Patent Application
20210122543
This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(a) of Korean Patent Applications No. 10-2019-0131975 filed on Oct. 23, 2019; and No. 10-2020-0131682 filed on Oct. 13, 2020 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
The present application relates to a retort food packaging film containing graphene and a method for manufacturing the retort food packaging film.
Polypropylene (hereinafter referred to as ‘PP’) that is casted, that is, a casting film thereof is called a casting polypropylene film (CPP film). The CPP film has excellent transparency, surface gloss, thermal adhesive strength, and dimensional stability, so that it is mainly used as food packaging material or a pharmaceutical packaging material.
The food packaging material is required to have an appropriate strength to withstand external shocks, and is also required to have appropriate barrier properties for factors affecting chemical or microbial changes such as moisture, temperature, oxygen, and light. The polypropylene film or the CPP film alone does not satisfy all of the required physical properties, and thus a packaging material including an aluminum foil or an aluminum deposition layer is mainly used to reinforce it. However, the packaging material including aluminum, which is currently commercially available, has a problem that the aluminum layer is too thick, so that an entire packaging material becomes thick, and an amount of aluminum is used a lot.
Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1832106.
The present application provides a retort food packaging film, which includes a sealant layer, an adhesive layer, a core layer, and a surface layer, and is capable of further containing graphene in each layer excluding the core layer, and a method for manufacturing the retort food packaging film.
However, problems to be solved by the present application is not limited to the problem described above, and other problems that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.
A first aspect of the present application provides a retort food packaging film including: a sealant layer; a first adhesive layer formed on the sealant layer; a core layer formed on the first adhesive layer; a second adhesive layer formed on the core layer; and a surface layer formed on the second adhesive layer, wherein at least one layer from the sealant layer, the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, and the surface layer includes graphene.
A second aspect of the present application provides a method for manufacturing the retort food packaging film according to the first aspect, including: forming each of a sealant layer, a core layer, and a surface layer, and laminating the sealant layer, the core layer, and the surface layer in order, wherein a first adhesive layer is included between the sealant layer and the core layer, and a second adhesive layer is included between the core layer and the surface layer, and wherein at least one layer from the sealant layer, the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, and the surface layer includes graphene.
In the retort food packaging film according to implement examples of the present application, at least one layer from the sealant layer, the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, and the surface layer includes graphene, so that even if a thickness of the core layer is thin, the retort food packaging film can be used as a retort food packaging material. Specifically, in a case where the retort food packaging film is used for the food packaging material, there are effects of an increase in mechanical strength, an increase in barrier property of moisture, oxygen, or the like, and an increase in chemical resistance, thereby increasing flame resistance and impact resistance, and there is an advantage of reducing an amount of aluminum used. In addition, even in a case where only one of the sealant layer, the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, and the surface layer contains graphene, the desired effects described above can be exhibited, and even in a case where only two or all of the layers contains graphene, the desired effects described above can be exhibited.
Hereinafter, implement examples and examples of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those ordinary skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. However, the present application may be implemented in various different forms, and is not limited to the implement examples and the examples described herein. In the drawings, portions irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and similar reference numerals are assigned to similar portions throughout the specification.
Throughout the specification of the present application, when a portion is “connected” to another portion, it includes not only “directly connected”, but also “electrically connected” with an element interposed therebetween.
Throughout the specification of the present application, when a member is said to be positioned “on” another member, this includes not only a case where the member is in contact with the other member, but also a case where another member exists between the two members.
Throughout the specification of the present application, when a certain portion “includes” a certain component, it means that other components may be further included rather than being excluded unless specifically stated to the contrary.
As used in the present specification, the terms “about”, “substantially”, and the like are used in or close to a numerical value when manufacturing and material tolerances specific to the stated meaning are presented, and in order to aid understanding of the present application, accurate or absolute numerical values are used to prevent unreasonable use of the stated disclosure by unconscionable infringers.
As used throughout the specification of the present application, the term “step to” or “step of” does not mean “step for”.
Throughout the specification of the present application, the term “combination(s) thereof” included in the expression of the Markush format refers to one or more mixtures or combinations selected from a group consisting of components described in the expression of the Markush format, and it means to include one or more selected from the group consisting of the components described above.
Throughout the specification of the present application, the description of “A and/or B” means “A or B, or A and B”.
Throughout the present specification of the present application, the term “graphene” means that a plurality of carbon atoms are covalently connected to each other to form a polycyclic aromatic molecule, and the carbon atoms connected by the covalent bond form a 6-membered ring as basic repeating unit, but it is also possible to further include a 5-membered ring and/or a 7-membered ring. Therefore, the sheet formed by the graphene may be viewed as a single layer of carbon atoms covalently bonded to each other, but is not limited thereto. The sheet formed by the graphene may have various structures, and such a structure may vary depending on a content of the 5-membered ring and/or the 7-membered ring that may be included in the graphene. In addition, in a case where the sheet formed by the graphene is formed of a single layer, the single layers may be stacked on each other to form a plurality of layers, and an end portion of a side surface of the graphene sheet may be saturated with hydrogen atoms, but is not limited thereto.
Throughout the specification of the present application, the term “graphene oxide” may be abbreviated as “GO”. A structure may be included in the present invention in which a functional group containing oxygen such as a carboxyl group, a hydroxy group, or an epoxy group is bonded on the single-layered graphene, but is not limited thereto.
Throughout the specification of the present application, the term “reduced graphene oxide” means graphene oxide of which an oxygen ratio is reduced through a reduction process, and may be abbreviated as “rGO”, but is not limited thereto.
Throughout the specification of the present application, the term “Graphene Nano Platelet” means a material having 10 to 100 carbon layers manufactured by a physical or chemical method of natural graphite and may be abbreviated as “GNP”, but is limited thereto.
Hereinafter, implement examples and examples of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present application is not limited to the implement examples, the examples, and the drawings.
A first aspect of the present application provides a retort food packaging film including: a sealant layer; a first adhesive layer formed on the sealant layer; a core layer formed on the first adhesive layer; a second adhesive layer formed on the core layer; and a surface layer formed on the second adhesive layer, wherein at least one layer from the sealant layer, the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, and the surface layer includes graphene.
Specifically, in the retort food packaging film according to an implement example of the present application, at least one layer from the sealant layer, the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, and the surface layer includes graphene, so that even if a thickness of the core layer is thin, the retort food packaging film can be used as a retort food packaging material. More Specifically, in a case where the retort food packaging film is used for the food packaging material, there are effects of an increase in mechanical strength, an increase in barrier property of moisture, oxygen, or the like, and an increase in chemical resistance, thereby increasing flame resistance and impact resistance, and there is an advantage of reducing an amount of aluminum used.
In an implement example of the present application, the thickness of the core layer may be about 5 μm to about 60 μm. Specifically, the thickness of the core layer may be about 5 μm to about 60 μm, about 12 μm to about 60 μm, about 12 μm to about 55 μm, about 12 μm to about 50 μm, about 12 μm to about 45 μm, about 12 μm to about 40 μm, about 12 μm to about 35 μm, about 12 μm to about 30 μm, about 15 μm to about 60 μm, about 20 μm to about 60 μm, about 25 μm to about 60 μm, about 30 μm to about 60 μm, about 20 μm to about 50 μm, about 25 μm to about 50 μm, about 30 μm to about 50 μm, about 35 μm to about 45 μm, or about 40 μm to about 45 μm, but is limited thereto. The retort food packaging film of the related art had durability that can be implemented as a retort food packaging material only when the core layer has a thickness of at least 50 μm, but the retort food packaging film according to an implement example of the present application has the thickness of the core layer less than 50 μm, and at least 5 μm, there is an effect of having durability that can be implemented as a retort food packaging material.
In an implement example of the present application, the thickness of the sealant layer may be about 30 μm to about 100 μm. Specifically, the thickness of the sealant layer may be about 30 μm to about 100 μm, about 40 μm to about 100 μm, about 40 μm to about 90 μm, about 40 μm to about 80 μm, about 40 μm to about 70 μm, about 40 μm to about 60 μm, about 50 μm to about 100 μm, about 60 μm to about 100 μm, about 70 μm to about 100 μm, about 80 μm to about 100 μm, about 50 μm to about 90 μm, about 50 μm to about 80 μm, or about 60 μm to about 80 μm, but is not limited thereto.
In an implement example of the present application, the thickness of the first adhesive layer or the second adhesive layer may be about 1 μm to about 10 μm. Specifically, the thickness of the first adhesive layer or the second adhesive layer may be about 1 μm to about 10 μm, about 1 μm to about 8 μm, about 1 μm to about 6 μm, about 1 μm to about 4 μm, about 3 μm to about 10 μm, about 5 μm to about 10 μm, about 7 μm to about 10 μm, about 3 μm to about 7 pm, about 4 μm to about 6 μm, or about 1 μm to about 3 μm, but is not limited thereto.
In an implement example of the present application, the thickness of the surface layer may be about 10 μm to about 30 μm. Specifically, the thickness of the surface layer may be about 10 μm to about 30 μm, about 15 μm to about 30 μm, about 20 μm to about 30 μm, about 25 μm to about 30 μm, about 15 μm to about 25 μm, about 15 μm to about 20 μm, or about 20 μm to about 25 μm, but is not limited thereto.
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In an implement embodiment of the present application, the graphene may increase the durability of the retort food packaging film and reduce gas permeability and moisture permeability thereof.
In an implement example of the present application, each of the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, or both may include the graphene, and the content of the graphene may be 0.005 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of each of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer. If the content of the graphene is less than 0.005 parts by weight, the effect of increasing the durability of the retort food packaging film is insignificant, and the durability thereof appears as that in the related art. If the content of graphene exceeds 10 parts by weight, there is a problem that the durability is lowered and the adhesive strength of the adhesive layer decreases. Specifically, the content of the graphene may be 0.005 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight, 0.005 parts by weight to 5 parts by weight, 0.005 parts by weight to 3 parts by weight, 0.005 parts by weight to 2 parts by weight, 0.01 parts by weight to 2 parts by weight, 0.01 parts by weight to 1.5 parts by weight, 0.05 parts by weight to 1.5 parts by weight, or 0.1 parts by weight to 1.5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of each of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer.
In an implement example of the present application, the sealant layer may include the graphene, and the content of the graphene may be 0.005 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the sealant layer. If the content of graphene is less than 0.005 parts by weight, the effect of increasing the durability of the retort food packaging film is insignificant, and the durability thereof appears as that in the related art. If the content of graphene exceeds 10 parts by weight, there is a problem that the durability thereof is rather reduced compared to that of the related art. Specifically, the content of the graphene may be 0.005s parts by weight to 10 parts by weight, 0.005 parts by weight to 5 parts by weight, 0.005 parts by weight to 3 parts by weight, 0.005 parts by weight to 2 parts by weight, 0.01 parts by weight to 1.5 parts by weight, 0.05 parts by weight to 1.5 parts by weight, or 0.1 parts by weight to 1.5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the sealant layer.
In an implement example of the present application, the surface layer may include the graphene, and the content of the graphene may be 0.005 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the surface layer. If the content of the graphene is less than 0.005 parts by weight, the effect of increasing the durability of the retort food packaging film is insignificant, and the durability thereof appears as that in the related art. If the content of the graphene exceeds 10 parts by weight, there is a problem that the durability thereof is rather reduced compared to that of the related art. Specifically, the content of the graphene may be 0.005 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight, 0.005 parts by weight to 5 parts by weight, 0.005 parts by weight to 3 parts by weight, 0.005 parts by weight to 2 parts by weight, 0.01 parts by weight to 2 parts by weight, 0.01 parts by weight to 1.5 parts by weight, 0.05 parts by weight to 1.5 parts by weight, or 0.1 parts by weight to 1.5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the surface layer.
In an implement example of the present application, the graphene is at least one selected from graphene, graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and graphene nanoplatelet. Specifically, the graphene oxide includes a plurality of graphene oxide sheets, the reduced graphene oxide includes a plurality of reduced graphene oxide sheets, and each of the plurality of graphene sheets and the plurality of reduced graphene oxide sheets may include an oxygen-containing functional group and/or pinholes. For example, the reduced graphene oxide may be manufactured by obtaining graphene oxide by peroxidating graphite, and by obtaining reduced graphene oxide by reducing the obtained graphene oxide, but is not limited thereto. In the process of peroxidation of the graphite, the oxygen-containing functional groups are generated at an edge of the graphene and an inside of the graphene, and defects occur to generate the pinholes, so that each of the reduced graphene oxide sheets which are finally obtained may include the oxygen-containing functional group and/or the pinholes.
In an implement example of the present application, the oxygen-containing functional group may include one selected from a hydroxyl group, an epoxy group, a carboxyl group, a ketone group, and a group consisting of combinations thereof, but is not limited thereto.
In an implement example of the present application, an interval of a void between the plurality of graphene oxide sheets and the plurality of reduced graphene oxide sheets may be about 1 nm to about 20 nm, but is not be limited thereto.
In the exemplary implement example of the present application, a size of each of the pinholes formed in the graphene oxide sheet and the reduced graphene oxide sheet may be about 0.1 nm to about 10 nm, but is not be limited thereto.
In an implement embodiment of the present application, the sealant layer may include polypropylene (PP), casting polypropylene (CPP), or coextruded cast polypropylene (CPR). Specifically, the sealant layer is a portion that imparts heat sealability to the retort food packaging material, and may be manufactured as the retort food packaging material by heat-sealing corner portions with the sealant layers facing each other. Polypropylene (PP), casting polypropylene (CPP), or coextruded cast polypropylene (CPR) may be used to implement a film having high mechanical strength. Specifically, CPR has excellent flexibility, excellent adhesion, and is similar in tensile strength, elongation, tear strength, or the like to cellophane, but has less gas permeability than that of cellophane, so that it is suitable for use as a retort food packaging component. In addition, the casting polypropylene is colorless, odorless, non-toxic, and hygienic, has an advantage of being inexpensive due to its lowest specific gravity among plastics, and is suitable for use as the retort food packaging component due to its good resistance against gas permeability.
In an implement example of the present application, the core layer may include an aluminum foil or an aluminum deposition layer, but is not limited thereto.
In an implement example of the present application, each or both of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer may include a polyurethane-based adhesive, an acrylic adhesive, an epoxy-based adhesive, a polyolefin-based adhesive, an elastomer-based adhesive, or a fluorine-based adhesive, but is not limited thereto.
In an implement example of the present application, the surface layer may include nylon (NY), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), or polyamide (PA). Specifically, the surface layer may use resin that can improve the shock absorption during an external impact of the retort food packaging material, and nylon (NY), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP) or polyamide (PA) can be used. Nylon 6, 11, 12, 66, and 610 etc are commercialized as nylon, but nylon 6 is suitable as the casting film and has advantages of better mechanical strength than those of other films, less deterioration in strength at low temperature, and excellent pinhole resistance, and less gas permeability.
In an implement example of the present application, a depth of the molding burst of the retort food packaging film may be greater than 8.6 mm and less than 9.5 mm. Specifically, the retort food packaging film may have increased durability by containing the graphene in at least one layer from the sealant layer, the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, and the surface layer includes graphene. Accordingly, in a case where the retort food packaging film is pressed after being formed, the retort food packaging film may have durability that does not burst even if a depth thereof being tolerated increases. More specifically, the depth of the molding burst may be greater than 8.6 mm and less than 9.5 mm; greater than 8.6 mm and less than 9.5 mm; greater than 9.0 mm and less than 9.5 mm; or greater than 9.1 mm and less than 9.5 mm.
A second aspect of the present application is to provide a method for manufacturing the retort food packaging film according to the first aspect, including: forming each of a sealant layer, a core layer, and a surface layer, and laminating the sealant layer, the core layer, and the surface layer in order, wherein a first adhesive layer is included between the sealant layer and the core layer, and a second adhesive layer is included between the core layer and the surface layer, and wherein at least one layer from the sealant layer, the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, and the surface layer includes graphene.
In the first aspect and the second aspect, contents that may be in common with each other can be applied to both the first aspect and the second aspect even if the description thereof is omitted.
In an implement example of the present application, forming the sealant layer, the surface layer, or both may include melting the raw material of each of the sealant layer and the surface layer at a temperature of 230° C. to 250° C., and extruding the melted material at an extrusion amount of 700 kg/h to 1000 kg/h to supply to a T-die, casting the melted material to be processed. In this case, when describing an average thickness of each thereof, the sealant layer may be formed to be about 40 μm to about 100 μm, and the surface layer may be formed to be about 10 μm to about 30 μm, but is not limited thereto.
In an implement example of the present application, the thickness of the core layer may be about 5 μm to about 60 μm. Specifically, the thickness of the core layer may be about 5 μm to about 60 μm, about 12 μm to about 60 μm, about 12 μm to about 55 μm, about 12 μm to about 50 μm, about 12 μm to about 45 μm, about 12 μm to about 40 μm, about 12 μm to about 35 μm, about 12 μm to about 30 μm, about 15 μm to about 60 μm, about 20 μm to about 60 μm, about 25 μm to about 60 μm, about 30 μm to about 60 μm, about 20 μm to about 50 μm, about 25 μm to about 50 μm, about 30 μm to about 50 μm, about 35 μm to about 45 μm, or about 40 μm to about 45 μm, but is not limited thereto.
In an implement example of the present application, the forming the core layer includes processing aluminum into a plate shape by allowing a raw material (strip) containing aluminum to pass between two rolls rotating at a recrystallization temperature or lower. At this time, the operation may be repeated 1 to 5 times depending on a desired thickness. In addition, the process may include forming the core layer to have an average thickness of 12 μm to 60 μm.
In an implement example of the present application, the laminating may include dry lamination, but is not limited thereto. Specifically, the first adhesive layer may be formed through the dry lamination to increase viscosity by applying a first adhesive to one or more of the sealant layer and the core layer, and volatilizing a diluted solvent in a space such as a drying chamber. In addition, the second adhesive layer may be formed through the dry lamination to increase viscosity by applying a second adhesive to one or more of the core layer and the surface layer, and volatilizing a dilute solvent in a space such as a drying chamber.
Hereinafter, the present application will be described in more detail with reference to examples, but the present application is not limited thereto.
1-1. Formation of Sealant Layer and Surface Layer
Polypropylene and nylon resin were prepared, melted at 240° C., extruded at an extrusion amount of 800 kg/h, and supplied to a T-die. Thereafter, polypropylene melt was casted and processed to form a sealant layer having an average thickness of 40 μm to 50 μm, and the nylon resin melt was casted and processed to form a surface layer having an average thickness of 15 μm to 30 μm.
1-2. Formation of Core Layer
An aluminum raw material (strip) was prepared and passed between two rolls rotating at a temperature of the recrystallization temperature or lower, and aluminum was processed into a plate shape to form an core layer having an average thickness of 35 μm to 40 μm.
1-3. Formation of Retort Food Packaging Material
The laminated retort food packaging material having an average thickness of 90 μm to 185 μm was formed by disposing the sealant layer, the core layer, and the surface layer in order in a roller for lamination, actuating the roller, and taking the sealant layer, the core layer, and the surface layer into the rollers in order. The adhesive used for the laminate was an acrylic adhesive, and the adhesive containing 0.01 parts by weight of graphene with respect to 100 parts by weight of the entire adhesive was used.
A retort food packaging material was synthesized under the same conditions as those in the example described above, except that the core layer had a thickness of 50 μm and the adhesive component did not contain graphene.
A retort food packaging material was synthesized under the same conditions as those in the example described above, except that the core layer had a thickness of 40 μm and the adhesive component did not contain graphene.
As a result of confirming the bursting properties of the retort food packaging materials of Example, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 2 manufactured as described above, Comparative Example 1 in which the thickness of the core layer was 50 μm and the Example in which the thickness of the core layer was 35 μm to 40 μm were confirmed to have shielding properties such as moisture and oxygen. However, in Comparative Example 2 in which the thickness of the core layer was 40 μm, it was confirmed that cracks were confirmed on the surface, and the shielding properties were low, such as moisture and oxygen. Therefore, it was confirmed that Example containing graphene had an effect of increasing durability and shielding property that can implement a completely retorted food packaging material even if the core layer is formed thin, and it was confirmed that there was an advantage of remarkably reducing the amount of aluminum used.
A retort food packaging material was prepared in the same manner as that in the example described above, and a difference in effect according to the content of graphene was confirmed. Specifically, in the adhesive layer, 0.0005 parts by weight, 0.001 parts by weight, 0.005 parts by weight, 0.01 parts by weight, 0.05 parts by weight, 0.1 parts by weight, 1.0 parts by weight, 1.5 parts by weight, 2.0 parts by weight, 2.5 parts by weight, 3.0 parts by weight, 3.5 parts by weight, 4.0 parts by weight, 4.5 parts by weight, 5.0 parts by weight of graphene with respect to the total 100 parts by weight of the entire adhesive were added to manufacture a retort food packaging material. Then, the effect depending on the graphene content was confirmed by measuring the depth of the molding burst where the retort food packaging material began to burst. The depth of the molding burst means a depth at which the sheet can withstand without rupture when pressing is applied. The depth of the molding burst was determined by comparison based on the related art already available on the market, and the depth of the molding burst of the commercially available sheet was 8.6 mm. The results are illustrated in Table 1 below and
As a result of confirming the result of the molding burst, when the content of the graphene was 0.0005 parts by weight and 0.001 parts by weight, the depth of the molding burst of the retort food packaging material appeared to be 8.6 mm, it was confirmed that the depth was the same as that of the molding burst of the related art, and confirmed that it showed equivalent performance to that of the existing product when the content of the graphene was 0.001 parts by weight or lower. In addition, when the content of the graphene was 3.5 parts by weight to 5 parts by weight, it was confirmed that the depth of the molding burst of the retort food packaging material was 8.5 mm or lower, thereby confirming lower performance appeared than that of the standard of the existing product when the content of the graphene was 3.5 parts by weight or more. On the other hand, when the content of the graphene was 0.005 to 3.0 parts by weight, the depth of the molding burst exceeding 8.6 mm appeared, and a depth up to 9.4 mm (1 part by weight) was measured, thereby confirming that the effect of improving durability superior to the existing product was realized depending on the addition of graphene.
In addition, in Experimental Examples 1 and 2, only a case where graphene was contained in the adhesive was confirmed, but the results confirmed that the same effect appeared even in a case where the graphene was contained in the sealant layer or the surface layer.
The foregoing description of the present application is for illustrative purposes only, and those ordinary skilled in the art to which the present application pertains will be able to understand that it is possible to easily transform it into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present application. Therefore, it should be understood that the examples described above are illustrative in all respects and not limiting. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.
The scope of the present application is indicated by the claims to be described later rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims, and equivalent concepts thereof should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present application.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2019-0131975 | Oct 2019 | KR | national |
| 10-2020-0131682 | Oct 2020 | KR | national |
