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JP4252664B2 - Method and apparatus for producing powder coating fine particles - Google Patents
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JP4252664B2 - Method and apparatus for producing powder coating fine particles - Google Patents

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JP4252664B2
JP4252664B2 JP08762399A JP8762399A JP4252664B2 JP 4252664 B2 JP4252664 B2 JP 4252664B2 JP 08762399 A JP08762399 A JP 08762399A JP 8762399 A JP8762399 A JP 8762399A JP 4252664 B2 JP4252664 B2 JP 4252664B2
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Description

【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、粉体塗料技術に関連し、さらに詳しくは、粉体塗料製造技術であり、特に微粒子間の癒着が生じにくく、また球形に近い粉体塗料微粒子を連続的に製造する技術に関する。
【0002】
【従来技術およびその課題】
近年、VOC規制等の問題から、塗料業界においても有害なトルエンなどの有機溶媒や界面活性剤を用いない塗料技術の開発が要望され、粉体塗料技術の確立が望まれている。粉体塗料の原料として好ましい粒子径5〜50μm 程度の塗料用樹脂等を含む塗料微粒子の製造方法として、特開平7−204540号公報等に開示された機械的粉砕法や、特開平10−60257号公報等に開示された反応的手法が提案されている。
【0003】
前記機械的粉砕法を用いたアクリル樹脂などの樹脂固体原料の微粒子化では、多くの機械的エネルギーが必要であり、また球状に近い粉体塗料粒子を製造することは産業上困難である。
前記反応的手法を用いた微粒子の製造方法では、有害な界面活性剤が粒子に残存するなどの問題があり、有害な化学物質を使用せずに塗料用樹脂などを含む粉体塗料微粒子を製造する方法の開発が望まれている。
【0004】
他の従来技術として、有害な有機溶媒の使用量を削減することを目的とし、超臨界二酸化炭素から急速膨張法(RESS法)によって樹脂の薄膜塗装を行う技術が、特開平1−258770号公報によって提案されている。この技術においては、塗料用に用いるアクリル樹脂を本来よく溶解するトルエン等の有機溶媒(良溶媒)を超臨界二酸化炭素に混合することで、アクリル樹脂の超臨界流体混合物に対する溶解度を高め、トルエンのような良溶媒を二酸化炭素への添加溶媒とすることで、有機溶媒の使用量の削減に成功した。
しかし、高圧ガスの膨張過程で、超臨界二酸化炭素が二酸化炭素となり、添加溶媒と分離すると、残存する添加溶媒が良溶媒であるために、生成した塗料用樹脂などを含む粉体塗料微粒子が再溶解したり、癒着したりするため、微粒子を安定的に製造できなかった。
【0005】
また、従来の流動層に、媒体として超臨界二酸化炭素と有機溶媒を使用して、粒子の癒着を少なくしようとする堤等の研究(堤 敦司ら、化学工学論文集、20、248(1994))も公知となっている。この技術においてもコーティング剤に良溶媒を使用しているために、前記特開平1−258770号公報に開示の技術と同様に粒子間の癒着を十分に制御できなかった。
【0006】
また、超臨界二酸化炭素を用いて粉体塗料微粒子を製造する他の従来技術としては、高温状態で樹脂を溶融させ、二酸化炭素中で樹脂を溶融もしくは分散させた後、急速膨張を行い、粉体塗料微粒子を製造する技術が、米国特許第5,399,597号公報によって提案されている。米国特許第5,399,597号公報に開示された技術においては、単に高圧攪拌セルを配管で結合し、常温にて固体の塩化ビニル等の樹脂を加熱して溶融状態とし、塗膜性能に悪影響をおよぼしやすい安定剤とともに二酸化炭素に混合することで、樹脂の超臨界二酸化炭素混合物に対する分散性を高め、急速膨張させることで樹脂を微粒子化することを試みた。
【0007】
しかしながら、生成された樹脂等を含む粉体塗料微粒子が高温で半溶融状態であるため、粒子間の癒着を十分に制御できず、また、生成粒子中に有害な安定剤が残存する可能性があり、粉体塗料微粒子の製造には、不適当であった。さらに、このシステムでは、配管内での樹脂の閉塞の危険性があり、他品種少量生産の塗料工業の実体に合わず、ごく限られた品種でしか展開できなかった。
【0008】
超臨界二酸化炭素からの急速膨張により生成した樹脂などを含む粉体塗料微粒子の再癒着の問題を解決する方法として、特開平8−104830号公報において、単独では樹脂に対して貧溶媒であるエタノール等の極性有機溶媒と超臨界二酸化炭素の混合流体中に樹脂を溶解させた後、急速膨張させることで安定的に粉体塗料微粒子を製造する方法が開示されている。この方法では、二酸化炭素とエタノールなどのアルコールの混合時にのみ、アクリル樹脂などの樹脂の溶解度が急激に増大する貧溶媒の特異的な共存効果を利用しているため、急速膨張後に、二酸化炭素とアルコールが分離することで、著しい溶解度の減少を引き起こし、生成した粒子が癒着することも少なくなる利点を有していた。
【0009】
しかしながら、この方法では、樹脂の重合工程における高分子重合溶液から粉体塗料微粒子を直接製造することを目的としており、十分癒着のない微粒子を得るために多量のエタノール等の助溶媒を用いるので、生成微粒子に助溶媒であるエタノールが残存する可能性があり、粉体塗料微粒子の長期保存に問題を生じる可能性もあり、経済的にも望ましくない。また、攪拌翼のみを用いた溶解装置であるため樹脂を超臨界液体に溶解するため、多くのエネルギーと時間を必要とする等の問題があった。
【0010】
【発明の目的】
本発明は、従来技術の上述した問題点に鑑みてなされたものであって、界面活性剤等の安定剤を用いずに、二酸化炭素等の高圧流体と、所望により少量のトルエン、キシレンまたはエタノール等の有機溶媒の混合流体により、予め溶融混練させた樹脂を含む粉体塗料原料混合物の粘性を減少させ、高圧流体中で安定して分散させることで、高圧タービンを併用した少量多品種製造可能な連続混練プロセスを利用して、急速膨張後に、安定剤等の不純物を含まず、癒着の少ない均一な粒子径を有する球状に近い粉体塗料微粒子を経済的に製造する方法及び装置を提供することを目的とする。
【0011】
【課題を解決する手段】
本願の方法発明は、高圧流体を含む塗料組成物をスタチックミキサーによって混合、分散し、高圧タービン分散機によって微粒化することを特徴とする粉体塗料微粒子の製造方法である。方法発明の実施態様は以下の通りである。すなわち、前記高圧流体に、有機溶媒を加えてから塗料組成物と合流させ、スタチックミキサーによって混合、分散することを特徴とする。前記高圧流体に、アルコールを加えてから塗料組成物と合流させ、スタチックミキサーによって混合、分散することを特徴とする。前記高圧流体が、超臨界流体、または亜臨界流体、のいずれかであることを特徴とする。
【0012】
本願の装置発明は、高圧流体を含む塗料組成物を供給する塗料組成物供給装置と、塗料組成物を混合、分散するスタチックミキサーと、該スタチックミキサーによって混合、分散された塗料組成物を微粒化する高圧タービン分散機とを有することを特徴とする粉体塗料微粒子の製造装置である。装置発明の実施態様は、以下のとおりである。前記高圧タービン分散機から排出された排出物、すなわち粉体塗料微粒子と高圧液体との混合物から前記流体を分離して、それを前記塗料組成物供給装置に供給する分離器をさらに有することを特徴とする。前記塗料組成物供給装置が、樹脂、硬化剤、顔料、添加剤等からなる粉体塗料原料混合物である塗料組成物を溶融混練する混練装置と、高圧流体と有機溶媒を混合する混合装置とを包含することを特徴とする。
【0013】
前記超臨界流体、又は亜臨界流体からなる高圧流体、添加有機溶媒ならびに添加ガス等の化学種としては特に限定されない。例えば、超臨界流体、亜臨界流体の物質を含む高圧流体としては、二酸化炭素、メタン、エタン、エチレン、プロパン、ブタン、酢酸、メタノール、エタノール及びアンモニアなどの低分子量の化学物質が含まれる。
【0014】
また、前記添加有機溶媒及びガスとしては、その時に超臨界流体もしくは亜臨界流体として使用してる物質以外の物質で、使用に適した物質としては、アルコール、例えばメタノール、エタノール、1−プロパノール、2−プロパノール、ブタノール及びその他の脂肪族アルコール; エステル、例えばメチルアセテート、アルキルカルボン酸エステル及びその他の脂肪族エステル; ケトン、例えばアセトン、メチルエチルケトン、シクロヘキサノン及び他の脂肪族ケトン、酢酸、ジクロロメタン、アンモニア、尿素、酸素、窒素等が挙げられる。
【0015】
なお、微粒子化される粉体塗料の構成成分である樹脂としては特に限定されず、ポリエチレン、ポリプロピレン、ポリブテン、アセテートブチレート、ポリエチレングリコール、ポリプロピレングリコール、ポリビニルアルコール、ポリアクリルアミド、デキストラン、でん粉、アクリル樹脂、フェノール樹脂、エポキシ樹脂、シリコン樹脂、フッ素樹脂、ポリウレタン、ポリエステル、ポリブタジェン、ポリスチレン、テフロン、ポリカーボネート、ポリアセタール、及びそれらを構成成分とする高分子共重合体または、それらを含む混合物などを挙げることができる。
【0016】
また本発明では、上記方法において、タービンの回転速度、添加有機溶媒の種類ならびに塗料組成、使用圧力及び使用温度のうち少なくとも1つを制御することにより、生成する粉体塗料微粒子の性質を制御するとことができる。
【0017】
【発明の効果】
本発明によれば、スタチックミキサーを用いるため、界面活性剤等の安定剤を用いずに、二酸化炭素等の高圧流体と、所望により少量のトルエン、キシレンまたはエタノール等の有機溶媒の混合流体により、樹脂等からなる塗料組成物の粘性を減少させ、塗料組成物を高圧流体中で安定して混合、分散させることができ、高圧タービンを併用した少量多品種製造可能な連続混練プロセスを利用し、急速膨張後に、安定剤等の不純物を含まず、癒着の少ない均一な粒子径を有する粉体塗料微粒子を経済的に製造することができる効果を有する。
【0018】
【実施の形態】
以下に、本発明の実施例の粉体塗料微粒子の製造装置を図に基づいて説明する。
(装置の構成)
粉体塗料微粒子の製造装置1は、図1に示すように、樹脂、硬化剤、顔料、添加剤等からなる粉体塗料原料混合物である塗料組成物を混練する混練装置2、高圧流体と有機溶媒注入器4から供給される有機溶媒とを混合する混合器6と、混合器6によって混合された高圧流体等を圧送するポンプ8と、混練装置2からの塗料組成物及びポンプ8からの高圧流体等を静的すなわち移動部材を使用せず混合するスタチックミキサー10、スタチックミキサー10によって混合された塗料組成物と高圧流体等を微細な液滴に分散させる高圧タービン分散機12とを有する。高圧タービン分散機12の排出側には、塗料組成物と流体等とを分離する分離器14が配置される。分離器14は、分離した所定範囲の粒径の粉体塗料微粒子を回収セル16へ送り、流体等を混合器6へ送る。
【0019】
混練装置2は、例えば、住友重工製のKC−10型である。混合器6は、例えば、ギルソン811-C 型であり、有機溶媒注入器4は、例えば、AKICO 社製 NWC11型である。ポンプ8は、例えば、GLサイエンス社製、5 OKI 、 WO-15 である。
スタチックミキサー10は、加温式であることが望ましく、例えば、AKICCO製SCV-500-A 型であり、材質はSUS316、設計圧力は30.2MPa (400kg/cm2)、設計温度は523.15K(250 ℃)、内径55mm、高さ220mm 、内容積500ml である。またノリタケ製16A-N10E-733-0タイプ等も挙げられる。回収セル16は、例えば、AKICCO製KP13型であり、材質は SUS316 、設計圧力は39.2MPa(400kg/cm2)、設計温度は523.2K(250℃)、内径55mm、高さ110 mm、内容積250 mlである。高圧タービン分散機12は、例えば、DORR−OLIVER社製SUPRATON・S300である。
【0020】
(作動)
高圧タービン分散機12は、入口圧力が80〜300barであり、出口圧力が20〜300barであり、出口温度範囲は60〜150℃である。回転数は1800rpm以下であり、流量は200〜400リットル/時であり、高圧流体/塗料組成物の混合比は2.0〜0.5である。高圧タービン分散機12における粘度は、100〜数1000CPである。
塗料組成物は、高圧流体とともに高圧分散タービン分散機12内に噴射され、分散、微粒化され、分離器14内で急速に膨張される。
【0021】
分離器14内にて、二酸化炭素などの高圧流体及び添加有機溶媒と、樹脂を含む粉体塗料微粒子を分離し、生成された粉体塗料微粒子を回収セル16によって回収する。
分離器14によって分離された高圧流体は、再使用するために混合器6に送られ、有機溶媒注入器4から供給された有機溶媒と混合する。混合後、有機溶媒と高圧流体の混合流体は、ポンプ8に供給され、スタチックミキサー10内に供給される。
【0022】
本発明では、例えば、塗料組成物500 g・ min-1に対して有機溶媒5〜100 ml ・ min-1の割合で添加するのが分散効率の点で好ましい。また、スタチックミキサー10および高圧タービン分散機12内の圧力は、高圧流体中での塗料組成物の粘性を減少もしくは分散性を向上させるために、7.2〜30MPa であることが好ましく、より好ましくは15〜25MPa である。なお圧力が7.2MPa より低いと分散性が不十分となりやすく、逆に30MPa より大きくしても分散性向上効果は左程ない。また、加温型スタチックミキサー10及び高圧タービン分散機12の温度は、293〜453Kであることが好ましく、より好ましくは343〜383Kである。なお、温度が293Kより低いと球形に近い微粒子が得られにくくなり、逆に383Kより高いと得られる粉体塗料微粒子が癒着しやすくなる傾向にある。
【0023】
分離器14内の圧力は、高圧流体中で塗料組成物を効率的に微粒子状態で分散させるために、3.2〜8MPa であることが好ましく、より好ましくは4〜6MPa である。また、分離器14の温度は273〜363Kであることが好ましく、より好ましくは278〜308Kである。なお、温度が363Kより高いと得られる粉体塗料微粒子が癒着しやすくなる傾向にある。
【0024】
(実験例1)
上記の装置を利用して製造したアクリル樹脂などを含む粉体塗料微粒子製造方法の実験例1を以下に示す。
混練装置2を用いて、343Kの温度にて塗料組成物として、塗料用のアクリル樹脂のみを溶融させ、500g・ min-1の流量で、加温型スタチックミキサー10へ送り込んだ。同時に、有機溶媒注入器4を用いて、エタノールを混合機6へ送り込み、超臨界二酸化炭素と混合しながら、ポンプ8によりスタチックミキサー10内に供給した。加温型スタチックミキサー10の温度は、350.15±0.5Kに制御した。このとき、有機溶媒注入器4を用いて、アクリル樹脂の粘性を減少させる添加剤であるエタノールを50ml・ min-1の流量で超臨界二酸化炭素に添加した。
【0025】
スタチックミキサー10内で、二酸化炭素とエタノールの混合流体中で塗料組成物を混合した。溶融状態の塗料組成物と超臨界流体の混合物は、スタチックミキサー10から高圧タービン分散機12に送り込まれ、高圧タービン分散機12中で塗料組成物は分散とともに微粒化させられる。分散、微粒化した塗料組成物は、分離器14内において急速に膨張し、回収セル16にて粉体塗料微粒子を捕集した。
【0026】
捕集された粉体塗料微粒子は、日立走査電子顕微鏡(SEM)S-2100B によって観察した。また、粒度分布測定装置(Coulter社製 Coulter Multisizer) により粒度分布を測定した。
前記超臨界二酸化炭素を用いた方法により製造したアクリル樹脂からなる粉体塗料微粒子の走査型電子顕微鏡写真を図2 に示し、粒度分布測定を行った結果を図3に示す。得られた微粒子の平均粒径は12μm であった。本発明により球形に近い均一な粒子径のアクリル樹脂からなる粉体塗料微粒子が得られることが確認できた。
【0027】
(実験例2)
実施例1と同様に超臨界二酸化炭素とメタノールの組成容量比100:1〜100:10の範囲でアクリル樹脂からなる粉体塗料微粒子の生成実験を行った。その結果、上述組成比でも、微粒子を生成できることが示された。
【0028】
(実験例3)
実施例1と同様に超臨界二酸化炭素の代りに、超臨界エタン及び超臨界プロパン、有機溶媒にメタノールを用いてアクリル樹脂からなる粉体塗料微粒子の生成実験を行った。その結果、超臨界エタン、超臨界プロパン、有機溶媒としてメタノールを用いても微粒子を生成できることが示された。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の実施例の粉体塗料微粒子の製造装置の説明図である。
【図2】図1に示す粉体塗料微粒子の製造装置によって得られたアクリル樹脂粉体の走査型電子顕微鏡写真である。
【図3】図1に示す粉体塗料微粒子の製造装置によって得られた本発明により得られたアクリル樹脂粉体の粒度分布図である。
【符号の説明】
1 粉体塗料微粒子の製造装置
2 混練装置
4 有機溶媒注入器
6 混合器
8 ポンプ
10 スタチックミキサー
12 高圧タービン分散機
14 分離器
16 回収セル
[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a powder coating technology, and more particularly, to a powder coating manufacturing technology, and more particularly to a technology for continuously manufacturing powder coating fine particles that are less likely to cause adhesion between fine particles and that are nearly spherical.
[0002]
[Prior art and its problems]
In recent years, due to problems such as VOC regulations, development of paint technology that does not use organic solvents such as toluene and surfactants that are harmful in the paint industry has been demanded, and establishment of powder paint technology is desired. As a method for producing coating fine particles containing a coating resin having a particle diameter of about 5 to 50 μm, which is preferable as a raw material for powder coating materials, a mechanical pulverization method disclosed in JP-A-7-204540 and the like, and JP-A-10-60257 are disclosed. A reactive technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. Gazette has been proposed.
[0003]
In the microparticulation of a resin solid raw material such as an acrylic resin using the mechanical pulverization method, a lot of mechanical energy is required, and it is industrially difficult to produce nearly spherical powder coating particles.
In the method for producing fine particles using the reactive method, there are problems such as harmful surfactant remaining in the particles, and fine powder coating fine particles containing paint resin and the like are produced without using harmful chemical substances. Development of a method to do this is desired.
[0004]
As another conventional technique, a technique for coating a thin film of resin by a rapid expansion method (RESS method) from supercritical carbon dioxide for the purpose of reducing the amount of harmful organic solvent used is disclosed in JP-A-1-258770. Has been proposed by. In this technology, the solubility of acrylic resin in a supercritical fluid mixture is increased by mixing an organic solvent (good solvent) such as toluene, which dissolves acrylic resin used for coating, with supercritical carbon dioxide. By using such a good solvent as a solvent added to carbon dioxide, we succeeded in reducing the amount of organic solvent used.
However, when the supercritical carbon dioxide becomes carbon dioxide during the expansion process of the high-pressure gas and is separated from the additive solvent, the remaining additive solvent is a good solvent, so that the generated powder coating fine particles including the coating resin are regenerated. Due to dissolution and adhesion, fine particles could not be produced stably.
[0005]
In addition, research on Tsutsumi and others using supercritical carbon dioxide and organic solvents as a medium in a conventional fluidized bed to reduce particle adhesion (Tsuji Tsutsumi et al., Chemical Engineering Papers, 20, 248 (1994) ) Is also known. Also in this technique, since a good solvent is used as a coating agent, adhesion between particles cannot be sufficiently controlled as in the technique disclosed in JP-A-1-258770.
[0006]
Another conventional technique for producing powder coating fine particles using supercritical carbon dioxide is to melt a resin at a high temperature, melt or disperse the resin in carbon dioxide, and then rapidly expand the powder. A technique for producing body paint fine particles has been proposed by US Pat. No. 5,399,597. In the technology disclosed in US Pat. No. 5,399,597, a high-pressure stirring cell is simply connected by piping, and a resin such as solid vinyl chloride is heated to a molten state at room temperature to improve the coating performance. By mixing it with carbon dioxide together with a stabilizer that tends to have an adverse effect, we attempted to increase the dispersibility of the resin in the supercritical carbon dioxide mixture and to rapidly expand it to make the resin fine particles.
[0007]
However, since the powder coating fine particles containing the produced resin or the like are in a semi-molten state at a high temperature, adhesion between the particles cannot be sufficiently controlled, and a harmful stabilizer may remain in the produced particles. It was unsuitable for the production of powder coating fine particles. Furthermore, this system has a risk of clogging of resin in the pipe, and does not match the substance of the paint industry that produces other kinds of products in small quantities, and can only be developed with a very limited variety.
[0008]
As a method for solving the problem of re-adhesion of powder coating fine particles containing a resin produced by rapid expansion from supercritical carbon dioxide, in JP-A-8-104830, ethanol which is a poor solvent for the resin alone is disclosed. A method of stably producing powder coating fine particles by dissolving a resin in a mixed fluid of a polar organic solvent such as the above and a supercritical carbon dioxide and then rapidly expanding the resin is disclosed. This method uses the specific coexistence effect of a poor solvent in which the solubility of a resin such as an acrylic resin increases rapidly only when carbon dioxide and alcohol such as ethanol are mixed. Separation of the alcohol had the advantage of causing a significant decrease in solubility and less adhesion of the produced particles.
[0009]
However, this method is intended to directly produce powder coating fine particles from a polymer polymerization solution in the resin polymerization step, and a large amount of co-solvent such as ethanol is used to obtain fine particles without sufficient adhesion. There is a possibility that ethanol as a co-solvent remains in the generated fine particles, which may cause problems in long-term storage of the powder coating fine particles, which is not economically desirable. In addition, since the melting apparatus uses only a stirring blade, the resin is dissolved in the supercritical liquid, so that there is a problem that much energy and time are required.
[0010]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and without using a stabilizer such as a surfactant, a high-pressure fluid such as carbon dioxide, and optionally a small amount of toluene, xylene or ethanol. The viscosity of the powder coating material mixture containing the resin melted and kneaded in advance can be reduced by using a fluid mixture of organic solvents such as and can be stably dispersed in a high-pressure fluid to produce a small variety of products in combination with a high-pressure turbine. Provided is a method and an apparatus for economically producing fine powder coating fine particles having a uniform particle diameter which does not contain impurities such as a stabilizer and has little adhesion after rapid expansion by using a continuous kneading process. For the purpose.
[0011]
[Means for solving the problems]
The method invention of the present application is a method for producing fine powder coating particles, wherein a coating composition containing a high-pressure fluid is mixed and dispersed by a static mixer and atomized by a high-pressure turbine disperser. Embodiments of the method invention are as follows. That is, an organic solvent is added to the high-pressure fluid, and then combined with the coating composition, and mixed and dispersed by a static mixer. An alcohol is added to the high-pressure fluid, and then combined with the coating composition, and mixed and dispersed by a static mixer. The high-pressure fluid is either a supercritical fluid or a subcritical fluid.
[0012]
The device invention of the present application includes a coating composition supply device that supplies a coating composition containing a high-pressure fluid, a static mixer that mixes and disperses the coating composition, and a coating composition that is mixed and dispersed by the static mixer. An apparatus for producing fine powder coating particles, comprising a high-pressure turbine disperser for atomization. The embodiment of the device invention is as follows. The apparatus further comprises a separator that separates the fluid from the discharge discharged from the high-pressure turbine disperser, that is, a mixture of powder coating fine particles and a high-pressure liquid, and supplies the fluid to the coating composition supply apparatus. And The coating composition supply device comprises a kneading device for melting and kneading a coating composition, which is a powder coating material mixture comprising a resin, a curing agent, a pigment, an additive, etc., and a mixing device for mixing a high-pressure fluid and an organic solvent. It is characterized by including.
[0013]
There are no particular limitations on the chemical species such as the high-pressure fluid, the added organic solvent, and the added gas comprising the supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid. For example, the high-pressure fluid containing a supercritical fluid or a subcritical fluid includes low molecular weight chemicals such as carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, ethylene, propane, butane, acetic acid, methanol, ethanol, and ammonia.
[0014]
The added organic solvent and gas are substances other than the substances used as the supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid at that time, and suitable substances for use include alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2 -Propanol, butanol and other aliphatic alcohols; esters such as methyl acetate, alkyl carboxylic acid esters and other aliphatic esters; ketones such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclohexanone and other aliphatic ketones, acetic acid, dichloromethane, ammonia, urea , Oxygen, nitrogen and the like.
[0015]
The resin which is a constituent component of the powder coating to be microparticulated is not particularly limited, and polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutene, acetate butyrate, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, dextran, starch, acrylic resin , Phenol resin, epoxy resin, silicone resin, fluororesin, polyurethane, polyester, polybutadiene, polystyrene, Teflon, polycarbonate, polyacetal, and a polymer copolymer containing them as a constituent, or a mixture containing them. it can.
[0016]
Further, in the present invention, in the above method, by controlling at least one of the rotational speed of the turbine, the type of the added organic solvent and the coating composition, the operating pressure and the operating temperature, the properties of the powder coating fine particles to be generated are controlled. be able to.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, since a static mixer is used, a mixed fluid of a high-pressure fluid such as carbon dioxide and a small amount of an organic solvent such as toluene, xylene, or ethanol, if necessary, without using a stabilizer such as a surfactant. It uses a continuous kneading process that can reduce the viscosity of a coating composition made of resin, etc., stably mix and disperse the coating composition in a high-pressure fluid, and can produce a small variety of products in combination with a high-pressure turbine. After the rapid expansion, there is an effect that it is possible to economically produce fine powder coating fine particles having a uniform particle size with little adhesion and not containing impurities such as a stabilizer.
[0018]
Embodiment
Below, the manufacturing apparatus of the powder coating material microparticles | fine-particles of the Example of this invention is demonstrated based on figures.
(Device configuration)
As shown in FIG. 1, a powder coating fine particle production apparatus 1 includes a kneading apparatus 2 for kneading a coating composition which is a powder coating material mixture composed of a resin, a curing agent, a pigment, an additive, etc., a high-pressure fluid and an organic A mixer 6 that mixes the organic solvent supplied from the solvent injector 4, a pump 8 that pumps a high-pressure fluid or the like mixed by the mixer 6, a coating composition from the kneading apparatus 2, and a high pressure from the pump 8. A static mixer 10 that mixes fluid or the like statically, that is, without using a moving member, a coating composition mixed by the static mixer 10, and a high-pressure turbine disperser 12 that disperses the high-pressure fluid or the like into fine droplets. . On the discharge side of the high-pressure turbine disperser 12, a separator 14 that separates the coating composition from the fluid and the like is disposed. The separator 14 sends the separated powder coating fine particles having a particle diameter in a predetermined range to the collection cell 16 and sends fluid or the like to the mixer 6.
[0019]
The kneading apparatus 2 is, for example, KC-10 type manufactured by Sumitomo Heavy Industries. The mixer 6 is, for example, Gilson 811-C type, and the organic solvent injector 4 is, for example, NWC11 type manufactured by AKICO. The pump 8 is, for example, 5 OKI, WO-15 manufactured by GL Science.
Static mixer 10 is preferably a heating type, for example, a AKICCO made SCV-500-A type, the material is SUS316, design pressure is 30.2MPa (400kg / cm 2), design temperature is 523.15K ( 250 ° C), inner diameter 55 mm, height 220 mm, inner volume 500 ml. Also, Noritake 16A-N10E-733-0 type and the like can be mentioned. The recovery cell 16 is, for example, AKICCO KP13 type, material is SUS316, design pressure is 39.2MPa (400kg / cm 2 ), design temperature is 523.2K (250 ° C), inner diameter 55mm, height 110mm, internal volume 250 ml. The high-pressure turbine disperser 12 is, for example, SUPRATON S300 manufactured by DORR-OLIVE.
[0020]
(Operation)
The high-pressure turbine disperser 12 has an inlet pressure of 80 to 300 bar, an outlet pressure of 20 to 300 bar, and an outlet temperature range of 60 to 150 ° C. The number of revolutions is 1800 rpm or less, the flow rate is 200 to 400 liters / hour, and the mixing ratio of the high-pressure fluid / coating composition is 2.0 to 0.5. The viscosity in the high-pressure turbine disperser 12 is 100 to several thousand CP.
The coating composition is injected into the high-pressure dispersion turbine disperser 12 together with the high-pressure fluid, dispersed, atomized, and rapidly expanded in the separator 14.
[0021]
In the separator 14, the powder coating fine particles including the high-pressure fluid such as carbon dioxide and the added organic solvent and the resin are separated, and the generated powder coating fine particles are recovered by the recovery cell 16.
The high-pressure fluid separated by the separator 14 is sent to the mixer 6 for reuse, and mixed with the organic solvent supplied from the organic solvent injector 4. After mixing, the mixed fluid of the organic solvent and the high-pressure fluid is supplied to the pump 8 and supplied into the static mixer 10.
[0022]
In the present invention, for example, it is preferable in terms of dispersion efficiency to add the organic solvent at a ratio of 5 to 100 ml · min −1 with respect to 500 g · min −1 of the coating composition. The pressure in the static mixer 10 and the high-pressure turbine disperser 12 is preferably 7.2 to 30 MPa in order to reduce the viscosity of the coating composition in the high-pressure fluid or improve the dispersibility. Preferably it is 15-25 MPa. If the pressure is lower than 7.2 MPa, the dispersibility tends to be insufficient. Conversely, even if the pressure is higher than 30 MPa, the effect of improving the dispersibility is not as great. Moreover, it is preferable that the temperature of the warming-type static mixer 10 and the high pressure turbine disperser 12 is 293-453K, More preferably, it is 343-383K. If the temperature is lower than 293K, it is difficult to obtain fine particles close to a sphere. Conversely, if the temperature is higher than 383K, the obtained powder coating fine particles tend to adhere easily.
[0023]
The pressure in the separator 14 is preferably 3.2 to 8 MPa, more preferably 4 to 6 MPa in order to efficiently disperse the coating composition in a fine particle state in a high-pressure fluid. Moreover, it is preferable that the temperature of the separator 14 is 273-363K, More preferably, it is 278-308K. In addition, when the temperature is higher than 363K, the obtained powder coating fine particles tend to adhere easily.
[0024]
(Experimental example 1)
Experimental Example 1 of a method for producing fine powder paint particles containing an acrylic resin produced using the above apparatus is shown below.
Using the kneader 2, only the acrylic resin for coating was melted as a coating composition at a temperature of 343 K and fed to the warming static mixer 10 at a flow rate of 500 g · min −1 . At the same time, ethanol was fed into the mixer 6 using the organic solvent injector 4 and fed into the static mixer 10 by the pump 8 while mixing with supercritical carbon dioxide. The temperature of the warming-type static mixer 10 was controlled to 350.15 ± 0.5K. At this time, the organic solvent injector 4 was used to add ethanol, which is an additive for reducing the viscosity of the acrylic resin, to supercritical carbon dioxide at a flow rate of 50 ml · min −1 .
[0025]
In the static mixer 10, the coating composition was mixed in a mixed fluid of carbon dioxide and ethanol. The mixture of the coating composition in the molten state and the supercritical fluid is sent from the static mixer 10 to the high-pressure turbine disperser 12, and the coating composition is atomized with dispersion in the high-pressure turbine disperser 12. The dispersed and atomized coating composition rapidly expanded in the separator 14, and powder coating fine particles were collected in the collection cell 16.
[0026]
The collected powder coating fine particles were observed with a Hitachi scanning electron microscope (SEM) S-2100B. The particle size distribution was measured with a particle size distribution measuring device (Coulter Coulter Multisizer).
FIG. 2 shows a scanning electron micrograph of powder coating fine particles made of an acrylic resin produced by the method using supercritical carbon dioxide, and FIG. 3 shows the result of particle size distribution measurement. The average particle size of the obtained fine particles was 12 μm. According to the present invention, it was confirmed that fine powder coating particles made of an acrylic resin having a uniform particle diameter close to a spherical shape can be obtained.
[0027]
(Experimental example 2)
In the same manner as in Example 1, a production experiment of fine powder coating particles made of an acrylic resin was performed in a composition volume ratio of supercritical carbon dioxide to methanol in the range of 100: 1 to 100: 10. As a result, it was shown that fine particles could be generated even with the above composition ratio.
[0028]
(Experimental example 3)
In the same manner as in Example 1, instead of supercritical carbon dioxide, a superficial ethane, supercritical propane, and methanol as an organic solvent were used to produce powder coating fine particles made of acrylic resin. As a result, it was shown that fine particles can be produced even using supercritical ethane, supercritical propane, or methanol as an organic solvent.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an apparatus for producing powder coating fine particles according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a scanning electron micrograph of the acrylic resin powder obtained by the powder coating particle production apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a particle size distribution diagram of the acrylic resin powder obtained by the present invention obtained by the powder coating particle production apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Powder coating fine particle manufacturing apparatus 2 Kneading apparatus 4 Organic solvent injector 6 Mixer 8 Pump 10 Static mixer 12 High-pressure turbine disperser 14 Separator 16 Recovery cell

Claims (6)

高圧流体を含む塗料組成物をスタチックミキサーによって混合、分散し、入口圧力が80〜300bar、出口圧力が20〜300bar、出口温度範囲が60〜150℃のタービン式の分散機によって微粒化し、前記高圧流体が、超臨界流体または亜臨界流体であることを特徴とする粉体塗料微粒子の製造方法。Mixing the coating composition containing a high pressure fluid through a static mixer, then dispersed, inlet pressure atomized 80~300Bar, outlet pressure 20~300Bar, by dispersing machine turbine type outlet temperature range is 60 to 150 ° C., The method for producing fine powder coating particles, wherein the high-pressure fluid is a supercritical fluid or a subcritical fluid . 前記高圧流体に、有機溶媒を加えてから塗料組成物をスタチックミキサーによって混合、分散することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の粉体塗料微粒子の製造方法。  The method for producing fine powder coating particles according to claim 1, wherein an organic solvent is added to the high-pressure fluid, and then the coating composition is mixed and dispersed by a static mixer. 前記高圧流体に、アルコールを加えてから塗料組成物をスタチックミキサーによって混合、分散することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の粉体塗料微粒子の製造方法。  The method for producing fine powder coating particles according to claim 1, wherein alcohol is added to the high-pressure fluid and then the coating composition is mixed and dispersed by a static mixer. 高圧流体を含む塗料組成物を供給する塗料組成物供給装置と、塗料組成物を混合、分散するスタチックミキサーと、該スタチックミキサーによって混合、分散された塗料組成物を入口圧力が80〜300bar、出口圧力が20〜300bar、出口温度範囲が60〜150℃のタービン式分散機構によって微粒化する高圧タービン分散機とを有することを特徴とする粉体塗料微粒子の製造装置。  A coating composition supply device for supplying a coating composition containing a high-pressure fluid, a static mixer for mixing and dispersing the coating composition, and an inlet pressure of 80 to 300 bar for the coating composition mixed and dispersed by the static mixer And a high-pressure turbine disperser which atomizes by a turbine type dispersion mechanism having an outlet pressure of 20 to 300 bar and an outlet temperature range of 60 to 150 ° C. 前記高圧タービン分散機から排出された排出物から前記流体を分離して前記塗料組成物供給装置に供給する分離器をさらに有することを特徴とする請求項に記載の粉体塗料微粒子の製造装置。The apparatus for producing fine powder paint particles according to claim 4 , further comprising a separator for separating the fluid from the discharge discharged from the high-pressure turbine disperser and supplying the fluid to the coating composition supply apparatus. . 前記塗料組成物供給装置が、塗料組成物を混練する混練装置及び高圧流体と有機溶媒を混合する混合装置とを包含することを特徴とする請求項5に記載の粉体塗料微粒子の製造装置。  6. The apparatus for producing fine powder paint particles according to claim 5, wherein the coating composition supply device includes a kneading device for kneading the coating composition and a mixing device for mixing the high-pressure fluid and the organic solvent.
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