Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an optical film comprising the steps of: 1) casting a dope (a solution), prepared by dissolving thermoplastic resin film raw materials in a solvent, from a casting die onto an at least 1.8 m wide belt support, and 2) drying a cast web (a cast film) peeled from the belt support, wherein the belt support has a thickness (Te) at both right and left end portions, of 5-20% less than a thickness (T) of the remaining portion including the transverse center portion of the belt support, provided that the Te indicates a thickness at both right and left end portions, each having a width (We) of 2-25% of a total width (W) of the belt support when viewed from both right and left side edges thereof.
Abstract:
An optical film manufacturing method, including steps of: casting a dope in which a thermoplastic resin is dissolved in a solvent, on a support so as to form a web; peeling and conveying the web from the support; measuring a physical property of the conveyed web at plural positions along a lateral direction of the web and obtaining a deviation among plural measurement values of the physical property at the plural positions: and drying the web by adjusting drying conditions at the plural positions to differ in accordance with the deviation.
Abstract:
In a method of manufacturing an optical film by a casting apparatus which comprises a support, a casting die provided at a casting section of the support and a pressure reducing device provided at the casting section, a temperature T of the support at the casting section is set to satisfy the formula (1): −0.01CS+0.005ΔP+5≦T≦−0.125CS+0.04ΔP+17 (1) where CS represents the moving speed (m/min) of the support and ΔP is a reduced pressure (Pa) at the back side of the dope ribbon by the reducing device.
Abstract:
A method of producing an optical film comprising the step of: stretching a continuous resinous film by apply tension to a transverse direction of the resinous film while conveying the resinous film, wherein the stretching is carried out with a stretching apparatus comprising right and left edge holding devices which hold right and left edges of the resinous film; and, the right and left edge holding devices of the stretching apparatus each independently controls right and left edge holding distances of the resinous film so that a slow axis of the resinous film is substantially perpendicular or substantially parallel to a film conveying direction, provided that the edge holding distance is defined as a distance between an initiation position and a cessation position of holding of the edge of the resinous film.
Abstract:
A method for producing a roll of an optical compensation film, in the effective width of which an angle of the slow axis in the film face with the width direction of the film is within the range of ±1° and an angle of the fast axis in the film face with the length direction of the film is within the range of ±1°, wherein the angle of the fast axis in the film face with the length direction is cyclically varied by a cycle of from 1.5 m to 500 m in the length direction of the film and the minimum amplitude of the variation is within the range of from 0.1° to 1°.
Abstract:
A method of coating an object by shifting from a first coating solution to a second coating solution. After a coating of the object with the first coating solution is finished, a washing solution is used to clean a coating pipe-line and a coater. Deaerated water is supplied to fill up the pipe-line and the coater by control of a multi-way valve which is located at an end of the coating pipe-line which is connected to one of a coater or an outlet for drainage. The multi-way valve is capable of shifting a fluid flow therethrough to one of the coater and to the outlet. With the multi-way valve in the outlet position the deaerated water is replaced in the pipe-line and the coater with the second coating solution. A slit inside the coater is dried, and the second coating solution is then conducted to the coater by shifting the multi-way valve to a coater position therefor.
Abstract:
An optical film manufacturing method, including steps of: casting a dope in which a thermoplastic resin is dissolved in a solvent, on a support so as to form a web; peeling and conveying the web from the support; measuring a physical property of the conveyed web at plural positions along a lateral direction of the web and obtaining a deviation among plural measurement values of the physical property at the plural positions: and drying the web by adjusting drying conditions at the plural positions to differ in accordance with the deviation.
Abstract:
A method of producing an optical film comprising the step of: stretching a continuous resinous film by apply tension to a transverse direction of the resinous film while conveying the resinous film, wherein the stretching is carried out with a stretching apparatus comprising right and left edge holding devices which hold right and left edges of the resinous film; and, the right and left edge holding devices of the stretching apparatus each independently controls right and left edge holding distances of the resinous film so that a slow axis of the resinous film is substantially perpendicular or substantially parallel to a film conveying direction, provided that the edge holding distance is defined as a distance between an initiation position and a cessation position of holding of the edge of the resinous film.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an optical film comprising the steps of: 1) casting a dope (a solution), prepared by dissolving thermoplastic resin film raw materials in a solvent, from a casting die onto an at least 1.8 m wide belt support, and 2) drying a cast web (a cast film) peeled from the belt support, wherein the belt support has a thickness (Te) at both right and left end portions, of 5-20% less than a thickness (T) of the remaining portion including the transverse center portion of the belt support, provided that the Te indicates a thickness at both right and left end portions, each having a width (We) of 2-25% of a total width (W) of the belt support when viewed from both right and left side edges thereof.
Abstract:
A method for producing a roll of an optical compensation film, in the effective width of which an angle of the slow axis in the film face with the width direction of the film is within the range of ±1° and an angle of the fast axis in the film face with the length direction of the film is within the range of ±1°, wherein the angle of the fast axis in the film face with the length direction is cyclically varied by a cycle of from 1.5 m to 500 m in the length direction of the film and the minimum amplitude of the variation is within the range of from 0.1° to 1°.