IP Library Granted Patent US 10,358,772
Granted Patent B2
US 10,358,772 · App. 15/739,394 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Manufacturing method for a film or product comprising an amphiphilic polymer

Inventors: Isto Heiskanen (Imatra, FI); Kaj Backfolk (Lappeenranta, FI); Esa Tapio Saukkonen (Lappeenranta, FI); Katja Eliisa Lyytikainen (Imatra, FI)
Assignee: Stora Enso OYJ
D21H17/28C08L1/02C09D7/70C09D101/02C09D103/02C09D103/04D21H11/18D21H19/34D21H19/54D21H21/06D21H21/56D21H23/28
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Patent No.
US 10,358,772
App. No.
15/739,394
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing of a film, wherein said film is manufactured in a paper or paper board machine, wherein the method comprises the steps of providing a solution of a nanofibrillated poly-saccharide, wherein said solution comprises from 0.01 to 50 weight-% nanofibrillated polysaccharide, and wherein the nanofibrillated polysaccharide is any one of microfibrillated cellulose, nanofibrillated cellulose, nanocrystalline cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, cellulose whiskers and cellulose derivative or a combination or mixture thereof, wherein the method further comprises the steps of providing an amphiphilic polymer; and providing a mixture of said amphiphilic polymer and said solution comprising nanofibrillated polysaccharide, whereby an intermediate solution is obtained; bringing said intermediate solution into a foam; providing said foam in the paper or board machine.

Claims (32)

1. A method for manufacturing of a film, wherein said film is manufactured in a paper or paper board machine, wherein the method comprises the steps of

providing a solution of a nanofibrillated polysaccharide, wherein said solution comprises from 0.01 to 50 weight-% nanofibrillated polysaccharide, and wherein the nanofibrillated polysaccharide is any one of microfibrillated cellulose, nanofibrillated cellulose, cellulose whiskers and cellulose derivative or a combination or mixture thereof,

wherein the method further comprises the steps of

providing an amphiphilic polymer;

providing a mixture of said amphiphilic polymer and said solution comprising nanofibrillated polysaccharide, whereby an intermediate solution is obtained;

bringing said intermediate solution into a foam; and

providing said foam in the paper or board machine.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

supplying the foam to a forming fabric, for forming a foam web;

dewatering the foam web on the forming fabric;

subjecting the foam web to drying to form a paper or paper board product.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises the step of applying said foam as a coating in said paper or board making machine.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the amphiphilic polymer is selected from any one of a octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) starch, dodecyl succinic anhydride (DDSA) starch, hydrophobic modified ethylhydroxyethyl cellulose (HM-EHEC), hydrophobic modified hydroxyethyl cellulose (HM-HEC), hydrophobic modified carboxy methyl cellulose (HM-CMC), hydrophobic modified starch (HM-starch), hydrophobic modified nanocrystalline cellulose, hydrophobically modified polyvinyl alcohol, or a combination or mixture thereof.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the surface active polymer is octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) starch.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the OSA starch is provided in an amount of 1 to 10 weight-% based on the amount of fibers in the solution of nanofibrillated polysaccharide.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises the step of cooking the amphiphilic polymer in the presence of said microfibrillated polysaccharide.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises the step of forming said nanofibrillated polysaccharide in the presence of said amphiphilic polymer.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method comprises providing said foam as an additive to a wet end said paper or board making machine.

10. A paper or paper board product obtained by the method comprising the steps of,

providing a solution of a nanofibrillated polysaccharide, wherein said solution comprises from 0.01 to 50 weight-% nanofibrillated polysaccharide, and wherein the nanofibrillated polysaccharide is any one of microfibrillated cellulose, nanofibrillated cellulose, cellulose whiskers and cellulose derivative or a combination or mixture thereof;

providing an amphiphilic polymer;

providing a mixture of said amphiphilic polymer and said solution comprising nanofibrillated polysaccharide, whereby an intermediate solution is obtained;

bringing said intermediate solution into a foam; and

providing said foam in the paper or board machine.

11. The paper or paper board product as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said product is a barrier film or barrier coating having an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of less than 20 cm3/m2/d measured at 50% relative humidity.

12. The paper or paper board product as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the product is a base paper and wherein the base paper has a basis weight or in the range of from 10 to 100 g/m2.

13. The paper or paper board product as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the product is a base paper and wherein the base paper has a basis weight or in the range of from 10 to 40 g/m2.

14. The paper or paper board product as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the product is a base paper and wherein the base paper has a basis weight or in the range of from 10 to 30 g/m2.

15. The paper or paper board product as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the product is a base paper and wherein the base paper has a basis weight or in the range of from 10 to 25 g/m2.

16. The paper or paper board product as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said product is a barrier film or barrier coating having an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of less than 15 cm3/m2/d measured at 50% relative humidity.

17. The paper or paper board product as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said product is a barrier film or barrier coating having an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of less than 10 cm3/m2/d measured at 50% relative humidity.

18. The paper or paper board product as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said product is a barrier film or barrier coating having an oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of less than 5 cm3/m2/d measured at 50% relative humidity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2018
From: HEISKANEN, ISTO; BACKFOLK, KAJ; SAUKKONEN, ESA TAPIO; LYYTIKAINEN, KATJA ELIISA
To: STORA ENSO OYJ
Reel/Frame 044593/0670 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 1550896 · Jun 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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