Available Services - Testing
Our controlled environment room
provides a variety of tests to characterize the properties of pulp and
fibrous raw materials for papermaking. Additional test devices and wet
lab facilities are available to serve client needs with tests
ranging from the mundane to the state-of-the-art.
Capabilities
Pulp and Fiber Evaluation
Fiber quality affects product quality and paper machine efficiency -
uptime and yield. Lack of accurate fiber quality leads to disagreements
between pulp mill and paper mill personnel.
Pulp quality relates to the fundamental
properties of the pulp that affects its performance in the final paper
network and also to the operation of the paper machine.
Paper Evaluation
Paper
testing is conducted in a temperature and humidity controlled room
meeting standard specifications. The facility has tests for classical
paper test procedures as well as equipment to evaluate formation,
stiffness, and Scott Bond, among others.
Available Equipment
- PFI Mill
- Canadian Standard Freeness
- Schopper Riegler Freeness
- Sommerville Screen (6-cut)
- Handsheet Molds
- Kajaani Fiber Analyzer
- Bauer-McNett Fiber Classifier
- Water Retention Value
- Unrestrained Sheet Shrinkage
- Caliper
- Mullen
- Tear
- MIT Fold
- Tensile
- Z-Direction Tensile
- Taber Stiffness
- Smoothness - PPS and Sheffield
- Porosity - Gurley and Sheffield
- Sizing - HST
- Gloss
- Optical Properties
- Sheet Splitter
- Formation
- Among others....
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