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JP3978793B2
JP3978793B2 JP24114996A JP24114996A JP3978793B2 JP 3978793 B2 JP3978793 B2 JP 3978793B2 JP 24114996 A JP24114996 A JP 24114996A JP 24114996 A JP24114996 A JP 24114996A JP 3978793 B2 JP3978793 B2 JP 3978793B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明はフィルターに関する。更に詳しくは、主として食品分野、または工業分野及び医療分野で使用される液体用フィルターに関する。
【0002】
【従来技術とその問題点】
ポリエチレン、ポリプロピレンまたはポリエステルに代表される熱可塑性樹脂から構成される繊維は、取扱いが容易で比較的安価に加工ができるため、様々な分野で使用されている。これらの熱可塑性樹脂からなる繊維には不織布状などに加工する際、加工機との摩擦などによって発生する静電気を押さえる目的で、その繊維の表面に様々な繊維仕上剤(以下、仕上剤と略す)が付着している。しかし、このような仕上剤は繊維の表面に付着しているだけなので、該表面に液体を流通させると比較的容易に流出するため、食品分野などで使用するには該仕上剤は低毒性で安全性に優れた化合物でなければならない。そのため、繊維に付着される仕上剤としては、流出が少なく、親水性を有するものとして、安全性の高いソルビタンエステル・エチレンオキサイド付加物が知られているが、これは起泡性が高く、該仕上剤を付着したフィルターの濾過液が起泡または白濁し、廃水処理上問題となっていた。
【0003】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明者らは、上記課題を解決すべく鋭意研究を重ねた結果、特定の界面活性剤組成物を仕上剤として繊維表面に付着させる事によって、上記課題を解消できる見通しを得て、本発明を完成するに至った。
以上の記述から明らかなように、本発明の目的は、通水による起泡を抑え、かつ安全性に優れた不織繊維集合体からなるフィルターを提供する事にある。
【0004】
【課題を解決するための手段】
即ち本発明は、次の構成を有する。
(1)熱可塑性繊維の不織繊維集合体であって繊維接点が接合されてなるものに、下記組成物(A)20〜90重量%と、組成物(B)10〜80重量%とからなる仕上剤を、該繊維集合体の重量に対し0.1〜1.0重量%付着させてなるフィルター:(A)炭素数12〜18の脂肪酸ソルビタンエステルから選ばれた少なくとも1種からなる成分が0〜75重量%と、炭素数12〜18の脂肪酸ソルビタンエステルのエチレンオキサイド5〜20モル付加物から選ばれた少なくとも1種からなる化合物の25〜100重量%とからなる組成物;(B)▲1▼白色鉱油、▲2▼炭素数12〜18である脂肪酸と分子量200〜600のポリエチレングリコールとのジエステル、▲3▼炭素数が12〜18である脂肪酸と分子量200〜600のポリプロピレングリコールとのジエステル、▲4▼プルロニック型非イオン界面活性剤、及び▲5▼炭素数が8〜16のアルキルスルホネート金属塩の中から選ばれた少なくとも1種からなる組成物
【0005】
(2)熱可塑性繊維が、融点差10℃以上を有する高融点樹脂と低融点樹脂からなる複合繊維である上記(1)に記載のフィルター。
【0006】
(3)熱可塑性繊維が、ポリオレフィン系繊維、ポリエステル系繊維から選ばれる、少なくとも1種である上記(1)または(2)に記載のフィルター。
【0007】
(4)仕上剤の付着した熱可塑性繊維が巻回積層された、上記(1)〜(3)の何れかに記載の筒状フィルター。
【0008】
以下、本発明を詳細に説明する。
本発明のフィルターに用いられる熱可塑性繊維からなる不織繊維集合体の構成素材としては、ポリオレフィン系、ポリエステル系等の熱可塑性樹脂が用いられる。
ポリオレフィン系樹脂としては、ポリエチレン、ポリプロピレン、プロピレンを主体とし、これとエチレン、ブテン−1、あるいは4−メチルペンテン−1等との共重合体が例示でき、また、ポリエステル系樹脂としては、ポリエチレンテレフタレート、ポリブチレンテレフタレート、ポリエチレンテレフタレート・イソフタレート共重合体及び共重合ポリエーテルエステルが例示できる。
これらの熱可塑性樹脂は単独で、あるいは混合物として溶融紡糸法により繊維とする事ができる。また、これらの熱可塑性樹脂から選んだ2種類の熱可塑性樹脂を紡糸して並列型、同心鞘芯型、偏心鞘芯型、放射状分割型、あるいは海島状型に配置した複合繊維とすることもできる。これらの熱可塑性繊維には、本発明の目的を阻害しない範囲内で、繊維内に顔料、酸化防止剤等の添加剤を配合する事ができる。
また、繊維の断面形状は、円形、多葉形、中空、偏平等とする事ができ、繊維形態も、短繊維、長繊維、捲縮の有無等のいずれも可能であり、用途に合わせて適宜それらを組み合わせても差し支えない。
【0009】
次に、本発明で用いる仕上剤の組成物(A)、(B)について説明する。
組成物(A)は、炭素数12〜18の脂肪酸とソルビタンとのエステルから選ばれた少なくとも1種の脂肪酸ソルビタンエステル▲1▼の0〜75重量%と、炭素数12〜18の脂肪酸とソルビタンとのエステル▲2▼に、エチレンオキサイド5〜20モル付加した化合物から選ばれた少なくとも1種の化合物の25〜100重量%とからなる組成物である。
脂肪酸ソルビタンエステル▲1▼は、ソルビタンと炭素数が12〜18の、側鎖を有しても良い飽和または不飽和脂肪酸のモノエステル、ジエステル、トリエステルのいずれであってもよく、これらのエステルの混合物であってもよい。
脂肪酸ソルビタンエステル・エチレンオキサイド付加物における脂肪酸ソルビタンエステル▲2▼は、上記脂肪酸ソルビタンエステル▲1▼と同一の化合物であってもよく、別種の化合物であってもよい。この脂肪酸ソルビタンエステル▲2▼へのエチレンオキサイドの付加モル数は5〜20モル、より好ましくは20モルである。エチレンオキサイドの付加モル数が5モル未満の場合、親水性が不十分で好ましくない。
【0010】
組成物(B)は、仕上剤の発泡抑制ないし消泡作用と、加工適性を向上する成分で構成されている。組成物(B)は、▲1▼白色鉱油、▲2▼アルキル基の炭素数が12〜18の、側鎖を有しても良い飽和または不飽和脂肪酸と分子量200〜600のポリエチレングリコールとのジエステル、▲3▼アルキル基の炭素数が12〜18の脂肪酸と分子量200〜600のポリプロピレングリコールとのジエステル、▲4▼プルロニック型非イオン界面活性剤、及び▲5▼炭素数8〜16のアルキルスルホネート金属塩の中から選ばれた少なくとも1種からなる化合物である。本発明で用いる仕上剤において、組成物(A)の配合量は20〜90重量%であり、20重量%未満では十分な親水性が得られず、また90重量%を超えると気泡性が増大し、十分な消泡効果または泡抑制効果が得られないので好ましくない。また、仕上剤において組成物(B)の配合量は10〜80重量%であり、80重量%を越えると十分な持続性を有する親水性が得られず、また10重量%未満では、十分な消泡効果または泡抑制効果が得られない。本発明で用いる仕上剤は、本発明の目的を達する範囲内で、前記組成物(A)及び組成物(B)以外の化合物を必要に応じて添加する事ができる。
【0011】
本発明において、前記熱可塑性繊維への仕上剤の付着量は、繊維重量に対して0.1〜1.0重量%、好ましくは0.3〜0.7重量%である。
付着量が0.1重量%未満では制電性、親水性が不十分となり、また1.0重量%を越えるとフィルターからの泡立ちが多くなる等の問題が生じる。
熱可塑性繊維にこれらの仕上剤を付着させる方法に特別な制限はなく、繊維の紡糸工程及びまたは延伸工程で適当な濃度の仕上剤水溶液をオイリングロールにより付着させる、繊維を仕上剤水溶液に浸漬する、あるいは繊維に仕上剤水溶液を噴霧する等の公知の方法が利用できる。また、繊維をウェブ等の繊維積層体、不織布または編織布等の布状物に加工した後に接触法、浸漬法、噴霧法により付着させてもよい。
【0012】
本発明のフィルターに用いられる熱可塑性繊維からなる不織繊維集合体は、公知のカードウェブ法、エアレイド法、等により作製できる。上記何れかの方法で得られるウェブの総目付量は、熱接合のし易さの点で100g/m2以下が望ましい。つまり、後述する熱処理によって低融点成分のみが溶融し、各繊維接点で接合されてウェブに三次元構造を形成させるような構造であればよい。
【0013】
不織繊維集合体を構成する繊維の形態としては、単一成分の樹脂から作られた繊維でもよいが好ましくは、低融点成分樹脂と高融点成分樹脂から作られた2種の成分からなる混合繊維、または複合繊維がよい。2種の混合繊維または、複合繊維の好ましい組み合わせとしては、ポリエチレン/ポリプロピレン、共重合ポリプロピレン/ポリプロピレン、低融点共重合ポリエステル/ポリエステル、ポリエチレン/ポリエステル等が例示できるが、これらに限定されるものではない。この中でも、共重合ポリプロピレン/ポリプロピレン、低融点共重合ポリエステル/ポリエステルの組合せは、フィルター成形時の接合力が強く、特に好ましい。混合繊維または複合繊維の樹脂成分比率としては、低融点成分が通常10〜90%であるが、好ましくは20〜60%、より好ましくは30〜50%である。本発明において、繊維ウェブの熱処理は、繊維ウェブの接点と熱接合成形する上で好ましい態様である。熱接合成形は、混合繊維または複合繊維のウェブを、低融点成分の融点以上、高融点成分の融点以下の温度で加熱し、低融点成分のみを溶融させ繊維の接点で熱接合させることにより、繊維ウェブが三次元的な交絡構造を形成するのである。
【0014】
ウェブの加熱法としては、熱エンボス法、熱カレンダー法、熱風循環法、熱風貫通法、超音波結合法、遠赤外加熱法などがある。その中でも特にサクション機構を備えた熱風貫通法は、カードウェブ法などにより得られたウェブを乱す事なく厚みムラが少なく均一に加熱接合でき、フィルター性能も安定した良い方法である。また、適宜これらの加熱法を組み合わせ、シート状のフィルターを作ることができる。尚、上記単一成分の樹脂から作られた繊維の場合には、化学的に結合できる樹脂を使用して繊維接点を接合するか、または撚糸して繊維接点を接合してもよい。更に、フィルターの形態としては、ウェブを加熱溶融状態で金属製中芯に巻き付けて作る筒状フィルターや、一旦不織布とした後、工業用ミシンなどにより縫製加工した袋状フィルターがある。
しかし、これらの加工は本発明のフィルターを構成する繊維に付着させた仕上剤に、何ら影響を及ぼすものではない。
【0015】
以下、本発明を実施例にて更に詳細に説明するが、本発明の要旨を越えない限り以下の実施例、比較例に限定されるものではない。尚、各例に於いて以下の物性評価方法を用いた。
[安全性試験](JIS K−0102準拠)
魚類による急性毒性試験として、まずハウジングにフィルターを取り付け、30リットル用水槽からポンプで循環通水し、通水初期の水5リットルをサンプリングする。その中にヒメダカを三匹入れ、24時間後の生存を確認する。全数生存を○、1匹でも死亡の場合を×とした。
[フィルター濾過液の泡立ち試験]循環式濾過性能試験機のハウジングに、フィルター1本を取り付け、毎分30リットルの流量で循環通水する。通水初期の水を1リットルサンプリングし、素早く100cc用メスシリンダーに約50cc注いだ直後と、1分後の泡の高さを物差しで計測する。
[捕集効率(濾過精度)]前記循環式濾過性能試験機のハウジングに、フィルター1本を取り付け、毎分30リットルの流量で循環通水しながら、ACコーステストダスト(ACCTD:中位径27〜31μm)を5g/minで添加し、5分後の原液とフィルター通過後の液をサンプリングする。それぞれの液の粒度分布を光遮断式粒度分布測定器で測定し、 各粒径における粒子の捕集効率を求めた。
【0016】
(実施例1〜4、比較例1〜3)融点が131℃で、メルトフローレート(以下MFRと略す)13g/10分(at190℃、2.16kg)の高密度ポリエチレンを鞘成分とし、融点が165℃でMFR10g/10分(at230℃、2.16kg)のポリプロピレンを芯成分とする同心鞘芯型複合繊維を紡糸温度300℃で紡糸し、延伸工程を経て、単糸繊度2dの繊維を得た。該繊維に、表1に示した各種組成の仕上剤を全て0.9重量%付着させ、該繊維を51mmにカットし、カード機にて、目付け30g/m2のカードウェブとした。続けてこれを熱風貫通式のスルーエア型熱処理機(140℃、風速1.2m/min)で、カードウェブを加熱溶融しながら、外径30mmφの金属製中芯に外径65mmφまで巻き取り、冷却後中芯を抜き取り250mmの長さにカットして、円筒状フィルターを得た。結果を表2に示す。
【0017】
(実施例5、比較例4〜5)
仕上剤の付着量を変えた以外は前記実施例と同じレジンを用い、同じ加工方法で円筒状フィルターを得た。尚、仕上剤は組成No. 1を用いたが、付着量が0. 07重量%の物については、静電気によるカード通過性が悪く、製品が取れなかった。結果を表3に示す。
【0018】
(実施例6)
融点が131℃で、MFR15g/10分(at190℃、2. 16kg)の高密度ポリエチレンを紡糸温度260℃で、融点が254℃で35℃のo−クロロフェノール中で測定した固有粘度が0. 64のポリエチレンテレフタレートを紡糸温度320℃でそれぞれ単独で紡糸し、続けて延伸し、単糸繊度2dの繊維を得た。
得られた各繊維に組成No. 1の仕上剤を0. 9重量%付着させ、該繊維を51mmにカットした。これらを重量比1:1で混綿した後、カード機にて、目付け30g/m2 のカードウェブとした。続けてこれを遠赤外ヒータを備えた熱風乾燥式の熱処理機(機内雰囲気温度140℃)で、カードウェブを加熱溶融しながら、外径30mmφの金属製中芯に外径65mmφまで巻き取り、冷却後中芯を抜き取り250mmの長さにカットして、円筒状フィルターを得た。結果を表3に示す。
【0019】
(実施例7)
融点が165℃でMFR13g/10分(at230℃、2. 16kg)のポリプロピレンを紡糸温度300℃で紡糸し、延伸工程を経て、単糸繊度2dの繊維を得た。
得られた繊維に、表1に示した組成No. 1の仕上剤を0. 9重量%付着させ、該繊維を51mmにカットした。これをカード機にて、目付け30g/m2 のカードウェブとした後、該ウェブを100mm間隔にスリットしてスライバーを作った。このスライバーを撚糸して、1番手の紡績糸にした。これを外径30mm、長さ250mmのプラスチック製円筒状孔開きコアに、巻き付け角度24°で外径60mmになるまで巻き付けて、糸巻き型フィルターを作製した。結果を表3に示す。
【0020】
【表1】

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【0021】
【表2】
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【0022】
【表3】
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【0023】
【発明の効果】
本発明のフィルターは、濾過液の泡立ちが少なく、安全性に優れている。そのため、食品分野、または工業分野及び医療分野などにおいて、安全に使用できる。[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a filter. More specifically, the present invention relates to a liquid filter mainly used in the food field or the industrial field and the medical field.
[0002]
[Prior art and its problems]
Fibers composed of thermoplastic resins typified by polyethylene, polypropylene, or polyester are used in various fields because they are easy to handle and can be processed at a relatively low cost. In order to suppress static electricity generated by friction with the processing machine when processing these fibers made of thermoplastic resin into a non-woven fabric, various fiber finishing agents (hereinafter abbreviated as finishing agents) are applied to the surface of the fibers. ) Is attached. However, since such a finishing agent is only attached to the surface of the fiber, it flows out relatively easily when a liquid is circulated on the surface, so that the finishing agent has low toxicity for use in the food field. It must be a safe compound. Therefore, as a finishing agent attached to the fiber, a highly safe sorbitan ester / ethylene oxide adduct is known as one having little outflow and having hydrophilicity. The filtrate of the filter to which the finishing agent was adhered foamed or became cloudy, which was a problem in wastewater treatment.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As a result of intensive studies to solve the above problems, the present inventors have obtained a prospect that the above problems can be solved by adhering a specific surfactant composition to the fiber surface as a finishing agent. It came to complete.
As is apparent from the above description, an object of the present invention is to provide a filter composed of a nonwoven fiber assembly that suppresses foaming due to water flow and is excellent in safety.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
That is, the present invention has the following configuration.
(1) A non-woven fiber aggregate of thermoplastic fibers, to which a fiber contact is joined, from 20 to 90% by weight of the following composition (A) and 10 to 80% by weight of the composition (B) A filter formed by adhering 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of a finishing agent to the weight of the fiber assembly: (A) a component comprising at least one selected from fatty acid sorbitan esters having 12 to 18 carbon atoms Is a composition composed of 0 to 75% by weight and 25 to 100% by weight of a compound consisting of at least one compound selected from adducts of 5 to 20 moles of ethylene oxide of a fatty acid sorbitan ester having 12 to 18 carbon atoms; ) (1) White mineral oil, (2) Diester of fatty acid having 12 to 18 carbon atoms and polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 200 to 600, (3) Fatty acid having 12 to 18 carbon atoms and molecular weight of 200 to 600 A composition comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of diesters of polypropylene glycol with (4) pluronic-type nonionic surfactants and (5) alkyl sulfonate metal salts having 8 to 16 carbon atoms.
[0005]
(2) The filter according to (1), wherein the thermoplastic fiber is a composite fiber composed of a high-melting point resin having a melting point difference of 10 ° C. or higher and a low-melting point resin.
[0006]
(3) The filter according to (1) or (2), wherein the thermoplastic fiber is at least one selected from polyolefin fibers and polyester fibers.
[0007]
(4) The cylindrical filter according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein a thermoplastic fiber to which a finishing agent is attached is wound and laminated.
[0008]
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.
As a constituent material of the non-woven fiber assembly made of the thermoplastic fiber used in the filter of the present invention, a thermoplastic resin such as polyolefin or polyester is used.
Examples of the polyolefin resin include polyethylene, polypropylene, and propylene as main components, and copolymers thereof with ethylene, butene-1, 4-methylpentene-1, and the like. Polyester resins include polyethylene terephthalate. And polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene terephthalate / isophthalate copolymer and copolymer polyether ester.
These thermoplastic resins can be made into fibers by a melt spinning method alone or as a mixture. Also, two types of thermoplastic resins selected from these thermoplastic resins may be spun to form a composite fiber arranged in a parallel type, a concentric sheath core type, an eccentric sheath core type, a radial split type, or a sea island type. it can. In these thermoplastic fibers, additives such as pigments and antioxidants can be blended in the fibers as long as the object of the present invention is not impaired.
The cross-sectional shape of the fiber can be circular, multi-lobed, hollow, flat, etc., and the fiber form can be any of short fiber, long fiber, presence or absence of crimp, etc. They may be combined as appropriate.
[0009]
Next, the compositions (A) and (B) of the finishing agent used in the present invention will be described.
The composition (A) comprises 0 to 75% by weight of at least one fatty acid sorbitan ester (1) selected from esters of fatty acids having 12 to 18 carbon atoms and sorbitan, fatty acids having 12 to 18 carbon atoms and sorbitan And 25 to 100% by weight of at least one compound selected from compounds obtained by adding 5 to 20 moles of ethylene oxide to the ester (2).
The fatty acid sorbitan ester (1) may be any of monoesters, diesters and triesters of saturated or unsaturated fatty acids having 12 to 18 carbon atoms and having a side chain, and these esters. It may be a mixture of
The fatty acid sorbitan ester (2) in the fatty acid sorbitan ester / ethylene oxide adduct may be the same compound as the fatty acid sorbitan ester (1) or a different type of compound. The number of moles of ethylene oxide added to the fatty acid sorbitan ester (2) is 5 to 20 moles, more preferably 20 moles. When the added mole number of ethylene oxide is less than 5 moles, the hydrophilicity is insufficient, which is not preferable.
[0010]
The composition (B) is composed of components that improve foaming suppression or defoaming action and processability of the finishing agent. The composition (B) comprises (1) white mineral oil, (2) a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid having an alkyl group having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, which may have a side chain, and polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 200 to 600. A diester, (3) a diester of a fatty acid having an alkyl group of 12 to 18 carbon atoms and a polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of 200 to 600, (4) a pluronic-type nonionic surfactant, and (5) an alkyl having 8 to 16 carbon atoms It is a compound consisting of at least one selected from sulfonate metal salts. In the finish used in the present invention, the blending amount of the composition (A) is 20 to 90% by weight, and if it is less than 20% by weight, sufficient hydrophilicity cannot be obtained. However, it is not preferable because a sufficient defoaming effect or foam suppressing effect cannot be obtained. Further, the blending amount of the composition (B) in the finishing agent is 10 to 80% by weight, and if it exceeds 80% by weight, hydrophilicity having sufficient durability cannot be obtained, and if it is less than 10% by weight, sufficient A defoaming effect or a foam suppressing effect cannot be obtained. In the finishing agent used in the present invention, a compound other than the composition (A) and the composition (B) can be added as necessary within the range of achieving the object of the present invention.
[0011]
In this invention, the adhesion amount of the finishing agent to the said thermoplastic fiber is 0.1 to 1.0 weight% with respect to fiber weight, Preferably it is 0.3 to 0.7 weight%.
If the adhesion amount is less than 0.1% by weight, the antistatic property and hydrophilicity are insufficient, and if it exceeds 1.0% by weight, problems such as increased foaming from the filter occur.
There are no particular restrictions on the method of attaching these finishes to the thermoplastic fibers, and an aqueous finisher solution of an appropriate concentration is attached by an oiling roll in the fiber spinning and / or drawing process, and the fibers are immersed in the finisher aqueous solution. Alternatively, a known method such as spraying a finishing agent aqueous solution onto the fiber can be used. Further, the fibers may be attached by a contact method, a dipping method, or a spray method after being processed into a fiber laminate such as a web, or a cloth-like material such as a nonwoven fabric or a woven fabric.
[0012]
The nonwoven fiber assembly made of thermoplastic fibers used in the filter of the present invention can be produced by a known card web method, airlaid method, or the like. The total basis weight of the web obtained by any of the above methods is preferably 100 g / m 2 or less from the viewpoint of easy thermal bonding. That is, any structure may be used as long as only the low melting point component is melted by the heat treatment described later and is joined at each fiber contact to form a three-dimensional structure on the web.
[0013]
The form of the fibers constituting the nonwoven fiber assembly may be a fiber made from a single component resin, but preferably a mixture of two components made from a low melting point component resin and a high melting point component resin Fiber or composite fiber is preferred. Examples of preferable combinations of two kinds of mixed fibers or composite fibers include polyethylene / polypropylene, copolymerized polypropylene / polypropylene, low-melting point copolymerized polyester / polyester, polyethylene / polyester, and the like, but are not limited thereto. . Among these, the combination of copolymerized polypropylene / polypropylene and low-melting point copolymerized polyester / polyester is particularly preferable because of its strong bonding strength during filter molding. As a resin component ratio of the mixed fiber or the composite fiber, the low melting point component is usually 10 to 90%, preferably 20 to 60%, more preferably 30 to 50%. In the present invention, the heat treatment of the fiber web is a preferred embodiment for heat bonding molding with the contact of the fiber web. In the heat bonding molding, the mixed fiber or composite fiber web is heated at a temperature not lower than the melting point of the low melting point component and not higher than the melting point of the high melting point component, and only the low melting point component is melted and thermally bonded at the fiber contact point . The fiber web forms a three-dimensional entangled structure.
[0014]
Examples of the heating method for the web include a hot embossing method, a thermal calendar method, a hot air circulation method, a hot air penetration method, an ultrasonic bonding method, and a far infrared heating method. Among them, the hot air penetration method particularly equipped with a suction mechanism is a good method in which the web obtained by the card web method or the like can be uniformly heat-bonded with little thickness unevenness without disturbing the web, and the filter performance is stable. Further, a sheet-like filter can be made by appropriately combining these heating methods. In addition, in the case of the fiber made from the said single component resin, you may join a fiber contact using resin which can be chemically combined, or you may twist and join a fiber contact. Further, as a form of the filter, there are a cylindrical filter formed by winding a web around a metal core in a heat-melted state, and a bag-like filter which is once formed into a nonwoven fabric and then sewn with an industrial sewing machine.
However, these processes do not affect the finishing agent adhered to the fibers constituting the filter of the present invention.
[0015]
EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an Example demonstrates this invention further in detail, unless it exceeds the summary of this invention, it is not limited to a following example and a comparative example. In each example, the following physical property evaluation method was used.
[Safety test] (conforms to JIS K-0102)
As an acute toxicity test with fish, a filter is first attached to the housing, and water is circulated by a pump from a 30 liter water tank, and 5 liters of water at the initial stage of water flow is sampled. Three medaka fish are put in it, and survival after 24 hours is confirmed. The survival of all animals was marked with ◯, and even when one animal died, it was marked with x.
[Bubbling test of filter filtrate] A filter is attached to the housing of a circulating filtration performance tester, and water is circulated at a flow rate of 30 liters per minute. Sample 1 liter of water at the initial stage of water flow, and measure the height of foam immediately after pouring about 50 cc into a 100 cc graduated cylinder and 1 minute later with a ruler.
[Collecting efficiency (filtration accuracy)] A filter is attached to the housing of the circulating filtration performance tester, and AC course test dust (ACCTD: medium diameter 27) while circulating water at a flow rate of 30 liters per minute. ˜31 μm) is added at 5 g / min, and the stock solution after 5 minutes and the solution after passing through the filter are sampled. The particle size distribution of each liquid was measured with a light-blocking particle size distribution analyzer, and the particle collection efficiency at each particle size was determined.
[0016]
(Examples 1 to 4, Comparative Examples 1 to 3) Melting point is 131 ° C., high-density polyethylene having a melt flow rate (hereinafter abbreviated as MFR) 13 g / 10 min (at 190 ° C., 2.16 kg) as a sheath component, melting point Is a concentric sheath-core composite fiber having a core component of MFR 10 g / 10 min (at 230 ° C., 2.16 kg) at 165 ° C., spinning at a spinning temperature of 300 ° C., and through a drawing process, a fiber having a single yarn fineness of 2d is obtained. Obtained. 0.9% by weight of the finishing agent having various compositions shown in Table 1 was attached to the fiber, and the fiber was cut into 51 mm, and a card web having a basis weight of 30 g / m 2 was obtained using a card machine. Next, this is wound on a metal core with an outer diameter of 30 mmφ and cooled to an outer diameter of 65 mmφ while the card web is heated and melted with a hot-air through-type through- air heat treatment machine (140 ° C., wind speed 1.2 m / min) and cooled. The rear center core was extracted and cut to a length of 250 mm to obtain a cylindrical filter. The results are shown in Table 2.
[0017]
(Example 5, Comparative Examples 4-5)
A cylindrical filter was obtained by the same processing method using the same resin as in the previous example except that the amount of the finishing agent adhered was changed. In addition, composition No. 1 was used as the finishing agent, but the product having an adhesion amount of 0.07% by weight was poor in card passage due to static electricity and could not be removed. The results are shown in Table 3.
[0018]
(Example 6)
An intrinsic viscosity measured in o-chlorophenol having a melting point of 131 ° C. and an MFR of 15 g / 10 min (at 190 ° C., 2.16 kg) in an o-chlorophenol at a spinning temperature of 260 ° C. and a melting point of 254 ° C. is 35 ° C. Each of 64 polyethylene terephthalates was spun independently at a spinning temperature of 320 ° C., and then stretched to obtain a fiber having a single yarn fineness of 2d.
0.9% by weight of the finishing agent of composition No. 1 was attached to each of the obtained fibers, and the fibers were cut to 51 mm. After blending these at a weight ratio of 1: 1, a card web having a basis weight of 30 g / m 2 was obtained with a card machine. Subsequently, while heating and melting the card web with a hot air drying type heat treatment machine equipped with a far-infrared heater (internal temperature 140 ° C.), the metal core with an outer diameter of 30 mmφ was wound up to an outer diameter of 65 mmφ, After cooling, the core was extracted and cut to a length of 250 mm to obtain a cylindrical filter. The results are shown in Table 3.
[0019]
(Example 7)
Polypropylene having a melting point of 165 ° C. and MFR of 13 g / 10 min (at 230 ° C., 2.16 kg) was spun at a spinning temperature of 300 ° C., and a fiber having a single yarn fineness of 2d was obtained through a drawing process.
0.9% by weight of the finishing agent having the composition No. 1 shown in Table 1 was attached to the obtained fiber, and the fiber was cut into 51 mm. This was made into a card web having a basis weight of 30 g / m 2 using a card machine, and then the web was slit at 100 mm intervals to form a sliver. This sliver was twisted into the first spun yarn. This was wound around a plastic cylindrical perforated core having an outer diameter of 30 mm and a length of 250 mm until the outer diameter reached 60 mm at a winding angle of 24 ° to produce a pincushion type filter. The results are shown in Table 3.
[0020]
[Table 1]
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[0021]
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[0022]
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[0023]
【The invention's effect】
The filter of the present invention has less foaming of the filtrate and is excellent in safety. Therefore, it can be safely used in the food field, the industrial field, the medical field, or the like.

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熱可塑性繊維の不織繊維集合体であって繊維接点が接合されてなるものに、下記組成物(A)20〜90重量%と、組成物(B)10〜80重量%とからなる仕上剤を、該繊維集合体の重量に対し0.1〜1.0重量%付着させてなるフィルター:(A)炭素数12〜18の脂肪酸ソルビタンエステルから選ばれた少なくとも1種からなる成分が0〜75重量%と、炭素数12〜18の脂肪酸ソルビタンエステルのエチレンオキサイド5〜20モル付加物から選ばれた少なくとも1種からなる化合物の25〜100重量%とからなる組成物;(B)▲1▼白色鉱油、▲2▼炭素数12〜18である脂肪酸と分子量200〜600のポリエチレングリコールとのジエステル、▲3▼炭素数が12〜18である脂肪酸と分子量200〜600のポリプロピレングリコールとのジエステル、▲4▼プルロニック型非イオン界面活性剤、及び▲5▼炭素数が8〜16のアルキルスルホネート金属塩の中から選ばれた少なくとも1種からなる組成物A finishing agent comprising 20 to 90% by weight of the following composition (A) and 10 to 80% by weight of the composition (B), which is a non-woven fiber aggregate of thermoplastic fibers and having a fiber contact bonded thereto. A filter comprising 0.1 to 1.0% by weight based on the weight of the fiber assembly: (A) a component comprising at least one selected from fatty acid sorbitan esters having 12 to 18 carbon atoms is 0 to A composition comprising 75% by weight and 25 to 100% by weight of a compound consisting of at least one compound selected from adducts of 5 to 20 mol of ethylene oxide of a fatty acid sorbitan ester having 12 to 18 carbon atoms; (B) (1) ▼ White mineral oil, (2) Diester of fatty acid having 12 to 18 carbon atoms and polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 200 to 600, (3) Fatty acid having 12 to 18 carbon atoms and poly having a molecular weight of 200 to 600 A composition comprising at least one selected from a diester with propylene glycol, (4) a pluronic-type nonionic surfactant, and (5) an alkyl sulfonate metal salt having 8 to 16 carbon atoms. 熱可塑性繊維が、融点差10℃以上を有する高融点樹脂と低融点樹脂からなる複合繊維である請求項第1項に記載のフィルター。The filter according to claim 1, wherein the thermoplastic fiber is a composite fiber composed of a high-melting point resin having a melting point difference of 10 ° C or higher and a low-melting point resin. 熱可塑性繊維が、ポリオレフィン系繊維、ポリエステル系繊維から選ばれる、少なくとも1種である請求項第1項または第2項に記載のフィルター。The filter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the thermoplastic fiber is at least one selected from polyolefin fibers and polyester fibers. 仕上剤の付着した熱可塑性繊維が巻回積層された、請求項第1項〜3項の何れかに記載の筒状フィルター。The cylindrical filter according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a thermoplastic fiber to which a finishing agent is attached is wound and laminated.
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