JP2005096915A - Apparatus and method for taking up film - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove air incorporated in a film roll at the time of taking winding up a film without using a pressure roll. <P>SOLUTION: An air nozzle 28 is provided at a circumferential surface of the film roll 14 of a film take-up device 10 which takes up the TAC film 11. A slit-conditioned air nozzle opening 28a of which length is 0.7 to 1.1 times or more preferably 0.7 to 0.9 times the length in a width direction of the TAC film 11 is formed at the air nozzle 28. At the time of taking up the film, high pressure air is generated by a high pressure type blower 32 connected through an air pipe 33, and air is blown to the peripheral surface of the film roll 14 from the air nozzle opening 28a to spray air, thus removing air entering in the film roll 14 at the time of taking up the film without using the pressure roll. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a film winding apparatus and a method for winding a long film in a roll shape.

  Generally, a plastic film used for a polarizing plate protective film for a liquid crystal display (LCD) is manufactured by a solution film forming method. In the film film forming step of forming a plastic film using this solution film forming method, for example, a polymer such as triacetyl cellulose is doped with a solvent by appropriately adding various additives, and then an endless endless support. It is cast onto a drum or band, peeled off when it has self-supporting properties, and dried with hot air while being conveyed by a roll to form a product film. The formed product film is continuously sent to the film take-up device located on the most downstream side of the transfer line, where it is used as a cylindrical take-up core made of resin, metal, wood, cardboard, etc. It is wound up to a length of several hundred m to several thousand m depending on the like. And it is suitably packed with the form of the film roll wound up by roll shape, and becomes a product form.

  In this film winding device, in order to prevent the occurrence of so-called winding deviation in which the film wound on the film roll shifts in the width direction during film winding or after film winding, tension is applied to the film being wound. (Winding tension) is applied, or knurling is applied to the side edge of the film. Here, knurling means that the thickness of the side end is substantially increased by applying a process generally called knurling embossing using a stamping roll.

  Since the winding pressure is increased by applying tension, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of winding deviation, but the film has a slight thickness unevenness in the width direction, so if the winding pressure becomes too strong, the unevenness of the film The pressure is strongly applied to the part where the film is rolled up and locally thickened. As a result, transparent streak-like failures (hereinafter simply referred to as black belts) and winding wrinkles are likely to occur. In particular, when the film is conveyed to the film take-up device at a constant speed, the take-up speed for taking up the film is reduced in response to the increase in the roll diameter of the film roll. If the tension to be applied is not reduced corresponding to the winding diameter, the winding pressure increases and black bands and wrinkles are generated.

  In addition, when knurling is applied instead of increasing tension, the occurrence of black belts and wrinkles can be suppressed, but the film side end becomes thick, so that air is entrapped together during film winding. Furthermore, if it is stored for a long time in a state where air is involved, the portion where the air is involved is crushed and collapsed.

  As a method for preventing the occurrence of winding deviation while suppressing the occurrence of such quality troubles as black belts and depressions, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, the winding pressure exceeds a predetermined value and black belts are prevented. In addition, the tension applied to the film roll is controlled according to the roll diameter of the film roll so that the winding pressure does not weaken and the winding pressure weakens. There is a method in which a pressure roll such as a roll is pressed at a predetermined pressure to forcibly remove the air that has been caught during film winding.

JP2003-220143A (pages 3-4)

  By the way, in general, the ray roll is rubber-lined in order to enhance the protection against the film, and therefore the film roll is charged with static electricity due to sliding contact, contact, peeling or the like between the ray roll and the film roll. As a result, the floating dust is attracted by static electricity so as to be in the air, so that foreign matter adheres to the film roll and a foreign matter failure occurs. As a countermeasure against this static electricity, for example, there is a method of removing static electricity by installing a voltage application type static eliminator near the film roll and generating ions from this static eliminator. As a result, the volume resistance of the rubber surface increases and the amount of static electricity charged further increases. Furthermore, since the hardness of rubber becomes hard, a black belt is generated.

  In addition, contact between the lion roll and the film roll causes irregularities to be formed on the surface of the film wound around the film roll, resulting in uneven coating when an antireflection layer forming liquid is applied in the next step. It will cause to. Furthermore, when the pressing force of the lion roll is increased, this coating unevenness may be further deteriorated. Therefore, improvement has been strongly desired.

  The present invention is for solving the above-mentioned problems. In addition to suppressing the occurrence of quality failures such as black belts, winding wrinkles, depressions, winding slippage, etc., a film can be used without using a pressing roll such as a rayon roll. A film winding apparatus and a method for winding a film are provided.

  In the film winding apparatus and method of the present invention, in the film winding apparatus for winding a long film in a roll shape, air is blown and pressed on the peripheral surface of the film roll wound in the roll shape. An air blowing means is provided. Further, the air blowing means includes a slit-like air opening, and the length of the air opening in the longitudinal direction is 0.7 to 1.1 times the length of the film in the width direction. preferable. Further, a winding diameter measuring means for measuring the winding diameter of the film roll, and the air spraying means so as to keep the distance between the air opening and the film roll peripheral surface constant based on a measurement result by the winding diameter measuring means. It is preferable to provide a moving means for moving.

  In addition, it is preferable to include a pressing force control unit that reduces the pressing force that presses the circumferential surface of the film roll by the air blowing unit as the measured winding diameter by the winding diameter measuring unit becomes longer. The pressing force at the initial stage of film winding is preferably set to 2 to 10 kPa, and the pressing force at the end of film winding is preferably set to 0.5 to 0.8 times that at the initial stage of film winding. Furthermore, it is preferable that the pressing force applied to the central portion in the width direction of the peripheral surface of the film roll is higher than the pressing force applied to the end portion in the width direction.

  In addition, a triacetyl cellulose film is used as the film, and the film width is preferably 1000 to 1500 mm. Further, the air blowing means is provided in a range of 60 to 240 ° from the winding start position where the film is wound on the film roll toward the film winding direction with the central axis of the film roll as the center. It is preferable. Furthermore, it is preferable that an air intake port that is formed so as to sandwich the longitudinal direction of the air opening and sucks air blown from the air opening is provided.

  Further, in the film winding method of the film winding apparatus for winding a long film in a roll shape, the film is wound in a roll shape and air is blown and pressed.

  In the film winding apparatus and method of the present invention, air that has been wound during film winding can be removed in a non-contact manner without pressing a pressing roll such as a lion roll by air-pressing the film roll. There is an advantage that it is possible to prevent the film from being charged with static electricity and causing foreign matter failure or unevenness on the film surface to cause uneven coating in the subsequent coating process.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a film winding device 10 in a process for forming a polarizing plate protective film for LCD according to the present invention. The film winding device 10 includes various types of winding devices such as a turret method and a single-shaft method. However, any film winding device may be used in the present invention, and in this embodiment, a single-shaft film winding device is used. Is used. The film take-up device 10 is provided on the most downstream side of the transfer line, and mounts a polarizing plate protective film, for example, a triacetyl cellulose film (hereinafter simply referred to as a TAC film) 11 manufactured by a film forming apparatus, a drying apparatus, etc. (not shown). The roll is continuously wound in the form of a roll with the core 13 held rotatably on the core 12. As the film winding amount increases, a film roll 14 in which the TAC film 11 is wound in multiple layers is formed on the core 13.

  The TAC film 11 is a film that is widely used as a polarizing plate protective film for LCDs because it has extremely high transparency, small optical anisotropy, and low retardation. In this embodiment, the TAC film 11 has a thickness. A film having a thickness of 20 to 200 μm and a width of 1000 to 1500 mm is used. Although not shown, the TAC film 11 before winding may be knurled to prevent winding deviation.

  When the winding diameter of the film roll 14 including the core 13 reaches a predetermined length, the winding operation is temporarily interrupted, and the TAC film 11 is cut at a predetermined position using a film cutter (not shown) or the like. Next, the film roll 14 is removed together with the core 13, and a new core 13 is set on the gantry 12. Thereafter, the cut TAC film 11 is wound around a new core 13 using a film winding device (not shown) or the like, and the winding operation is resumed.

  The core 13 is rotationally driven by a motor 17, and when the core 13 is rotated in the clockwise direction in the figure, the TAC film 11 is wound around the film roll 14. As the motor 17, a pulse motor or the like is often used. By controlling the frequency of the motor control pulse signal applied to the motor 17, the rotational speed of the motor 17 and the core 13, that is, the film roll 14 is TAC. The winding speed for winding the film 11 can be controlled.

  Since the TAC film 11 is always continuously conveyed to the film winding device 10 at a constant conveyance speed, the winding speed is reduced in accordance with the increase in the winding diameter of the film roll 14. Therefore, on the upstream side of the film transport line of the film roll 14, there is a winding amount measuring means for measuring the winding amount of the TAC film 11 wound on the film roll 14 in order to calculate the winding diameter of the film roll 14. Is provided. As the winding amount measuring means, for example, a pulse generator 18 for converting the rotation of the roll into a pulse signal is attached to one of the pass rolls 16 and the number of pulses of the pulse signal converted by the pulse generator 18 is counted. By doing this, the winding amount of the TAC film 11 is obtained. Then, the winding diameter of the film roll 14 is calculated from the obtained winding amount.

  In addition to the pass roll 16, on the upstream side of the film transport line of the film roll 14, a tension measuring roll 20 for measuring a film tension as described in Patent Document 1 and the tension measuring roll 20 The tension measurement sensor 21 connected to the, the dancer roll 23 used for adjusting the tension, the guide roll 24, and the dancer roll 23 are moved in the vertical direction in the figure to adjust the tension applied to the TAC film 11. A dancer mechanism 25 is provided.

  The tension measurement sensor 21 measures the tension of the TAC film 11 via the tension measurement roll 20. As described above, when the tension applied to the TAC film 11 is strong, the winding pressure of the film roll 14 is increased and black belts and wrinkles are generated. On the other hand, if the tension is weak, the winding pressure is weakened and winding deviation occurs. Therefore, the position of the dancer roll 23 is adjusted using the dancer mechanism 25 so that the tension applied to the TAC film 11 is always within a predetermined range. For example, when it is desired to increase the tension, the dancer roll 23 is moved upward in the figure. Conversely, when it is desired to reduce the tension, the dancer roll 23 is moved downward in the figure. Based on the measurement information from the tension measurement sensor 21, the winding pressure of the film roll 14 can be adjusted within a predetermined range by moving the dancer roll 23 in the vertical direction in the figure.

  Further, as described above, while the transport speed of the TAC film 11 is fixed at a constant speed, the winding speed of the film roll 14 is decelerated corresponding to the increase in the winding diameter. If the tension applied to the TAC film 11 is not reduced corresponding to the winding diameter, the winding pressure is increased and black belts and wrinkles are generated. Therefore, in the film winding apparatus 10, as described in Patent Document 1, the tension applied to the film is reduced corresponding to the winding diameter or winding amount of the film roll 14.

  In the conventional film winding apparatus, the TAC film 11 is charged and the foreign matter breaks down because the air taken up at the time of film winding is removed by press-contacting a pressing roll such as a rayon roll to the peripheral surface of the film roll 14. Such problems will occur. Therefore, in the present invention, an air nozzle 28 is provided in place of the ray roll, and high pressure air is blown from the slit-like air nozzle opening 28a formed in the air nozzle 28 onto the peripheral surface of the film roll 14 to perform air pressing. Remove air trapped during winding without contact.

The air nozzle 28 is disposed on the peripheral surface of the film roll 14 so that the longitudinal direction of the air nozzle opening 28a and the central axis of the film roll 14 are parallel to each other. Further, for example, as shown in FIG. Centering on the axis, the winding start position where the TAC film 11 is wound on the film roll 14 is defined as 0 °, and in the range of 60 ° (θ ₁ ) to 240 ° (θ ₄ ) in the film winding direction. Preferably, it is arranged at an arbitrary position within the range of 90 ° (θ ₂ ) to 180 ° (θ ₃ ). In the present embodiment, the air nozzle opening 28a and the peripheral surface of the film roll 14 are opposed to each other. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the film roll 14 has the air nozzle 28 as the central axis. You may incline about 15 degrees-40 degrees with respect to the surrounding surface.

  If the length of the air nozzle opening 28 in the longitudinal direction is longer than the width of the TAC film, air enters from the side surface of the film roll 14 during air pressing, and the air removal efficiency decreases. For this reason, the length of the air nozzle opening 28 in the longitudinal direction is 0.7 to 1.1 times, more preferably 0.7 to 0.9 times the length of the TAC film 11 in the width direction. Yes.

  The air nozzle 28 is attached to the shift mechanism 30 so that the distance between the air nozzle opening 28 and the peripheral surface of the film roll 14 can be kept constant even when the winding diameter of the film roll 14 is increased, and the winding diameter of the film roll 14 is increased. Is moved in the left direction in the figure. In the present embodiment, the distance between the air nozzle opening 28 and the circumferential surface of the film roll 14 is set to 2 to 50 mm.

  A high pressure blower 32 including a filter, an air tank, and a compressor is connected to the air nozzle 28 via an air pipe 33 as an air generation source. Further, in the middle of the piping of the air pipe 33, a dehumidifier for adjusting the humidity (dew point) of the air generated by the high-pressure blower 32 is omitted in addition to the automatic valve 34 for controlling the ejection of air. A heat exchanger for adjusting the temperature of the air is provided. The air generated by the high-pressure blower 32 is blown onto the circumferential surface of the film roll 14 with a uniform blowing pressure over the longitudinal direction of the air nozzle opening 28a, and the circumferential surface of the film roll 14 is air-pressed with a uniform pressing force. In this embodiment, the spray pressure is adjusted so that the pressing force at the initial stage of film winding is 2 to 10 kPa. And as the winding diameter of the film roll 14 becomes longer, this blowing pressure is gradually reduced so that the pressing force at the end of film winding is 0.5 to 0.8 times that at the initial stage of film winding. It is controlled to become. Thereby, when the winding diameter of the film roll 14 becomes long, it is possible to prevent winding deviation from occurring on the core 13 side in the film roll 14 by strongly winding the outer peripheral side of the film roll 14.

  The system controller 36 controls the high-pressure blower 32, the shift mechanism 30, and the like. Although not shown, the system controller 36 includes a CPU, a work ROM, a work RAM, and the like, and comprehensively controls the overall operation of the film winding apparatus 10. The system controller 36 includes a pulse generator 18, a tension measurement sensor 21, a dancer mechanism 25, a shift mechanism 30, a high-pressure blower 32, an automatic valve 34, a motor driver that controls the motor 17, and an operation that are not shown. Panels etc. are connected. The system controller 36 controls the motor 17 so as to reduce the winding speed of the film roll 14 and reduces the tension applied to the TAC film 11 in response to an increase in the winding diameter of the film roll 14. Thus, the dancer mechanism 25 is controlled. At the same time, the system controller 36 controls the shift mechanism 30 to reduce the air blowing pressure while controlling the shift mechanism 30 so as to keep the distance between the air nozzle opening 28a and the circumferential surface of the film roll 14 constant. The high-pressure blower 32 is controlled.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. When the core 13 is set on the gantry 12, the system controller 36 controls the shift mechanism 30 to move the air nozzle 28 to a predetermined position. At the same time, the high pressure blower 32 is operated to generate high pressure air so that the pressing force against the circumferential surface of the film roll 14 is 2 to 10 kPa. When the air nozzle 28 moves to a predetermined position, the system controller 36 drives the motor 17 to start film winding, and opens the automatic valve 34 to blow air from the air nozzle opening 28a to the peripheral surface of the film roll 14. Air press. Thereby, the air entrained in the film roll 14 at the time of film winding can be removed.

  When film winding is started, the system controller 36 counts the number of pulses of the pulse signal sent from the pulse generator 18 and winds the TAC film 11 wound on the film roll 14 (core 13). The amount is obtained, and the winding diameter of the film roll 14 is calculated from the winding amount. And the system controller 36 decelerates the winding speed of the film roll 14 corresponding to the calculated winding diameter becoming long. At the same time, the system controller 36 uses the dancer mechanism 25 in the TAC film 11 in order to prevent the winding pressure from increasing and black belts and wrinkles from occurring, and conversely the winding pressure from decreasing to cause winding slippage. The magnitude of the applied tension is reduced corresponding to the winding diameter.

  Further, the system controller 36 moves the air nozzle 28 so that the distance between the air nozzle opening 28a and the peripheral surface of the film roll 14 is kept constant as the winding diameter becomes longer. At the same time, the system controller 36 controls the high-pressure blower 32 to gradually reduce the air blowing pressure so that the pressing force at the end of film winding is 0.5 to 0.8 times that at the initial stage of film winding. Make pressure. Thereby, when the winding diameter of the film roll 14 becomes long, it is possible to prevent winding deviation from occurring on the core 13 side in the film roll 14 by strongly winding the outer peripheral side of the film roll 14. Then, when the film winding is completed and a new core 13 is set on the gantry 12, the above process may be repeated.

  In the present invention, by air-pressing the film roll 14, the air entrained during film winding can be removed in a non-contact manner without pressing a pressing roll such as a rayon roll. Therefore, when the pressing roll and the TAC film 11 are slidably contacted, contacted, and peeled off, the TAC film 11 is charged with static electricity and a foreign matter failure occurs, or irregularities are formed on the surface of the TAC film 11 and uneven coating occurs in the next step. Can be prevented from occurring.

  In the present embodiment, the air generated by the high-pressure blower 32 is blown to the circumferential surface of the film roll 14 with a uniform blowing pressure over the longitudinal direction of the air nozzle opening 28a, but the present invention is limited to this. For example, the spray pressure at the center of the air nozzle opening may be higher than the spray pressure at both ends thereof. FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of an air nozzle 40 of another embodiment in which the spray pressure at the center of the air nozzle opening is increased.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the air nozzle 40 as viewed from the front. The interior of the air nozzle 40 is divided into a nozzle body central part 42a and a nozzle body end part 42b by a partition plate 41. In addition, the number of division | segmentation inside the air nozzle 40 is not limited to three, You may divide into four or more by increasing the number of the partition plates 41. FIG. Since the first high-pressure blower 43a and the second high-pressure blower 43b are connected to the nozzle body central portion 40a and the nozzle body end portion 40b, respectively, the spray pressure of the first high-pressure blower 43a is changed to the first high-pressure blower 43a. 2 By making it higher than the spray pressure of the high-pressure blower 43b, it is possible to increase only the spray pressure of the nozzle body central portion 42a. As a result, the central portion in the width direction of the circumferential surface of the film roll 14 can be air-pressed with a higher pressing force than the end portion, so that the air wound in the central portion in the width direction of the film roll 14 during film winding is 14 is easily removed from both side surfaces. Therefore, the air removal efficiency can be increased more than when air pressing is performed with a uniform pressing force in the width direction of the film roll 14 circumferential surface.

  In the present embodiment, only one air nozzle is provided on the peripheral surface of the film roll, but the present invention is not limited to this, and two or more air nozzles may be provided. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the winding start position at which the TAC film 11 is wound on the film roll 14 is set to 0 ° with the central axis of the film roll 14 as the center, and the film roll 14 is positioned at a position 90 ° toward the film winding direction. The first air nozzle 45a is provided, and the second air nozzle 45b is provided at a position of 180 °. Then, by connecting the first high-pressure blower 43a and the second high-pressure blower 43b to the air nozzles 45a and 45b, air pressing can be performed using two air nozzles. As a result, the air removal efficiency can be further increased. Further, it is not necessary that the air nozzles 45a and 45b have the same spray pressure. For example, the first high pressure blower 43a is made lower in pressure than the second high pressure blower 43b. The air may be removed to some extent by performing a preliminary press with the 1 air nozzle 45a, and then the remaining air may be completely removed by performing the main press with the second air nozzle 45b.

  The air nozzle 28 of the present embodiment performs air press by blowing air onto the peripheral surface of the film roll 14, but the sprayed air diffuses on the peripheral surface of the film roll 14 and flows along the peripheral surface. End up. As a result, a part of the air that flows along the peripheral surface of the film roll 14 may be caught in the film roll 14 when the TAC film 11 is wound up. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, an intake port 48 for taking in air blown from the air nozzle opening 28a may be formed so as to sandwich the longitudinal direction of the air nozzle opening 28a. In this case, in addition to the high-pressure blower 32 (see FIG. 1), an intake pump (not shown) for taking in air is provided and connected to each intake port 48 via an intake air pipe 49. As a result, air blown from the air nozzle opening 28a to the circumferential surface of the film roll 14 is sucked from the intake ports 48, so that air can be prevented from flowing along the circumferential surface of the film roll 14.

  The present invention is not limited to a film take-up device in the process for forming a polarizing plate protective film for LCD, but a protective film used for displays other than LCD, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) film, thermal recording paper, and magnetic recording tape. Further, the present invention can be applied to various film winding apparatuses that wind a photographic film, an adhesive tape or the like in a roll shape.

It is the schematic of the film winding apparatus which implemented this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the example of arrangement | positioning of the air nozzle of the film winding apparatus. It is the schematic which showed other embodiment which made the air spraying pressure of the center part of the air nozzle opening of the air nozzle higher than the spraying pressure of an edge part. It is the schematic which showed the other Example which provided multiple the same air nozzle. It is the schematic which showed another embodiment which provided the air inlet in the air nozzle.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Film winder 11 TAC film 14 Film roll 17 Motor 18 Pulse generator 23 Dancer roll 24 Guide roll 25 Dancer mechanism 28 Air nozzle 28a Air nozzle opening 30 Shift mechanism 32 High pressure type blower 36 System controller

Claims (10)

In a film winding device for winding a long film into a roll,
An apparatus for winding a film, comprising air blowing means for blowing air onto a peripheral surface of a film roll on which the film is wound in a roll shape.   The air blowing means includes a slit-like air opening, and the length of the air opening in the longitudinal direction is 0.7 to 1.1 times the length of the film in the width direction. The film winder according to claim 1. A winding diameter measuring means for measuring the winding diameter of the film roll;
3. A moving means for moving the air blowing means so as to keep a distance between the air opening and the film roll peripheral surface constant based on a measurement result by the winding diameter measuring means. The film winding apparatus as described.   4. A pressing force control means for reducing a pressing force that presses the circumferential surface of the film roll by the air blowing means as the measured winding diameter by the winding diameter measuring means becomes longer. Film take-up device.   The pressing force at the initial stage of film winding is set to 2 to 10 kPa, and the pressing force at the end of film winding is set to 0.5 to 0.8 times that at the initial stage of film winding. Item 5. The film winding device according to Item 4.   6. The film winding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pressing force to the central portion in the width direction of the peripheral surface of the film roll is made higher than the pressing force to the end portion in the width direction.   7. A film take-up device according to claim 1, wherein a triacetyl cellulose film is used as the film, and the film width is 1000 to 1500 mm.   The air spraying means is provided in a range of 60 to 240 ° from the winding start position where the film is wound around the film roll in the film winding direction, with the central axis of the film roll as the center. 8. A film take-up device according to claim 1, wherein   9. The film winder according to claim 2, further comprising an air inlet that is formed so as to sandwich the longitudinal direction of the air opening and sucks air blown from the air opening.   In the film winding method of a film winding apparatus for winding a long film in a roll shape, the film winding method is characterized in that air is blown and pressed onto the film roll wound in a roll shape.

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