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US20030039826A1
US20030039826A1 US09/531,978 US53197800A US2003039826A1 US 20030039826 A1 US20030039826 A1 US 20030039826A1 US 53197800 A US53197800 A US 53197800A US 2003039826 A1 US2003039826 A1 US 2003039826A1
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Ramin Heydarpour
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Johannes Schut
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Yao-Feng Wang
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  • This invention relates to conformable and die-cuttable biaxially oriented films and labelstocks, and more particularly to biaxially stretch-oriented monolayer and multilayer films and labelstocks.
  • Failure to reliably dispense is typically characterized by the label following the carrier around a peel plate without dispensing or “standing-off” from the carrier for application to the substrate. Such failure to dispense is believed to be associated with excessive release values between the label facestock material and the liner. Dispensability also is dependent upon the stiffness of the facestock. Failure to dispense may also be characterized by the wrinkling of the label due to lack of label stiffness at the dispensing speed as it is transferred from the carrier to the substrate. Another particular need in many labeling applications is the ability to apply polymeric-film labels at high line speeds, since an increase in line speed has obvious cost saving advantages.
  • the facestock material be a film of polymeric material which can provide properties lacking in paper, such as clarity, durability, strength, water-resistance, abrasion-resistance, gloss and other properties.
  • polymeric facestock material of thicknesses greater than about 3 mils (75 microns) have been used in order to assure dispensability in automatic labeling apparatuses.
  • plasticized polyvinyl chloride films about 3.5 to 4.0 mils (87.5 to 100 microns) thick were used in label application because these films exhibited the desired flexibility characteristics.
  • Polymeric materials suggested in the prior art as useful in preparing labels include biaxially-oriented polypropylene (“BOPP”) of thicknesses down to about 2.0 mils (50 microns). These materials provide cost savings as they are relatively inexpensive, and they have sufficient stiffness to dispense well. However, these materials also have relatively high tensile modulus values in both machine-direction (MD) and cross direction (CD) which results in labels which are not very conformable.
  • BOPP biaxially-oriented polypropylene
  • One embodiment of this invention is a die-cuttable, biaxially stretch-oriented monolayer film comprising a polyethylene having a density of about 0.940 g/cm 3 or less, a propylene polymer or copolymer, or mixtures thereof, wherein the tensile modulus of the film in the machine direction is greater than the tensile modulus in the cross direction, the tensile modulus of the film in the cross direction is about 150,000 psi or less, and the film is free of copolymers of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester.
  • the biaxially oriented monolayer films have been biaxially stretch-oriented and heat set.
  • the invention relates to a die-cuttable, stretch-oriented multilayer film comprising
  • the biaxially oriented multilayer films are useful in particular in preparing adhesive containing labelstock for use in adhesive labels.
  • the invention relates to a die-cuttable, biaxially stretch-oriented monolayer film comprising at least one polyolefin wherein the film has been stretch-oriented in the machine direction at a stretch ratio of about 9:1 to about 10:1, and in the cross direction at a stretch ratio of from greater than 1:1 to about 3:1.
  • the present invention in one embodiment, relates to the discovery that biaxially stretch-oriented monolayer and multilayer films can be prepared which are characterized as having improved conformability, die-cuttability, and/or dispensability.
  • films having improved clarity can be prepared.
  • conformable films usually have poor die-cutting properties
  • the present invention provides conformable films that have acceptable die-cutting properties, and, therefore, these films may be used for labeling bottles and tubes or in other label applications that require clarity and conformability.
  • Multilayered film constructions can be prepared in accordance with the present invention having skin layers designed to provide printability, or to provide other desirable characteristics such as stiffness so that the film can be down gauged, or both.
  • the biaxially stretch-oriented monolayer films of the present invention comprise a polyethylene having a density of about 0.940 g/cm 3 or less, a propylene polymer or copolymer, or mixtures thereof, wherein the tensile modulus of the film in the machine direction is greater than the tensile modulus in the cross direction, the tensile modulus of the film in the cross direction is about 150,000 psi or less, and the film is free of copolymers of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester.
  • Useful ethylene homopolymers include those having densities of about 0.940 or less.
  • Polyethylenes having densities of from 0.850 to about 0.925 g/cm 3 generally are referred to as low density polyethylenes, and polyethylenes having densities between about 0.925 and 0.940 g/cm 3 are referred to in the art as being medium density polyethylenes.
  • the low and medium density polyethylenes also may be characterized as having a melt index (as determined by ASTM Test D1238, condition E) in the range of from 0.5 to about 25.
  • the low density polyethylenes may be characterized by tensile strengths of between about 2200 to about 3200 psi (typically about 2700 psi), and the medium density polyethylenes may be characterized as having tensile strengths of between about 3000 and about 4000 psi (typically about 3400 psi).
  • Low and medium density polyethylene useful in the first skin layer of the facestock of this invention are available commercially from a variety of sources. Examples of useful polyethylenes are summarized in the following Table I. TABLE I Commercial Polyethylenes Commercial Melt Index Designation Company (g/10 mins) Density (g/cm 3 ) Rexene 1017 Rexene 2.0 0.920 Rexene 1058 Rexene 5.5 0.922 Rexene 1080 Rexene 2.0 0.930 Rexene 2030 Rexene 5.0 0.919 Rexene 2034 Rexene 7.5 0.925 Rexene 2038 Rexene 9.0 0.917 Rexene 2040 Rexene 12.0 0.917 Rexene 2049 Rexene 20.0 0.917 NA-334 Equistar 6.0 0.918 NA-217 Equistar 5.5 0.923 NA 285-003 Equistar 6.2 0.930 Exact 3027 Exxon 3.5 0.900 Exact 3022 Exxon 9.0 0.905 Exact 3139 Exx
  • the monolayer film may comprise a propylene homopolymer or copolymer, or a blend of a propylene homopolymer and at least one propylene copolymer.
  • the blends may comprise from about 5% to about 95% of the homopolymer and correspondingly from about 95% to about 5% by weight of the copolymer.
  • the propylene homopolymers which may be utilized either alone or in combination with a propylene copolymer as described herein, include a variety of propylene homopolymers such as those having melt flow rates (MFR) from about 1 to about 20 as determined by ASTM Test D1238, condition L.
  • Propylene homopolymers having MFRs of at least about 4 are particularly useful and provide films having improved die-cuttability.
  • Useful propylene homopolymers also may be characterized as having densities in the range of about 0.88 to about 0.92 g/cm 3 .
  • a number of useful propylene homopolymers are available commercially from a variety of sources. Some of the useful homopolymers are listed and described in the following Table II. TABLE II Commercial Propylene Homopolymers Commercial Melt Flow Designation Company g/10 min Density (g/cm 3 ) WRD5-1057 Union Carbide 12.0 0.90 DX5E66 Union Carbide 8.8 0.90 5A97 Union Carbide 3.9 0.90 5E98 Union Carbide 3.2 0.90 Z9470 Fina 5.0 0.89 Z9470HB Fina 5.0 0.89 Z9550 Fina 10.0 0.89 6671XBB Fina 11.0 0.89 3576X Fina 9.0 0.89 3272 Fina 1.8 0.89 SF6100 Montell 11.0 0.90
  • the propylene copolymers which may be utilized generally comprise copolymers of propylene and up to about 40% by weight of at least one alpha-olefin selected from ethylene and alpha-olefins containing from 4 to about 8 carbon atoms.
  • alpha-olefins include ethylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, 1-hexene, 1-heptene, and 1-octene.
  • the copolymers of propylene which are utilized in the present invention comprise copolymers of propylene with ethylene, 1 -butene or 1-octene.
  • the propylene alpha-olefin copolymers useful in the present invention include random as well as block copolymers although the random copolymers generally are preferred. Blends of the copolymers as well as blends of the copolymers with propylene homopolymers can be utilized as the composition for the base layer.
  • the propylene copolymers are propylene-ethylene copolymers with ethylenic contents of from about 0.2% to about 10% by weight.
  • the ethylene content is from about 3% to about 10% by weight and more preferably from about 3% to about 6% by weight.
  • 1-butene contents of up to about 15% by weight are useful.
  • the 1-butene content generally may range from about 3% by weight up to about 15% by weight, and in other embodiments, the range may be from about 5% to about 15% by weight.
  • Propylene-1-octene copolymers useful in the present invention may contain up to about 40% by weight of 1-octene. More often, the propylene-1-octene copolymers will contain up to about 20% by weight of 1-octene.
  • the propylene copolymers useful in the present invention may be prepared by techniques well known to those skilled in the art, and many such copolymers are available commercially.
  • the copolymers useful in the present invention may be obtained by copolymerization of propylene with an alpha-olefin such as ethylene or 1-butene using single-site metallocene catalysts.
  • an alpha-olefin such as ethylene or 1-butene using single-site metallocene catalysts.
  • the propylene copolymers useful in the invention have an MFR of from about 1 to about 20, preferably from about 1 to about 12.
  • the monolayer films of the invention which are described above also are characterized as being free of copolymers of ethylene monomer with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester comonomer.
  • a film is considered to be free of such copolymers when there is less than about 0.1% by weight of such copolymers in the film.
  • Specific examples of copolymers which are excluded from the films of this embodiment of the invention are the ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), ethylene methyl acrylate (EMA) and ethylene n-butyl acrylate (EnBA) copolymers.
  • the films of the invention may contain other polymers and copolymers, the presence of incompatible polymers and copolymers should be minimized or essentially avoided when a clear film (low haze) is desired.
  • the amount of incompatible polymer which can be included depends on the particular polymer (e.g., degree of incompatibility) and the degree of haze that can be tolerated.
  • nucleating agents and particulate fillers can be incorporated into the monolayer films of the present invention.
  • the amount of nucleating agent added should be an amount sufficient to provide the desired modification of the crystal structure while not having an adverse effect on the desired properties of the films. It is generally desired to utilize a nucleating agent to modify the crystal structure and provide a large number of considerably smaller crystals or spherulites to improve the transparency (clarity), stiffness, and the die-cuttability of the film. Obviously, the amount of nucleating agent added to the film formulation should not have a deleterious effect on the clarity of the film. Nucleating agents which have been used heretofore for polymer films include mineral nucleating agents and organic nucleating agents.
  • mineral nucleating agents examples include carbon black, silica, kaolin and talc.
  • organic nucleating agents which have been suggested as useful in polyolefin films include salts of aliphatic mono-basic or di-basic acids or arylalkyl acids such as sodium succinate, sodium glutarate, sodium caproate, sodium 4-methylvalerate, aluminum phenyl acetate, and sodium cinnamate.
  • Alkali metal and aluminum salts of aromatic and alicyclic carboxylic acids such as aluminum benzoate, sodium or potassium benzoate, sodium beta-naphtholate, lithium benzoate and aluminum tertiary-butyl benzoate also are useful organic nucleating agents.
  • Substituted sorbitol derivatives such as bis (benzylidene) and bis (alkylbenzilidine) sorbitols wherein the alkyl groups contain from about 2 to about 18 carbon atoms are useful nucleating agents. More particularly, sorbitol derivatives such as 1,3,2,4-dibenzylidene sorbitol, 1,3,2,4-di-para-methylbenzylidene sorbitol, and 1,3,2,4-di-para-methylbenzylidene sorbitol are effective nucleating agents for polypropylenes. Useful nucleating agents are commercially available from a number of sources. Millad 8C-41-10 is a concentrate of 10% Millad 3988 (a sorbitol nucleating agent) and 90% polypropylene and is available from Milliken Chemical Co.
  • the amounts of nucleating agent incorporated into the film formulations of the present invention are generally quite small and range from about 100 to about 2000 or 4000 ppm of the film.
  • the amount of nucleating agent should not exceed about 2000 ppm, and in one embodiment, a concentration of about 300 to 500 ppm appears optimum.
  • the film may contain other additives and particulate fillers to modify the properties of the film.
  • colorants may be included in the film such as TiO 2 , CaCO 3 , etc.
  • the presence of small amounts of TiO 2 results in a white facestock.
  • Antiblock agents also can be included in the base layer.
  • AB-5 is an antiblock concentrate available from A. Schulman Inc., 3550 West Market Street, Akron, Ohio 44333, which comprises 5% solid synthetic amorphous silica in 95% low density polyethylene.
  • ABPPO5SC is an antiblock concentrate from Schulman containing 5% of the synthetic amorphous silica in a propylene copolymer.
  • the amount of antiblock agent (silica) present in the base layer may range from about 500 to about 5000 ppm, with amounts of about 1000 ppm being preferred.
  • the film is free of inert particulate filler material although very small amounts of particulate filler material may be present in the film due to impurities etc.
  • the term “free of” is intended to mean that the film contains less than about 0.1 % by weight of particulate filler material. Films which are free of particulate filler are particularly useful when it is desired to prepare a film which is clear which may be characterized as having low haze, for example, less than 10%, or less than 6% haze, or in some instances less than about 2%. Haze or clarity is determined using a BYK-Gardner haze-10 gloss meter as known in the art.
  • the biaxially stretch-oriented films of this invention which are free of filler particles exhibit improved clarity, and in some instances, the films are crystal clear.
  • incompatible polymers and copolymers are absent or present in minor amounts when clear films are desired.
  • the monolayer films of the present invention can be formed by a variety of techniques known to those skilled in the art including blown or cast extrusion, extrusion coating or by a combination of these techniques.
  • the films of the present invention are biaxially stretch-oriented. Simultaneous biaxial orientation or sequential biaxial orientation may be utilized in preparing the films of the present invention.
  • One preferred process is to produce the monolayer films by simultaneous biaxial orientation processes.
  • the stretch orientation in the MD be greater than the orientation in the CD by at least about 10%, or even by 20%.
  • the orientation in the MD may be at a stretch ratio of from about 3:1 to about 10:1 or higher although more often the stretch ratio in the MD is from about 5:1 to about 10:1. In other embodiments, the stretch ratio in the MD may range of from about 9:1 to about 10:1 or higher. As mentioned above, the stretch ratio in the CD often is less than the stretch orientation in the MD.
  • stretch ratios in the CD may be from greater than 1:1 to about 5:1, or from greater than 1:1 to about 3:1 or greater than 1:1 to about 2:1.
  • a monolayer film of a polyolefin stretch-oriented in the MD at a ratio of 9:1 to 10:1 is stretch oriented in the CD at a ratio of from greater than 1:1 to about 2:1 or 3:1 or 4:1.
  • the polyolefins which may be utilized in this embodiment include polyethylenes, polypropylenes, copolymers of propylene and up to about 40% by weight of at least one alpha-olefin selected from ethylene and alpha-olefins containing from 4 to about 8 carbon atoms as described above, and mixtures thereof.
  • the polyolefins include low density polyethylene, medium density polyethylene and high density polyethylene, although the low and medium density polyethylenes are more often utilized.
  • the high density polyethylenes are those having a density of greater than about 0.940 to about 0.965 g/cm 3 .
  • the monolayer films of the invention are biaxially oriented by hot stretching the films at a temperature equal to or above the softening temperature of the film.
  • the temperatures utilized in the hot-stretching step will depend, among other things, on the film composition and whether any nucleating agents are present.
  • the temperature for the MD stretching may not be the same as the temperature for the CD stretching.
  • the MD orientation is conducted at a lower temperature than the CD orientation. For example, for a propylene homopolymer, the temperature for the MD orientation may be around 140° C. and the temperature for the CD orientation around 1 80° C.
  • the monolayer films which have been stretch oriented to the desired stretch ratio while in a heated condition are then passed over annealing rolls where the stretched films are annealed or heat-set. After the heat-setting or annealing operation, the film is then passed over a chill roll to complete the hot-stretch and heat-set operation.
  • the hot-stretched film is relaxed in both the MD and CD by from about 5 to about 25%, and more often from about 10 to about 20% prior to being subjected to the annealing or heat setting step.
  • the temperature used in the hot-stretching step and the temperature utilized in the heat setting step depends on the particular polymer utilized to form the monolayer film, and these temperatures may range from about 110° C. to about 180° C.
  • the temperatures utilized for the hot-stretching and the heat setting steps may be the same although in some instances, the temperature of the heat setting step is somewhat higher than the temperature utilized for the hot-stretching step.
  • the heat setting step may be conducted at temperatures of up to about 180° C.
  • the film When the hot stretched films of the present invention are subjected to a heat setting or annealing step, the film generally is heat set or annealed from about 5 to about 25 seconds, and more often, from about 10 to about 20 seconds.
  • the stretch-oriented monolayer films of the present invention which are also heat-set or annealed are essentially devoid of “memory” of a pre-existing configuration to which a film tends to return under the influence of heat.
  • the heat-set and annealed films of the present invention do not have a tendency to shrink or distort when subsequently subjected to an elevated temperature.
  • the thickness of the monolayer films described above may range from about 0.5 mils (12.5 microns) to about 6 mils (150 microns) depending upon the anticipated utility of the film. More often, however, the biaxially stretch-oriented monolayer films of this invention have a thickness of from about 1 mil to about 3.5 or 4 mils. In one embodiment, the film thickness will range from about 2 to about 2.5 mils.
  • the biaxially stretch-oriented monolayer films of the present invention exhibit stiffness characteristics which enable the films to be utilized in applications such as die-cuttable labelstock.
  • the Gurley stiffness of the biaxially stretch-oriented monolayer films of the present invention may range from about 3 to about 50, more often from about 5 or 10 up to about 50 in the machine direction.
  • the Gurley stiffness of the monolayer films of the invention in the cross direction will generally be less than the Gurley stiffness in the machine direction.
  • the Gurley stiffness of the monolayer films of the present invention is measured in accordance with the TAPPI Gurley Stiffness Test T543pm.
  • the films of the present invention also may comprise die-cuttable, stretch-oriented multilayer films which comprise
  • the base layer of the multilayer films of the present invention may comprise any of the polyethylenes described above, any of the propylene homopolymers or copolymers described above, or mixtures thereof and wherein the base layer is free of copolymers of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester.
  • the base layer also may contain any of the ingredients described above as being optional in the monolayer films such as fillers, colorants, nucleating agents, antiblock agents, etc. If a clear multilayer film is desired, the base layer will be free of inert particulate filler. If an opaque multilayer film is desired, the base layer may contain particulate fillers as described above.
  • the first skin layer may comprise any other variety of thermoplastic polymers.
  • thermoplastic polymers and copolymers useful as the first skin layer of the multilayer film compositions of the present invention include polyolefins, polyamides, polystyrene, polystyrene-butadiene, polyester, polyester copolymer, polyurethane, polysulfone, polyvinylidene chloride, styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer, styrene acrylonitrile copolymer, ionomer based on sodium or zinc salts of ethylene methacrylic acid, polymethyl methacrylate, cellulosic, fluoroplastic, acrylic polymer and copolymer, polycarbonate, polyacrylonitrile, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and mixtures thereof.
  • the composition of the first skin layer is a matter of choice depending on the properties desired for the first skin layer such as costs, weatherability, printability, etc.
  • the first skin layer may, and often does contain mixtures of polyolefins (e.g., polyethylene, propylene polymers and copolymers) and a copolymer of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester comonomer such as EVA.
  • polyolefins e.g., polyethylene, propylene polymers and copolymers
  • a copolymer of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester comonomer such as EVA.
  • one useful skin composition comprises a 50:50 mixture of polypropylene and EVA.
  • the first skin layer may also contain other additives such as particulate fillers, antiblock agents, nucleating agents, etc., as described above.
  • the first skin layer (as well as the base layer), generally will be free of particulate filler material.
  • the skin layer (and/or the base layer) will contain particulate filler material.
  • the multilayer films of this invention ranging from opaque films to clear films, and the clear films may be characterized as having a haze of less than 10%, or less than 6%, or even less than about 2%.
  • the multilayer films described above comprising a base layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and a first skin layer of a thermoplastic polymer bonded to the upper surface of the base layer, may also contain a second skin layer bonded to the lower surface of the base layer where the second skin layer may comprise any of the thermoplastic polymers described above as being useful in the first skin layer, and the composition of the second skin layer may be the same as or different from the composition of the first skin layer.
  • the two skin layers are different since the properties desired for these layers are different. Printability, weatherability, etc. are desired for the first skin layer whereas other properties such as good bonding to an adhesive layer may be desired for the second skin layer.
  • the multilayer films of the present invention may be prepared by a variety of techniques known to those skilled in the art including blown or cast extrusion, or extrusion coating or by a combination of these techniques.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,186,782 Freedman
  • U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,242,650 and 5,435,963 (Rackovan et al) disclose useful procedures for preparing multilayer films, and these patents are hereby incorporated by reference.
  • the multilayers can be formed by simultaneous extrusion from a suitable known type of coextrusion die, and the layers are adhered to each other in a permanently combined state to provide a unitary coextrudate.
  • the base layer can be formed by extrusion of the base layer on a substrate followed by extrusion coating of the first skin layer (and optionally the second skin layer) onto the base layer thereby forming a two or three layer structure wherein the layers are adhered to each other in a permanently combined state.
  • the two or three layers may be separately formed by extrusion and thereafter laminated together by the application of heat and pressure.
  • the base layer is relatively thick compared to the first skin layer and the second skin layer.
  • the first skin layer may be relatively thick compared to the base layer. Accordingly, thickness ratios for the three layered films may range from about 90:5:5 to 5:5:90. However, generally preferred thickness ratios for the three layered films (base: first skin:second skin) include 90:5:5, 80:10:10, 70:15:15, 85:5:10, and 80:5:15.
  • the multilayer films of the present invention are biaxially stretch-oriented. Simultaneous biaxial orientation or sequential biaxial orientation may be utilized in preparing the multilayer films of the present invention. Simultaneous biaxial orientation of the multilayer films of the present invention is a preferred process in one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the stretch orientation in the MD more often will be greater than the orientation in the CD by at least about 10%, or even by 20%.
  • the orientation in the MD may be at a stretch ratio of from about 3:1 to about 10:1 or higher although a preferred stretch ratio in the MD is from about 5:1 to about 10:1.
  • the stretch ratio in the MD is within the range of from about 9:1 to about 10:1 or higher.
  • the stretch ratio in the CD generally is less than the stretch orientation in the MD.
  • stretch ratios in the CD are from greater than 1:1 to about 5:1, or from greater than 1:1 to about 3:1 or greater than 1:1 to about 2:1.
  • the thickness of the multilayer films described above will range from about 0.5 mils (12.5 microns) to about 6 mils (150 microns) depending upon the anticipated utility of the film. More often, however, the multilayer films of the present invention will have a thickness of about 1 to about 3.5 or 4 mils or from about 2 to about 3 mils. Such thicknesses are particularly useful for preparing labels to be applied to rigid and flexible substrates. As noted earlier, a particular feature of the multilayer film facestocks of the invention is that very thin films (i.e., 1 to 3 mils) can be prepared that are useful in forming labels.
  • the selection of a particular polymer for the second skin layer is dependent on the properties and characteristics which are to be added by the presence of the second skin layer.
  • the polymer for the second skin layer should be compatible with the polymer of the base layer to provide sufficient adhesion to the base layer. For example, if the base layer contains a propylene polymer, a second skin layer comprising at least some propylene polymer will adhere to the base layer without an intermediate tie layer. It also has been discovered that the use of a composition in the second skin layer that is different from the composition of the first skin layer reduces the blocking tendency when the facestock is rolled on itself.
  • the second skin layer comprise a polymer that is softer than the propylene polymer or copolymer, or blends of propylene polymers and copolymers used in the base layer, particularly when the second skin layer is joined with an adhesive to a release coated liner.
  • the material of the second skin layer has a lower tensile modulus than the tensile modulus of the material comprising the base layer. The use of a lower tensile modulus second skin layer results in a facestock exhibiting improved die-cuttability when compared to a facestock wherein the material of the second skin layer has a higher tensile modulus than the material of the base layer.
  • the stiffness of the multilayer films of the present invention is important for proper dispensing of labels over a peel plate at higher line speeds.
  • Biaxial orientation of the multilayer films increases the tensile modulus in the machine direction and cross direction. The increase in the machine direction contributes to dimensional stability and good print registration.
  • the stiffness of the oriented multilayer films in the machine direction generally should be at least about 2 or 3, and may be as high as 50 or 60 Gurley. More often the stiffness of the oriented multilayer films in the MD is in the range of from about 5 or 10 up to about 25 or 35 Gurley as measured in accordance with the TAPPI Gurley Stiffness Test T543pm.
  • Gurley stiffness in the CD generally is in the same ranges but the stiffness in the CD is less than the stiffness in the MD.
  • the biaxially stretch-oriented monolayer films and multilayer films of the present invention which have been described above are further characterized as having a tensile modulus in the cross direction of about 150,000 psi or less.
  • the tensile modulus of the films can be determined in accordance with ASTM Test D882 entitled “Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting”.
  • ASTM Test D882 entitled “Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting”.
  • the tensile modulus of the films of the present invention in the cross direction is less than the tensile modulus of the films in the machine direction. Labels prepared from such films are observed to exhibit improved conformability.
  • the tensile modulus of the films of the present invention in the machine direction may be as high as 200,000 psi or even as high as 250,000 psi, and the tensile modulus in the cross direction is 150,000 psi or less. In other embodiments, the tensile modulus in the machine direction is 150,000 or less or even 125,000 or less, and the tensile modulus in the cross direction is less than 100,000 psi.
  • the films in the following Table IV are prepared by extruding the melted charges through an extrusion die and casting on cooling rolls.
  • the extrudate is in the form of sheets which are cut to 10 ⁇ 10 cm 2 and subsequently biaxially hot-stretched on a laboratory film stretcher at the ratios specified in Table IV at a draw rate of 400%/second.
  • the stretcher is a type KARO IV stretcher manufactured by Brückner Maschinenbau.
  • the oriented films are relaxed and annealed (heat set) as set forth in Table IV.
  • Examples 12-14 illustrate the multilayer films of the invention.
  • the multilayer films are prepared by coextrusion as described above.
  • the films are biaxially oriented at the ratios and at the temperatures shown in Table VI.
  • the draw rate is 400%/second.
  • Some of the properties of the films of Examples 12-14 are reported in Table VII.
  • TABLE VI Biaxially Stretch-Oriented Multilayer Films Overall Stretch Base Skin Thickness Ratio Orientation Relaxation Anneal Period
  • Example Layer Layer (Mils) MD CD Temp (° C.) (%) 1 (Sec) 2 12 11G1 2027 2.14 7:1 5:1 118 10 20 13 11G1 2027 2.52 8:1 4:1 130 10 20 14 6D81 50% 5E98 2.76 8:1 4:1 130 10 20 50% EVA*
  • the die-cuttability of the biaxially oriented films of Examples 1 -14 is evaluated by die-cutting shapes in the films and thereafter measuring the friction energy required to separate the matrix from the die-cut shape.
  • a low friction energy value e.g., about 150 g-cm or less
  • Friction energy values of less than 120 and even less than 100 are particularly desirable. This test which is conducted as follows is described in more detail in U.S. Pat. No. 5,961,766 entitled “Method For Selecting A Substrate Intended For Use In A Cutting Operation”, which patent is hereby incorporated by reference.
  • a test sheet of each film having the dimensions of 7 ⁇ 10′′ (17.8 ⁇ 25.4 cm) and a paper liner are advanced through a die-cutter where 10 shapes are cut in the film but not the liner.
  • the die-cutter has a cylindrical profile.
  • the die-cutting roll has a diameter of 3 inches (76.2 mm), with one cavity across and 10 cavities around. Each of the cavities are 6 inches (152.4 mm) long (or across), ⁇ fraction (15/16) ⁇ inch (22.25 mm) wide (or deep) and have rounded corners with diameters of ⁇ fraction (3/32) ⁇ inch (2.38 mm). The separation between adjacent cavities is 1 ⁇ 8 inch (3.175 mm).
  • the anvil roll has a diameter of 5 inches (127 mm). The gap between the anvil and the tip of the die is 2.2 mils (0.0559 mm).
  • the die pressure is 300 psi (208500 kg/m 2 ), and the speed of the die is 15 m/min.
  • the die-cut in each test sheet is deep enough to penetrate the film but not the liner.
  • the shapes that are formed are rectangular and arranged side-by-side on the test sheet, one shape across and ten deep.
  • the long dimension of each shape is parallel to the long dimension of the next adjacent shape.
  • the shapes have the dimensions of 7 ⁇ 8 ⁇ 6′′ (22.25 mm ⁇ 1 52.4 mm) and are equidistant from each other.
  • the gap between each shape is 1 ⁇ 8 inch (3.175 mm).
  • a matrix which consists of the portion of the waste facestock around the shapes, is also formed during the die-cutting.
  • a test sample is formed by cutting the die-cut test sheet along the center line of the long dimension of one shape and then along the center line of the long dimension of the next adjacent shape. The cuts are parallel to each other.
  • Each test sample consists of one-half of one shape, one-half of the next adjacent shape, the matrix around the shape portions.
  • the friction energy required to separate the matrix from the die-cut shapes of each sample is measured using a modified TA-XT2 Texture Analyzer provided by Stable Micro Systems, Unit 105, Blackdown Rural Industries, Haste Hill, Haslemere, Surrey GU 27 3AY, England.
  • the TA-XT2 Texture Analyzer is a tensile testing device. It is modified as follows: the fixture on the top crosshead is removed and substituted by an upper L-shaped bracket; one arm of the upper L-shaped bracket is attached to the upper frame; the platform mounted on the base is removed and substituted by a lower L-shaped bracket.
  • Each test sample is tested by attaching an edge of the matrix of the test sample to the upper L-shaped bracket, and attaching the edge of each shape portion adjacent to the attached matrix edge to the lower L-shaped bracket.
  • the texture analyzer is activated and the matrix is separated from the shape portions at a rate of 5 mm/s.
  • the force used to separate the matrix and the displacement of this force along the length of the test sample during separating is plotted using software provided with the TA-XT2 Texture Analyzer.
  • the area under the plot is also determined using software provided with the TA-XT2 Texture Analyzer.
  • the area under the plot has the units of gram-seconds.
  • the result is multiplied by the stripping speed (5 mm/s) and after making appropriate corrections for units (i.e., mm to cm), the friction energy results are provided in terms of gram-centimeters (g-cm). Higher friction energy numbers are associated with poorly cut facestocks or adhesive flowback.
  • Table VIII The test results for the films of Examples 1-14 are summarized in Table VIII.
  • the biaxially oriented monolayer or multilayer films of the present invention may be utilized for preparing labeistock for adhesive labels.
  • the labelstock comprises the monolayer film or the multilayer film described above, and an adhesive layer which is adhesively joined to one surface of the film.
  • an adhesive containing labelstock used in adhesive labels comprises
  • A-1) a base layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and comprising polyethylene having a density of about 0.940 g/cm 3 or less, a propylene polymer or copolymer, or mixtures thereof wherein the base layer is free of copolymers of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester, and
  • (A-2) a first skin layer of a thermoplastic polymer bonded to the upper surface of the base layer, wherein the tensile modulus of the multilayer film in the machine direction is greater than the tensile modulus in the cross direction, and the tensile modulus of the multilayer film in the cross direction is 150,000 psi or less, and
  • the multilayer film useful in such labelstock is described in detail above.
  • the adhesive layer in this embodiment is adhesively joined to the lower surface of the base layer.
  • the biaxially oriented multilayer film (A) may comprise (A-3) a second skin layer bonded to the lower surface of the base layer, and thus, the second skin layer is between the base layer and the adhesive layer.
  • the second skin layers as described above can be utilized.
  • the adhesive layer may be directly coated on the lower surface of the base layer, or to the second skin layer when present, or the adhesive may be transferred from a liner with which the multilayer film is combined.
  • the adhesive layer has a thickness in the range of from about 0.1 to about 2 mils (2.5 to 50 microns).
  • Adhesives suitable for use in labelstocks of the present invention are commonly available in the art. Generally, these adhesives include pressure-sensitive adhesives, heat-activated adhesives, hot melt adhesives, and the like. Pressure-sensitive adhesives are particularly preferred.
  • acrylic adhesives as well as other elastomers such as natural rubber or synthetic rubbers containing polymers or copolymers of styrene, butadiene, acrylonitrile, isoprene and isobutylene.
  • Pressure-sensitive adhesives are well known in the art and any of the known adhesives can be used with the facestocks of the present invention.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesives are based on copolymers of acrylic acid esters, such as, for example, 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate, with polar comonomers such as acrylic acid.
  • liner or carrier stock may be provided.
  • the liner or carrier stock may comprise a multilayer liner made for example as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,713,273, the disclosure which is incorporated herein by reference, or may be a conventional liner or carrier consisting of a single paper of film layer which may be supplied in roll form. If it has not been previously provided with a release coating and does not itself include components to inherently generate a release surface at its adhesive-contacting face, the liner or carrier may be coated with a release coating (e.g., a silicone). If a release coating is applied, it is dried or cured following application by any suitable means.
  • a release coating e.g., a silicone
  • the release face of the release liner or carrier may be coated with a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive for subsequent transfer of the adhesive to the labelstock with which the liner or carrier is employed.
  • the adhesive is joined to the biaxially oriented film. Later, the liner or carrier is removed to expose the adhesive, and the adhesive remains permanently joined to the biaxially oriented film.
  • the adhesive layer may be a heat-activated adhesive or a hot-melt adhesive such as used in in-mold label applications, as distinguished from a pressure-sensitive adhesive. If the adhesive is a heat-activated adhesive or a hot-melt adhesive, there may be no need for the provision of a release liner for inherent releasability such as is required when using a pressure-sensitive adhesive.
  • the manufacture of pressure-sensitive adhesive labelstock from the above-described biaxially oriented films in accordance with the invention is illustrated as follows.
  • the liner or carrier stock may comprise a multilayer liner or a conventional liner or carrier consisting of a single paper or film layer having a release coating which may be supplied in roll form.
  • the release face of the release liner or carrier may be coated with a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive for subsequent transfer of the adhesive to the oriented film with which the liner or carrier is employed.
  • the adhesive is joined to the film. Later, the liner or carrier is removed to expose the adhesive, which now remains permanently joined to the biaxially oriented film.
  • the biaxially oriented film may be printed prior to being die-cut into individual labels.
  • the printing step may occur before or after the combining of liner and oriented film, but will precede the die-cutting of the labelstock into individual labels.
  • the film must remain in accurate register between printing steps (for example, between successive impressions in different colors) in order that image or text be of high quality, and between printing and subsequent die-cutting in order that image or text be located properly on the labels.
  • the film is under tension during printing, and may be subjected to some increase in temperature, as for example when UV inks are cured, and the film must maintain dimensional stability in the machine-direction.
  • the biaxially stretch-oriented films of this invention are die-cuttable, and the labelstock on a liner may be die-cut into a series of spaced pressure-sensitive labels carried by the release liner or carrier.
  • This step may be performed by cutting dies (e.g., rotary cutting dies) in a well-known manner and involves the subsequent stripping of the ladder-shaped matrix of waste or trim surrounding the formed labels when they are die-cut (the “rungs” of the ladder representing the spacing between successive labels).
  • the labels then remain on the liner in spaced relation with each other.
  • One failure mode in this operation involves poorly die-cut labels remaining with the matrix as it is stripped.
  • the die-cut labels on the liner or carrier can be dispensed and applied to various substrates by techniques known to those skilled in the art.
  • the labels can be dispensed and applied to passing workpieces by use of a peel-back edge to dispense the labels by progressively removing the liner or carrier from them to thereby expose the adhesive side of the labels and project the labels into contact with passing workpieces.
  • the workpieces may constitute substrates such as glass bottles or other rigid articles tending to have irregularities in the surface and therefore requiring labels that are flexible and that closely adhere (conform) to the surface without bridging local surface depressions.
  • the substrates also may be flexible plastic containers.

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