INSULATION FILM AND METHOD FOR MAKING INSULATION FILM
The present invention provides an insulation film, comprising a film upper layer (101) and a film lower layer (103), wherein both of the film upper layer (101) and film lower layer (103) are made of a PC or PET material, the PC or PET material contains a flame retardant to meet the flame retardance thereof; a film intermediate layer (102) located between the film upper layer and the film lower layer, the film intermediate layer (102) is made of a PC or PET material, the PC or PET material does not contain a flame retardant or contains a small amount of halogen-free flame retardant; an upper surface of the film intermediate layer (102) is bound together with a lower surface of the film upper layer (101), a lower surface of the film intermediate layer (102) is bound together with an upper surface of the film lower layer (103).
The present invention relates to an insulation film, and particularly to an insulation film made of PC or PET.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONAn insulation film is used to isolate various electronic devices or components to avoid malfunction caused by shortcircuiting, breakdown or the like between the electronic devices or components, or electronic elements in the electronic devices or components, and reduce the risk of catching fire of the electronic devices or components so as to guarantee normal operation of various electronic elements. For example, the insulation film is placed between a printed circuit board (PCB) containing various circuits and a metallic housing such as an aluminum or copper housing for preventing EMI (electromagnetic interference) to prevent problems such as shortcricuiting caused by contact between the various elements on the PCB and the metallic housing. In order to use the insulation film, the insulation film is required to have properties such as flame retardance and resistance against long-term high temperature. Furthermore, specific indices for the requirements for these properties of the insulation film vary with different requirements for insulation.
Since the raw material of PC and PET have good puncture resistance property, insulation films made of PC or PET are widely used.
Therefore, it is desired to produce a PC or PET insulting film containing flame retardants which is produced at a lower cost and exhibits a better quality.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention provides an insulation film, comprising a film upper layer and a film lower layer, wherein both of the film upper layer and film lower layer are made of a PC or PET material, the PC or PET material contains a flame retardant to meet the flame retardance thereof; a film intermediate layer located between the film upper layer and the film lower layer, the film intermediate layer is made of a PC or PET material, the PC or PET material does not contain a flame retardant or contains a small amount of flame retardant; an upper surface of the film intermediate layer is bound together with a lower surface of the film upper layer, a lower surface of the film intermediate layer is bound together with an upper surface of the film lower layer. The film upper layer and the film lower layer are made of like or identical material. The flame retardant in the film upper layer and the film lower layer contains a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant or a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant. The PC or PET in the film upper layer and the film lower layer accounts for 75%-99.7% of a mass of the film upper layer or film lower layer, and the flame retardant accounts for 0.3%-25% of the mass of the film upper layer or the film lower layer. The flame retardant in the film intermediate layer contains a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant or a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant, and the mass of flame retardant in the film intermediate layer is less than 15% of a mass of the film intermediate layer. Because the flame retardant has a higher flame retardant efficiency in the surface layers (upper layer and the lower layer) of the film than in the interior (intermediate layer) of the film, no matter whether the halogenated flame retardant or halogen-free flame retardant is used in the film of the present invention, the film of the present invention has a same flame retardant property as a singlelayered film has with using less flame retardant. Since flame retardants are expensive, the production cost of the insulation film of the present invention is reduced. Compared with the PC or PET raw material having a same thickness, the puncture strength of the insulation film does not degrade. The thickness of the film intermediate layer is 5%-50% of the thickness of the insulation film, and the thickness of the film upper layer and the film lower layer is 50%-95% of a total thickness of the insulation film. The total thickness of the insulation film is in a range of 0.05 mm-3.0 mm. The insulation film is formed by a co-extruding process or a composite process.
The present invention further provides a method of producing the insulation film. The method comprises: on a first extruder, extruding PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant to melt them, the PC or PET containing a flame retardant in a molten state flowing out of the first extruder and then through subsequent connecting pipes into a dispenser, the dispenser dividing the PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the molten state extruded out of the first extruder into two sections, namely, a first molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant and a second molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant; extruding on a second extruder PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant to make them molten, the PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state flowing out of the second extruder and then through subsequent connecting pipes into the dispenser, the PC or PET not containing aflame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state flowing into between the first molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant and the second molten PC or PET containing aflame retardant in the dispenser; the first molten PC or PET containing flame retardant, the PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state and the second molten PC or PET containing flame retardant being superimposed together and then flowing out of the dispenser, flowing through a die head into a cooling forming roller to be cooled and formed as a sheet/film.
The present invention further provides a method of producing the insulation film. The method comprises: on a first extruder, extruding PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant to melt them to form a first molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant, the first molten PC or PET containing aflame retardant flowing out of the first extruder and then through subsequent connecting pipes into a dispenser; extruding on a third extruder PC or PET particles containing aflame retardant to make them molten to form a second molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant, the second molten PC or PET containing aflame retardant being extruded out of the third extruder and then flowing through subsequent connecting pipes into the dispenser; extruding on a second extruder PC or PET particles not containing aflame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant to make them molten, the PC or PET not containing aflame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state flowing out of the second extruder and then through subsequent connecting pipes into the dispenser, the PC or PET not containing aflame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state flowing into between the first molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant and the second molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the dispenser; the first molten PC or PET containing flame retardant, the PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state and the second molten PC or PET containing flame retardant being superimposed together and then flowing out of the dispenser, flowing through a die head into a cooling forming roller to be cooled and formed as a sheet/film.
The present invention further provides a method of producing the insulation film. The method comprises: providing the film upper layer and the film lower layer, wherein both of the film upper layer and film lower layer are made of a PC or PET material and the PC or PET material contains a flame retardant to meet the flame retardance thereof; providing an intermediate layer located between the film upper layer and the film lower layer, the film intermediate layer is made of a PC or PET material, the PC or PET material does not contain a flame retardant or contains a small amount of flame retardant; applying a glue to a lower surface of the film upper layer and/or an upper surface of the film intermediate layer, and applying a glue on an upper surface of the film lower layer and/or a lower surface of the film intermediate layer; delivering the film upper layer, film intermediate layer and film lower layer through pressing rollers to be pressed and formed as a sheet/film.
The present invention further provides a method of producing the insulation film. The method comprises: providing the film upper layer and the film lower layer, wherein both of the film upper layer and film lower layer are made of a PC or PET material and the PC or PET material contains a flame retardant to meet the flame retardance thereof; providing an intermediate layer located between the film upper layer and the film lower layer, the film intermediate layer is made of a PC or PET material, the PC or PET material does not contain a flame retardant or contains a small amount of flame retardant; respectively heating the film upper layer, the film intermediate layer and the film lower layer to soften them; delivering the heated and softened film upper layer, film intermediate layer and film lower layer through pressing rollers to be pressed and formed as a sheet/film.
The present invention provides another insulation film, comprising: a film upper layer made of a PC or PET material, wherein the PC or PET material contains a flame retardant to meet the flame retardance thereof; and a film lower layer, wherein the film lower layer is made of a PC or PET material, the PC or PET material does not contain a flame retardant or contains a small amount of flame retardant; a lower surface of the film upper layer is bound together with an upper surface of the film lower layer. The flame retardant in the film upper layer contains a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant or a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant. The PC or PET in the film upper layer accounts for 75%-99.7% of a mass of the film upper layer, and the flame retardant accounts for 0.3%-25% of the mass of the film upper layer. The flame retardant in the film lower layer contains a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant or a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant, and the mass of flame retardant in the film lower layer is less than 15% of a mass of the film lower layer. The total thickness of the insulation film is in a range of 0.05 mm-3.0 mm. The insulation film is formed by processing by a co-extruding process or a composite process.
The present invention further provides an insulation film, comprising two PC or PET layers containing aflame retardant and one PC or PET layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant, wherein the two PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant are respectively bound together with an upper surface and a lower surface of the PC or PET layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant. The flame retardant in the PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant comprises a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant or a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant. The PC or PET accounts for 75%-99.7% of a mass of the PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant, and the flame retardant accounts for 0.3%-25% of the mass of the PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant. The flame retardant in the PC or PET layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant comprises a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant or a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant. The mass of flame retardant in the PC or PET layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant is less than 15% of a mass of the PC or PET layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant. Compared with the PC or PET raw material having a same thickness, the puncture strength of the insulation film does not degrade. The thickness of the PC or PET layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant is 5%-50% of the thickness of the insulation film, and a total of the thickness of the two PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant is 50%-95% of a total thickness of the insulation film. The total thickness of the insulation film is in a range of 0.05 mm-3.0 mm. The insulation film is formed by a co-extruding process or a composite process.
The upper layer 101 and the lower layer 103 of the insulation film 100 are made of PC or PET containing a flame retardant. The flame retardant in the upper layer 101 and the lower layer 103 of the insulation film 100 comprises a halogen-free flame retardant or halogenated flame retardant. The halogen-free flame retardant includes a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant and the halogenated flame retardant includes a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a mass of the flame retardant in the upper layer 101 and the lower layer 103 of the insulation film 100 is 0.3%-25% of a mass of the upper layer 101 or the lower layer 103 of the insulation film and a mass of the PC or PET material in the upper layer 101 and the lower layer 103 of the insulation film 100 is 75%-99.7% of a mass of the upper layer 101 or the lower layer 103 of the insulation film. The content of the flame retardant in PC or PET can meet the requirements for the flame retardance of the insulation film 100. The intermediate layer 102 of the insulation film 100 is made of PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant. Since the PC or PET of the intermediate layer 102 of the film does not contain a flame retardant or only contains a small amount of flame retardant, the production cost for the film 100 is reduced. When the PC or PET of the intermediate layer 102 of the film contains a small amount of flame retardant, the flame retardant can comprise a halogen-free flame retardant or halogenated flame retardant. The halogen-free flame retardant includes a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant and the halogenated flame retardant includes a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant, and the mass of the flame retardant is less than 15% of the mass of the intermediate layer of the film.
Because the insulting film 100 of the present invention has a layer made of PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant, the insulation film 100 of the present invention has the following advantages:
Since the flame retardant is relatively costly, the cost of the insulation film made of the PC or PET containing flame retardant rises. Since one of the layers of the insulation film of the present invention is made of PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant and the flame retardant has a higher flame retardant efficiency in the surface layers (upper layer and the lower layer) of the film than in the interior (intermediate layer) of the film, no matter whether the halogenated flame retardant or halogen-free flame retardant is used in the film of the present invention, the film of the present invention has a same flame retardant property as a single-layered film has with using less flame retardant. Therefore, the insulation film according to the present invention has a lowered production cost relative to the insulation film which is entirely made of the PC or PET containing flame retardant.
Furthermore, the Inventor found that the current regulatory standards (e.g., the international standard UL-60950 or IEC-60950) for the insulation film requires at least a thickness of 0.4 mm for a single-layered insulation film made of a homogeneous material if supplementary insulation or reinforced insulation is required for the single-layered insulation film. However, the UL standard does not impose such requirement of thickness for a multi-layered insulation film comprising inseparable layers, but the UL standard requires the voltage resistance of the multi-layered insulation film comprising inseparable layers to increase by 50%-100% and requires the multi-layered insulation film comprising inseparable layers to pass the additional Mandrel test. That is to say, even if a multi-layered insulation film comprising inseparable layers has a thickness of less than 0.4 mm, it is considered as meeting the regulatory standards so long as it passes the stricter voltage withstanding test and the additional Mandrel test. The insulation film of the present invention is a multi-layered insulation film having inseparable multiple layers which are made of different materials, and it is found after experiments that the material for the insulation film of the present invention can exactly pass the stricter voltage withstanding test and the additional Mandrel test. Therefore, to meet the requirement under the regulatory standards, the thickness of the insulation film may be less than 0.4 mm. In other words, as compared with the conventional single-layered insulation film containing a flame retardant, the insulation film containing a flame retardant according to the present invention has a reduced thickness, for example, the thickness of the insulation film can be reduced from 0.43 mm to 0.25 mm or thinner, while the insulation film according to the present invention can pass the stricter voltage withstanding test and the additional Mandrel test, thereby saving the material and cutting the production costs.
Furthermore, because the PC or PET insulation film 100 according to the present invention has a layer made of PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant, the PC or PET insulation film 100 according to the present invention may maintain the excellent properties of the PC or PET raw material very well. For example, it is found after experiments that, compared with the PC or PET raw material, the puncture strength of the PC or PET insulation film 100 having a same thickness with the PC or PET raw material according to the present invention does not degrade. It can be seen that in the PC or PET insulation film containing a flame retardant according to the present invention, the excellent puncture resistance property of the PC or PET raw material is retained.
In addition, the aging resistance property of PC or PET materials will degrade after flame retardants being added into them. However, the insulation film of the present invention has a layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant. Therefore, compared with insulation films having a single-layered structure, the insulation film of the present invention has a better aging resistance property.
The first inlet 514 of the dispenser 503 is communicated with an inlet of a first branch line 521 and an inlet of the second branch line 522 of the dispenser, and the second inlet 520 of the dispenser 503 is communicated with an inlet of a third branch line 523 of the dispenser. As shown in
According to the co-extruding assembly line 500 shown in
During production, the receiving cavities 510 and 516 of the first extruder 501 and the second extruder 502 are heated, and the driving screws 511 and 517 of the first extruder 501 and the second extruder 502 are rotated.
The PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant are fed to the feeding hopper 509 of the first extruder 501. The rotation of the driving screw 511 of the first extruder 501 pushes the PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant in the feeding hopper 509 into the receiving cavity 510. Since the receiving cavity 510 is heated, the PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant, after entry into the receiving cavity 510, are melted due to heat generated from friction and are in a molten state. Affected by the pushing force generated by rotation of the driving screw 511, the PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the molten state is delivered to the rear end outlet 513 of the receiving cavity 510. The pushing force generated by rotation of the driving screw 511 enables the PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the molten state to flow out of the receiving cavity 510 from the rear end outlet 513 of the receiving cavity 510, and then enters the pipe 506 through the inlet of the pipe 506 communicated with the rear end outlet 513 of the receiving cavity 510. The PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the molten state flows out through the outlet of the pipe 506 to the first inlet 514 of the dispenser 503. At the inlet 514 of the dispenser, the PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the molten state is divided into two flows: one enters the first branch line 521 of the dispenser to become a first molten PC or PET containing flame retardant, and the other enters the third branch line 522 of the dispenser to become a second molten PC or PET containing flame retardant.
Similarly, the PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant are fed to the feeding hopper 515 of the second extruder 502. The rotation of the driving screw 517 of the second extruder 502 pushes the PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant in the feeding hopper 515 into the receiving cavity 516. Since the receiving cavity 516 is heated, the PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant, after entry into the receiving cavity 516, are melted due to heat generated from friction and are in a molten state. Affected by the pushing force generated by rotation of the driving screw 517, the PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state is delivered to the rear end outlet 519 of the receiving cavity 516. The pushing force generated by rotation of the driving screw 517 enables the PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state to flow out of the receiving cavity 516 from the rear end outlet 519 of the receiving cavity 516, and then enters the pipe 507 through the inlet of the pipe 507 communicated with the rear end outlet 519 of the receiving cavity 516. The PC or PET not containing aflame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state flows out through the outlet of the pipe 507 to the second inlet 520 of the dispenser 503, and enters the third branch line 523 of the dispenser via the second inlet 503. Noticeably, the operation for the PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant is performed at the same time as the previously-described operation for the PC or PET containing a flame retardant.
The first molten PC or PET containing flame retardant entering the first branch line 521 of the dispenser 503, the PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state entering the third branch line 523 of the dispenser 503 and the second molten PC or PET containing flame retardant entering the second branch line 522 of the dispenser 503 converge at the outlet 524 of the dispenser to thereby superimpose together, and then enters the die cavity 526 of the die head 504 via the conduit 525 communicated with the outlet 524 of the dispenser so that the molten PC or PET is die pressed in the die cavity 526 to form a flat molten mass. The die pressed flat molten mass is delivered to between the forming rollers 505.1 and 505.2 to receive a stretching and pressing force applied by the forming rollers 505.1 and 505.2 thereto, and meanwhile it is cooled by the forming rollers 505.1 and 505.2 to thereby form a sheet or film 100′ with a predetermined thickness. The film 100′ continued to be fed between the forming rollers 505.2 and 505.3 for further cooling or annealing to form the insulation film or sheet 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. As needed, the die pressed flat molten mass outputted from the die head may run through only two forming rollers or more than two forming rollers to form the film.
The first inlet 627 of the dispenser 604 is communicated with an inlet of a first branch line 630 of the dispenser, a second inlet 628 of the dispenser 604 is communicated with an inlet of a second branch line 631 of the dispenser, and a third inlet 629 of the dispenser 604 is communicated with an inlet of the of the third branch line 632 of the dispenser. As shown in
According to the co-extruding assembly line 600 shown in
During production, the receiving cavities 614, 615 and 616 of the first extruder 601, the second extruder 602 and the third extruder 603 are heated, and the driving screws 617, 618 and 619 of the first extruder 601, the second extruder 602 and the third extruder 603 are rotated.
The PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant are fed to the feeding hopper 611 of the first extruder 601. The rotation of the driving screw 617 of the first extruder 601 pushes the PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant in the feeding hopper 611 into the receiving cavity 614. Since the receiving cavity 614 is heated, the PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant, after entry into the receiving cavity 614, are melted due to heat generated from friction and are in a molten state. Affected by the pushing force generated by rotation of the driving screw 617, the PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the molten state is delivered to the rear end outlet 624 of the receiving cavity 614. The pushing force generated by rotation of the driving screw 617 enables the PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the molten state to flow out of the receiving cavity 614 from the rear end outlet 624 of the receiving cavity 614, and then enters the pipe 607 through the inlet of the pipe 607 communicated with the rear end outlet 624 of the receiving cavity 614. The PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the molten state flows out through the outlet of the pipe 607 to the first inlet 627 of the dispenser 604, and enters the first branch line 630 of the dispenser 604. The PC or PET containing a flame retardant entering the first branch line 630 of the dispenser 604 is a first molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant.
Similarly, the PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant are fed to the feeding hopper 613 of the third extruder 603. The PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant are delivered into the third branch line 632 of the dispenser 604 in the same manner as the PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant in the feeding hopper 611 of the first extruder 601, and the PC or PET containing a flame retardant entering the third branch line 632 of the dispenser 604 is a second molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant.
The PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant are fed to the feeding hopper 612 of the second extruder 602. The PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant are delivered into the second branch line 631 of the dispenser 604 in the same manner as the PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant in the feeding hopper 611 of the first extruder 601.
Noticeably, operation is performed at the same time for delivering the PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant and the PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant respectively to the first branch line 630, the second branch line 631 and the third branch line 632.
Similar to the extruding process in the assembly line shown in
Before the invention, there is not a precedent that the co-extruding process is used for producing the insulation film. Conventionally, the thickness of the intermediate layer of the product produced by the co-extruding process accounts for a relatively high percentage of the total thickness of the product. In the insulation film produced by the co-extruding process according to the present invention, the thickness of the intermediate layer accounts for a relatively low percentage of the total thickness of the insulation film, namely, only 5%-50% of the total thickness of the insulation film. By employing the co-extruding process of the present invention, the respective layers can still be evenly distributed under the circumstances that the thickness of the intermediate layer accounts for a relatively low percentage of the total thickness of the insulation film.
In the co-extruding production process shown in
The insulation film produced by the co-extruding process is of high quality, but the co-extruding process imposes high requirements for the apparatus. Therefore, the present invention further provides a method of producing the insulation film by a composite process, which imposes lower requirements for the apparatus.
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It should be noted that any one value in the ranges of the values indicated in the present application is applicable to the present invention.
Although the description illustrates, describes and points out novel features of the present invention applicable to preferred embodiments of the present invention, it should be appreciated that without departing from the spirit of the present invention, those skilled in the art may omit, substitute or change the form and details of the illustrated apparatus and its operation. For example, it is particularly noticeable that combinations of those elements and/or steps of the method for performing the substantially the same functions in substantively same manners to achieve the same result fall within the scope of the present invention. Besides, it should be appreciated that the forms disclosed in the present invention or structures and/or members and/or steps of the method shown and/or described in the embodiments might, as options of design, be combined into other forms or embodiments. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is only limited to the scope as defined by the appended claims.
Claims
1. An insulation film, comprising:
- a film upper layer and a film lower layer, wherein the film upper layer is made of PC or PET material and the film lower layer is made of PC or PCT material, and the PC or PET material contains a flame retardant to meet the flame retardance thereof;
- a film intermediate layer located between the film upper layer and the film lower layer, wherein the film intermediate layer is made of PC or PET material, the PC or PET material does not contain a flame retardant or contains a small amount of flame retardant;
- an upper surface of the film intermediate layer is bound together with a lower surface of the film upper layer, and a lower surface of the film intermediate layer is bound together with an upper surface of the film lower layer.
2. The insulation film according to claim 1, wherein the film upper layer and the film lower layer are made of similar or same material.
3. The insulation film according to claim 1, wherein the flame retardant in the film upper layer and the film lower layer comprises a halogen-free flame retardant or halogenated flame retardant.
4. The insulation film according to claim 3, wherein the halogen-free flame retardant in the film upper layer and the film lower layer comprises a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant and the halogenated flame retardant in the film upper layer and the film lower layer comprises a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant.
5. The insulation film according to claim 4, wherein the PC or PET in the film upper layer and the film lower layer accounts for 75-99.7 of a mass of the film upper layer or film lower layer, and the flame retardant accounts for 0.3-25 of the mass of the film upper layer or the film lower layer.
6. The insulation film according to claim 1, wherein the flame retardant in the film intermediate layer comprises a halogen-free flame retardant or halogenated flame retardant.
7. The insulation film according to claim 6, wherein the halogen-free flame retardant in the film intermediate layer comprises a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant and the halogenated flame retardant in the film intermediate layer comprises a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant.
8. The insulation film according to claim 7, wherein the mass of flame retardant in the film intermediate layer is less than 15% of a mass of the film intermediate layer.
9. The insulation film according to claim 1, wherein, compared with the PC or PET raw material having a same thickness, the puncture strength of the insulation film does not degrade.
10. The insulation film according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the film intermediate layer is 5%-50% of the thickness of the insulation film, and the thickness of the film upper layer and the film lower layer is 50%-95% of a total thickness of the insulation film.
11. The insulation film according to claim 1, wherein the total thickness of the insulation film is in a range of 0.05 mm-3.0 mm.
12. The insulation film according to claim 1, wherein the insulation film is formed by a co-extruding process or a composite process.
13. A method of producing an insulation film, the method comprising:
- on a first extruder, extruding PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant to melt them, the PC or PET containing a flame retardant in a molten state flowing out of the first extruder and then through subsequent connected pipes into a dispenser, the dispenser dividing the PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the molten state extruded out of the first extruder into two flows, namely, a first molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant and a second molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant;
- extruding on a second extruder PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant to make them molten, the PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state flowing out of the second extruder and then through subsequent connected pipes into the dispenser, the PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state flowing into between the first molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant and the second molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the dispenser;
- the first molten PC or PET containing flame retardant, the PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state and the second molten PC or PET containing flame retardant being superimposed together and then flowing out of the dispenser, flowing through a die head into a cooling forming roller to be cooled and formed as a sheet/film.
14. A method of producing an insulation film, the method comprising:
- on a first extruder, extruding PC or PET particles containing the flame retardant to melt them to form a first molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant, the first molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant flowing out of the first extruder and then through subsequent connected pipes into a dispenser;
- extruding on a third extruder PC or PET particles containing a flame retardant to make them molten to form a second molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant, the second molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant being extruded out of the third extruder and then flowing through subsequent connected pipes into the dispenser;
- extruding on a second extruder PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant to make them molten, the PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state flowing out of the second extruder and then through subsequent connected pipes into the dispenser, the PC or PET not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state flowing into between the first molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant and the second molten PC or PET containing a flame retardant in the dispenser;
- the first molten PC or PET containing flame retardant, the PC or PET particles not containing a flame retardant or containing a small amount of flame retardant in the molten state and the second molten PC or PET containing flame retardant being superimposed together and then flowing out of the dispenser, flowing through a die head into a cooling forming roller to be cooled and formed as a sheet/film.
15. A method of producing an insulation film, the method comprising:
- providing a film upper layer and a film lower layer, wherein both of the film upper layer and film lower layer are made of a PC or PET material and the PC or PET material contains a flame retardant to meet the flame retardance thereof;
- providing an intermediate layer located between the film upper layer and the film lower layer, the film intermediate layer is made of a PC or PET material, the PC or PET material does not contain a flame retardant or contains a small amount of flame retardant;
- applying a glue to a lower surface of the film upper layer and/or an upper surface of the film intermediate layer, and applying a glue on an upper surface of the film lower layer and/or a lower surface of the film intermediate layer;
- delivering the film upper layer, film intermediate layer and film lower layer through pressing rollers to be pressed and formed as a sheet/film.
16. A method of producing an insulation film, the method comprising:
- providing a film upper layer and a film lower layer, wherein both of the film upper layer and film lower layer are made of a PC or PET material and the PC or PET material contains as a flame retardant to meet the flame retardance thereof;
- providing an intermediate layer located between the film upper layer and the film lower layer, the film intermediate layer is made of a PC or PET material, the PC or PET material does not contain a flame retardant or contains a small amount of flame retardant;
- respectively heating the film upper layer, the film intermediate layer and the film lower layer to soften them;
- delivering the heated and softened film upper layer, film intermediate layer and film lower layer through pressing rollers to be pressed and formed as a sheet/film.
17. An insulation film, comprising:
- a film upper layer made of a PC or PET material, wherein the PC or PET material contains a flame retardant to meet the flame retardance thereof; and
- a film lower layer, wherein the film lower layer is made of a PC or PET material, and the PC or PET material does not contain a flame retardant or contains a small amount of flame retardant;
- a lower surface of the film upper layer is bound together with an upper surface of the film lower layer.
18. The insulation film according to claim 17, wherein the flame retardant in the film upper layer and the film lower layer comprises a halogen-free flame retardant or halogenated flame retardant.
19. The insulation film according to claim 18, wherein the halogen-free flame retardant in the film upper layer comprises a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant and the halogenated flame retardant in the film upper layer comprises a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant.
20. The insulation film according to claim 19, wherein the PC or PET in the film upper layer accounts for 75-99.7 of a mass of the film upper layer, and the flame retardant accounts for 0.3-25 of the mass of the film upper layer.
21. The insulation film according to claim 18, wherein the halogen-free flame retardant in the film lower layer comprises a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant and the halogenated flame retardant in the film lower layer comprises a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant.
22. The insulation film according to claim 21, wherein the mass of flame retardant in the film lower layer is less than 15% of a mass of the film lower layer.
23. The insulation film according to claim 17, wherein the total thickness of the insulation film is in a range of 0.05 mm-3.0 mm.
24. The insulation film according to claim 17, wherein the insulation film is formed by a co-extruding process or a composite process.
25. An insulation film, comprising two PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant and one PC or PET layer not containing a lame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant, wherein the two PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant are respectively bound together with an upper surface and a lower surface of the PC or PET layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant.
26. The insulation film according to claim 25, wherein the flame retardant in the PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant comprises a halogen-free flame retardant or a halogenated flame retardant, the halogen-free flame retardant comprises a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant and the halogenated flame retardant comprises a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant.
27. The insulation film according to claim 26, wherein the PC or PET accounts for 75%-99.7% of a mass of the PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant, and the flame retardant accounts for 0.3%-25% of the mass of the PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant.
28. The insulation film according to claim 25, wherein the flame retardant in the PC or PET layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant comprises a halogen-free flame retardant or a halogenated flame retardant, the halogen-free flame retardant comprises a phosphor-containing flame retardant or a silicon-containing flame retardant and the halogenated flame retardant comprises a bromine-containing flame retardant or a chlorine-containing flame retardant.
29. The insulation film according to claim 28, wherein the mass of the flame retardant in the PC or PET layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant is less than 15% of a mass of the PC or PET layer not containing a flame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant.
30. The insulation film according to claim 25, wherein, compared with the PC or PET raw material having a same thickness, the puncture strength of the insulation film does not degrade.
31. The insulation film according to claim 25, wherein the thickness of the PC or PET layer not containing aflame retardant or only containing a small amount of flame retardant is 5%-50% of the thickness of the insulation film, and a total of the thickness of the two PC or PET layers containing a flame retardant is 50%-95% of a total thickness of the insulation film.
32. The insulation film according to claim 25, wherein the total thickness of the insulation film is in a range of 0.05 mm-3.0 mm.
33. The insulation film according to claim 25, wherein the insulation film is formed by a co-extruding process or a composite process.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 21, 2013
Publication Date: Nov 5, 2015
Inventors: Hong Chuan Liao (Shanghai), Chris Benson (Addison, IL), Yong Liang (Shanghai), Tom Carlson (Addison, IL)
Application Number: 14/649,093