Drawing of films

Fig. 19. The stress-strain curves recorded for the two triblock copolymer samples during cold drawing of films with a constant rate of 1 mm/min. ABA-isolated clean pnBA central block Mn=65,200 pMMA outer blocks, Mn=13,150, overall Mw/Mn=1.34. ABA-sequential clean pnBA central block, Mn=67,500 pMMA-grad-pnBA outer blocks 13mol% nBA and 87 mol% MMA, Mn=10,600, overall Mw/Mn=1.24. Inset small angle X-ray scattering intensities for these samples. Reprinted with permission from [94]. Copyright (2000) John Wiley Sons, Inc.

Figure 10.13 Schematic drawing of film-stacking method.

Fig. XV-16. A schematic drawing of the arrangement of polyglutamates having alkyl side chains in an LB film. The circles represent the rodlike polyglutamate backbone oriented perpendicular to the page the wiggly lines are the alkyl sidechains. (From Ref. 182.)...

Several more recent variations of the film-to-fiber approach result in direct conversion of film to fabric. The film may be embossed in a controlled pattern and subsequently drawn uniaxiaHy or biaxiaHy to produce a variety of nonwoven products (47). Addition of chemical blowing agents to the film causes fibrillation upon extmsion. Nonwovens can be formed directly from blown film using a unique radial die and control of the biaxial draw ratio (48)... 

The film tube is collapsed within a V-shaped frame of rollers and is nipped at the end of the frame to trap the air within the bubble. The nip roUs also draw the film away from the die. The draw rate is controlled to balance the physical properties with the transverse properties achieved by the blow draw ratio. The tube may be wound as such or may be sHt and wound as a single-film layer onto one or more roUs. The tube may also be direcdy processed into bags. The blown film method is used principally to produce polyethylene film. It has occasionally been used for polypropylene, poly(ethylene terephthalate), vinyls, nylon, and other polymers. 

Fig. 1. Schematic drawings of five types of geotextile fibers (a) monofilament, (b) multifilament, (c) staple fibers, (d) staple yam, and (e) sHt film.

In the instant reprographic field, Copycolor materials are used extensively in Europe but are not distributed in the United States. Principal markets are in seismological charts and maps for the oil industry, mapmaking, and reproduction of large graphs, charts, and engineering drawings. The films are also used for small color stats and for position proofs in layout work. 

In order to reduce the tendency of the film to shrink oriented film may be annealed at about 100°C whilst under tension immediately after drawing. The film is often coated with another polymer sueh as a vinylidene ehloride-based copolymer. This both improves the barrier properties and improves the heat scalability. 

The major advantage of film blowing is the ease with which biaxial orientation can be introduced into the film. The pressure of the air in the bubble determines the blow-up and this controls the circumferential orientation. In addition, axial orientation may be introduced by increasing the nip roll speed relative to the linear velocity of the bubble. This is referred to as draw-down. 

The information given above should make it possible in general to predict the usefulness of x-ray methods in problems involving films. In principle, these methods should be useful occasionally when more than one film is present. The problems in such cases are complex rather than complicated. If these methods are applicable to a duplex film, for example, there will be three characteristic lines to be counted, and absorption effects in three regions to be considered. The three counts should, however, contain enough information in many cases to permit the drawing of valid conclusions. 

The analytical method to be discussed in this chapter consists in exciting a characteristic line (the analytical lined for each element sought in a sample in identifying each such element by measuring the wavelength of the analytical line and in drawing conclusions, from the measured intensity of the analytical line, about the amount of each such element present. This method is likely to become more important in analytical chemistry than all the other x-ray methods combined. It is presented after the absorptiometric methods and after the determination of film thickness because it is more easily understood on the basis of the earlier material. 

As previously discussed in earlier topics, extensional flow occurs when the material is not in contact with solid boundaries, as is the case during drawing of filaments, film, sheets, or inflating... 

Electrochemical experiments have been carried out on materials deposited by PVD on silicon microfabricated arrays of Au pad electrodes [Guerin et al., 2006a]. The substrate is made up of a square silicon wafer capped with silicon nitride (31.8 mm x 31.8 mm), which has an array of 100 individually addressable Au pad electrodes. These electrodes make up a square matrix on the wafer, which can be masked when placed in a PVD chamber, allowing deposition of thin films on the Au electrodes. Figure 16.3 is a schematic drawing of the configuration. Small electrical contact pads in Au for the individual addressing of electrodes (0.8 mm x 0.8 mm) are placed on the boundaries. 

Figure 2.39 Schematic drawing of the growth of the vapor film in film boiling on a vertical surface. (From Dwyer, 1976. Copyright 1976 by American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, IL. Reprinted with permission.)...

This stretching, similar to the drawing of fibres, which promotes orientation and crystallite formation, is called biaxial orientation. It gives the film added strength and gas-barrier properties. In some processes, monoaxial (uniaxial) drawing is employed, e.g., polypropylene, which is then slit into thin strips and fabricated into heavy duty sacks, carpet backing, etc. The stenter process is used to make biaxial oriented poly(vinylidene dichloride) ("ding" film), polyester, polyamide and polypropylene films. 

The second type of SILAR equipment was developed by Kanniainen and Lindroos.9,10 The equipment is controlled by a computer, with the substrate being moved from reaction to rinsing vessel by a laboratory xyz robot. The installation also allows the movement of the substrate in the rinsing and reaction vessels, which promotes film growth and rinsing. A schematic drawing of the equipment is shown in Fig. 8.3.9,10... 

Figure 8.10. Schematic drawing of the basic principle of ILGAR. Reprinted from Moller, Fischer, Muffler, Konenkamp, Kaiser, Kelch and Lux-Steiner 2000. Thin Solid Films 361-362, Copyright (2000) with permission from Elsevier.

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