Whether you’re dealing with vibration issues, calender barring, unexplained variations, or other quality concerns, Tapio Measurement Technologies can help you identify and resolve the root cause quickly and effectively. Our analysis services provide precise data from measurement services for troubleshooting and quality optimization purposes.
We at Tapio offer measurement services for all paper and board grades. Our laboratory analyzers operate at a slow web speed enabling us to measure millimeter-level sample spacing and high accuracy. The results can be used for quality assessment, headbox operation analysis, troubleshooting, guarantee verification as well as the verification of online QCS systems.
We can measure two types of samples: CD strips or MD rolls.
CD analysis: 25 full-width CD strips from a parent reel.
MD analysis: MD rolls sliced from the parent reel. Our analyzer supports 70 cm diameter and 20 cm width rolls, but if you cannot cut rolls to that size, we have a partner to cut the sample to size from any rolls.
For some analyses, we may request additional production line information, such as rotating speeds of rolls and pumps, length of felts, or CD actuator spacing.
More details of the sample requirements can be found from the sample requirements page.
We measure the provided samples with a Tapio Analyzer to produce a high-resolution dataset. We can measure with all available Tapio sensors. The standard dataset includes:
Basis weight
Caliper
Transmission
Dual-sided gloss
Ash variations
Additionally, density and bulk are calculated based on basis weight and caliper.
The Tapio team of experts analyzes the measurements and provides a detailed report containing relevant results and observations. We use the open-source Tapio Analysis software for the analysis of the dataset.
An online meeting with the Tapio team is available to discuss the results and to look at the data in more detail.
Raw measurement data is also available upon request, and we can create custom comparisons or analyses as needed.
Having trouble with paper, board or nonwoven product quality variations? We help you to diagnose and resolve production issues efficiently by offering expert troubleshooting consulting.
For the laboratory analysis, either CD strips or an MD roll is needed. The customer is provided with a detailed report on the findings, including profiles, statistics, spectra etc. as well as an online meeting with Tapio experts to discuss the findings.
For CD analysis, send us 30 CD strips cut from your parent reel.
For MD analysis, send us a small MD sample roll (70 cm diameter, 20 cm width on a standard 3″ core).