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Pulp and Paper Testing Equipment

Pulp and Paper Testing Equipment (1) NC State has a well-appointed testing laboratory capable of most routine and specialized testing. The equipment list includes the following:

Pulp Testing

  • Freeness: CSF and Shopper-Riegler
  • Kappa
  • Viscosity - 0.5 % CED and intrinsic
  • Brightness - ISO and GE
  • Fiber length distribution - Bauer- McNett, Kajaani FS-200, Optest FQA

Pulp and Paper Testing Equipment (2)Paper Testing

  • Brightness, Opacity, color spectrum
  • Tensile (regular and zero-span)
  • Tear
  • Burst
  • Fold
  • STFI Edge Compression
  • Ring crush
  • HST, Cobb
  • Scott Bond
  • Sheffield Smoothness, Parker Print Surface
  • Gurley porosity
  • Stiffness - Taber and vibrational
  • Aging/Yellowing via controlled irradiation (Atlas Weatherometer)
  • image analysis (microscopic and scanner)