WO2021193109A1 - 不織布の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
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- D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
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- the present invention relates to a non-woven fabric used for various purposes such as medical, sanitary material, civil engineering material, industrial material, packaging material, and particularly a method for manufacturing a spunbonded non-woven fabric.
- the spunbonded non-woven fabric is manufactured by an open type manufacturing method in which a melt-spun filament is cooled by an air flow, stretched through a round air gun or a slit air gun, and then sprayed on a mesh belt (hereinafter referred to as an open type). , After introducing the spun filament into the cooling chamber and cooling it with an air flow, the air flow is passed through the nozzle through which the filament runs as it is as a stretched wind, and while the filament is stretched, it is sprayed onto a drawing belt from the nozzle. There is a method (hereinafter referred to as a closed type).
- Patent Document 1 thread breakage can be suppressed by providing a difference in suction flow rates with facing suction devices arranged on the long side side of a rectangular running region in which the filament travels. It is disclosed.
- Patent Document 2 in the range of the height of the cooling device with respect to the traveling direction of the filament, a rectangular traveling is provided by providing a mechanism for discharging an air flow on the side portion of the cooling device arranged so as to sandwich the traveling filament. It is disclosed to suppress thread breakage at both ends in the long side direction of the region.
- Patent Document 1 has a certain effect on improving thread breakage in the center of the traveling region of the filament in the short side direction, both ends of the filament traveling region in the long side direction. In the section, there is still a problem that thread breakage is likely to occur.
- the method of Patent Document 2 can suppress thread breakage at both ends in the long side direction of the traveling region of the filament to some extent, but the effect is not sufficient.
- a fine filament is manufactured by reducing the amount of polymer discharged from the discharge hole of the mouthpiece
- airflow turbulence in the vicinity of the mouthpiece directly shakes the filament and induces thread breakage.
- the effect is not sufficient because the airflow is controlled by the cooling device away from the base.
- it is necessary to newly provide a mechanism for discharging the air flow in the height range of the cooling device with respect to the traveling direction of the filament there is a problem that the equipment cost becomes excessive.
- a suction blower that discharges airflow is required, there is a problem that the amount of electric power increases.
- the present invention prevents the occurrence of thread breakage and is stable even when an advanced variety such as a fine fine filament is manufactured, or when the productivity is improved by increasing the discharge holes of the base or increasing the length of the rectangular base. It is an object of the present invention to provide a manufacturing method capable of manufacturing a non-woven fabric.
- thermoplastic polymer is melt-spun from a plurality of discharge holes arranged in the long side direction and the short side direction of a rectangular spinneret, and the obtained plurality of filaments run in a rectangular shape.
- a method for producing a non-woven fabric in which a cooling device blows an air flow from the outside to the inside of the long side of the rectangle to collect a plurality of cooled filaments in a web shape.
- a suction device having a suction port over the entire circumference of the rectangular traveling region is arranged between the spinneret and the cooling device, and the suction port on the long side of the rectangular traveling region has a suction port.
- the suction flow rate QL per unit length and per unit time and the suction flow rate QS per unit length and per unit time at the suction port on the short side of the rectangular traveling region are 1 ⁇ QS /. This is a method for producing a rectangle that is adjusted so as to satisfy QL ⁇ 5.
- the wind speed to be blown onto the filament from the blowing surface of the cooling device shall be 0.5 m / sec or more.
- the arrangement density of the discharge holes in the spinneret shall be 2 holes / cm 2 or more.
- the shortest horizontal distance between the outermost discharge hole in the long side direction of the spinneret and the suction port on the short side in the rectangular traveling region shall be 200 mm or less.
- thermoplastic polymer is not limited to a thermoplastic polymer such as polyester or polyamide, but also includes a cellulose ester-based thermoplastic polymer containing a plasticizer.
- the "air flow” refers to an air flow mainly composed of air, but (i) is not limited to ordinary air on the earth, (ii) components such as oxygen contained in air, and (iii) moisture. It may contain air, (iv) an inert gas such as a rare gas or nitrogen, (v) steam, (vi) a mixture of (i) to (v) described above.
- the "running region" of the filament refers to the main path from the melt-spun thermoplastic polymer from the rectangular spinneret arranged above to the filament collected in a web shape. ..
- the traveling region formed by the plurality of filaments has a cross-sectional shape (filament traveling) as a whole.
- the cross-sectional shape in the direction intersecting the directions) is substantially rectangular.
- the side closer to the spinneret is referred to as "upper”
- the side closer to the web side is referred to as "lower”.
- the "suction port" is an opening for discharging the air flow, which is located above the cooling device and below the discharge surface of the spinneret in the traveling direction of the filament. ..
- the "disposal hole arrangement density” refers to a value obtained by dividing the number of discharge holes by the area of the discharge hole arrangement area. The higher the arrangement density of the discharge holes, the more discharge holes are formed in the spinneret.
- the “arrangement region” refers to an area inside the outer circumference of the line segment connecting the discharge holes having a distance between the holes that is 50 times or less the diameter of the discharge holes.
- FIG. 9 shows an example of a non-perforated region that does not serve as a placement region.
- the air flow in the vicinity of the base is controlled by appropriately setting the suction flow rate of the suction device located between the spinneret and the cooling device with respect to the traveling direction of the filament. It is possible to prevent breakage and stably produce a non-woven fabric. Further, even in the case of manufacturing fine fine filaments, which are advanced varieties, increasing the number of discharge holes of the base for improving productivity, or lengthening the rectangular base, it is possible to stably manufacture the non-woven fabric.
- Schematic perspective view of an example of an apparatus for carrying out the method according to the present invention Schematic cross-sectional view of an example device for carrying out the method according to the present invention (short side) Schematic cross-sectional view of an example device for carrying out the method according to the present invention (long side) Schematic diagram showing the form (direction and flow velocity) of the airflow directly under the mouthpiece when the method according to the present invention is not carried out. Schematic diagram showing the form of the airflow directly under the mouthpiece when the method according to the present invention is carried out. The schematic diagram which showed the arrangement area of the mouthpiece discharge hole in the spinning mouthpiece which can be used by the method which concerns on this invention.
- Schematic side view (short side) showing the form (direction and flow velocity) of the airflow in the horizontal center of the airflow outlet surface of the cooling device.
- Schematic side view (short side) showing the form (direction and flow velocity) of the airflow in the vicinity of both ends in the horizontal direction of the airflow outlet surface of the cooling device when the method according to the present invention is not implemented.
- Schematic diagram showing an arrangement region and a non-perforated region of a spout discharge hole in a spinneret that can be used in the method according to the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a nonwoven fabric manufacturing apparatus used in one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line ZZ of FIG. 1
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line ZZ of FIG. .
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of one end of the rectangular traveling region 11 of the filament, showing the form of the air flow immediately under the mouthpiece when the method according to the present invention is not carried out
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of one end of the rectangular traveling region 11 of the filament, showing the form of the air flow immediately under the mouthpiece when the method according to the present invention is carried out.
- the term "directly below the mouthpiece” refers to a region above the cooling device 3 and below the discharge surface of the mouthpiece in the traveling direction of the filament 8.
- the side that becomes the long side of the spinneret 2 is called the long side direction
- the side that becomes the short side is called the short side direction.
- the direction of the arrow represents the direction of the air flow
- the length of the arrow relatively represents the velocity of the air flow.
- the drawings are conceptual diagrams for accurately communicating the main points of the present invention, and are simplified. Therefore, the manufacturing apparatus for carrying out the present invention is not particularly limited, and the dimensional ratio and the like can be changed according to the embodiment.
- thermoplastic polymer may be directly supplied from the molten resin introduction pipe 1 to the spinneret 2, or may be guided to the spinneret 2 via a spin block (not shown) made of a coated hanger die.
- the plurality of filaments 8 continuously discharged from the discharge holes are cooled by the air flow blown from one direction or two directions of the cooling device 3.
- the cooling device 3 is arranged on the long side side of the spinneret 2, and blows an air flow from the outside toward the traveling region 11 of the yarn.
- the airflow is throttled as it is with a nozzle to stretch the filament 8 as a stretching wind
- a round air gun or a slit air gun that separately introduces the stretching wind. It is stretched through a filament and deposited in a web shape on the mobile collection surface.
- the spinneret 2 has a plurality of discharge holes arranged in the device width direction (the long side direction of the spinneret 2) and the direction orthogonal to the device width direction (the short side direction of the spinneret 2) on the discharge surface, and is substantially rectangular. be.
- the traveling region 11 of the filament melt-spun from the plurality of discharge holes arranged in this way also has a substantially rectangular cross section perpendicular to the traveling direction of the filament.
- the "rectangle" may be a rectangle to the extent that the long side direction and the short side direction of the spinneret 2 and the traveling region can be determined, and strictly speaking, it is essential that the rectangle has no unevenness at all. It's not a thing.
- the arrangement region 10 of the discharge holes on the discharge surface does not have to be a perfect rectangle, and may have a shape as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (d) and 6 (g), for example. Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 (e) and 6 (f), even if there is a non-arranged area in which the discharge hole is not arranged in the arrangement area of the discharge hole, the shape showing the whole is rectangular. Just do it.
- the airflow blowing surface 9 of the cooling device 3 is provided wider in the long side direction of the rectangular traveling region of the filament than the width of the traveling region 11 of the filament.
- pressure fluctuations in the atmosphere field are likely to occur and the turbulence of the airflow is large, so that thread sway is likely to be promoted.
- this can be prevented by the above-described configuration.
- a suction device 4 is provided between the spinneret 2 and the cooling device 3 in the traveling direction of the filament 8.
- a suction device 4 on the long side having a suction port 5 is provided on the long side of the rectangular traveling region 11 of the filament, and a suction device on the short side having a suction port 7 is provided on the short side of the traveling region 11. 6 is arranged so that the suction port opens over the entire circumference of the rectangular traveling area 11.
- the suction ports 5 and 7 may be present so as to substantially surround the rectangular traveling region 11 together, and as shown in FIG. 3, ribs are partially arranged by the ribs.
- the structure may be such that the suction flow is slightly blocked.
- the main purpose of these suction devices is to install them for the purpose of sucking polymer volatile substances, but the suction device is not limited to this.
- the suction flow rate QL per unit time and per unit time at the suction port 5 on the long side and per unit length and per unit time at the suction port 7 on the short side is adjusted so as to satisfy the following equation.
- thermoplastic polymer immediately after being discharged from the spinneret 2 is in a molten state and the yarn tension is also extremely low, so that yarn sway is likely to occur even with a slight turbulence in the air flow.
- the airflow velocity is small and the time fluctuation in the airflow direction is small.
- the airflow by the cooling device 3 when the airflow by the cooling device 3 is increased in the case of manufacturing a fine filament, the airflow is generally in the traveling direction of the filament 8 at the center of the airflow blowing surface 9 of the cooling device 3 in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. It flows downward as an accompanying flow that occurs in.
- the airflow tends to be excessively supplied to the thread accompanying flow, and as shown in FIG. It flows backward in the direction and flows near the base. Then, immediately below the base, the airflow flows into the traveling region 11 of the filament as shown in FIG.
- the airflow of the filament directly under the mouthpiece to the traveling region 11 increases the yarn sway and becomes a fundamental cause of yarn breakage.
- the center of the long side side of the traveling region 11 of the filament that is, the cooling device.
- the difference in the accompanying flow rate increases between the horizontal center of the airflow blowing surface 9 of No. 3) and the long side end of the filament traveling region 11 (that is, both ends of the airflow blowing surface 9 of the cooling device 3 in the horizontal direction). .. Therefore, an air flow flows toward the center of the long side of the filament traveling region 11 having a large accompanying flow rate and from the end on the long side having a small accompanying flow rate, which causes yarn sway.
- the present inventors have found a new technique of the present invention as a result of repeated diligent studies on the above-mentioned problems that have not been considered in the conventional technique. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, between the spinneret 2 and the cooling device 3, the suction port 7 on the short side is compared with the suction flow rate at the suction port 5 on the long side of the rectangular traveling region 11. It has been found that by increasing the suction flow rate of the above-mentioned material and adjusting it appropriately, it is possible to suppress the cooling air from the cooling device 3 which has been oversupplied from flowing into the filament directly under the mouthpiece.
- the suction flow rate QL per unit length and unit time at the suction port 5 on the long side and the suction flow rate per unit length and per unit time at the suction port 7 on the short side is adjusted so as to satisfy the relationship of 1 ⁇ QS / QL ⁇ 5.
- 1 ⁇ QS / QL the excess airflow easily flows to the suction port on the long side, and the airflow easily flows to the traveling region 11 of the filament.
- QS / QL ⁇ 5 the suction amount on the short side becomes too large, so that the filament spreads outward in the long side direction at both ends of the traveling region 11 of the filament, which promotes yarn sway. Therefore, in the present invention, by adjusting so as to satisfy 1 ⁇ QS / QL ⁇ 5, the airflow toward the filament 8 is controlled at both ends of the rectangular traveling region 11 in the long side direction immediately below the base. Suppresses thread breakage.
- the QS / QL is preferably in the range of 1.1 ⁇ QS / QL ⁇ 2. Further, it is preferable that the non-woven fabric manufacturing apparatus is provided with a mechanism for adjusting the balance between the above two suction flow rates. For example, it is preferable to have a damper mechanism capable of changing the width of the suction port on the long side and the short side and the gap of the flow path through which the sucked air flow flows.
- the filament is limited to the height region of the cooling device 3. Although it is possible to reduce the airflow flowing into the traveling region 11, it is not possible to sufficiently suppress the airflow flowing directly under the mouthpiece (the region between the spinning mouthpiece 2 and the cooling device 3). In particular, in order to maintain productivity and manufacture the fineness filament 8, it is preferable to increase the number of discharge holes of the spinneret 2 and reduce the amount of polymer discharged from the discharge holes. Since the filament 8 immediately after discharge has a small yarn diameter and a small yarn tension, the filament 8 is in a state in which yarn sway is likely to occur.
- the amount of airflow discharged can be minimized as compared with the case where the cooling device 3 of Patent Document 2 is provided with a mechanism for discharging the airflow, and the amount of air generated from the cooling device 3 by the blower. Can be reduced, so that the amount of power can be reduced.
- the wind speed from the airflow blowing surface 9 of the cooling device 3 is 0.5 / sec or more.
- the wind speed is more preferably 2.0 m / sec or less.
- the airflow blown out from the cooling device 3 is preferably 80 m / min / m or more per unit length in the horizontal direction of the airflow blowing surface 9 and per unit time. Further, when producing a filament having a small single yarn fineness, it is preferable to set a larger air volume.
- the present invention by setting the arrangement density of the discharge holes in the spinneret 2 to 2 holes / cm 2 or more, it is possible to suppress the yarn breakage while improving the productivity.
- the arrangement density of the base discharge holes is increased to 2 holes / cm 2 or more, the accompanying flow of the filament 8 in the traveling direction increases, so that it is necessary to supply an air volume commensurate with the accompanying flow from the cooling device 3. , It is essential to increase the air flow volume. That is, as described above, the effect of the present invention becomes more remarkable because the airflow turbulence is likely to occur in the vicinity of the end portion of the filament traveling region 11 in the long direction.
- the outermost discharge hole in the long side direction of the spinneret 2 and the suction port 7 on the short side are separated from each other in the horizontal direction, so that the filament traveling region 11 is formed.
- the airflow that flows in increases. Therefore, it is preferable that the shortest distance L in the horizontal direction between the outermost discharge hole (that is, the end of the filament traveling region 11) in the long side direction and the suction port 7 on the short side side is 200 mm or less. This is preferable from the viewpoint of suppressing the equipment cost and from the viewpoint of reducing the size in the long direction.
- the arrangement density of the discharge holes is smaller than the arrangement density of the discharge holes in the central portion in the long side direction.
- the number of filaments per unit width is reduced by reducing the arrangement density of the discharge holes, but the arrangement area of the discharge holes is localized with respect to the long side direction of the spinneret 2 as shown in FIG. 6 (g).
- the number of filaments per unit width can be maintained.
- the present invention is an extremely versatile invention and can be applied to all production of known non-woven fabrics. Therefore, it is not particularly limited by the polymer constituting the non-woven fabric.
- examples of polymers constituting non-woven fabrics include polyester, polyamide, polyphenylene sulfide, polyolefin, polyethylene, polypropylene and the like.
- a matting agent such as titanium dioxide, silicon oxide, kaolin, a color inhibitor, a stabilizer, an antioxidant, a deodorant, a flame retardant, and a thread friction are added to the above-mentioned polymer as long as the spinning stability is not impaired.
- Various functional particles such as a reducing agent, a coloring pigment, and a surface modifier, and additives such as an organic compound may be contained, and copolymerization may be contained.
- the polymer constituting the non-woven fabric may be composed of a single component or a plurality of components, and in the case of a plurality of components, for example, a core sheath, a side-by-side structure, or the like can be mentioned.
- the cross-sectional shape of the fibers forming the non-woven fabric is not limited to the round shape, and may be a cross-sectional shape (triangular, flat, etc.) other than the round shape or hollow.
- the single yarn fineness of the non-woven fabric is not particularly limited.
- the number of filaments constituting the non-woven fabric is not particularly limited, but the smaller the single yarn fineness of the non-woven fabric and the larger the number of filaments, the clearer the difference from the conventional technique.
- a polyolefin resin is melt-spun from a spinneret 2.
- the spinning temperature at this time is preferably 200 to 270 ° C, more preferably 210 to 260 ° C, and even more preferably 220 to 250 ° C.
- the filament 8 melt-spun from the spinneret 2 is then cooled by the cooling device 3.
- the cooling conditions can be appropriately adjusted and adopted in consideration of the discharge amount per single hole of the spinneret 2, the spinning temperature, the atmospheric temperature, and the like.
- the filament 8 cooled by the cooling device 3 is then stretched by applying tension by a round air gun or a slit air gun, and is sprayed onto the moving collection surface to form a non-woven fabric, although not shown.
- the traveling speed of the filament 8 after stretching is preferably 2,000 to 6,000 m / min, more preferably 3,000 to 5,000 m / min, and even more preferably 3,500 to 4,500 m. / Minute. The higher the running speed after stretching, the clearer the difference from the prior art.
- the single yarn fineness after stretching of the filament 8 is preferably 0.1 to 3 dtex, more preferably 0.5 to 2 dtex, and further preferably 0.8 to 1.5 dtex.
- ⁇ Thread break> The spinning condition was observed for 5 minutes, determined as the number of times the yarn was broken per minute, and evaluated according to the following criteria.
- the suction flow rate QL and QS are set by multiplying the average wind speed on the long side and the short side by the area of the suction port, respectively.
- the wind speed of the airflow from the cooling device was measured using an anemometer (Nippon Kanomax Co., Ltd .: MODEL6501 series or Aria Technica Co., Ltd .: MODEL AF101 / 201) at room temperature and normal humidity.
- the average wind speed calculated from each of these point data is set as the wind speed of the airflow from the outlet surface of the cooling device.
- the flow rate of the airflow is set by multiplying the wind speed of the airflow blown from the blowing surface of the cooling device to the filament by the area of the blowing surface.
- the arrangement density of the discharge holes is defined as follows.
- the horizontal pitch of the nozzle holes is Ph (mm)
- the vertical pitch is Pv (mm)
- the arrangement density is 1 / (Ph ⁇ Pv) (pieces / piece /). Calculated by mm 2 ).
- the area of the triangle formed by connecting the central axes of the three adjacent nozzle holes is St (mm 2 ), and 0.5 / St (pieces / piece / st). Obtain the placement density in mm 2).
- the number of nozzle holes included in a 2500 mm 2 square with one side of 50 mm is measured and divided by 2500 mm 2 to obtain 1 mm 2 per unit. It shall be expressed as the number of nozzle holes. However, when the square portion of 2500 mm 2 having a side of 50 mm includes a non-perforated region, the calculation shall be performed without including the non-perforated region.
- the arrangement density of the discharge holes shall be calculated near the center in the long side direction of the rectangular discharge region.
- the horizontal distance between the outermost discharge hole and the suction surface of the suction device on the short side in the longitudinal direction is the shortest distance in the horizontal direction between the discharge hole and the suction port. And set.
- Examples 1 to 3 Comparative Examples 1 and 2
- the non-woven fabric was manufactured using a closed-type non-woven fabric manufacturing apparatus equipped with a mechanism as shown in FIG.
- the raw material resin polypropylene resin with a load of 2.16 kgf (21N) and a melt flow rate of 60 g / 10 minutes at a temperature of 230 ° C. is used in accordance with ASTM-D1238, the molten resin temperature is 240 ° C., and the airflow outlet surface of the cooling device.
- the air velocity of the airflow from is 1.0 m / sec
- the air volume per 1 m is 95 m 3 / min / m
- the arrangement density of the base discharge holes is 3.6 holes / cm 2
- the shortest in the horizontal direction between the discharge holes and the suction ports is 1.0 m / sec
- the air volume per 1 m is 95 m 3 / min / m
- the arrangement density of the base discharge holes is 3.6 holes / cm 2
- the shortest in the horizontal direction between the discharge holes and the suction ports is shortest in the horizontal direction between the discharge holes and the suction ports.
- a non-woven fabric having a single yarn fineness of 1.4 dtex was produced under the conditions shown in Table 1 with a distance of 80 mm and a single hole discharge rate of 0.46 g / min. The test results are shown in Table 1.
- Example 1 thread breakage occurred at both ends in the long side direction of the filament running region.
- the number of thread breaks was significantly reduced by increasing the suction flow rate of the suction device on the short side and appropriately controlling the suction flow rate.
- the suction flow rate on the short side was further increased from Example 2, but the thread breakage was increased at both ends in the long side direction of the rectangular traveling region as compared with Example 2. Further, as shown in Comparative Example 2, when the suction flow rate was increased, the thread breakage was significantly increased.
- Example 4 to 6 Comparative Examples 3 and 4
- the non-woven fabric was manufactured using an open-type non-woven fabric manufacturing apparatus equipped with a mechanism as shown in FIG.
- the raw material resin polypropylene resin with a load of 2.16 kgf (21N) and a melt flow rate of 60 g / 10 minutes at a temperature of 230 ° C. is used in accordance with ASTM-D1238, and the molten resin temperature is 230 ° C. from the airflow outlet surface of the cooling device.
- the air velocity of the airflow is 0.7 m / sec
- the air volume per 1 m is 34 m 3 / min / m
- the arrangement density of the base discharge holes is 3.0 holes / cm 2
- the shortest distance between the discharge holes and the suction ports in the horizontal direction is 3.0 holes / cm 2
- a non-woven fabric having a single yarn fineness of 1.0 dtex was produced under the conditions shown in Table 2 with a single-hole discharge rate of 0.40 g / min and 80 m. The test results are shown in Table 2.
- Comparative Example 4 and Examples 4 to 6 the non-woven fabric was produced in the same manner as in Comparative Example 3 except that the conditions were changed as shown in Table 2.
- Example 3 we tried to acquire the web, but thread breakage occurred frequently.
- the frequency of thread breakage decreased by increasing the flow rate of the air flow from Comparative Example 3, but the thread breakage still remained.
- the number of thread breaks was significantly reduced by increasing the suction flow rate of the suction device on the short side as compared with Comparative Examples 3 and 4.
- Example 5 from Example 4, the shortest distance L in the horizontal direction between the discharge hole through which the thermoplastic polymer flows out and the suction port on the short side was increased to 180 mm, but stable spinning was possible.
- Example 6 when the shortest distance L between the discharge hole and the suction port in the horizontal direction was increased to 220 mm, a slight thread breakage occurred at both ends in the long side direction of the rectangular traveling region.
- the present invention relates to a method for suppressing yarn breakage in a spinning process, which occurs in the production of a non-woven fabric, particularly a spunbonded non-woven fabric.
- Sanitary materials such as medical masks, pollen guard masks, medical gowns and drapes, wire retainers, automobile materials, liquid filtration filters, interleaving paper, car wash brushes and other industrial materials, food packaging materials, cloth yarns, tape yarns, shoes It can be applied to living materials such as materials, cairo, tea bags, cleaning covers, agricultural materials such as sticky fabrics and agricultural resource pots, under-roof materials, civil engineering stabilizing sheets, heat insulating materials, flooring materials, building materials such as house wraps, and civil engineering materials. However, its application range is not limited to these.
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・前記冷却装置の吹出面からフィラメントに吹き付ける風速を0.5m/秒以上とすること。
・前記紡糸口金における吐出孔の配置密度を2孔/cm2以上とすること。
・前記紡糸口金の長辺方向における最も外側の吐出孔と、前記矩形の走行領域における短辺側の吸引口との、水平方向における最短距離を、200mm以下とすること。
不織布の製造において、紡糸口金2から吐出された直後の熱可塑性ポリマーは、溶融状態であり、糸張力も極めて低い状態であるため、わずかな気流の乱れでも糸揺れが生じやすい。このような状態、すなわち口金直下においては、気流速度が小さく、気流流れ方向の時間変動が小さいことが望ましい。
コンベアベルト上にフィラメントを捕集して得た不織布から、幅方向に両端50mmを除いた上で、ランダムに小片サンプル10個を採取した。デジタルマイクロスコープで各小片サンプルの表面写真を撮影し、各サンプルから4本ずつ、計40本の単繊維の直径[μm]を測定し、それらの平均値の小数点第一位を四捨五入した。得られた平均値より、以下の式で単糸繊度を求めた。なお、本実施例ではポリプロピレン樹脂を使用したため、樹脂密度0.91g/cm3とした。
単糸繊度[dtex]=(繊維径[μm]/2)2×π×10000[m]×樹脂密度[g/cm3]×10-6
紡糸状況を5分間観察し、1分間あたりに糸切れする回数として求め、以下の基準で評価した。
A:糸切れなし(1回/分以下)
B:糸切れややあり(1回/分超3回/分以下)
C:糸切れあり(3回/分超)
吸引装置での吸引流量は、常温・常湿下において、風速計(日本カノマックス株式会社:MODEL6501シリーズ、または、アリアテクニカ株式会社:MODEL AF101/201)を用いて、風速計のプローブを吸引口高さ中央位置に設置して測定した。長辺側の吸引装置では幅方向に均等間隔で10点にて風速を取得し、それらの風速平均値VL-AVEを算出し、短辺側の吸引装置では幅方向に均等間隔で3点にて風速を取得し、それらの風速平均値VS-AVEを算出した。ここで、各地点での風速値は1秒ごとに10秒間のデータを取得し、平均値を算出した。長辺側と短辺側それぞれの風速平均値と吸引口の面積を掛け合わせたものを、それぞれ吸引流量QLとQSと設定する。
冷却装置からの気流の風速は、常温・常湿下において、風速計(日本カノマックス株式会社:MODEL6501シリーズ、または、アリアテクニカ株式会社:MODEL AF101/201)を用いて測定した。風速計のプローブは、気流吹出面の上端より50mm位置、高さ中央位置、および下端より50mm位置、の高さ方向3点と、幅方向に等間隔に10点の、合計3点×10点=30点に設置し、測定を行った。これらの各点データから算出した風速平均値を冷却装置の吹出面からの気流の風速と設定する。
冷却装置の吹出面からフィラメントに吹き付ける気流の風速に吹出面の面積を掛け合わせたものを気流の流量と設定する。
吐出孔の配置密度は、以下のように定義する。ノズル孔の配置が格子状である場合には、ノズル孔の横方向のピッチをPh(mm)、縦方向のピッチをPv(mm)とし、配置密度を1/(Ph×Pv)(個/mm2)で求める。また、ノズル孔の配置が千鳥状である場合には、隣接する3個のノズル孔の中心軸を結んで形成される三角形の面積をSt(mm2)とし、0.5/St(個/mm2)で配置密度を求める。
紡糸口金から熱可塑ポリマーが流れ出る吐出孔において、長手方向にみて最も外側の吐出孔と短辺側の吸引装置の吸引面との水平距離を、吐出孔と吸引口との水平方向における最短距離、と設定する。
図1に示すような機構を備えた密閉型の不織布の製造装置を用い、不織布の製造を行った。原料樹脂として、ASTM―D1238に準拠し荷重2.16kgf(21N)、温度230℃でのメルトフローレートが60g/10分のポリプロピレン樹脂を用い、溶融樹脂温度を240℃、冷却装置の気流吹出面からの気流の風速を1.0m/秒、1mあたりの風量を95m3/分/m、口金吐出孔の配置密度を3.6孔/cm2、吐出孔と吸引口との水平方向における最短距離を80mm、単孔吐出量を0.46g/分として、表1に示す条件で、単糸繊度1.4dtexの不織布の製造を行った。試験結果を表1に示す。
比較例3では、図1に示すような機構を備えた開放型の不織布の製造装置を用い、不織布の製造を行った。原料樹脂として、ASTM―D1238に準拠し荷重2.16kgf(21N)、温度230℃でのメルトフローレート60g/10分のポリプロピレン樹脂を用い、溶融樹脂温度を230℃、冷却装置の気流吹出面からの気流の風速を0.7m/秒、1mあたりの風量を34m3/分/m、口金吐出孔の配置密度を3.0孔/cm2、吐出孔と吸引口との水平方向における最短距離を80m、単孔吐出量を0.40g/分として、表2に示す条件で、単糸繊度1.0dtexの不織布の製造を行った。試験結果を表2に示す。
2 紡糸口金
3 冷却装置
4 長辺側の吸引装置
5 長辺側の吸引口
6 短辺側の吸引装置
7 短辺側の吸引口
8 フィラメント
9 冷却装置の気流吹出面
10 口金吐出孔の配置領域
11 フィラメントの走行領域
12 口金の非穿孔領域
L 紡糸口金の長辺方向における最も外側の吐出孔と、矩形の走行領域における短辺側の吸引口との、水平方向における最短距離
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- 矩形の紡糸口金の長辺方向および短辺方向に配列された複数の吐出孔から熱可塑性ポリマーを溶融紡出し、得られた複数のフィラメントが走行する矩形の走行領域に対して、冷却装置より、前記矩形の長辺の外側から内側に向かって気流を吹き付け、冷却された複数のフィラメントをウエブ状に捕集する不織布の製造方法であって、フィラメントの走行方向に関して紡糸口金と冷却装置との間には、前記矩形の走行領域の全周に亘り吸引口を有する吸引装置を配し、かつ、前記矩形の走行領域の、長辺側の吸引口における単位長さ当たり、かつ、単位時間あたりの吸引流量QLと、前記矩形の走行領域の、短辺側の吸引口における単位長さ当たり、かつ、単位時間あたりの吸引流量QSとが、下記式を満足するように調整する不織布の製造方法。
1<QS/QL<5 - 前記冷却装置の吹出面からフィラメントに吹き付ける風速を0.5m/秒以上とする、請求項1に記載の不織布の製造方法。
- 前記紡糸口金における吐出孔の配置密度を2孔/cm2以上とする、請求項1または2に記載の不織布の製造方法。
- 前記紡糸口金の長辺方向における最も外側の吐出孔と、前記矩形の走行領域における短辺側の吸引口との、水平方向における最短距離を、200mm以下とする、請求項1~3のいずれかに記載の不織布の製造方法。
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