# US 8,465,831 B2 · Polyamide based laminated resin film roll and production process thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,465,831 B2 - Document ID: US8465831B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/921,866 - Filed: 2005-12-21 - Published: 2009-07-30 - Granted: 2013-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2005-06-10 - Assignees: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Tadashi Nishi; Yoshinori Miyaguchi; Naonobu Oda; Katsuhiko Nose - Inventors: Tadashi Nishi; Yoshinori Miyaguchi; Naonobu Oda; Katsuhiko Nose - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8465831B2 ## CPC - B29C 55/12: biaxial - B29C 48/08: flexible, e.g. films - B32B 27/34: comprising polyamides - B29C 48/914: {Cooling drums} - B29C 48/916: {using vacuum} - B29K 2077/00: Use of {PA, i.e.} polyamides, e.g. polyesteramides {or derivatives thereof}, as moulding material - Y10T 428/1334: Nonself-supporting tubular film or bag [e.g., pouch, envelope, packet, etc.] - Y10T 428/1359: Three or more layers [continuous layer] - Y10T 428/24372: Particulate matter - Y10T 428/24421: Silicon containing - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract The polyamide based resin laminated film roll of the present invention has physical properties such as boiling water shrinkage percentage, surface roughness, refractive index in the thickness direction, etc., adjusted to achieve a predetermined range of degree of variability, when the polyamide based resin laminated film has a first sample cutout portion set up within 2 m from the winding end of film and final cutout portion within 2 m from the winding start of film, and at the same time, has a sample cutout portion set up at approximately every 100 m from the first sample cutout portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A polyamide based resin laminated film roll formed by winding up of the polyamide based resin laminated film in a width of 0.2 m or more to 3.0 m or less, and a length of 300 m or more to 30000 m or less, wherein when the polyamide based resin laminated film roll has a first sample cutout portion set up within 2 m from the winding end of film; and a final cutout portion set up within 2 m from the winding start of film, as well as has a sample cutout portion set up in approximately every 100 m from the first sample cutout portion, the polyamide based resin laminated film roll satisfies the following requirements (1) through (5): (1) when a maximum boiling water shrinkage percentage which is the maximum value of boiling water shrinkage percentages in all directions, of each sample cut out from each of the cutout portions is measured, an average boiling water shrinkage percentage which is average value of the maximum boiling water shrinkage percentages is 2% to 6%, and a degree of variability in the maximum boiling water shrinkage percentages of all samples is within a range of ±2% to ±10% relative to the average boiling water shrinkage percentage; (2) when a directional difference of boiling water shrinkage percentage which is an absolute value of the difference between a boiling water shrinkage percentage in the direction of +45° to the longitudinal direction and a boiling water shrinkage percentage in the direction of −45° to the longitudinal direction of each sample cut out from each of the cutout portion is determined, an average directional difference of boiling water shrinkage percentage which is the average of the directional differences of boiling water shrinkage percentage is 2.0% or less, and a degree of variability in the directional differences of boiling water shrinkage percentage of all samples is within a range of ±2% to ±30% relative to the average directional difference of boiling water shrinkage percentage; and (3) when each sample cut out from each cut out portion is measured for the three-dimensional surface roughness in the winding-up direction, the average surface roughness which is the average value of three-dimensional surface roughness of all the samples is within a range of 0.01 to 0.06 μm, and a degree of variability of three-dimensional surface roughness of all the samples is within a range of ±5% to ±20% to the average surface roughness; (4) when each sample cut out from each cut out portion is measured for the haze, the average haze which is the average value of hazes of all the samples is within a range of 1.0 to 4.0 and at the same time a degree of variability of haze of all the samples is within a range of ±2% to ±15% to the average haze; (5) a degree of variability in the thickness of a roll wound up over the entire length in the longitudinal direction is within ±2% to ±10% relative to the average thickness; wherein the polyamide based resin laminated film is produced with a method for obtaining a practically unoriented polyamide sheet comprising melting and coextruding each polymer that composes each layer by the use of separate extruders, casting from a nozzle on a rotating drum, and rapidly cooling and solidifying; and wherein the skin layer of the polyamide based mixed resin film wound up comprises inorganic particles 0.05 to 2.0% by weight. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein when a coefficient of dynamic friction is measured for each sample cut out from each cutout portion under the atmosphere of 23° C. and 80% RH, the average coefficient of dynamic friction which is the average value of coefficients of dynamic friction of the samples is within a range of 0.3 to 0.8 and at the same time a degree of variability of the coefficient of dynamic friction of all the samples is within a range of ±5% to ±30% to the average coefficient of dynamic friction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein when the content of inorganic particles is measured for each sample cut out from each cutout portion, the average content which is the average value of the content of inorganic particles is within a range of 0.01 to 0.5% by weight and at the same time a degree of variability of the content of inorganic particles of all the samples is within a range of ±2% to ±10% to the average content of inorganic particles. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein when refraction index in the thick direction of each sample cut out from each of the cutout portions is measured, an average refraction index which is the average value of the refraction indexes is 1.500 or more, 1.520 or less, and a degree of variability in the refraction indexes of all samples is within a range of ±2% relative to the average refraction index. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, the polyamide based resin laminated film roll wherein the average particle size of inorganic particles contained in the core layer is brought to be larger than or equal to the thickness of the skin layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein the major component of polyamide composing the polyamide based resin laminated film roll is nylon 6. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein polyamide based resin laminated film wound up is formed from a mixture of two or more different types of mixed substances of polyamide based resin. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein the polyamide based resin laminated film wound up is laminated with a polyolefin based resin film. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein a polyamide based resin laminated film formed by biaxially stretching an unoriented sheet-like material obtained by extruding melted polyamide based resin from a T-die and being brought in contact with a metal roll to cool is wound up. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein a polyamide based resin laminated film wound up is stretched by a tenter stretching method. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein a polyamide based resin laminated film wound up is sequentially biaxially stretched. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein a polyamide based resin laminated film biaxially stretched in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction is wound up. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein a polyamide based resin film wound up is a practically unoriented sheet-like substance of polyamide based resin stretched in at least two stages in the longitudinal direction to be threefold or more at a higher temperature than the glass transition temperature of the polyamide based resin plus 20° C., and then stretched in the transverse direction to be threefold or more. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein a polyamide based resin laminated film wound up is thermally fixed after a final stretching treatment. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein a polyamide based resin laminated film wound up is thermally fixed after relaxing treatment. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein at least one kind selected from lubricant, anti-blocking agent, thermal stabilizer, antioxidant, antistatic agent, light resistant agent and impact modifier is added into the polyamide based resin laminated film wound up. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein an inorganic particle is added into the polyamide based resin laminated film wound up. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 17, wherein the inorganic particle is a silica particle of 0.5-5.0 μm in an average diameter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, wherein a higher fatty acid is added into the polyamide based resin laminated film wound up. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) A process for producing polyamide based resin laminated film roll according to claim 1, comprising: a film forming step of forming unstretched laminated sheet with multiple polyamide based resin sheets laminated by melt-extruding polyamide based resin from multiple extruders by coextrusion; and a biaxial stretching step comprising stretching the unstretched laminated sheet obtained in the film forming process in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction, wherein the process satisfies the following requirements (1) through (5): (1) The film forming step comprising laminating a skin layer with added inorganic particles of 0.05 to 2.0% by weight on a core layer by utilizing high-concentration material chips; (2) The biaxially stretching step stretching the unstretched laminated sheet in the longitudinally direction in two stages and then, stretching in the transverse direction, and the stretching ratio of the first stage in two-stage stretching in the longitudinal direction is set to be higher than the stretching ratio of the second stage; (3) The film forming step forming the unstretched laminated sheet by melt-extruding from each extruder after one or more kind of other polyamide based resin chips whose constituent differs from that of the polyamide based resin chips are mixed to form the unstretched laminated sheet, wherein the shape of each polyamide based resin chip used is elliptic cylinder having elliptic cross section with a major axis and a minor axis, and the polyamide based resin chips other than the polyamide based resin chips whose consumption volume is the greatest are adjusted to those having average major axis, average minor axis and average chip length to be included within a range of ±20% relative to the average major axis, average minor axis and average chip length of the polyamide based resin chips whose consumption rate is the greatest; (4) The film forming step comprising a melt extrusion step using multiple extruders equipped with a funnel-shape hopper as a material chip feeder unit, wherein the inclination angles of the funnel-shape hoppers are all adjusted to 65 degrees or more and the moisture content of polyamide based resin chips before being fed into the funnel-shape hoppers is adjusted to be 800 ppm or more and 1000 ppm or less, and at the same time, the temperature of polyamide based resin chips before being fed into the funnel-shape hoppers is adjusted to 80° C. or higher; and (5) The film forming step comprising a step for cooling the melt-extruded unstretched laminated sheet by bringing them into contact with cooling rolls, wherein in the cooling process, the portion of the melted resin to which the cooling roll surface comes into contact is sucked in a direction opposite to the take-up direction by a suction unit throughout the full width of the melted resin. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The process according to claim 20, wherein the high-concentration material chips used in the film forming process are polyamide based resin chips with inorganic particles added by 5% by weight or more and less than 20% by weight. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The process according to claim 20, wherein the inorganic particles added to the polyamide based resin sheet to be laminated on the uppermost layer has a pore volume of 0.5 to 2.0 mL/g and an average particle size of 1.0 to 5.0 μm. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The process according to claim 20, further including a preheating process executed before the longitudinal stretching process and a heat-treatment process executed after the longitudinal stretching process, wherein a variation width of surface temperature of film at any point of the longitudinal stretching process, the preheating process and the heat-treatment process is adjusted throughout the full length of the film within a range of ±1° C. to the average temperature.