Blown films and a method for producing the same

Details Blown films and a method for producing the same Blown films and a method for producing the same

2001-11-13

2004-02-24

Watkins III, William P. (Department: 1772)

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Structurally defined web or sheet

Continuous and nonuniform or irregular surface on layer or...

C428S516000, C428S523000, C264S514000, C264S564000, C264S291000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06696134

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a blown film whose optical characteristics, tear strength and rigidity are well-balanced.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A blown film is employed widely for packaging since it enables a film production at a high productivity with simple equipment. Such a blown film should have, for example, an optical property (transparency or gloss), tear strength and rigidity. In response to a trend of demanding a thinner film, a film having excellent tear resistance and rigidity is required.
While a blown film made of a low density polyethylene (LDPE) by a high pressure radical polymerization process has excellent optical characteristics, it has a poor tear resistance. On the other hand, while a blown film made of a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) which is a copolymer of ethylene and an a-olefin has excellent tear strength, it has poor optical characteristics. The optical characteristics are usually improved by blending 10 to 30% of LDPE with LLDPE, but the tear strength of the film thus obtained is deteriorated.
The rigidity of a film made of LLDPE or LDPE is related with the density, and a higher density usually gives a higher rigidity, but is accompanied with a deterioration of the optical characteristics and a reduction in the tear strength, thus to obtain a satisfactory rigidity of a film simultaneously with satisfactory optical characteristics and tear strength is difficult.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An objective of the present invention is to provide a blown film which is excellent in terms of the optical characteristics, the tear strength and the rigidity, as well as a method for producing the same.
The present invention is directed to a blown film whose surface morphology is a spherulite structure in which spherulites having diameters of about 3 &mgr;m or more exist and whose surface average roughness Ra is about 30 nm or less, as well as a method for producing the same.
This invention is further detailed below.


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