Multi-ply vessel and method for production thereof
AssigneeToyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTadashi Okudaira, Akio Tsuboi, Shigeharu Sugihara, Yoshihisa Hama
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AssigneeToyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTadashi Okudaira, Akio Tsuboi, Shigeharu Sugihara, Yoshihisa Hama
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A multi-ply vessel which comprises an inner layer (A) composed of a thermoplastic polyester resin, a middle layer (B) composed of a metaxylylene group-containing polyamide resin and an outer layer (C) composed of a synthetic resin having impermeability to moisture, said inner layer (A) and middle layer (B) being oriented in at least one direction at the thin part of the vessel wall. This vessel is produced by orienting a parison having a multi-ply structure of the inner layer (A), the middle layer (B) and the outer layer (C) in a draw ratio of 1 to 4 times in longitudinal direction and of 2 to 7 times in crosswise direction at a temperature of from Tg+15.degree. C. to 2(Tg)+15.degree. C. (wherein Tg is the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic polyester resin). This vessel has high transparency as well as excellent chemical resistance, impact resistance and the like because a thermoplastic polyester resin is used as the inner layer (A) and also has excellent gas barrier properties against oxygen because the metaxylylene group-containing polyamide resin is used as the middle layer (B).
A biaxially oriented blow-molded transparent multi-ply vessel having dimensional stability and form retention characteristics having a multi-ply structure composed of at least two kinds of synthetic resins which comprises an inner layer composed of a thermoplastic polyester resin having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.55 or more, an intermediate layer composed of metaxylylene group-containing polyamide resin and an outer layer composed of a synthetic resin having impermeability to moisture, said layers of the thermoplastic polyester resin and the metaxylylene group-containing polyamide resin being oriented in at least one direction at the thin part of the vessel wall.
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