CN106794905A - Equipment for manufacturing pouch - Google Patents

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CN106794905A
CN106794905A CN201580018779.2A CN201580018779A CN106794905A CN 106794905 A CN106794905 A CN 106794905A CN 201580018779 A CN201580018779 A CN 201580018779A CN 106794905 A CN106794905 A CN 106794905A
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M·布兰德-桑兹
A·加布里尔
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B61/02Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • B65B61/025Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging for applying, e.g. printing, code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B47/00Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
    • B65B47/08Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of fluid pressure
    • B65B47/10Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved by application of fluid pressure by vacuum
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B57/02Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
    • B65B57/04Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/02Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
    • B65B9/04Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
    • B65B9/042Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material for fluent material
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11DDETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D17/00Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
    • C11D17/04Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties combined with or containing other objects
    • C11D17/041Compositions releasably affixed on a substrate or incorporated into a dispensing means
    • C11D17/042Water soluble or water disintegrable containers or substrates containing cleaning compositions or additives for cleaning compositions
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41MPRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M1/00Inking and printing with a printer's forme
    • B41M1/02Letterpress printing, e.g. book printing
    • B41M1/04Flexographic printing
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41MPRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M1/00Inking and printing with a printer's forme
    • B41M1/26Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper
    • B41M1/30Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper on organic plastics, horn or similar materials
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2220/00Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/14Adding more than one type of material or article to the same package
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2220/00Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/16Packaging contents into primary and secondary packaging
    • B65B2220/20Packaging contents into primary and secondary packaging the primary packaging being bags, the secondary packaging being further bags, the primary bags being either finished or formed concurrently with the secondary bags
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2230/00Aspects of the final package
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B3/00Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
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Abstract

The invention discloses a kind of equipment for manufacturing pouch, the equipment include the source of the water-soluble PVOH films through printing, second membrane derived, composition source, the pouch manufacturing cell of the fill system including forming pouch from the first film, the second film and composition, for monitoring and the control system of the position of pattern that adjusts onto pouch.

Description

Equipment for manufacturing pouch
Technical field
Field the present invention relates to be used to manufacture the equipment of pouch, the pouch includes the water-soluble of polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin Property the film and composition that is at least partially enveloped in film, be printed with pattern on the film.The invention further relates to utilize the equipment The pouch of manufacture.
Background technology
Expect to prepare the pouch including the water-solubility membrane comprising PVOH, pattern is printed with the film.Due to comprising PVOH's The physical property and chemical property of film, it is probably challenging that the correct position of printed patterns is obtained on pouch.It is actual On, when in pouch manufacturing cell produce pouch when, by printed patterns it is registering with pouch holdings or align be probably complexity.Such as Fruit can not realize registration, then the undesirable deformation of the shape of pattern can be observed on pouch.When via multiple printing stations To print during printed patterns, the regulation to the different piece of pattern is also likely to be difficult.
The content of the invention
The inventor has discovered that can obtain being printed with the printed patterns of more preferable positioning using equipment of the invention Pouch comprising water-soluble PVOH films.
Equipment the present invention relates to be used to manufacture pouch, the equipment includes:
The first film of-supply it is first membrane derived, first film is water miscible, and comprising polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) or its The resin of copolymer and the pattern being printed on the first film,
The second of the second film of-supply is membrane derived,
- composition is originated,
- pouch manufacturing cell, the pouch manufacturing cell is included for forming pouch from the first film, the second film and composition Fill system,
- control system, control system is used to monitor and adjust the position of the pattern on pouch.
Even if the viscoelastic material property of PVOH films makes it have challenge, equipment of the invention can also be carried to printing pouch The improved position of the printed patterns being supplied on pouch.
The invention further relates to the pouch by device fabrication of the invention.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram according to equipment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the flexographic plate printing station on rotating cylinder.
Specific embodiment
Equipment
As shown in figure 1, equipment 1 includes first membrane derived 21 and second membrane derived 22.Equipment 1 may include film to be printed Roller 21.Copolymer of the film 11 comprising polyvinyl alcohol.The film can unwind from main shaft or spool.The equipment may include that film unwinds device 31. The equipment may include automatic Mosaic device 41.The equipment may include the accumulator/regulation system of the tension force and speed for control unwinding System 51.By using charging driven roller 61 tension force and/or metered rate, the charging driven roller can be controlled to the charging of printing element Machine 61 can couple with or without tonometry load sensor.The equipment may include film preprocessing station 70.Film preprocessing station Sided corona treatment can be provided, for improving the spreadability of compound (for example, dyestuff or ink) to be printed and/or sinking Product.Equipment may include ring-type rotary system, such as rotating cylinder 110.Equipment may include the print system for being printed on film 80.The print system may include multiple individually printing stations 81,82,83.The print system may include three printing stations.Should Print system can be disposed on rotating cylinder.The equipment may include one or more, for example, at least two, for example, at least three dryings Station and/or solidification station 91,92,93.Drying station and/or solidification station can be disposed on revolving drum.Equipment can be wrapped Include two or more driven roller machines 61,62,64.Equipment may include regulating system, and the charging before such as print system drives Roller 61.The equipment may include the discharging driven roller 62,64 after print system.Equipment includes control system, and the control system can Including registration sensor 102,103,104,105,106,107,108, the registration sensor is used to monitor the pattern on pouch Position, and optionally for control printed patterns quality and registration.In Fig. 1, there are multiple sensors sensing is shown The different available position of device.Generally, it is only necessary to a sensor in sensor 105-108.It is single that equipment includes that pouch is manufactured Unit.The pouch manufacturing cell fills the fill system 120 of pouch using composition.The pouch manufacturing cell may include ring Shape rotary system, such as conveyer belt 130.First film can be a little applied on ring-type rotary system at 140 keeping flat.The pouch Including from the first membrane derived print film and from the second membrane derived additional layers.Additional layers can be by additional layers 12 Roller 22, unwinding device 32, splicer 42 and/or accumulator/regulating system 52 provide.
Also additional layers 12 be can print.Additional layers can be used including for some in the equivalent of the apparatus for printing other layers Or the system of whole equivalent of the apparatus is printed.Specifically, additional layers can be used system including revolving drum and including The print system of the separate printing station of the multiple that is disposed on the revolving drum is printed.Printing on additional layers It is correct with will definitely be similar by the registering control system with the printed patterns for controlling the first film between pattern and pouch Control system be controlled.
In the implementation of figure 1, printed on line film.In an optional embodiment, usable print film Roller.
Figure 1 illustrates being disposed with three revolving drums of flexographic plate printing station thereon.In these printing stations Any one or more printing stations can be replaced using different printing technologies.One or more printing stations can be Digital print station (such as drop on demand ink, piezoelectric ink jet and thermal inkjet), heat transfer printing station and/or contrast ink jet printing work Position.
Without being bound by theory, equipment of the invention provides improved printing and matches somebody with somebody for the printed on line of water-soluble PVOH films Accurate and/or contraposition, i.e., print the film to manufacture pouch when it is continuously across several steps.This is different from being used for preprinted film Registration/positioning, it middle is subsequently supplied to pouch manufacturing cell individually operated.
It is without being bound by theory, dissolvable film and especially PVOH films are very hygroscopics, and to ambient moisture and Temperature conditionss are sensitive;This means PVOH films may extend in a device and deform, so as to also cause to follow the trail of change and other width Material process problem, such as gauffer or bending.Additionally, PVOH films tend to that creep and lax behavior is presented, this refers to permanent when being subject to Determining material during tension force will extend with the time.For example, when production system stops, the film will lose to any free web across The tension force of degree, and material will have the change in location of color higher to color in these spans, so as to have to be picked Except or it is discarded.Used as such result, it will be extremely difficult to keep continuous being accurately positioned for printed patterns.Thus, it is water-soluble Property PVOH films show in water-insoluble film may not visible challenge row.
Control system (registration sensor and regulating system)
The equipment includes the control system of the position for monitoring and adjusting the pattern on pouch.The control system is usual Including for monitoring at least one registering registration sensor 102,103,104,105,106 between pouch and printed patterns, 107,108 and for adjusting at least one adjustment system 61,62,64,110,81,82,83 of the position of the pattern on pouch. Optionally, when using multiple individually printing station, the equipment may include for monitor and adjust multiple individually printing stations it Between registering registration sensor and/or regulating system.
Generally, rotating cylinder 110 and conveyer belt 130 are not preferred regulating system.Changing the speed of conveyer belt will influence life Produce speed.If film is printed portions, generally using only the regulating system 61 before printing station.With will definitely by print Base plate roller is repositioned on brush unit 81,82,83 and carrys out interim holding:Signal from registration sensor be used to reposition Or 3 print rollers are used for the registration that recovery is lacked simultaneously.The optional means for rephrasing be regulation the first printing station with Registration with ring-type rotary system, and the position of continuous printing roller is adjusted using the color-color sensor 102 and 103 in Fig. 1 Put.
During changeability source mainly due to feedstock property changeability (i.e. elastic modelling quantity, creep, material thickness Deng) and equipment changeability (abrasion, the tension spikes due to lazy blocking, unsuitable material transitions of idle pulley etc.).It is described herein Control system will make up any technological fluctuation in its various option, and target is to maintain printed patterns and pouch manufacture work Good registration between skill, and optionally ensure by good between each several part of the printed patterns of different printing station print Good registration (usually color-color registration).
When the equipment includes multiple printing station, between different printing station with will definitely by registration sensor 102, 103 detections, for each color for being determined, it can for example recognize the specific register mark on film, and can thus adjust print The setting of dataller position.The other method of registration also includes obtaining the image of printed patterns and being compared itself and reference pattern Vision system 104.
Equipment of the invention has in many ways by the ability of the phase adjusted of printed patterns to pouch manufacturing process.Most Excellent method for registering depends on the film path between printed patterns and pouch preparation unit.All registration operations occurred in upstream With time delay.One or more method for registering can be used.
Possible registration arrangement is characterized in use printed patterns as register mark, such as corresponding with printed patterns Square (some very simple printed patterns also are used as mark).In registration sensor 102,103,104,105,106,107, The passage of the label symbol of 108 lower sections can be used to measure the time between the continuous element of the printed patterns in pouch preparation unit The difference that timestamp between interval, or measurement pattern position is stabbed relative to the reference time of ring rotation system 130.
The signal be given by registration sensor can be fed back to printing station, and the printing station is by changing print roller 81,82,83 speed readjusts printed patterns.Printed patterns with will definitely be according to the property of printing station come with not Tongfang Formula is adjusted.When using flexible version printing, the position of plate cylinder can be changed.When using digital printing, liquid is can adjust Drip the sequential of injection.
The signal be given by registration sensor can feed back to adjustment system, such as driven roller or ring rotation system.
The registration of film speed in the process and tension force and printed patterns can be ensured, and by including in the following manner Different modes be controlled.
The tension force of film can be adjusted by changing the unwinding tension force of adjuster 51.Tension force on unwinding device can be by increasing Weight or Pneumatic pressure on adjuster increase;This has increases tension force with the effect of whole downstream transforms.
The tension force of film can be adjusted by changing the speed of charging driven roller 61.Charging driven roller machine may include one Or multiple motorized rollers machines or nip rolls.Feeding the change of the speed of driven roller will cause the tension force increase of stabilization or the damage of tension force Lose.The tension force that the downstream of given print system does not have speed difference or part increases, and the tension variation of this charging should not influence The phase and spacing of the printed patterns on film.
The speed of ring rotation system can be adjusted.Revolving drum is relative to the ring rotation system of pouch preparation unit The change of rotary speed will cause the change of the spacing of printed patterns.For by running the strain for causing at different rates, The diameter of printed substrate should be poor by the same percentage for being constituted the netting twine velocity variations of printed patterns diminution revolving drum Value is correspondingly zoomed in and out.Overall printing process (including charging driven roller, print system and revolving drum) can slow down or add Hurry up, it is registering between the registering clock of printed patterns and pouch preparation unit to adjust.
Printed patterns can by adjust the speed of the discharging driven roller 62,64 before pouch preparation unit come with pouch system Standby unit registration.The tension force of film can be adjusted by changing the speed of discharging driven roller 62,64.Discharging driven roller may include One or more motorized rollers or roll.Any change made in discharging driven roller has and rotating cylinder rotation speed to pattern spacing The change identical effect of degree, and the diameter of print roller should be modified to compensate the stretching of film.
Pouch preparation unit
The pouch preparation unit is that the place of the process prepared for pouch occurs.Pouch manufacturing cell includes being used for from the One film, the second film and composition form the fill system of pouch.The pouch manufacturing cell of the equipment may include ring-type rotary system, Such as conveyer belt or rotating cylinder.First film can be a little applied on ring-type rotary system at 140 keeping flat.When in ring rotation system Can be formed and fill the pouch when being transmitted on system.The relative change of the speed between ring rotation system and the other elements of equipment Change allows registering between the position and the position of pouch of adjustment printed patterns.
The process prepared for pouch can be continuous or intermittent.The process includes forming the general of open pouch Step, preferably forms the open pouch by forming water-solubility membrane in a mold, and open pouch, envelope are filled using composition Close the open pouch filled with composition, it is preferred to use second water-solubility membrane forms pouch.Second film may also include compartment, It can include or can not include composition.Alternately, the second film can be for close and open pouch including one or Second closing pouch of multiple compartments.Preferably, the process is following process:Web pouch is prepared, the web is then cut off Pouch is forming single pouch.
Alternately, the first film can be formed to include the open pouch of more than one compartment.In this case, by The compartment of one small bag formation can be by side or " tyre and rim " direction.Second film may also include compartment, and it can include or can Not comprising composition.Alternately, the second film can be the second closing pouch for closing multi-compartment open pouch.
Alternately, compartment can all be positioned to be arranged in juxtaposition.In such arrangement, compartment can be connected to each other and share One divider wall, or can be substantially separate and be simply held together by connector or bridge.Alternately, compartment Can be disposed on " tyre and rim " direction, i.e., first compartment is positioned proximate to second compartment, but first compartment at least portion Divide ground encapsulating second compartment, but incompletely around second compartment.
Dosage unit product or its any compartment can have square, rectangle, avette, elliposoidal, hyperelliptic generally Any other suitable shape of shape, circle or the application.Shape may include or may not include in the sealing of two or more films Any unnecessary material existed with flange or lateral margin at point together substantially, herein thinks that shape has turns into example Such as foursquare overall impression.It can have fillet and/or a non-straight edges, but it is for example foursquare print that generally it is given As.
The pouch can be manufactured by thermoforming, vacuum forming or combinations thereof.Pouch can be used any this area The encapsulating method known is sealed.Suitable encapsulating method may include heat seal, solvent seal, pressurization, ultrasonic sealing, add Means of press seals, package sealing with laser or combinations thereof.
Pouch can carry out dedusting using dedusting agent.Dedusting agent may include talcum, silica, zeolite, carbonate or they Mixture.
The exemplary approach for preparing pouch of the invention is the continuity process for preparing pouch, is comprised the following steps:
A. the first water-solubility membrane is continuously fed on the horizontal component including multiple moulds of ring-type rotary system, or is entered Expect in its non-horizontal, and make film continuous moving to the horizontal component;
B. the continuous shifting of open pouch is formed from the mould on film and surface on the horizontal component of ring-type rotary system The web of dynamic, horizontal location;
C. continuous moving, horizontal location the web of open pouch is filled using composition, to obtain opening filling The web of the horizontal location of pouch.
D. the web of open pouch is preferably continuously encapsulated, to obtain encapsulating pouch, preferably by water-soluble by second Film is fed in the web of the horizontal location of opening filling pouch;And
E. optionally sealed enclosure pouch, to obtain the web of encapsulating pouch.
Second water-solubility membrane may include the compartment of at least one opening or encapsulating.
In one embodiment, the first film is combined with the second film, and preferably wherein the first film and the second film are via conjunction Suitable equipment is held together and seals together, and preferably wherein the second film is that drum-type is set.In the present arrangement, exist Pouch is filled at the top of rotating cylinder and preferably and then using film layer sealing, the first film that encapsulating pouch runs into downwards pouch is excellent First film of selection of land ground open pouch, is preferably being horizontally formed formation on surface.Have found and be particularly suitable for revolving drum unit It is placed on and is horizontally formed surface cell top.
Preferably, the film of the closing pouch obtained by cutting is producing single pouches.Preferably, set-point 140 be used for The distance between registration sensor of position of pattern is as short as possible on monitoring pouch.Preferably, set-point with for adjusting The distance between device of position of pattern is as short as possible on pouch.Preferably, for monitoring the position of pattern on pouch Registration sensor is as short as possible with for adjusting the distance between the device of position of pattern on pouch.
Keep flat a little 140 and between the registration sensor (such as 106) for monitoring the position of the pattern on pouch away from Be smaller than 5m from d1, preferably be less than 2m, between 1cm and 1m, or between 2cm and 50cm, or 5cm and 25cm it Between.
Keep flat a little 140 and for adjusting the distance between regulating system (such as 64) d2 of the position of the pattern on pouch 5m is smaller than, 2m preferably is less than, between 1cm and 1m, or between 2cm and 50cm, or between 5cm and 25cm.
For monitoring the registration sensor (such as 106) of the position of the pattern on pouch and for adjusting pattern on pouch The distance between the regulating system (such as 64) of position d3 is smaller than 5m, preferably less than 2m, between 1cm and 1m, or in 2cm And 50cm between, or between 5cm and 25cm.
This refers respectively to the film path length between registration sensor, adjustment system and set-point apart from d1, d2 and d3.
Overall length of span corresponds to the film path length most long between d1, d2 and d3.Overall length of span is also equal to (d1 +d2+d3)/2.Overall length of span is more long, and the time that registration operation occurs is more long.
The summation of d1+d2+d3 is smaller than keeping flat a little and the distance between roller 21 d4.(d1+d2+d3) the ratio between/d4 is smaller than 0.5, or less than 0.2, or less than 0.1.
Film
Resin containing polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) or its copolymer is included by the first film of the first membrane derived supply.This hair Bright film is water miscible or water dispersible.Water-solubility membrane preferably has 20 microns to 150 microns, preferably 35 microns To 125 microns, even more preferably still 50 microns to 110 microns, most preferably about 76 microns of thickness.
Preferably, the film has at least 50%, and preferably at least 75% or even at least 95% water solubility such as passes through Determined by the method for setting afterwards using the glass filter of the maximum diameter of hole with 20 microns:
50 grams ± 0.1 gram of membrane material is added into preweighted 400ml beakers, and adds the distillation of 245ml ± 1ml Water.Using being arranged on 600rpm, 24 DEG C of tag number 1250 or equivalent magnetic stirrer and 5cm magnetic stirrers are acutely stirred Mix 30 minutes.Then, by the mixture via the folded qualitative sintered glass with above-mentioned specified aperture (maximum 20 microns) Filter is filtered.By the moisture drying in the filtrate that any conventional method will be collected, and determine the weight of surplus material (dissolving or scattered part).Then, the percentage of solubility or decentralization can be calculated.
The film includes the polymeric material with PVOH or its copolymer.The film can include by weight 10% PVOH or Its copolymer, such as by weight 30% to 100%, or at least 50%, or at least 70% or at least 90% PVOH or altogether Polymers.As it is known in the art, membrane material can be poured into a mould by by polymeric material, be blow molded, extruded or inflation is extruded and obtained. The film can include other polymeric material.
Other polymeric material includes being suitable for polymer, copolymer of sachet material or derivatives thereof, such as poly- second It is alkene pyrrolidone, polyalkylene oxide, acrylamide, acrylic acid, cellulose, cellulose ether, cellulose esters, cellulose amides, poly- Vinyl acetate, polycarboxylic acids and polycarboxylate, polyaminoacid or peptide, polyamide, polyacrylamide, maleic acid/acrylic acid copolymer Thing, polysaccharide (including starch and gelatin), natural gum (such as xanthans and carrageenan).Other polymeric material includes polypropylene Acid esters and water-soluble acrylic ester copolymer, methylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, dextrin, ethyl cellulose, ethoxy are fine Dimension element, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, maltodextrin, polymethacrylates and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) and it Combination.Preferably, content of the polymer in sachet material is by weight at least 60%.The polymer can have appoints What weight average molecular weight, preferably about 1000 to 1,000,000, it is also more excellent more preferably from about 10,000 to 300,000 Selection of land is from about 20,000 to 150,000.
Using the mixture of polymer for controlling the mechanicalness of pouch and/or molten according to its application and required requirement It is beneficial for solution property.Suitable mixture includes for example wherein thering is the water higher than the water solubility of another polymer A kind of polymer of solubility and/or a kind of polymer with the mechanical strength higher of the mechanical strength than another polymer Mixture.The mixture of the polymer with different weight average molecular weight is also suitable is, such as weight average molecular weight is 10,000 To 40,000, preferably about 20,000 PVA or its copolymer and weight average molecular weight are for about 100,000 to 300,000, preferably About 150,000 PVA or the mixture of its copolymer.Be further adapted for this paper is polymer blend compositions, such as comprising hydrolysis Degradable and water miscible polymer blend such as polyactide and polyvinyl alcohol, this can be by mixing polyactide and polyvinyl alcohol And obtain, generally comprise the by weight about polyactide of 1-35% and by weight about 65% to 99% polyvinyl alcohol.It is preferred that For this paper is about 60% to about 98% hydrolysis, and preferably about 80% to about 90% hydrolysis is improving the dissolution characteristics of material Polymer.
Preferred film shows good dissolubility in cold water (referring to unheated distilled water).It is preferred that such film is in temperature 24 DEG C even more preferably show good dissolubility at 10 DEG C.So-called good dissolubility refers to that film shows at least 50%, preferably at least 75%, or even at least 95% solubility, as noted above by the method proposed in hereafter Using 20 microns of maximum diameter of hole glass filter measured by.
Preferred film is those films provided in indication of goods M8630, M8900, M8779, M8310 by Monosol, that is, exist Film described in US 6 166 117 and US 6 787 512 and the PVA with corresponding solubility and deformation behaviour.Further Preferred film is those films described in US2006/0213801, WO 2010/119022 and US6787512.
The water-solubility membrane includes the resin containing one or more PVA polymer or its copolymer.Preferably water-solubility membrane Blend of the resin comprising PVA polymer.For example, PVA resins can include at least two PVA polymer, wherein as used herein, First PVA polymer has the viscosity of the viscosity less than the 2nd PVA polymer.First PVA polymer can have at least 8 centipoises (cP), 10cP, 12cP or 13cP, and at most 40cP, 20cP, 15cP or 13cP, such as in about 8cP to about 40cP or Viscosity in the range of 10cP to about 20cP or about 10cP to about 15cP or about 12cP to about 14cP or 13cP.Additionally, second PVA polymer can have at least about 10cP, 20cP or 22cP, and at most about 40cP, 30cP, 25cP or 24cP, for example, exist About 10cP to about 40cP or 20cP to about 30cP or about 20cP to about 25cP or about 22cP to about 24cP or about 23cP scopes Interior viscosity.By such as British Standard EN ISO 15023-2:Described in 2006Annex E Brookfield method of testings, make The solution of brand-new is determined with the Brookfield LV types viscosimeter with UL adapters to determine the viscosity of PVA polymer.Description The viscosity of 4% polyvinyl alcohol water solution is international practice at 20 DEG C.Except as otherwise noted, the institute in units of cP enumerated herein There is viscosity to be understood to refer to the viscosity of 4% polyvinyl alcohol water solution at 20 DEG C.Similarly, when resin is described as having During (or without) specific viscosity, except as otherwise noted, this viscosity for meaning to enumerate is the average viscosity of resin, and resin is intrinsic Ground has corresponding molecular weight distribution.
Single PVA polymer can have any suitable degree of hydrolysis, as long as the degree of hydrolysis of PVA resins is in model described herein In enclosing.In addition or in alternative scheme, PVA resins can optionally comprising with about 50,000 to about 300,000 dongles Or about 60,000 to about 150,000 dalton in the range of Mw a PVA polymer;And about 60,000 to about The 2nd PVA polymer of the Mw in the range of 300,000 dalton or about 80,000 to about 250,000 dalton;
PVA resins can also include have for one or more viscosity in the range of about 10cP to about 40cP and about 84% to The additional PVA polymer of the degree of hydrolysis in the range of about 92%.
When PVA resins are included there is the average viscosity less than about 11cP and the polydispersion in the range of about 1.8 to about 2.3 to refer to During a several PVA polymer, then in a class embodiment, the PVA resins are polymerized comprising the PVA less than about 30wt% Thing.Similarly, when PVA resins are comprising with the average viscosity less than about 11cP and the polydispersion in the range of about 1.8 to about 2.3 During the first PVA polymer of index, then in the embodiment of another non-exclusive type, PVA resins are included and are less than about The PVA polymer of 30wt%, the PVA polymer has the Mw less than about 70,000 dalton.
In total PVA resin contents in film as herein described, PVA resins may include the of about 30wt% to about 85wt% One PVA polymer, or about 45wt% to about 55wt% a PVA polymer.For example, PVA resins can include about 50wt% Every kind of PVA polymer, wherein the viscosity that the viscosity of a PVA polymer is for about 13cP and the 2nd PVA polymer is for about 23cP。
One class embodiment is characterised by the PVA resins of the PVA polymer comprising about 40wt% to about 85wt%, The first PVA polymer has the viscosity in the range of about 10cP to about 15cP and the water in the range of about 84% to about 92% Xie Du.Another kind of embodiment is characterised by the PVA resins of the PVA polymer comprising about 45wt% to about 55wt%, The first PVA polymer has the viscosity in the range of about 10cP to about 15cP and the water in the range of about 84% to about 92% Xie Du.PVA resins can include about the 2nd PVA polymer of 15wt% to about 60wt%, and the 2nd PVA polymer has about Viscosity in the range of 20cP to about 25cP and the degree of hydrolysis in the range of about 84% to about 92%.The embodiment that one class is envisioned It is characterised by the PVA resins of the 2nd PVA polymer comprising about 45wt% to about 55wt%.
When PVA resins include various PVA polymer, the PDI values of the PVA resins are more than contained any independent PVA and gather The PDI values of compound.The PDI values of PVA resins are optionally greater than 2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7,2.8,2.9,3.0,3.1, 3.2nd, 3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6,3.7,3.8,3.9,4.0,4.5 or 5.0.
Preferably, PVA resins have between about 80 and about 92% or between about 83 and about 90% or about 85 And the weight-averaged degree of hydrolysis between 89%For example,PVA resins comprising two or more PVA polymer can be by formulaTo calculate, wherein Wi is the percentage by weight of corresponding PVA polymer, and Hi is corresponding degree of hydrolysis. It is also desirable that selection has between about 10 and about 25 or between about 12 and 22 or between about 13.5 and about 20 Weighting log viscositiesPVA resins.PVA resins comprising two or more PVA polymer can be by formulaTo calculate,Wherein μiIt is the viscosity of corresponding PVA polymer.
It is moreover desirable that selection have 0.255 to 0.315 or 0.260 to 0.310 or 0.265 to 0.305 or 0.270 to 0.300 or 0.275 to 0.295, Choice of Resin sex index (RSI) preferably in the range of 0.270 to 0.300 PVA resins.RSI is by formula ∑ (Wiit|)/∑(Wiμi) calculate, wherein μtIt is 17, μiIt is every kind of corresponding PVOH polymer Average viscosity, and WiIt is the percentage by weight of corresponding PVOH polymer.
Even more preferably film is water-soluble copolymer film, and it includes at least one anion-modified list with following formula Body:
[Y]-[G]n
Wherein Y represents vinyl alcohol monomer, and G represents the monomer comprising anionic group, and index n be 1 to 3 it is whole Number.G can carry any suitable comonomer for carrying anionic group, and more preferably G is carboxylic acid acid.G is preferred It is selected from:Maleic acid, itaconic acid, coAMPS, acrylic acid, vinyl acetic acid, vinyl sulfonic acid, allyl sulphonic acid, vinyl sulfonic acid, 2- Acrylamide -1- methyl propane sulfonic acids, 2- acrylamide -2- methyl propane sulfonic acids choosing acid, 2- Methacrylamide -2- methyl-props Alkyl sulfonic acid and their mixture.
The group that the anionic group of G is preferably made up of the following:OSO3M、SO3M、CO2M、OCO2M、OPO3M2、 OPO3HM and OPO2M.The anionic group of preferred G is selected from the group being made up of the following:OSO3M、SO3M、CO2M and OCO2M.Most preferably the anionic group of G is selected from the group being made up of the following:SO3M and CO2M。
Certainly, can be in compartment of the invention be prepared using the film of different membrane material and/or different-thickness.Selection is different The beneficial effect of film is that the compartment of gained can show different solubility or release characteristics.
The membrane material of this paper can also include one or more additive component.For example, adding plasticizer such as glycerine, second two Alcohol, diethylene glycol (DEG), propane diols, sorbierite and their mixture are probably favourable.Other additives may include to be delivered Water to washings and the functional detergent additive comprising surfactant, such as organic polymeric dispersants etc..
There can be any of the above described one or more properties for the first film by the second film of the second membrane derived supply.
Pouch
The pouch is manufactured at pouch manufacturing cell.
The pouch can be single compartment pouch or multi-compartment pouches.Pouch can form the compartment comprising composition.The combination Thing can be comprised within compartment and be encapsulated by film.Said composition can be at least part of by the water-solubility membrane of printed patterns thereon Be encapsulated, the pattern is in the side of the film towards the inner or outer side of pouch.
When pouch is multi-compartment pouches, the compartment preferably has different aesthetic appearances.Aesthetic difference can appoint What suitable approach is realized.One compartment of pouch can be used translucent, transparent, translucent, opaque or partly not Prepared by transparent film, and the second compartment of pouch can be used selected from translucent, transparent, translucent, opaque Or prepared by the different film of semi-opaque film so that the outward appearance of compartment is different.The compartment of the pouch can be same size Or volume.Alternately, the compartment of the pouch can be of different sizes, with different internal volumes.The compartment may be used also It is different from each other in terms of quality or color.Therefore, a compartment can be smooth, and another is rough.This can Easily realize, because the side of water-solubility membrane is typically smooth, and opposite side has matt finish.The film can be It is bright or translucent, and the composition being included in can be coloured.Therefore, in one of the invention preferred implementation In scheme, first compartment has the color selected from the group being made up of following color:White, green, blue, orange, red, Huang Color, pink colour or purple, and second compartment has the different colours selected from the group being made up of following color:White, yellow, it is orange, Blue or green.
The compartment of multi-compartment pouches can be separate, but preferably in combination with any suitable mode.Most preferably, second every Room and the 3rd optional compartment or subsequent compartment are overlapped in first compartment.In one embodiment, the 3rd compartment can be folded It is added in second compartment, and second compartment is then superimposed upon in first compartment with sandwich configuration.Alternately, second compartment and Three compartments and optionally subsequent compartment all can be superimposed upon in first compartment.However, can similarly imagine:First compartment, Second compartment and the 3rd optional compartment and subsequent compartment can each other be connected with coordination.It is preferred real at one Apply in scheme, pouch of the invention includes three compartments being made up of a big compartment and two smaller compartments.Second compared with septulum Room and the 3rd smaller compartment are superimposed on the first larger compartment.Alternately, the second smaller compartment, the 3rd smaller compartment and Four smaller compartments may be superimposed on larger compartment.The size and geometry of compartment is selected to enable that the arrangement is realized.
The geometry of compartment can be same or different.In a preferred embodiment, second compartment and appoint 3rd compartment or subsequent compartment of choosing have geometry and variform geometry and shape with first compartment. In the embodiment, second compartment and the 3rd optional compartment are disposed in first compartment with certain design.The design Can be ornamental, educational, illustrative, such as illustrating concept or usage, or for indicating the source of product. In a preferred embodiment, first compartment is maximum compartment, and it has the two big faces sealed around periphery. Second compartment is less, and its covering is less than 75%, the surface region in face of even more preferably less than 50% first compartment. In the embodiment that there is the 3rd compartment, above structure is identical, but second compartment and the covering of the 3rd compartment are less than 60%, even more preferably less than 50%, the surface region in face of even more preferably less than 45% first compartment.Pouch can Including at least two films sealed against one another.
Pouch can be packaged in external packing.The external packing can be it is transparent or can be partially transparent container, such as it is transparent or Translucent sack, bucket, carton or bottle.The packaging can be made up of plastics or any other suitable material, as long as the material It is strong enough protecting pouch during transportation.This packaging is also highly useful, because user need not open packaging to Check how many pouch also remained.Alternately, the packaging can have nontransparent external packing, and perhaps it have to show visually spy The mark or illustration of the packing content of color.
Pouch of the invention is suitable to clean applications, specifically clothes washing or dishwashing detergent application.The pouch is suitable to hand washing Or machine washing condition.When machine washing, the pouch from distribution drawer delivering, or be able to can be added directly in washing machine rotating cylinder.
Pouch can include 5g to 50g, such as from 15g to 50g, or the composition from 25g to 50g.
During the process for preparing pouch, the printed patterns on pouch can have different from the printed patterns on the first film Shape.Different shape can be different size or different texts or image wrapping degree.
Composition
Said composition can be liquid or solid or tablet.Term " liquid " is intended to include liquid, paste, wax or gel Composition.The fluid composition can include solid.Solid may include powder or agglomerate, such as microcapsules, globule, bar grain or Plant or various pearly-lustre beads or their mixture.Such solid constituent is by washing or as pretreatment, delay or continuously Release component can provide technical beneficial effect.Alternately, it is possible to provide aesthetic.Composition of the invention can include one Plant or various following compositions.
Said composition can include surfactant.Total surfactant content can based on the weight of composition about 1% to In the range of 80%.The surfactant for being utilized can be anion surfactant, nonionic surfactant, amphion table The surfactant of face activating agent, amphoteric surfactant, Semi-polar surfactants or cation type, or these can be included The compatible blend of type.Preferred surfactant is selected from the group being made up of the following:It is anion surfactant, non- Ionic surface active agent, cationic surfactant and their mixture.Detergent surface-active used herein Agent is the United States Patent (USP) 3,664,961 of the Norris that on May 23rd, 1972 announces, is announced on December 30th, 1975 The United States Patent (USP) 4,222 of the United States Patent (USP) 3,919,678 of Laughlin et al., the Cockrell announced for 16th in September in 1980, It is described in the United States Patent (USP) 4,239,659 of the 905 and Murphy announced on December 16th, 1980.
Said composition may include rheology modifiers, builder, bleaching agent, bleach activator, bleaching catalyst and/or enzyme.
Said composition can include fabric care benefit agents.As used herein, " fabric care benefit agents " refer to any following Material:Pledge clothes/fabric on when there is the appropriate material, it can be to clothes and fabric, especially cotton clothing and containing cotton Clothes high and fabric provide fabric care benefit, such as fabric-softening, color protection, reduce balling-up/fluffing, wear-resistant Damage, anti-fold etc..The non-limiting example of fabric care benefit agents includes cationic surfactant, siloxanes, polyolefin Wax, latex, oil base sugar derivatives, cationic polysaccharide, polyurethane, aliphatic acid and their mixture.When being present in composition When middle, the Optimum Contents of fabric care benefit agents are calculated as at most about 30% by the weight of composition, and more typically about 1% to about 20%, preferably it is for about 2% to about 10%.
Said composition can include automatic tableware care benefit agents.As it is used herein, " automatic tableware washs care benefit Agent " refers to that can provide any material that gloss, rapid draing, metal, glass or plastics protect benefit.Automatic tableware washing nursing The non-limiting example of beneficial agent includes organic gloss polymeric, particularly sulfonation/carboxylated polymer, triggers quick-drying Surface is polymer-modified or surfactant, the metal care agent (such as BTA and slaine) including zinc salt and including The corrosion inhibitor (such as sodium metasilicate) of silicate.
Said composition may include suitable cleaning additive material, and the example of suitable cleaning additive material is included but is not limited to Enzyme stabilising system;Antioxidant, opacifier, pearling agent, dope dye, scavenger (including color fixing agent for anionic dye, Complexing agent and their mixture for anion surfactant);Fluorescent whitening agent or fluorescer;De-sludging polymer; Dispersant;Defoamer;Dyestuff;Colouring agent;Hydrotropic agent (such as toluene fulfonate, cumene sulfonate and naphthalene sulfonate); Color tablets;Spices and perfume microcapsule, color pearl, chromosphere or extrudate;Clay softening agent, alkali source and their mixture.
Revolving drum
The equipment may include revolving drum.When by the equipment print first it is membrane derived when and when using multiple printers During position, revolving drum is typically useful.For the viscoelastic material property of the film comprising PVOH, print system is needed to film Both tension force and speed carry out constant web regulation.Use to revolving drum can help to maintain between multiple printing stations Good accuracy of registration.
Use to revolving drum can provide the benefit of the controlled metered condition in whole printing process.This allows printing Color higher-color registration accuracy and constant tension force during process, and technical process becomes not to Time Dependent Property material character change such as creep it is sensitive.
Revolving drum can be held in position in film by friction, so as to prevent film between each printing station Any undesirable displacement.
Print system
The equipment may include print system.The print system can be used to printing first membrane derived and/or second membrane derived.Should Print system may include two or more printing stations, for example three or more printing stations.Some or all of printers Position can be disposed on rotating cylinder.In the presence of, at least two for example, at least three printing stations can be disposed on rotating cylinder.Can be excellent Selection of land is that all printing stations in printing station are disposed on revolving drum.When one or more printing stations are not by cloth Put when on revolving drum, it may be disposed on ring rotation horizontal surface.
One or more printing stations in printing station, such as two or more printing stations, or three or more Multiple printing stations can be flexographic plate printing station.One or more printing stations in printing station, for example two or more Individual printing station, or three or more printing stations can be digital print station.Print system may include selected from following One or more printing stations planted:Digital print station, flexographic plate printing station, intaglio printing station, rotogravure printing Station, lithographic printing station, porous and screen printing station, letterpress station, bat printing station and combinations thereof.This What is preferably used in text is flexographic plate printing station.
One or more printing stations can be used to for polishing varnish (OPV) or other printable materials to be delivered to film.One or Multiple printing stations can be used to apply ground floor on film, to improve following print steps, such as improving the chemical combination on film The adhesiveness of thing such as ink or dyestuff.Alternatively, OPV or ground floor can such as be brushed or sprayed by any optional technology It is applied to film.
As shown in Fig. 2 one or more flexographic plate printing stations may include with printed substrate 98 (such as printing sleeve) Plate cylinder 94, anilox roll 96, scraping blade 95 and/or disc 97.One or more flexographic plate printing stations may include chamber system With blend induction system.For blend to be printed, compartment blade can by blend from blend induction system equably Distribution is in reticulate pattern ink cave.Plate cylinder may include printed substrate.One or more flexographic plate stations may include plate cylinder, should At least twice of the diameter of a diameter of revolving drum of plate cylinder is small.For example plate cylinder can have be comprised in revolving drum 0.02 times to 0.50 times of diameter between, or between 0.05 times to 0.35 times, or the diameter between 0.10 times to 0.20 times.
The printed substrate can be printing flat board or printing sleeve.The printed substrate can be obtained by photosensitive polymer, its Middle UV light optionally solidifies the bottom parts of printed pattern;Will be remaining, soft, unexposed poly- by wash cycle Compound is washed away.These are commonly known as photopolymer plates.
Pattern on base plate can be laser etched.Another common method for making base plate is lost by chemistry Metal die is carved, it is once prepared just will press polymer base, so as to form printed substrate.
Printed substrate can be installed in print roller by two-sided tape.The printed substrate can be mounted via sleeve system On spurt roller.The sleeve system can allow quickly to change between different mode.
Printed substrate surface can be modified in physics and chemically to strengthen the conveying of blend to be printed.Surface is modified Can be physical, for example, increase local surfaces roughness and/or orientation microscopic carvings are carved, wherein scope is to improve to be printed matching somebody with somebody The reticulate pattern of mixed thing is extracted and the deposition on film.Chemical surface modification includes application to printed base plate or appropriate selection printed substrate material Material, to calibrate the surface energy of the adhesion of the compound of printing.
The diameter of plate cylinder can be selected so that the minimizing residence time of the compound;Big printing plate cylinder is due to dry The accumulation of dry compound for example dries the accumulation of ink so as to be conducive to the plate of printing quality and precision with result deterioration Drying on surface.
Nip pressure between printed substrate and film can be conditioned in operator side and driver side, to reach expectation Printing quality.The transfer higher that squeegee pressure higher will only result in the compound from plate is minimized, but is printed increasing Global reliability of the brush unit to the discontiguous risk between roller.Excessive pressure may lead between base plate and impressing rotating cylinder The plate that weares and teares is caused, so as to damage printing quality.
Anilox roll can be selected according to the compound (for example, ink) for being used.An embodiment of the invention, Anilox roll need not have the geometry (square, hexagon, circle, pentagon etc.) in the black cave of specific engraving, as long as reticulate pattern Roller can convey the nominal volume of ink in 1BCM (1,000,000,000 cubic millimeters) and 15BCM between, and wherein LPI (line number per inch) exists In the range of 50LPI to 1200LPI.The surface for being coated with the black cave of engraving of anilox roll can be between 20% to 70%.The angle Limit the angle of axis of the black cave on printable material transferring roller.Preferably, the angle is 30 degree, 45 degree or 60 degree.Netting twine Number indicates the presence of how many ink caves per linear inch.Low screen density will allow to the thick ink layer of printing, and screen density high will be permitted Perhaps the more detailed details in printing.Both black cave volume and screen density can be closely related.For rapid translating and compact design, Sleeve system can be used to remove and clean anilox roll.Can so design and printing system with quick release reticulate pattern rolle rsleeve Possibility.
Anilox roll girth can be selected as be not printed substrate multiple spacing, thus increase the surface utilization rate in black cave. In order to improve compounds property by reducing solvent vapo(u)rability, the place of anilox roll can be needed with engraving the application, with only Compound is delivered on the figuratum part of tool of printed substrate.Anilox roll can utilize different engraving technologies by multiple material It is obtained.Due to different blend compatibilities, this less difference that will be given to base plate during blend is conveyed.For example, in water In the case of base oil ink, relative to the laser of the standard with identical depiction (BCM, geometry, surface covering etc.) Engraving ceramic anilox roller, chromium plating mechanical engraving anilox roll will have transfer efficiency (black cave when being contacted with printed substrate higher Vacant capacity).
Nip pressure between printed substrate and anilox roll can be conditioned in operator side and driver side, to reach The printing quality of expectation.Squeegee pressure higher will cause significantly increasing for the blend extraction from anilox roll ink cave, so that The amount of blend for improving to printed substrate and thus being conveyed to film.Excessive pressure will likely can between base plate and anilox roll Cause the base plate that weares and teares, thus damage printing quality.
Blend induction system can be made up of the reservoir of blend to be printed, and the reservoir is connected to chamber by pipeline Room blade system.The evaporation of constant solvent can be by monitoring compound fluid properties such as viscosity, turbidity, transparency, refractive index, close The mode of degree etc. is compensated by adding online solvent, and any change of one or more properties in these properties passes through will be molten Agent is added to be made for compound to be printed to reach target to compensate.
Chamber system may include the encapsulating chamber with openings at one side, and it is clamped in anilox roll.In chamber blade side Blade can ensure that the metering filling in black cave in anilox roll.
One or more printing stations in printing station, such as two or more printing stations, or three or more Multiple printing stations can be digital print station.Digital print station includes continuous inkjet (CIJ) and drop on demand ink jet (DOD), Drop on demand ink jet (DOD) is further divided into heat foamable DOD and piezoelectricity DOD.
Digital print station may include print head, compound feeder and control the soft of its operability and printing position Part electronic controller.
Dried/cured station
Specifically, when by the equipment to print the first film, the equipment may include dried/cured platform.Dried/cured work Position can be between two printing stations or after last printing station.In the presence of, dried/cured platform is disposed in rotation On rotating cylinder.Dried/cured platform can reduce drying time requirement, and reduce required blend (such as ink) open hour.Match somebody with somebody The mixed thing open hour are defined by following ratio:The distance between printing station/linear velocity.
Dried/cured platform can transmit hot-fluid to film, thus dry blend without changing the engineering properties of PVOH films.It is true On, too high temperature combines the possible molten film of long residence time in Drying station or entirely influences all of downstream process. Temperature for drying stage can change in the case of relative humidity low 80% from 5 DEG C to 70 DEG C, and the residence time can be correspondingly It is adjusted.Other cured forms can be used with suitable ink combination, such as UV.
Printing blend
The printed patterns may include content of text, image, symbol.The printed patterns can have on film different from pouch Shape, to consider to be molded again in pouch manufacturing process.The printed patterns can be comprising printing compound.The printing blend Typically ink.
Be printed onto the ink on film preferably has desired dispersion grade in water.Ink can be any color, including White, red and black.Ink can be comprising every part the 10% to 80% of solid weight, or 20% to 60%, or 25% to 45% water-based inks.Ink may include every part the 20% to 90% or 40% to 80% of the weight of water, or 50% to 75%.
Ink can have at 20 DEG C, under 1000 shear rate between 1cP and 400cP, or between 50cP To between 350cP, or between 100cP and 300cP, or the viscosity between 150cP and 250cP.Test can be in TA Obtained using hole-slab geomitry shape on the AR-550 rheometers of instruments.
Except as otherwise noted, all percentages used herein, ratio and ratio are by the weight percent of the composition Than meter.Unless otherwise explicitly indicated, all average values are calculated by " weight " of the composition or its component.
Dimension disclosed herein and value are not understood as being strictly limited to cited exact value.Conversely, unless referring in addition Bright, otherwise each such dimension is intended to indicate that described value and around the functionally equivalent scope of the value.For example, disclosed amount Guiding principle " 40mm " is intended to indicate that " about 40mm ".

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1. a kind of equipment for manufacturing pouch, the equipment includes:
The first film of-supply it is first membrane derived, first film is water miscible, and comprising polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) or it is common The resin of polymers and the pattern being printed on first film,
The second of the second film of-supply is membrane derived,
- composition is originated,
- pouch manufacturing cell, the pouch manufacturing cell includes being used for from first film, second film and the composition The fill system of pouch is formed,
- control system, the control system is used to monitor and adjust the position of the pattern on the pouch.
2. equipment according to claim 1, wherein the pouch manufacturing cell includes ring-type rotary system, first film It is applied on the ring-type rotary system at keeping flat.
3. equipment according to claim 2, wherein the control system is included for monitoring the pouch and the printing Registering registration sensor between pattern and for adjust the pattern on the pouch the position at least One regulating system.
4. equipment according to claim 3, keeps flat a little and the distance between the registration sensor is less than 2 wherein described Rice.
5. the equipment according to claim 3 or 4, keeps flat a little and the distance between the regulating system is less than 2 wherein described Rice.
6. the equipment according to claim 3 or 4 or 5, wherein between the registration sensor and the regulating system away from From less than 2 meters.
7. the equipment according to foregoing any one claim, also including print system, the print system includes multiple single Only printing station.
8. equipment according to claim 7, also including for described in adjusting between the multiple single printing station The regulating system of registration.
9. the equipment according to claim 7 or 8, also independent including revolving drum, the multiple being disposed on the rotating cylinder Printing station.
10. the equipment according to foregoing any one claim, wherein composition of the pouch comprising 15g to 50g.
11. equipment according to foregoing any one claim, wherein the pouch forms compartment, the compartment is comprising at least The composition partly encapsulated by the water-solubility membrane of printed patterns thereon, the pattern is in the film towards institute On the side of the inner side for stating pouch.
12. according to the equipment of foregoing any one claim, wherein the equipment is thermal forming device.
A kind of 13. pouches, the pouch is made up of equipment according to any one of the preceding claims.
14. methods for preparing pouch according to claim 13, wherein the printed patterns tool on the pouch There are the shapes different from the printed patterns on first film.
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