Co-Extruded Adhesive Sheet Laminate for Strength and Releasability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing adhesive sheet laminates face issues with low strength, compatibility between release and adhesive layers, and high manufacturing costs due to separate lamination steps, leading to problems like roll staining and anti-blocking properties.

Innovation Solution

A co-extruded adhesive sheet laminate composed of a substrate layer, adhesive layer, and release layer, using specific resin compositions with controlled properties for compatibility and co-stretching, allowing for high strength and good adhesion/releasability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If stretching is carried out after co-extrusion to increase strength, then the strength of the laminate is improved, but the resin for the release layer or separate substrate layer does not have physical properties suitable for co-stretching with the substrate layer

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovestrengthVSAvoidcompatibility for co-stretching
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the physical parameters of the resins by selecting specific resin types (polyethylene for release layer, polypropylene for substrate layer) with compatible melting points and viscosity ranges that enable them to be co-stretched together. This resolves the contradiction by finding resin combinations whose physical properties align for simultaneous stretching while maintaining layer integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a composite laminated structure where multiple resin layers (release layer, adhesive layer, substrate layer) are combined in a specific configuration. Each layer uses resin selected for its compatibility with adjacent layers during co-stretching, achieving both high strength through stretching and proper layer compatibility through careful material selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If a release layer is laminated on the adhesive layer to prevent adhering of foreign matters, then the adhesive surface protection is improved, but the resin used for the release layer or separate substrate layer does not have physical properties suitable for co-stretching

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadhesive surface protectionVSAvoidcompatibility for co-stretching
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent selects polyethylene as the release layer resin with specific viscosity and melting point parameters that match the polypropylene substrate layer. This parameter matching enables the release layer to be co-stretched with the substrate layer while maintaining its protective function on the adhesive surface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges the release layer and substrate layer into a single co-extruded and co-stretched laminated structure. This integration allows both layers to be formed simultaneously with compatible physical properties, eliminating the need for separate lamination steps while maintaining adhesive surface protection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Ease of manufacture

If extrusion only is used to manufacture the laminated film, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the strength is low and the film is sometimes extended or broken during peeling

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing process simplicityVSAvoidfilm strength
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines extrusion and stretching operations into an integrated co-extrusion co-stretching process. The laminated film is co-extruded in a tubular form and then co-stretched in the longitudinal direction to achieve high strength while maintaining process efficiency. This merged approach eliminates the need for separate lamination steps required by conventional stretching methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs co-extrusion of the laminated structure before stretching. By pre-forming the multi-layer structure through co-extrusion with controlled resin distribution, the subsequent stretching operation can uniformly increase strength across all layers without causing layer separation or film breakage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Strength

If the outermost layer is the adhesive layer to achieve high strength through stretching, then the strength is improved, but roll staining, occurrence of die drool, and low mold-release characteristics occur due to adhering of foreign matters

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefilm strengthVSAvoidroll staining and die drool
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the conventional layer arrangement by placing the release layer as the outermost layer instead of the adhesive layer. This inversion prevents the adhesive layer from being exposed to foreign matters during handling and winding, eliminating roll staining and die drool while maintaining high strength through the co-stretched laminated structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces the release layer as an intermediary protective barrier between the adhesive layer and the external environment. This release layer prevents direct contact between the adhesive layer and foreign matters or rollers, eliminating staining and drool issues while allowing the adhesive layer to maintain its bonding function when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

5Reliability

If the release layer is laminated on the adhesive layer later to improve releasability, then the releasability is improved, but the lamination step is added and the manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovereleasabilityVSAvoidmanufacturing steps
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the release layer formation with the substrate layer formation into a single co-extrusion operation. Both layers are extruded simultaneously and then co-stretched together in an integrated process, eliminating the need for separate lamination steps and reducing manufacturing complexity while ensuring proper releasability through appropriate release layer resin selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent forms the release layer and substrate layer structure in advance during the co-extrusion process, before final stretching and finishing operations. This preliminary formation of the laminated structure with proper layer configuration streamlines subsequent processing and eliminates the need for additional lamination steps, reducing overall manufacturing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The laminate achieves high strength, good adhesion, and releasability with reduced manufacturing steps and costs, enhancing peel force adjustment and maintaining anti-blocking properties.

Implementation Method 1

a method for manufacturing a laminated film having an adhesive layer arranged between a release layer and a substrate layer, wherein resins for the layers are co-extruded into a tubular form by a multilayer co-extrusion circular die

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectExtrusion: Extrusion

Implementation Method 2

stretching a laminate sheet constituted of three or two resin layers using a resin merging device

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal expansion: Thermal Expansion

Data Source

PatentUS12577438B2Adhesive sheet laminate and method for manufacturing same
Publication Date: 2026.03.17 YUPO CORP

AI summary

The present invention relates to an adhesive sheet laminate which comprises a substrate layer composed of a thermoplastic resin composition (A) containing a polypropylene-based resin as a main component, an adhesive layer composed of a thermoplastic resin composition (B) containing a specific thermoplastic resin (b) as a main component and having a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 30 g/10 min, and a release layer composed of a thermoplastic resin composition (C) containing a specific thermoplastic resin (c) as a main component and having a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 30 g/10 min, and which has a tensile elastic modulus of 2000 MPa or more.