JP5300101B2 - Coating apparatus and coating method - Google Patents

Abstract

When coating liquid is applied to a web (W) in a bar coater while the web (W) is being run, the coating liquid is prevented from becoming solidified to cause a streak failure or result in occurrence of a foreign material adhesion where a solidified material adheres to a coated surface in a gas-liquid-solid interface on an upstream side of a bar (12). A tip end (16A) of an upstream side block (16) is formed in an acute angle and a material of a surface of the tip end (16A) is applied with treatment of any one of DLC, CrN, Hard Cr, and TiAlN, and a surface roughness Ra is set in a range of 1.3 to 5.0 µm.

Description

  The present invention relates to a coating apparatus and a coating method, and more particularly to a coating apparatus and a coating method capable of stably coating a coating liquid when a web is run on a bar coater and a coating liquid is coated.

  A lithographic printing plate usually has at least one surface of a pure aluminum or aluminum alloy web conspicuous, and an anodized film is formed on the surface as necessary to form a support web, and then the side of the contiguous side is formed. An image recording layer coating solution is applied to the surface and dried to form an image recording layer, and if necessary, an overcoat layer is formed.

  A bar coater is generally used as a coating apparatus for coating such a coating solution. The bar coater forms a coating liquid reservoir by discharging the coating liquid to the upstream side of the bar with respect to the running direction of the web and the bar rotating in contact with the lower surface of the web, and the coating liquid is applied to the lower surface of the web. Apply.

  By the way, in a coating method in which surplus liquid feeding represented by a bar coating method is performed and weighed later, there is a liquid flow in which a necessary liquid amount and a surplus liquid amount branch at a bead forming unit. Especially in the bar coating method, if there is a gas-liquid-solid interface at the weir (coating liquid reservoir) upstream of the bar, and the coating liquid dries at that site, the coating liquid solidifies and affects the bead formation. As a result, streak failure occurs, or a solid failure occurs where the solidified material adheres to the coated surface. This phenomenon is particularly likely to occur in a coating solution having a high liquid viscosity (3 mPa · s or more) and a high surface tension (30 mN / m or more).

In Patent Document 1, a ceramic fired body such as Al ₂ O _{3 is} used as a material for the coating apparatus, and a ceramic whose centerline average roughness Ra is 0.01 μm to 1.00 μm on the wetted surface of this ceramic fired body. It is disclosed that a coating layer is provided to skillfully prevent the coating liquid from penetrating. In Patent Document 2, in a coating device for a magnetic recording medium in which a coating material is applied to the belt-like film while being in sliding contact with the outer surface of the coating material outlet portion, diamond-like carbon (DLC) is coated on the outer surface of the coating material outlet portion. Thus, it is disclosed to prevent powder falling. Patent Document 3 discloses that the corrosion resistance is improved by coating the portion where the coater die comes into contact with the web and / or the coating solution with a film having a coating hardness (Beakers hardness) HV1700 or higher.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-266978 JP-A-10-235256 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-15214

  However, the coating apparatuses disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 have different purposes, coating methods, and coating solutions, and cannot prevent streak failure or blister failure due to drying of the coating solution.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. When a coating liquid is applied by running a web in a bar coater, the coating liquid is applied at the gas-liquid solid interface of the weir (coating liquid reservoir) on the upstream side of the bar. An object of the present invention is to provide a coating apparatus and a coating method that can prevent streak failure due to solidification of the material and the occurrence of solid failure where the solidified material adheres to the coating surface.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides at least a bar that is in contact with the lower surface of a continuously running web, a coating liquid supply path that forms a liquid reservoir by supplying a coating liquid to the upstream side of the bar, An upstream block that is upstream of the liquid reservoir and forms the liquid reservoir of the coating solution, and the tip of the upstream block is formed at an acute angle, and the surface material of the tip is DLC, An object of the present invention is to provide a coating apparatus characterized in that any one of CrN, hard Cr, and TiAlN is applied and the surface roughness Ra is in the range of 1.3 to 5.0 μm.

  There is a problem that at the gas-liquid solid interface of the weir (coating liquid reservoir) on the upstream side of the bar, the coating liquid is solidified to cause streak failure, or a solid failure occurs where the solidified material adheres to the coating surface. In the present invention, the tip of the upstream block is formed at an acute angle, the surface material of the upstream block at the tip is DLC, CrN, hard Cr, TiAlN, and the surface roughness Ra of the tip of the upstream block is 1 .3 to 5.0 μm improves the wettability of the coating liquid to the upstream block material at the tip, solidifies the coating liquid and causes streak failure, or the solid failure where the solidified material adheres to the coating surface Can be prevented. That is, the surface of the upstream block material at the tip can be made to have a contact angle of 65 ° or less at 200 ms from the moment of application of the coating liquid, and the wettability is improved.

  If the surface roughness Ra at the tip of the upstream block is less than 1.3 μm or greater than 5.0 μm, the coating liquid dries out at the tip of the upstream block, which is likely to cause streak failure.

  In particular, DLC, CrN, hard Cr, and TiAlN are preferable for a coating liquid containing water as a main solvent, and CrN, hard Cr, and TiAlN are preferable for a liquid containing an organic solvent such as alcohol and / or ketone as a main solvent. Here, the main solvent means a solvent that occupies 60% or more of the coating solvent.

  Moreover, in this invention, it is preferable that the upper end of the said bar is arrange | positioned in the position higher than the front-end | tip of the said upstream block.

  This prevents the web from coming into contact with the upstream block and causing scratches.

  Furthermore, in this invention, it is preferable that the clearance between the front-end | tip of the said upstream block and the said web is 0.2 mm or more and 1 mm or less.

  By setting the clearance between the tip of the upstream block and the web to 1 mm or less, coating can be performed while forming a fluid wall that blocks entrained air accompanying the running of the web. Defects do not occur and stable coating can be performed.

  Then, by applying the coating liquid with the clearance between the tip of the upstream block and the web being 0.2 mm or more, the coating liquid is unlikely to dry at the tip of the upstream block, and streak failure is unlikely to occur.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a coating method characterized by coating a coating solution using the coating apparatus.

  In the coating apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the coating liquid from solidifying and causing a streak failure, or to cause a solid failure in which the solidified material adheres to the coating surface. By applying the coating liquid, it is possible to provide a coating film free from streak failure or flaw failure.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, it is preferable that the coating liquid is applied at a rate of 3 L / m · min or more in a liquid feeding amount per unit width of the web.

  By setting the amount of the coating liquid to be fed at 3 L / m · min or more, it becomes difficult for the coating liquid to dry at the tip of the upstream block, and streak failure is unlikely to occur.

  In this invention, it is preferable that the liquid viscosity of the said coating liquid is 3 mPa * s or more.

  And in this invention, it is preferable that the surface tension of the said coating liquid is 30 mN / m or more.

  The reason why streak failure or blister failure occurs is that liquid viscosity is high (3 mPa · s or more) and surface tension is high (30 mN / m or more). It is particularly effective to use and apply the coating solution.

  The application of the coating apparatus and the coating method according to the present invention is not limited to the production of a lithographic printing plate, but the production of a photosensitive material such as a photographic film, the production of a magnetic recording material such as a recording tape, and the coating of a color iron plate or the like. It can be used when coating is performed using a bar, such as in the production of a thin metal plate. Accordingly, as the web, in addition to the support web described in the section of the prior art, a lithographic printing plate web having a photosensitive or heat-sensitive plate-making surface formed on the surface of the support web that is conspicuous, and a photographic film substrate Barite paper for photographic paper, base material for recording tape, base material for video tape, base material for floppy (registered trademark) disk, etc., made of metal, plastic, paper, etc. Examples include base materials. Examples of the coating solution include a solution used to form a film by coating on a web and drying. Specifically, in addition to the photosensitive layer forming solution and the heat sensitive layer forming solution, the photosensitive layer, the heat sensitive solution, and the like. After the layers are formed, an overcoat layer forming liquid for protecting them is raised. Further, an intermediate layer forming solution for improving the adhesion of the plate making layer by forming an intermediate layer on the surface of the web, a photosensitizer colloid solution for photographic film used for forming a photosensitive layer in a photographic film, and a photosensitive layer of photographic paper Used for forming photographic paper colloidal liquid, recording tape, video tape, magnetic layer forming liquid used to form floppy (registered trademark) disk, and metal coating And various paints to be used.

  According to the coating apparatus and the coating method of the present invention, when the coating liquid is applied by running the web in the bar coater, the coating liquid is solidified at the gas-liquid solid interface of the weir (coating liquid reservoir) upstream of the bar. As a result, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of streak failure and the occurrence of a flaw failure in which the solidified material adheres to the coated surface.

The perspective view which shows the structure of embodiment of the coating device which concerns on this invention. Sectional view of the coating apparatus of FIG. The schematic diagram which shows the characteristic part of the coating device of this invention

  Preferred embodiments of a coating apparatus and a coating method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  1 and 2 show the configuration of an embodiment of a coating apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the application part. As shown in these drawings, the bar coating type coating device 10 is a device that performs coating on the lower surface of a traveling web W, and mainly includes a bar 12, a bar support member 14, and an upstream block (also referred to as a weir plate) 16. And the base 18. The web W is wound around the pass rollers 20 and 22 and travels in the direction of arrow a.

  The bar 12 is formed in a columnar shape, and is supported rotatably by the bar support member 14. And it rotates around an axis line, contacting the lower surface of the running web W. The rotation direction of the bar 12 is preferably opposite to the traveling direction a of the web W, and the peripheral speed of the bar 12 is set to be within 1% of the traveling speed of the web W. The rotation direction of the bar 12 may be the same direction as the traveling direction a.

  The surface of the bar 12 may be finished smoothly, but grooves may be provided at regular intervals in the circumferential direction, and the wire may be wound tightly. The diameter of the wire wound around the bar 12 is preferably 0.07 to 1 mm, particularly preferably 0.07 to 0.4 mm. In addition, in the bar provided with the groove and the bar wound with the wire, by reducing the depth of the groove or the thickness of the wire, the application of the photosensitive layer forming liquid can be thinned, and the depth of the groove Alternatively, the photosensitive layer forming solution can be thickened by increasing the thickness of the wire.

  The diameter of the bar 12 is preferably in the range of 6 to 25 mm from the viewpoint of production, and is also preferable because vertical stripes are not easily generated in the coating film of the photosensitive layer forming liquid formed on the web W. The bar 12 is usually longer than the width of the web W, but may be the same length as the width of the web W.

  The web W is in contact with the bar 12 in a state where tension is applied, and is brought into contact with a predetermined wrap angle. The approach angle formed by the upstream web W and the horizontal plane is preferably 3 ° to 30 °, particularly preferably 5 ° to 10 °. When the approach angle is set in such a range, thick coating at the start of coating and at the end of coating can be prevented, and wear of the bar 12 can be suppressed. The angle (discharge angle) formed by the downstream web W and the horizontal plane is not particularly limited, but is set so that the wrap angle becomes a predetermined value.

  The bar support member 14 is formed by combining a plurality of blocks, and an arcuate groove 14A is formed on the upper surface. The bar 12 is engaged with the groove 14A and is rotatably supported. An upstream upper surface 14B that is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane is formed on the upstream side in the running direction a of the web W with respect to the groove 14A (hereinafter simply referred to as the upstream side).

  A horizontal downstream upper surface 14C is formed downstream of the groove 14A in the running direction a of the web W (hereinafter simply referred to as the downstream side). The downstream upper surface 14C is formed at a lower height than the upstream upper surface 14B. The wall surface 14D on the upstream side of the bar support member 14 is formed vertically, and the upstream block 16 is disposed on the upstream side thereof so as to face the wall surface 14D.

  The upstream block 16 is a plate-like member provided vertically, and the lower end is fixed to the base 18. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the upstream block 16 is formed in a wedge shape (wedge shape) with an upper end (tip) 16 </ b> A having an acute angle. That is, the upstream block 16 is formed with a tapered surface 16B on the upstream side in the web running direction of the upstream block 16 for forming a wedge shape whose longitudinal cross-sectional shape becomes narrower toward the tip 16A.

  Further, the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 is formed in a straight line in the width direction of the web W, and its parallelism is set to 0.01 mm or more and 0.2 mm or less. In addition, although the one where a parallelism is smaller becomes the effect mentioned later, since processing cost increases, 0.01 mm or more is preferable and 0.05 mm or more is more preferable.

  In this way, the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 is formed in an acute wedge shape (wedge shape) and is straight in the width direction of the web W. Therefore, the contact with which the web W first comes into contact with the coating liquid. The line is formed in a straight line in the width direction of the web W, and the coating liquid passing through the gap between the web W and the weir plate tip 16A is pressurized in this contact line. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the entrained air on the web surface from being brought into the coating liquid reservoir A through the contact line. Thereby, even when the line speed (web traveling speed) of the web W is increased for high-speed application, stable application without application defects can be performed. Here, the angle of the tip 16A is particularly preferably 5 to 45 °. When the angle is 5 ° or more, machining accuracy is improved and a block having high accuracy can be manufactured. When the angle is 45 ° or less, the stability of the contact line is further improved.

  However, the coating liquid overflowing upstream beyond the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 of the coating apparatus 10 has a gas-liquid solid interface, and the coating liquid is formed at the tip 16A of the upstream block 16. It is easy to dry. When the coating solution dries at the tip 16A of the upstream block 16, the coating solution is solidified and laminated, which affects the bead formation and causes streak failure, or a solid failure where the solidified material adheres to the coating surface. To do. This phenomenon is particularly likely to occur in a coating solution having a high liquid viscosity (3 mPa · s or more) and a high surface tension (30 mN / m or more).

  Therefore, the material of the surface of the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 is any one of DLC, CrN, hard Cr, and TiAlN, and the surface roughness Ra of the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 is set to 1.3-5. By making the range of 0 μm, the contact angle of the material of the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 on the surface of the upstream side block 16 at 200 ms from the moment of application of the coating liquid becomes 65 ° or less. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of streak failure due to solidification, and the occurrence of a flaw failure in which the solidified material adheres to the coated surface.

  If the surface roughness Ra at the tip of the upstream block is less than 1.3 or greater than 5.0, overflow breakage occurs at the tip of the upstream block, causing the coating liquid to dry, which easily causes streak failure.

  Further, the surface roughness Ra of the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 is preferably in the range of 1.3 to 5.0 μm. If the surface roughness Ra at the tip of the upstream block is less than 1.3 or greater than 5.0, overflow breakage occurs at the tip of the upstream block, causing the coating liquid to dry, which easily causes streak failure.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the distance C1 from the web W to the parallel line 17 is preferably 1 mm or less with reference to the parallel line 17 passing through the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 and parallel to the web W. In this case, if C1 is made too narrow, the web W may come into contact with the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 due to subtle vibrations of the web W, etc., so that there is a risk of causing scratches on the web W. Is preferably not less than. In addition, by applying the coating liquid with a thickness of 0.2 mm or more, it is difficult for the coating liquid to dry at the tip of the upstream block, and streak failure is unlikely to occur.

  The upper end 12 </ b> A of the bar 12 is preferably arranged at a position higher than the tip 16 </ b> A of the upstream block 16. That is, the height difference H from the upper end 12A of the bar 12 to the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 is made positive. Thus, by arranging the upper end 12A of the bar 12 at a position higher than the tip 16A of the upstream block 16, the excess coating liquid scraped off from the coating film surface by the bar 12 is removed from the bar 12 to the upstream block 16. Flowing in the direction of. Thereby, since the excess coating liquid flows in the direction opposite to the direction in which the accompanying air is brought in, it is possible to more effectively prevent the accompanying air from being brought into the coating liquid reservoir A.

  Further, the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 is disposed at a position higher than the upstream upper end 14E of the upstream upper surface 14B of the bar support member 14. In other words, the distal end 16A of the upstream block 16 is disposed at a position closer to the web W than the upstream upper surface 14B of the bar support member 14 that supports the bar 12. Thereby, since it becomes easy to apply a pressure to the coating liquid reservoir A surrounded by the web W, the bar 12, the upstream block 16, and the upstream upper surface 14B, high-speed coating can be performed so that there is no coating defect.

  The upstream block 16 is provided in parallel to the wall surface 14D of the bar support member 14 with a predetermined gap, and a slit-like supply flow path 24 is formed between them. The supply flow path 24 is preferably narrow in that the discharge pressure can be increased without changing the supply amount of the coating liquid (image recording layer coating liquid, overcoat layer coating liquid, etc.). It is preferable to supply the coating liquid so that the amount of liquid fed is 3 L / m · min or more.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the supply flow path 24 communicates with a temporary storage chamber 26 provided inside the base 18. The temporary storage chamber 26 is connected to the discharge side of a pump P that supplies the coating liquid from a coating liquid storage tank (not shown). By driving the pump P, the coating liquid is supplied to the temporary storage chamber 26. The

  The temporary storage chamber 26 temporarily stores the supplied coating liquid and has a function of suppressing fluctuations in the flow rate of the coating liquid supplied from the supply flow path 24 when the discharge amount of the pump P varies. The coating liquid supplied to the temporary storage chamber 26 flows through the supply channel 24 from the lower end toward the upper end and is discharged from the outlet at the upper end of the supply channel 24 toward the lower surface of the web W. As a result, the coating liquid reservoir A is formed in the space surrounded by the lower surface of the web W, the upstream upper surface 14B of the bar support member 14, the bar 12, and the upstream block 16. Application is performed when the application liquid in the application liquid reservoir A adheres to the surface of the web W.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the base 18 includes an overflow liquid reservoir 28 on the upstream side of the upstream block 16, and overflows the coating liquid that has overflowed upstream beyond the tip 16 </ b> A of the upstream block 16. Can be received at. Further, the base 18 includes an overflow liquid reservoir 30 on the downstream side of the bar support member 14, and receives the coating liquid overflowing downstream without adhering to the web W among the coating liquid in the coating liquid reservoir A. be able to. The coating liquid received in the overflow liquid reservoirs 28 and 30 is preferably returned to the storage tank (not shown) by a return pipe (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 1, side plates 32, 34 are provided at both end edges of the base 18, and the side plates 32, 34 provide side walls of the overflow liquid reservoirs 28, 30, the supply flow path 24, and the temporary storage chamber 26. Is formed.

  The above-described base 18 is supported by lifting means (not shown) and can move in the height direction. Therefore, the bar 12 can be advanced to the web W side (that is, upward) and brought into contact with the web W, or the bar 12 can be retracted from the web W (that is, moved downward) and separated from the web W. Note that the travel position of the web W may be changed by moving the pass rollers 20 and 22 up and down instead of moving the base 18.

  In the present embodiment, the coating apparatus 10 having the weir (coating liquid reservoir) only on the upstream side has been described, but the same applies to the coating apparatus having the weir not only on the upstream side but also on the downstream side. In the case of a coating apparatus having weirs not only on the upstream side but also on the downstream side, it is preferable to use a material whose contact angle at 200 ms from the moment of application of the coating liquid is 65 ° or less from the tip of the downstream block.

[Application of image recording layer to lithographic printing plate aluminum web and application of overcoat layer on image recording layer]
A lithographic printing plate precursor is obtained by applying an image recording layer to an anodized aluminum support after the surface roughening treatment. If necessary, an undercoat layer or an overcoat layer can be applied on the image recording layer between the aluminum support and the image recording layer.

  The main solvent of the coating solution for the image recording layer and the undercoat layer is an organic solvent, and an alcohol solvent and a ketone solvent are preferably used. As the alcohol solvent, methanol, ethanol, propanol, 1-methoxy-2-propanol and the like are preferably used, and as the ketone solvent, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone and the like are preferably used. The main solvent of the overcoat layer coating solution is water.

<Method for measuring contact angle of substrate>
Using a surface tension measuring device DM700 manufactured by Kyowa Interface Chemical Co., Ltd., the contact angle of the coating liquid at the moment of landing was measured. However, the contact angle of the liquid at the moment of liquid deposition was not stable because the liquid droplets vibrated, and the wettability of the substrate was evaluated with a contact angle of 200 ms.

The measurement conditions are as follows.
Environment: room temperature 25 ° C, humidity 30-50%
Droplet formation conditions: Time 2300 ms / Voltage 1000 mV
The measurement data was an average value of 5 times. The following coating solution was used. The measurement results are shown in Table 1.

(Overcoat layer coating solution (1))
・ The following mica dispersion (1) 8.0 g
Polyvinyl alcohol (saponification degree 98.5 mol%)
(Pura110, Kuraray Co., Ltd.) 1.3g
・ Sodium 2-ethylhexyl sulfosuccinate 0.3g
・ 133g of water
(Preparation of mica dispersion (1))
To 368 g of water, 32 g of synthetic mica (“Somasif ME-100”: manufactured by Co-op Chemical Co., Ltd., aspect ratio: 1000 or more) is added and dispersed using an homogenizer until the average particle size (laser scattering method) becomes 0.5 μm. A mica dispersion (1) was obtained.

<Measurement of substrate roughness>
The roughness of the substrate can be measured with a general roughness meter, but in this application, the roughness was measured using Surfcom 1400 manufactured by Tokyo Seimitsu.

The measurement conditions are as follows.
Measurement conditions: speed 1.5 mm / s, measurement length 20 mm
・ Stylus: 2μm tip
The measurement results are shown in Table 1.

(Experiment 1)
[Preparation of web before application]
In order to remove rolling oil on the surface of a 0.3 mm thick aluminum plate (material JIS A 1050), degreasing treatment was performed at 50 ° C. for 30 seconds using a 10 mass% sodium aluminate aqueous solution. Then, the aluminum surface was grained using three bundle-planted nylon brushes having a bristle diameter of 0.3 mm and a pumice-water suspension (specific gravity 1.1 g / cm ³ ) having a median diameter of 25 μm and thoroughly washed with water. This aluminum plate was etched by being immersed in a 25 mass% sodium hydroxide aqueous solution at 45 ° C for 9 seconds, washed with water, further immersed in 20 mass% nitric acid at 60 ° C for 20 seconds, and washed with water. The etching amount of the grained surface at this time was about 3 g / m ² .

Next, an electrochemical roughening treatment was performed continuously using an alternating voltage of 60 Hz. The electrolytic solution at this time was a 1% by mass nitric acid aqueous solution (containing 0.5% by mass of aluminum ions) and a liquid temperature of 50 ° C. The AC power source waveform is electrochemical roughening treatment using a trapezoidal rectangular wave alternating current with a time ratio TP of 0.8 msec until the current value reaches a peak from zero, a duty ratio of 1: 1, and a trapezoidal rectangular wave alternating current. Went. Ferrite was used for the auxiliary anode. The current density was 30 A / dm ² at the peak current value, and 5% of the current flowing from the power source was shunted to the auxiliary anode. The amount of electricity in nitric acid electrolysis was 175 C / dm ² when the aluminum plate was the anode. Then, water washing by spraying was performed.

Subsequently, nitric acid electrolysis was performed with an aqueous solution of 0.5% by mass of hydrochloric acid (containing 0.5% by mass of aluminum ions) and an electrolytic solution having a liquid temperature of 50 ° C. under the condition of an electric quantity of 50 C / dm ² when the aluminum plate was the anode. Electrochemical surface roughening treatment was carried out in the same manner as above, followed by washing with water by spraying.

Next, the aluminum plate was provided with a DC anodized film of 2.5 g / m ² at a current density of 15 A / dm ² using 15 mass% sulfuric acid (containing 0.5 mass% of aluminum ions) as an electrolytic solution, and then washed with water. , Dried.

Thereafter, in order to ensure the hydrophilicity of the non-image area, this aluminum plate was subjected to a silicate treatment at 60 ° C. for 10 seconds using an aqueous 2.5 mass% No. 3 sodium silicate solution, and then washed with water to give a belt-like support. Got. The adhesion amount of Si was 10 mg / m ² . The centerline average roughness (Ra) of this substrate was measured using a needle having a diameter of 2 μm and found to be 0.51 μm.

[Application of undercoat layer]
Next, after applying the following undercoat layer coating solution on the belt-like support 12 to a dry coating amount of 20 mg / m ² , it was dried with a hot air dryer at 80 ° C. for 10 seconds. A belt-like support 12 having an undercoat layer to be used was produced.

<Coating liquid for undercoat layer>
-Undercoat layer compound (1) having the following structure: 0.18 g
・ Hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid 0.10g
・ Methanol 55.24g
・ Water 6.15g

[Application and drying of image recording layer]
On the undercoat layer formed as described above, an image recording layer coating solution having the following composition was applied with an image recording layer coating machine, and then dried with an image recording layer dryer. The coating amount of the image recording layer was 1.0 g / m ² after drying.

  The image recording layer coating solution was obtained by mixing and stirring the following photosensitive solution (1) and microgel solution (1) immediately before coating.

<Photosensitive solution (1)>
-Binder polymer (1) [the following structure] 0.240 g
Infrared absorbing dye (1) [the following structure] 0.030 g
-Radical polymerization initiator (1) [the following structure] 0.162 g
-Radical polymerizable compound Tris (acryloyloxyethyl) isocyanurate (NK ester A-9300, manufactured by Shin-Nakamura Chemical Co., Ltd.) 0.192 g
・ Low molecular weight hydrophilic compound Tris (2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate 0.062g
・ Low molecular weight hydrophilic compound (1) [the following structure] 0.050 g
・ Ammonium group-containing polymer [the following structure] 0.035 g
[Reduced specific viscosity 44 cSt / g / ml]
・ Fluorosurfactant (1) [The following structure] 0.008g
・ 2-butanone 1.091g
・ 1-methoxy-2-propanol 8.609g
<Microgel solution (1)>
・ Microgel (1) 2.640 g
・ Distilled water 2.425g
The structure of the binder polymer (1), radical polymerization initiator (1), infrared absorbing dye (1), low molecular weight hydrophilic compound (1), fluorine-based surfactant (1), and ammonium group-containing polymer, The method for synthesizing the microgel (1) is as follows.

-Synthesis of microgel (1)-
As an oil phase component, trimethylolpropane and xylene diisocyanate adduct (Mitsui Chemical Polyurethane Co., Ltd., Takenate D-110N) 10 g, pentaerythritol triacrylate (Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., SR444) 3.15 g, And 0.1 g of Pionein A-41C (manufactured by Takemoto Yushi Co., Ltd.) was dissolved in 17 g of ethyl acetate. As an aqueous phase component, 40 g of a 4% by mass aqueous solution of PVA-205 was prepared. The oil phase component and the aqueous phase component were mixed and emulsified for 10 minutes at 12,000 rpm using a homogenizer. The obtained emulsion was added to 25 g of distilled water, stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes, and then stirred at 50 ° C. for 3 hours. The microgel solution thus obtained was diluted with distilled water to a solid content concentration of 15% by mass, and this was designated as the microgel (1). When the average particle size of the microgel was measured by a light scattering method, the average particle size was 0.2 μm.

[Application of overcoat layer coating solution]
A bar 12 is prepared by applying a tension of 100 kg / m to the web W using an acute wedge-shaped (wedge-shaped) block with an upstream block 16 angle of 30 ° in the bar coater 10 shown in FIGS. The web W before being coated is rotated at a speed of 5 rpm in the direction opposite to the running direction a of the web W. S. The overcoat layer coating solution (1) (viscosity 3 mPa · s, surface tension 35 mN / m) was applied at 50 m / min and a coating amount of 10 cc / m ² . The application conditions were such that the clearance between the web and the tip of the upstream block was 0.2 mm, and the amount of liquid fed was 3 L / m · min. The material and surface roughness of the upstream block (weir) were shaken to confirm the drying of the coating liquid and the coating failure in the upstream block. The test results are shown in Table 2.

  The viscosity and surface tension of the coating solution were measured by the following measuring methods.

<Method for measuring liquid viscosity>
The viscosity was measured using a Toki Sangyo B-type viscometer (TVB-10).

The measurement conditions are as follows.
Environment: room temperature 25 ° C, humidity 30-50%
The measurement data was an average of three times.

<Surface tension measurement method>
The surface tension was measured using DY300 manufactured by Kyowa Interface Chemical.

The measurement conditions are as follows.
Environment: room temperature 25 ° C, humidity 30-50%
The measurement data was an average of three times.

(Experiment 2)
The clearance between the web and the upstream block (weir) and the liquid feeding amount were varied with the weir material of Test 1-2. The test results are shown in Table 3.

(Experiment 3)
[Preparation of web before application]
In order to remove rolling oil on the surface of a 0.3 mm thick aluminum plate (material JIS A 1050), degreasing treatment was performed at 50 ° C. for 30 seconds using a 10 mass% sodium aluminate aqueous solution. Then, the aluminum surface was grained using three bundle-planted nylon brushes having a bristle diameter of 0.3 mm and a pumice-water suspension (specific gravity 1.1 g / cm ³ ) having a median diameter of 25 μm and thoroughly washed with water. This aluminum plate was etched by being immersed in a 25 mass% sodium hydroxide aqueous solution at 45 ° C for 9 seconds, washed with water, further immersed in 20 mass% nitric acid at 60 ° C for 20 seconds, and washed with water. The etching amount of the grained surface at this time was about 3 g / m ² .

Next, an electrochemical roughening treatment was performed continuously using an alternating voltage of 60 Hz. The electrolytic solution at this time was a 1% by mass nitric acid aqueous solution (containing 0.5% by mass of aluminum ions) and a liquid temperature of 50 ° C. The AC power source waveform is electrochemical roughening treatment using a trapezoidal rectangular wave alternating current with a time ratio TP of 0.8 msec until the current value reaches a peak from zero, a duty ratio of 1: 1, and a trapezoidal rectangular wave alternating current. Went. Ferrite was used for the auxiliary anode. The current density was 30 A / dm ² at the peak current value, and 5% of the current flowing from the power source was shunted to the auxiliary anode. The amount of electricity in nitric acid electrolysis was 175 C / dm ² when the aluminum plate was the anode. Then, water washing by spraying was performed.

Subsequently, nitric acid electrolysis was performed with an aqueous solution of 0.5% by mass of hydrochloric acid (containing 0.5% by mass of aluminum ions) and an electrolytic solution having a liquid temperature of 50 ° C. under the condition of an electric quantity of 50 C / dm ² when the aluminum plate was the anode. Electrochemical surface roughening treatment was carried out in the same manner as above, followed by washing with water by spraying.

Next, the aluminum plate was provided with a DC anodized film of 2.5 g / m ² at a current density of 15 A / dm ² using 15 mass% sulfuric acid (containing 0.5 mass% of aluminum ions) as an electrolytic solution, and then washed with water. , Dried.

Thereafter, in order to ensure the hydrophilicity of the non-image area, this aluminum plate was subjected to a silicate treatment at 60 ° C. for 10 seconds using an aqueous 2.5 mass% No. 3 sodium silicate solution, and then washed with water to give a belt-like support. Got. The adhesion amount of Si was 10 mg / m ² . The centerline average roughness (Ra) of this substrate was measured using a needle having a diameter of 2 μm and found to be 0.51 μm.

[Application of image recording layer coating solution]
A bar coater 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is used, a tension of 100 kg / m is applied to the web W, the bar 12 is rotated at a speed of 5 rpm in a direction opposite to the running direction a of the web W, S. The following coating solution (viscosity: 10 mPa · s, surface tension: 25 mN / m) was applied at 50 m / min and a coating amount of 10 cc / m ² . The application conditions were such that the clearance between the web and the tip of the upstream block was 0.2 mm, and the amount of liquid fed was 3 L / m · min. The material and surface roughness of the upstream block (weir) were shaken to confirm the drying of the coating liquid and the coating failure in the upstream block. The test results are shown in Table 4.
・ Binder-1 5.0 g
・ Diazo resin-1 2.5 g
・ Oil-soluble dye (Victoria Pure Blue BOH) 0.15g
-Fluorosurfactant (Megafac F-177, manufactured by Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc.)
Tricresyl phosphate 0.2 g
・ Phosphorous acid 0.03g
・ Malic acid 0.03g
-Half ester of styrene / maleic anhydride copolymer with n-hexyl alcohol 0.05 g
Solvent ・ Methyl 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoate 20.00g
1-methoxy-2-propanol 20.00g
・ Methyl lactate 7.00g
・ Methanol 25.00g
・ Methyl ethyl ketone 25.00g
・ 3.00 g of water
Diazo resin-1 is a hexafluorophosphate that is a condensate of p-diazodiphenylamine and paraformaldehyde described in Synthesis Example 1 of JP-A-59-78340. Binder-1 is a water-insoluble 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate / acrylonitrile / methyl methacrylate / methacrylic acid copolymer (weight ratio 50/20/26/4, average molecular weight 75,000, acid content 0.4 meq / g). It is an alkali water-soluble film-forming polymer.

(Summary of experimental results)
From Table 2 and Table 4, the material of the tip 16A surface of the upstream block 16 is any one of DLC, CrN, hard Cr, and TiAlN, and the surface roughness Ra of the tip 16A of the upstream block 16 is 1 When the thickness is in the range of 3 to 5.0 μm, the tip of the upstream block does not dry, so that good coating can be performed.

  And from Table 3, it turns out that there exists a tendency for it to be preferable to apply | coat a coating liquid with the liquid feeding amount per unit width of a web being 3 L / m * min or more. It can also be seen that it is preferable to apply the coating liquid with the clearance between the tip of the upstream block and the web being 0.2 mm or more. On the other hand, if the clearance is larger than 1 mm, the coating becomes impossible and cannot be employed.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Application | coating apparatus, 12 ... Bar, 12A ... Bar upper end, 14 ... Bar support member, 14B ... Upstream upper surface, 14E ... Upstream upper end (edge part) of upstream upper surface, 16 ... Upstream block, 16A ... Upstream End of side block, 16B ... tapered surface, 18 ... base, 20, 22 ... pass roller, 24 ... supply channel, 26 ... temporary storage chamber, 28, 30 ... overflow liquid reservoir, W ... web

Claims (9)

At least a bar that contacts the lower surface of the continuously running web, a coating liquid supply path that forms a liquid reservoir by supplying a coating liquid to the upstream side of the bar, and an upstream side of the liquid reservoir and the coating liquid. An upstream block that forms a liquid reservoir portion of
The tip of the upstream block is formed at an acute angle, and the material of the surface of the tip is DLC, CrN, hard Cr, or TiAlN, and the surface roughness Ra is 1.3-5. A coating apparatus having a range of 0 μm.   The coating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an upper end of the bar is disposed at a position higher than a tip of the upstream block.   The coating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a clearance between the tip of the upstream block and the web is in a range of 0.2 mm to 1 mm.   A coating method, wherein the coating liquid is applied to the web using the coating apparatus according to claim 1.   5. The coating method according to claim 4, wherein the coating solution is applied at a rate of 3 L / m · min or more in a liquid feeding amount per unit width of the web.   The coating method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the coating solution has a liquid viscosity of 3 mPa · s or more.   The coating method according to claim 4, wherein the coating liquid has a surface tension of 30 mN / m or more.   The coating method according to claim 4, wherein the web is an aluminum web that has been subjected to a surface roughening treatment and further anodized.   8. The web according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the web is a web having an image recording layer for a lithographic printing plate precursor on a roughened and anodized aluminum web. 2. The coating method according to 1.

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