Acrylic matt thermoplastic resin films and process for producing the same

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Patent No.: US 7,258,911
App. No.: 10/469,470
Granted: Aug 21, 2007
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Acrylic matt thermoplastic resin films having excellent printability, flex whitening resistance, impact resistance and solvent resistance, and a process for the preparation thereof are provided. The films made of a thermoplastic resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of an acrylic resin (A) and 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a crosslinked acrylic polymer (B) as a matting agent are prepared by a process wherein the resin composition is kneaded and formed into a film, and the both surfaces of the film are simultaneously brought into contact with rolls between them, one roll being kept at a temperature of not less than the glass transition temperature Tg of the resin composition and the other roll being kept at a temperature of less than the Tg, whereby the film surface contacted with the roll having a temperature of Tg or higher is converted into a mirror surface and the film surface contacted with the roll having a temperature lower than Tg is converted into a matt surface.

Claims (16)

1. An acrylic matt thermoplastic resin film having a mirror surface on one side and a matt surface on the other side, and comprising an acrylic resin (A) and 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a crosslinked acrylic polymer (B) as a matting agent based on 100 parts by weight of said acrylic resin (A).

2. The film of claim 1 , wherein said film has a thickness of 10 to 300 μm.

3. The film of claim 1 , wherein said acrylic resin (A) is an acrylic graft copolymer comprising (a-1) 5 to 85 parts by weight of an elastomeric polymer composed of 50 to 99.9% by weight of an alkyl acrylate, 0 to 49.9% by weight of other copolymerizable vinyl monomer and 0.1 to 10% by weight of a copolymerizable polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per a molecule, and (a-2) 95 to 15 parts by weight of a graft component composed of 50 to 100% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate and 0 to 50 % by weight of other vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith which have been graft-polymerized onto said elastomeric polymer (a-1), in which said elastomeric polymer (a-1) has a particle size of 50 to 400 nm.

4. The film of claim 1 , wherein said crosslinked acrylic polymer (B) is a copolymer comprising (b-1) 40 to 100 parts by weight of a crosslinked acrylic ester polymer prepared by polymerizing 100 to 90% by weight of an acrylic monomer composed of 40 to 90% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 60 to 10% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate with 0 to 10% by weight of at least one other copolymerizable vinyl monomer and 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a copolymerizable polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per a molecule based on 100 parts by weight of the total of said acrylic monomer and said other vinyl monomer, and (b-2) 60 to 0 part by weight of a graft component composed of 60 to 100% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate, 0 to 40% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 0 to 10% by weight of other copolymerizable vinyl monomer which have been graft-polymerized onto said crosslinked acrylic ester polymer (b-1).

5. The film of claim 1 , wherein said mirror surface has a print.

6. The film of claim 1 , wherein said film has a thickness of 10 to 300 μm, and said acrylic resin (A) is an acrylic graft copolymer comprising (a-1) 5 to 85 parts by weight of an elastomeric polymer composed of 50 to 99.9% by weight of an alkyl acrylate, 0 to 49.9% by weight of other copolymerizable vinyl monomer and 0.1 to 10% by weight of a copolymerizable polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per a molecule, and (a-2) 95 to 15 parts by weight of a graft component composed of 50 to 100% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate and 0 to 50% by weight of other vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith which have been graft-polymerized onto said elastomeric polymer (a-1), in which said elastomeric polymer (a-1) has a particle size of 50 to 400 nm.

7. The film of claim 1 , wherein said film has a thickness of 10 to 300 μm, and said crosslinked acrylic polymer (B) is a copolymer comprising (b-1) 40 to 100 parts by weight of a crosslinked acrylic ester polymer prepared by polymerizing 100 to 90% by weight of an acrylic monomer composed of 40 to 90% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 60 to 10 % by weight of an alkyl methacrylate with 0 to 10% by weight of at least one other copolymerizable vinyl monomer and 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a copolymerizable polyfunctional monomer having at least two nonconjugated double bonds per a molecule based on 100 parts by weight of the total of said acrylic monomer and said other vinyl monomer, and (b-2) 60 to 0 part by weight of a graft component composed of 60 to 100% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate, 0 to 40% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 0 to 10% by weight of other copolymerizable vinyl monomer which have been graft-polymerized onto said crosslinked acrylic ester polymer (b-1).

8. The film of claim 5 , wherein said acrylic resin (A) is an acrylic graft copolymer comprising (a-1) 5 to 85 parts by weight of an elastomeric polymer composed of 50 to 99.9% by weight of an alkyl acrylate, 0 to 49.9% by weight of other copolymerizable vinyl monomer and 0.1 to 10% by weight of a copolymerizable polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per a molecule, and (a-2) 95 to 15 parts by weight of a graft component composed of 50 to 100% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate and 0 to 50% by weight of other vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith which have been graft-polymerized onto said elastomeric polymer (a-1), in which said elastomeric polymer (a-1) has a particle size of 50 to 400 nm, and said crosslinked acrylic polymer (B) is a copolymer comprising (b-1) 40 to 100 parts by weight of a crosslinked acrylic ester polymer prepared by polymerizing 100 to 90% by weight of an acrylic monomer composed of 40 to 90% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 60 to 10% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate with 0 to 10% by weight of at least one other copolymerizable vinyl monomer and 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a copolymerizable polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per a molecule based on 100 parts by weight of the total of said acrylic monomer and said other vinyl monomer, and (b-2) 60 to 0 part by weight of a graft component composed of 60 to 100% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate, 0 to 40% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 0 to 10% by weight of other copolymerizable vinyl monomer which have been graft-polymerized onto said crosslinked acrylic ester polymer (b-1).

9. The film of claim 1 , wherein said film has a thickness of 10 to 300 μm, said acrylic resin (A) is an acrylic graft copolymer comprising (a-1) 5 to 85 parts by weight of an elastomeric polymer composed of 50 to 99.9% by weight of an alkyl acrylate, 0 to 49.9% by weight of other copolymerizable vinyl monomer and 0.1 to 10% by weight of a copolymerizable polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per a molecule, and (a-2) 95 to 15 parts by weight of a graft component composed of 50 to 100% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate and 0 to 50% by weight of other vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith which have been graft-polymerized onto said elastomeric polymer (a-1), in which said elastomeric polymer (a-1) has a particle size of 50 to 400 nm, and said crosslinked acrylic polymer (B) is a copolymer comprising (b-1) 40 to 100 parts by weight of a crosslinked acrylic ester polymer prepared by polymerizing 100 to 90% by weight of an acrylic monomer composed of 40 to 90% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 60 to 10% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate with 0 to 10% by weight of at least one other copolymerizable vinyl monomer and 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a copolymerizable polyfunctional monomer having at least two non-conjugated double bonds per a molecule based on 100 parts by weight of the total of said acrylic monomer and said other vinyl monomer, and (b-2) 60 to 0 part by weight of a graft component composed of 60 to 100% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate, 0 to 40% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 0 to 10% by weight of other copolymerizable vinyl monomer which have been graft-polymerized onto said crosslinked acrylic ester polymer (b-1).