JPH09230137A - Production of phase difference film - Google Patents

Production of phase difference film

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JPH09230137A
JPH09230137A JP8036358A JP3635896A JPH09230137A JP H09230137 A JPH09230137 A JP H09230137A JP 8036358 A JP8036358 A JP 8036358A JP 3635896 A JP3635896 A JP 3635896A JP H09230137 A JPH09230137 A JP H09230137A
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film
roll
stretching
phase difference
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Takayuki Yoneyama
孝行 米山
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Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd
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Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide such a production method of a phase difference film with little variance in the phase difference that the temp. can be easily maintained const. without requiring a large-scale temp. controlling furnace or heating furnace for the production. SOLUTION: In the production method of a phase difference film by longitudinally and uniaxially stretching a resin film, high pressure air at almost same temp. as a heating roll 8 or a stretching roll 2 is blown to the film 1 which is in contact with the film heating roll 8 before the stretching zone 4 or with the stretching roll 2 at the entrance of the stretching zone 4. Then the film is stretched in the stretching zone 4.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、偏光板の複屈折の
補償に用いて好適な、位相差のばらつきの少ない位相差
フィルムの製造方法に関する。
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for producing a retardation film suitable for compensating birefringence of a polarizing plate and having a small variation in retardation.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】近年、高コントラストな液晶表示素子が
一般的に用いられるようになってきている。この液晶表
示素子を用いた液晶表示装置は液晶の複屈折性に基づく
楕円偏光のために、従来の偏光板だけを用いたものでは
表示面が着色するという問題点があった。そこで偏光板
に位相差を補償するための位相差フィルムを粘着剤層を
介して貼り合わせた楕円偏光板がガラスセルに貼り付け
られたものとして一般に使用されている。
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, high-contrast liquid crystal display elements have been generally used. A liquid crystal display device using this liquid crystal display element has a problem that the display surface is colored by using only a conventional polarizing plate because of elliptically polarized light based on the birefringence of liquid crystal. Therefore, an elliptically polarizing plate in which a retardation film for compensating a retardation is attached to a polarizing plate via an adhesive layer is generally used as being attached to a glass cell.

【0003】位相差フィルムは、液晶表示装置における
液晶の複屈折に基づく着色を位相差フィルムが有する複
屈折性を利用して補償して解消するためのものであっ
て、その構成は特に限定されるものではないが、ポリカ
ーボネート、ポリサルホン、ポリビニルアルコール、ポ
リスチレン、ポリアミド、ポリエチレンテレフタレート
等の透明性、延伸性にすぐれた熱可塑性樹脂フィルムに
1.1〜1.5倍程度の一軸延伸処理を施したものであ
る。
The retardation film is for compensating for the coloring due to the birefringence of the liquid crystal in the liquid crystal display device by utilizing the birefringence of the retardation film to eliminate it, and its constitution is not particularly limited. Although not limited, a thermoplastic resin film having excellent transparency and stretchability such as polycarbonate, polysulfone, polyvinyl alcohol, polystyrene, polyamide, and polyethylene terephthalate was subjected to a uniaxial stretching treatment of about 1.1 to 1.5 times. It is a thing.

【0004】従来の位相差フィルムの製造方法は、例え
ば、特開平3−235902号公報に記載されているよ
うに、長い間隔をあけて配置し、周速度の異なる2個の
延伸用ロール間(以下「延伸区間」と呼ぶ)に、加熱し
た樹脂フィルムを通過させることにより行われていた。
A conventional method for producing a retardation film is, for example, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-235902, arranged with a long interval between two stretching rolls having different peripheral speeds ( This is done by passing a heated resin film through a "stretching section").

【0005】又、周速度の異なる2個の延伸用ロールの
間隔を短くし、延伸区間前に配置された数本の加熱用ロ
ールを通過させてフィルムを加熱、昇温させ、延伸区間
で所定の延伸温度となるようにする方法も行われてい
る。この方法によると大がかりな保温炉や加熱炉が不要
で延伸区間も短いため温度を一定に維持し易い。
Further, the distance between the two drawing rolls having different peripheral speeds is shortened, and the film is heated and heated by passing through several heating rolls arranged in front of the drawing section, and the film is heated in a predetermined direction in the drawing section. There is also a method in which the stretching temperature is adjusted. According to this method, a large heat-retaining furnace or heating furnace is not necessary and the stretching section is short, so that the temperature can be easily maintained constant.

【0006】[0006]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】樹脂フィルムを延伸す
るには、延伸区間の一部または全部を保温あるいは加熱
炉内に入れてフィルム温度を一定に保ちながら延伸する
必要があるが、上記公報に記載のような従来の製造方法
によると、延伸区間が長いため炉内をくまなく均一な温
度に維持することは非常に困難であり、そのためには大
がかりで非常に精度の高い設備を必要とする。
In order to stretch the resin film, it is necessary to heat a part or all of the stretching section in a heat-retaining or heating furnace to stretch the film while keeping the film temperature constant. According to the conventional manufacturing method as described, it is very difficult to maintain a uniform temperature throughout the furnace because the stretching section is long, which requires large-scale and highly accurate equipment. .

【0007】2個の延伸用ロールの間隔を短くし、延伸
区間前に配置された数本の加熱用ロールを通過させてフ
ィルムを延伸する方法では、加熱用ロールの表面でフィ
ルムが急に熱膨張してしわが発生したり、フィルムがロ
ールから浮いて温度むらが発生し、そのために延伸後の
位相差が均一にならないという欠点があった。
In the method in which the distance between the two drawing rolls is shortened and the film is drawn by passing through several heating rolls arranged in front of the drawing section, the film is suddenly heated on the surface of the heating roll. There is a drawback that the film expands to generate wrinkles, or the film floats from the roll to cause temperature unevenness, which results in uneven retardation after stretching.

【0008】本発明は上記従来の問題点を解消し、製造
のために大がかりな保温炉や加熱炉が不要で温度を一定
に維持し易く、位相差のばらつきが少ない位相差フィル
ムの製造方法を提供することを目的とする。
The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and provides a method for producing a retardation film which does not require a large heat-retaining furnace or a heating furnace for production and can easily maintain a constant temperature and has a small variation in retardation. The purpose is to provide.

【0009】[0009]

【課題を解決するための手段】本発明の位相差フィルム
の製造方法は、樹脂フィルムを縦一軸延伸することによ
り位相差フィルムを製造する方法において、延伸区間以
前に設けられたフィルム加熱用ロールもしくは延伸区間
の入口の延伸用ロールに接するフィルムに向けて、該加
熱用ロールもしくは延伸用ロールの温度とほぼ等しい温
度の高圧空気を吹きつけ、その後延伸区間内で延伸する
ことを特徴とする。
The method for producing a retardation film of the present invention is a method for producing a retardation film by longitudinally uniaxially stretching a resin film, wherein a film heating roll provided before the stretching section or It is characterized in that high-pressure air having a temperature substantially equal to the temperature of the heating roll or the drawing roll is blown toward the film in contact with the drawing roll at the entrance of the drawing section, and then the film is drawn in the drawing section.

【0010】本発明で使用できる樹脂フィルムは、位相
差フィルムとして通常用いられているもので特に限定さ
れるものではないが、例えば、ポリカーボネート、ポリ
サルホン、ポリビニルアルコール、ポリスチレン、ポリ
アミド、ポリエチレンテレフタレート等の透明性、延伸
性にすぐれた熱可塑性樹脂フィルムが挙げられる。
The resin film that can be used in the present invention is not particularly limited and is usually used as a retardation film. For example, it is transparent such as polycarbonate, polysulfone, polyvinyl alcohol, polystyrene, polyamide, polyethylene terephthalate. Examples of the thermoplastic resin film have excellent properties and stretchability.

【0011】加熱用ロール及び延伸用ロールの温度は樹
脂フィルムの種類により適した温度が選択されればよ
い。本発明では延伸区間前の加熱用ロールまたは延伸区
間入口の延伸用ロール表面のフィルムに該ロールの温度
とほぼ等しい温度の高圧空気を吹きつける。この風圧に
よりフィルムはロール表面に押しつけられてしわやロー
ル表面からの浮き上がりが防止される。
The temperature of the heating roll and the stretching roll may be selected at a temperature suitable for the type of the resin film. In the present invention, high-pressure air having a temperature substantially equal to the temperature of the roll is blown onto the surface of the heating roll before the stretching section or the film on the surface of the stretching roll at the inlet of the stretching section. Due to this wind pressure, the film is pressed against the roll surface to prevent wrinkles and floating from the roll surface.

【0012】この高圧空気の温度は加熱用ロールまたは
延伸ロールの温度に対して±1℃以内の範囲におさめる
ことが好ましい。これ以上の温度差になると位相差がば
らつく原因となる。
The temperature of the high-pressure air is preferably kept within ± 1 ° C. with respect to the temperature of the heating roll or the drawing roll. If the temperature difference is larger than this, it causes the phase difference to fluctuate.

【0013】高圧空気の圧力は大気圧よりも50mmA
q以上高いことが好ましい。この圧力が大気圧より50
mmAq以上高くなければ、フィルムをロール表面に押
しつける力が弱くて本発明の目的を達成できない。高圧
空気はロール表面に接している部分のフィルムをロール
表面に押しつけるものであるから、空気圧は高いほど効
果的である。
The pressure of the high pressure air is 50 mmA higher than the atmospheric pressure.
It is preferably q or more. This pressure is 50
If it is not higher than mmAq, the force of pressing the film against the roll surface is weak and the object of the present invention cannot be achieved. Since the high-pressure air pushes the film in the portion in contact with the roll surface against the roll surface, the higher the air pressure, the more effective.

【0014】しかし、圧力をあまり高くしてロールに接
していない部分のフィルムに高圧空気が当たると、吹き
つけた空気の熱と圧力によりフィルムが伸ばされ、製品
としたフィルムの厚みに変動が生じる。ロールに対する
フィルムの送り込み、引取りの角度によりロールに接す
るフィルムの長さは異なる。このような状況を考慮して
高圧空気の圧力をなるべく高い領域で選定するのが好ま
しい。
However, when the pressure is set too high and the high-pressure air hits the film not in contact with the roll, the film is stretched by the heat and pressure of the blown air, and the thickness of the product film varies. . The length of the film in contact with the roll varies depending on the angle of feeding and taking the film to the roll. In consideration of such a situation, it is preferable to select the pressure of the high pressure air in a region as high as possible.

【0015】(作用)延伸区間以前に設けられたフィル
ム加熱用ロールもしくは延伸区間の入口の延伸用ロール
に接するフィルムに向けて、該加熱用ロールの温度とほ
ぼ等しい温度の高圧空気を吹きつけるので、昇温したフ
ィルムは風圧により上記ロールの表面に押しつけられ
る。そのためにフィルムの浮き上がりは起こらず、フィ
ルムが急に熱膨張しても伸びはロールの前後へ送られて
しわの発生がなくなる。
(Function) Since high-pressure air having a temperature substantially equal to the temperature of the heating roll is blown toward the film heating roll provided before the stretching section or the film in contact with the stretching roll at the entrance of the stretching section. The heated film is pressed against the surface of the roll by wind pressure. Therefore, the film is not lifted up, and even if the film is suddenly thermally expanded, the elongation is sent to the front and the rear of the roll and the wrinkle is not generated.

【0016】[0016]

【発明の実施の形態】次に本発明の実施例を図面を参照
して説明する。 (実施例)図1は本発明の実施例を示す側面図であり、
延伸区間4内に周速度の異なる2個の延伸用ロール(直
径300mm)2、3が配置され、延伸区間4入口に配
置された延伸用ロール2の手前に直径250mmの4個
の加熱用ロール8、7、6、5が配置されている。該加
熱用ロール5、6、7、8はそれぞれ40℃、80℃、
120℃、140℃に設定され、延伸用ロール2の温度
は160℃であり、フィルムは各ロールを通過する毎に
順次昇温されるようになされている。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention,
Two drawing rolls (diameter 300 mm) 2 and 3 having different peripheral speeds are arranged in the drawing section 4, and four heating rolls having a diameter of 250 mm are arranged in front of the drawing roll 2 arranged at the inlet of the drawing section 4. 8, 7, 6, 5 are arranged. The heating rolls 5, 6, 7, and 8 are 40 ° C., 80 ° C.,
It is set to 120 ° C. and 140 ° C., the temperature of the stretching roll 2 is 160 ° C., and the temperature of the film is sequentially raised each time it passes through each roll.

【0017】このうち延伸区間に最も近い加熱ロール8
のフィルム側に内部が大気圧よりも80mmAq高い静
圧に維持されたボックス状の高圧空気吹き出し装置9が
空気吹き出し口を加熱ロール8に向けて設けられてい
る。
Of these, the heating roll 8 closest to the stretching section
A box-shaped high-pressure air blowing device 9 whose inside is maintained at a static pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure by 80 mmAq is provided on the film side with the air blowing port facing the heating roll 8.

【0018】上記の装置を用いて位相差フィルムを製造
する方法を説明する。厚み85μmのポリサルホンフィ
ルム1を巻重体(図示略)から繰り出し、2m/分の速
度で送りながら加熱用ロール5で40℃に加熱し、次に
加熱用ロール6で80℃、加熱用ロール7で120℃に
昇温し、140℃の加熱用ロール8を通過させながら加
熱用ロール8に接する部分のフィルム1に向けて高圧空
気吹き出し装置9の空気吹き出し口から140℃に加熱
した空気を80mmAqの静圧で吹きつけた。
A method for producing a retardation film using the above apparatus will be described. The polysulfone film 1 having a thickness of 85 μm is unwound from a roll (not shown) and heated at 40 ° C. by the heating roll 5 while being fed at a speed of 2 m / min, then at 80 ° C. by the heating roll 6 and by the heating roll 7. The temperature is raised to 120 ° C., and while passing through the heating roll 8 at 140 ° C., the air heated to 140 ° C. from the air blowing port of the high-pressure air blowing device 9 is directed toward the film 1 in the portion in contact with the heating roll 8 at 80 mmAq. It was blown with static pressure.

【0019】その後、延伸用ロール2を経て延伸区間内
を搬送しながら1.15倍に一軸延伸し、位相差フィル
ムを得た。得られた位相差フィルムの590nmのレタ
ーデーションを測定器(大塚電子社製,型式「RETS
−2000」)を用いて幅方向に5mm間隔で測定し、
その最大値と最小値との差を位相差ばらつきとし、位相
差ばらつきが5nm以内のものを良とし、5nmを超え
るものを不良として評価した。その結果、本実施例で得
たものは位相差ばらつきが4.6nmであり、良品であ
った。
Then, while being conveyed through the stretching roll 2 in the stretching section, it was uniaxially stretched by 1.15 times to obtain a retardation film. The retardation of the obtained retardation film at 590 nm is measured with a measuring device (manufactured by Otsuka Electronics Co., Ltd., model “RETS”).
-2000 ") at 5 mm intervals in the width direction,
The difference between the maximum value and the minimum value was defined as the phase difference variation, and the phase difference variation within 5 nm was evaluated as good, and the phase difference variation exceeding 5 nm was evaluated as defective. As a result, the one obtained in this example had a phase difference variation of 4.6 nm and was a good product.

【0020】(比較例)実施例1で使用した装置で加熱
空気を吹きつけない以外は実施例と同様にして位相差フ
ィルムを製造した。実施例1と同様にして位相差ばらつ
きを測定した結果、19.8nmであり、不良品であっ
た。
Comparative Example A retardation film was produced in the same manner as in Example except that the apparatus used in Example 1 did not blow heated air. As a result of measuring the phase difference variation in the same manner as in Example 1, it was 19.8 nm and was a defective product.

【0021】[0021]

【発明の効果】本発明位相差フィルムの製造方法は以上
の構成であり、昇温したフィルムは吹きつけた加熱空気
の風圧により加熱用ロール又は延伸用ロールの表面に押
しつけられ、フィルムの浮き上がりは起こらず、フィル
ムにしわが発生するのが防止される。それにより、偏光
板の複屈折の補償に用いて好適な、位相差のばらつきの
少ない位相差フィルムが得られる。
The method for producing a retardation film of the present invention has the above-mentioned constitution, and the heated film is pressed against the surface of the heating roll or the drawing roll by the wind pressure of the heated air blown, and the film is not lifted. It does not occur and prevents the film from wrinkling. This makes it possible to obtain a retardation film which is suitable for use in compensating the birefringence of a polarizing plate and has a small variation in retardation.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】本発明位相差フィルムの製造方法の実施例を示
す側面図。
FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a method for producing a retardation film of the present invention.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1:ポリサルホンフィルム 2,3:延伸用ロール 4:延伸区間 5,6,7,8:加熱用ロール 9:高圧空気吹き出し装置 1: Polysulfone film 2, 3: Roll for stretching 4: Stretching section 5, 6, 7, 8: Roll for heating 9: High pressure air blowing device

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 樹脂フィルムを縦一軸延伸することによ
り位相差フィルムを製造する方法において、延伸区間以
前に設けられたフィルム加熱用ロールもしくは延伸区間
の入口の延伸用ロールに接するフィルムに向けて、該加
熱用ロールもしくは延伸用ロールの温度とほぼ等しい温
度の高圧空気を吹きつけ、その後延伸区間内で延伸する
ことを特徴とする位相差フィルムの製造方法。
1. A method for producing a retardation film by longitudinally uniaxially stretching a resin film, in which a film heating roll provided before a stretching section or a film in contact with a stretching roll at an inlet of the stretching section, A method for producing a retardation film, which comprises blowing high-pressure air at a temperature substantially equal to the temperature of the heating roll or the stretching roll, and then stretching in a stretching section.
JP8036358A 1996-02-23 1996-02-23 Production of phase difference film Pending JPH09230137A (en)

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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