Coating film removing equipment and coating film removing method

A coating film removing equipment for removing a coating film from a coated film including the coating film on at least one surface of a base film, the coating film removing equipment comprising:

• a cleaning tank;
• a supply device configured to supply a cleaning liquid to the cleaning tank;
• a conveyance device configured to convey the coated film in a longitudinal direction of the coated film such that the coated film passes through the cleaning tank;
• a suction box disposed in the cleaning tank, the suction box being configured to surround a part of a conveyance path of the coated film with a gap through which a film can pass;
• a removing mechanism in which at least an edge in contact with the coated film is disposed in the suction box, the removing mechanism being configured to remove the coating film from the coated film;
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• a discharge device for discharging the cleaning liquid and the removed coating film from the suction box to an outside of the cleaning tank.

A coating film removing method for removing a coating film from a coated film including the coating film on at least one surface of a base film, the coating film removing method comprising:

• disposing two or more cleaning tanks side by side in a conveyance direction of the coated film;
• supplying a cleaning liquid to at least the cleaning tank disposed most downstream in the conveyance direction;
• conveying the coated film in a longitudinal direction of the coated film such that the coated film sequentially passes through the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tanks;
• introducing the coated film into suction boxes each disposed in the cleaning liquid in each of the cleaning tanks, each suction box having a gap through which a film can pass, and removing the coating film by a coating film removing mechanism in the suction box;
• discharging the cleaning liquid and the removed coating film in each of the suction boxes to an outside of each of the cleaning tanks;
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• removing a foreign substance from a discharge liquid discharged from at least one of the suction boxes, and then supplying the discharge liquid from which the foreign substance has been removed to another cleaning tank disposed on an upstream side of the cleaning tank including the at least one of suction boxes in the conveyance direction.

A coating film removing method for removing a coating film from a coated film including the coating film on at least one surface of a base film, the coating film removing method comprising:

• supplying a cleaning liquid to a cleaning tank;
• conveying the coated film in a longitudinal direction of the coated film such that the coated film passes through the cleaning liquid;
• introducing the coated film into a suction box disposed in the cleaning liquid, the suction box having a gap through which a film can pass, and removing the coating film by a coating film removing mechanism in the suction box;
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• discharging the cleaning liquid and the removed coating film in the suction box to an outside of the cleaning tank.