018027657A - Method for manufacturing packaging laminate having gas permeability - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a packaging laminate including a structure having a thermoplastic resin layer laminated on a paper base material and excellent in gas permeability.SOLUTION: By extruding a thermoplastic resin 11 melted between a paper base material 5 and a short fiber nonwoven fabric 6 to laminate the paper base material 5 and the short fiber nonwoven fabric 6 through the thermoplastic resin 11, a part of short fibers penetrates a thermoplastic resin layer 9b to form air holes.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a laminate for packaging having air permeability, which is particularly suitable for packaging of side dishes such as fried foods and foods such as bread.

  Foods immediately after cooking often have a high temperature and generate a large amount of water vapor. Problems are likely to arise when packaging such foods. For example, when packaging bread, fried food, cooked rice, etc. with a highly airtight packaging material, water vapor is condensed inside the packaging material, and water droplets may adhere to the food and reduce the taste. Accordingly, the packaging material for cooked rice is required to have a breathability capable of releasing excess water vapor to the outside of the packaging material. On the other hand, when the air permeability of the packaging material is too high, such as a paper bag, the cooked rice in the packaging material may become dry. Thus, in order to package foods and the like immediately after cooking, many packaging materials having appropriate air permeability are required.

  As a packaging material that solves the above problem, as shown in Patent Document 1, an air-permeable nonwoven fabric made of water-absorbing paper having a rough surface with at least one uneven surface and non-water-absorbing synthetic fiber is used. There is a food packaging paper that is bonded with a thermoplastic synthetic resin film that has through-holes on the entire surface when the rough surface with unevenness is positioned on the bonding surface side with the nonwoven fabric and bonded. It has been. That is, Patent Document 1 discloses a wrapping paper having a three-layer structure of a paper base material layer / thermoplastic resin layer / nonwoven fabric layer and excellent air permeability.

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  However, in the wrapping paper having the above configuration, the formation of the resin film through holes depends exclusively on the unevenness of the rough surface of the paper, so there is a limit to increase the air permeability, and the air permeability is more excellent. Wrapping paper was desired.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a laminated body having excellent breathability in a laminated body having a thermoplastic resin layer.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have intensively studied. As a result, in the laminate having a three-layer structure of paper base material layer / thermoplastic resin layer / nonwoven fabric layer, unevenness of the rough surface of the paper base material is aeration of the laminate The present invention was completed by finding that the influence of the type of nonwoven fabric of the nonwoven fabric layer on the laminate was much greater than the effect on the properties.

  That is, as one aspect of the present invention, the molten thermoplastic resin is extruded between a paper base material and a short fiber nonwoven fabric, and the paper base material and the short fiber nonwoven fabric are laminated via the thermoplastic resin. And

  According to the said aspect, in the laminated body which has a thermoplastic resin layer, the laminated body for packaging excellent in air permeability can be obtained.

Schematic which shows an example of the laminated body manufacturing apparatus used by this invention Cross-sectional schematic diagram showing a laminate for packaging produced by the method of the present invention

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a packaging laminate manufacturing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as “laminate manufacturing apparatus”) for carrying out the present invention. As illustrated, the laminate manufacturing apparatus of the present embodiment includes a coating unit 1, a laminate unit 2, and a winding unit 3, and manufactures a laminate using an extrusion laminating method. It is not limited to this.

  The coating unit 1 includes an extruder, and extrudes the thermoplastic resin melted by the extruder from the T-die 4 of the extruder. The laminating unit 2 includes a pressure roll 7 and a cooling roll 8 for pressure bonding the paper base material 5 and the short fiber nonwoven fabric 6. The winding unit 3 includes a winding roll 10 that winds up a laminate 9 for packaging formed by laminating a paper base material 5 and a short fiber nonwoven fabric 6.

  A method for producing the packaging laminate 9 using the laminate production apparatus will be described. The molten thermoplastic resin 11 is supplied from the T die 4 between the paper base 5 and the short fiber nonwoven fabric 6 on the upstream side of the laminate portion 2. In the laminating section 2, the paper base material 5 and the short fiber nonwoven fabric 6 are pressure-bonded with the pressure roll 7 and the cooling roll 8 through the thermoplastic resin 11, and as shown in FIG. It cools and solidifies in the state laminated | stacked on 3 layers of the resin layer 9b and the short fiber nonwoven fabric layer 9c. The packaging laminate 9 thus formed is wound up by a winding roll 10.

  In the present invention, in the short fiber nonwoven fabric layer 9c, a part of the short fiber end exposed on the surface on the thermoplastic resin layer 9b side penetrates the thermoplastic resin layer 9b at the time of lamination, thereby suppressing the passage of liquid. A vent hole having good air permeability is formed. Thereby, it becomes possible to improve air permeability, maintaining the liquid impermeability of the level which can suppress effectively the exudation of the water | moisture content and oil which a packaged material contains as a packaging material. The vent hole is formed by a gap between the short fiber and the thermoplastic resin.

  As the thermoplastic resin 11, a polyolefin resin that can be hot-melt extruded can be used. Specifically, polyethylene resins such as low density polyethylene, medium density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, and linear low density polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-α olefin copolymer, and ethylene and a monomer copolymerizable therewith. Examples thereof include resins such as copolymers. What mixed these resin 1 type (s) or 2 or more types can be used. Among these, it is preferable to use a polyethylene resin as the thermoplastic resin 11.

  The paper substrate 5 can be used without particular limitation, such as unbleached kraft paper, bleached kraft paper, and pure white paper. Moreover, even if the paper base material 5 has an unevenness | corrugation on the surface, even if it is a thing with few unevenness | corrugations, both can be used.

  The short fiber nonwoven fabric 6 preferably has a fiber length of 5 mm to 100 mm, and more preferably a fiber length of 20 mm to 70 mm. In addition, fiber length here means the average value of 20 measured by taking out one single fiber at random and stretching the fiber straight without stretching. Further, the fineness of the nonwoven fabric is not particularly limited as long as a part of the fibers can penetrate the thermoplastic resin layer to form a vent hole, but is preferably 0.1 dtex to 30 dtex, preferably 1 to 6 dtex. More preferably. Non-woven fabrics that can be manufactured using short fibers (for example, thermal bond nonwoven fabrics, needle punched nonwoven fabrics, spanned fabrics), except for nonwoven fabrics manufactured using long fibers (for example, spunbonded nonwoven fabrics and meltblown nonwoven fabrics). Lace nonwoven fabric, airlaid nonwoven fabric, etc.) can be used. In particular, the thermal bond nonwoven fabric is preferable in that a soft texture can be obtained.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an Example is given and this invention is demonstrated further in detail, unless it exceeds the summary of this invention, it is not limited to these Examples. First, a laminate for packaging having a three-layer structure of paper base material layer / thermoplastic resin layer / nonwoven fabric layer was prepared using a prototype laminate manufacturing apparatus, and the characteristics thereof were evaluated. The results are shown in Table 1 (Examples 1 to 5 and Comparative Example 1).

As a characteristic of the laminated body for packaging, water vapor permeability was measured under the following conditions.
(Measurement conditions of water vapor permeability)
Measurement device: Water vapor transmission meter L80-5000 manufactured by Systec Illinois
Measurement range: 10-200 g / m ² d or 200-10000 g / m ² d
-N number: 2 (The value of water vapor permeability was an average value of two measurement results.)

In Table 1, low density polyethylene (LDPE) having a density of 0.919 g / cm ³ and a melt flow rate (MFR) of 3.4 g / 10 min is used as the thermoplastic resin, and the paper base material type and the nonwoven fabric type are changed. Thus, the influence on water vapor permeability was evaluated. The paper base material and nonwoven fabric used are as follows.

(Paper substrate)
・ Unbleached kraft paper (50 g / m ² per unit weight)
・ Pure white paper (40 g / m ² per unit area)
・ Single gloss bleached kraft paper (50 g / m ² per unit area)
(Nonwoven fabric)
・ Thermal bond nonwoven fabric (made of polypropylene, fiber length 40 mm, basis weight 20 g / m ² )
・ Spunbonded nonwoven fabric (made of polypropylene, long fiber, basis weight 20 g / m ² )

In Examples 1 to 5 of Table 1, a thermal bond nonwoven fabric (made of PP, fiber length: 40 mm, basis weight: 20 g / m ² ) which is a short fiber nonwoven fabric is used as the nonwoven fabric, and unbleached kraft paper, pure white paper is used as the paper base material. And three types of single-glazed bleached kraft paper. Among them, for pure white paper and single gloss bleached kraft paper, one substrate surface is a smooth glossy surface, and the other substrate surface is an uneven surface, so a laminate surface with a thermoplastic resin layer, That is, the case where the glossy surface and the concavo-convex surface were used as the paper substrate surface on the side in contact with the thermoplastic resin layer was also evaluated.

As a result, in Examples 1 to 5 in Table 1, all showed good water vapor permeability regardless of the type of paper base material and the degree of surface irregularities of the paper base material. That is, it can be seen that the degree of unevenness of the surface of the paper substrate has a small effect on the water vapor transmission rate. On the other hand, the same unbleached kraft paper as in Example 1 was used as the paper base material, and Comparative Example 1 was changed to a spunbonded nonwoven fabric (PP, basis weight: 20 g / m ² ) composed only of nonwoven fabric. The degree dropped significantly to less than half that of Example 1.

  This is because, in the laminate part 2 of the laminate manufacturing apparatus, the nonwoven fabric layer and the thermoplastic resin layer are pressure-bonded, and a part of the fibers constituting the nonwoven fabric layer penetrates the thermoplastic resin layer to form a vent hole. However, the short fiber nonwoven fabric, which has many fiber ends that are likely to penetrate the thermoplastic resin layer on the nonwoven fabric surface, has a more advantageous effect on the formation of air holes than the spunbond nonwoven fabric composed of long fibers. Was guessed.

As an additional example, a laminate for packaging was prepared using a large-scale laminate manufacturing apparatus that was scaled up from the apparatus used in Table 1, and its characteristics were evaluated. The results are shown in Table 2 (Examples 6 to 10 and Comparative Example 2). In Examples 6 to 10 in Table 2, unbleached kraft paper (paper weight: 50 g / m ² ) as a paper base material and short fiber nonwoven fabric as a nonwoven fabric (PP thermal bond nonwoven fabric, fiber length: 40 mm, basis weight: 20 g) / M ² ) and using LDPE (density: 0.919 g / cm ³ , MFR: 3.4 g / 10 min) as the thermoplastic resin, changing the thickness of the thermoplastic resin layer to change the water vapor transmission rate The effect on the environment was evaluated. As Comparative Example 2, a laminate having a two-layer structure of an unbleached kraft paper layer and a thermoplastic resin layer was prepared and evaluated. In Examples 6 to 10 and Comparative Example 2, the nip pressure was adjusted to be constant.

  As a result, as shown in Examples 6 to 10 in Table 2, the water vapor permeability decreased as the thickness of the thermoplastic resin layer increased. This was thought to be because the number of nonwoven fabric fibers penetrating the thermoplastic resin layer, that is, the number of vent holes, was decreased as the thermoplastic resin layer was thickened.

  On the other hand, in Comparative Example 2, which is a laminate having a two-layer structure of an unbleached kraft paper layer and a thermoplastic resin layer without using a non-woven fabric, water vapor is hardly generated even though the thickness of the thermoplastic resin layer is as thin as 15 μm. The level was not transparent. These results are considered to be a result that reasonably supports that a part of the fibers constituting the nonwoven fabric layer penetrates the thermoplastic resin layer to form a vent hole.

  Moreover, the bag body was produced about four types of materials, together with three types of packaging laminated bodies of Example 7, Example 8, and Comparative Example 2, and unbleached kraft paper, and the actual packaging test of food was performed. . Specifically, the fried potatoes with coarse heat were put in four types of bags and sealed, and the state of the fries in the bag after 5 hours was evaluated.

  As a result, in unbleached kraft paper bags (hereinafter abbreviated as “paper bags”), the fried potatoes in the bags after 5 hours were crisp and hardened by drying. Moreover, the bag of Comparative Example 2 was in a state where the fries in the bag after 5 hours had become sticky with moisture.

  The state of the fried potatoes in the bags of Example 7 and Example 8 was both well-suited and good in texture in both Example 7 and Example 8.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coating part 2 Laminating part 3 Winding part 4 T die 5 Paper base material 6 Short fiber nonwoven fabric 7 Crimp roll 8 Cooling roll 9 Laminate for packaging 9a Paper base material layer 9b Thermoplastic resin layer 9c Short fiber nonwoven fabric layer 10 Winding Roll 11 thermoplastic resin

Claims (3)

For packaging with air permeability, characterized by extruding a molten thermoplastic resin between a paper base material and a short fiber nonwoven fabric, and laminating the paper base material and the short fiber nonwoven fabric through the thermoplastic resin. A manufacturing method of a layered product. The said short fiber nonwoven fabric is a manufacturing method of the laminated body for ventilation provided with the air permeability of Claim 1 whose fiber length is 5 mm-100 mm. The method for producing a laminate for packaging according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the short fiber nonwoven fabric is a thermal bond nonwoven fabric.

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