Print quality services

Print quality services
FPInnovations has a well-recognized scientific laboratory offering a wide range of
knowledge, equipment and expertise to the paper and printing industries.
Paper companies, printers, and printing suppliers take advantage of our unique
services to resolve print quality problems and to support new product development.
YOUR BENEFITS
OUR FACILITIES
•
•
•
•
Laboratory presses
Improved press efficiency
Cost savings
Customers’ satisfaction
Innovative results
• Prüfbau (Heatset & sheetfed offset)
• IGT A1C2-5 (Coldset offset, gravure)
• IGT F1 (Flexography)
Surface strength
OUR EXPERTISE
•
•
•
•
Benchmarking, troubleshooting, mediation
Support for product development/product improvement
Pressroom trials
Professional courses and training
FPInnovations Lint Test (image area)
LP Tester (non-image area lint)
Domtar Lint Collector (on-press lint)
Wet & dry pick
Microscopy and Image Analysis
OUR SERVICES
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
• FE-SEM, light and fluorescent microscopes, confocal microscope
Linting and Piling
Ink and fountain solution issues
Visual quality defects
Paper surface defects and marks
Press and blanket contamination analysis
Paper structure: fibre/filler distribution
Paper surface characterization
• Optical profilometers, contact angle tester, absorption tests
Paper structure tests
• Mercury intrusion, sheet splitting, FQA, micro-formation tests
WHEN YOU NEED IT, WE COMBINE OUR
EFFORTS AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHER GROUPS
AT FPINNOVATIONS. AMONG THEM ARE:
• Web Performance
• Analytical Services
• Product Performance Testing
• Chemical and Mechanical Pulping
• Pilot Paper Machine
• Environmental Services
CONTACT
Tony Manfred
© 2013 FPInnovations. Tous droits réservés.
Reproduction et diffusion interdites.
MD Le nom, lesits
marques
et les
logos de
®FPInnovations,
marks and
logo
FPInnovations
sont des marques
déposées de
are
registered trademarks
of FPInnovations.
FPInnovations
©2013 FPinnovations. All rights reserved.
514 782-4560
[email protected]
FPInnovations is a not-for-profit world leader that specializes in the creation of scientific solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector’s global competitiveness and responds
to the priority needs of its industry members and government partners. It is ideally positioned to perform research, innovate, and deliver state-of-the-art solution for every area of
the sector’s value chain, from forest operations to consumer and industrial products. FPInnovations’ staff numbers more than 525. Its R&D laboratories are located in Québec City,
Ottawa, Montréal, Thunder Bay, Hinton and Vancouver, and it has technology transfer offices across Canada.
www.fpinnovations.ca