Print and Paper Services to Printers and OEM's
Testing and consultancy services to printer OEM's, printers and related industries.
Butler's Court Paper Technology Center became part of the Intertek global laboratory network in 2009. Its expertise originates from 50 years as an R&D center for a leading international paper company. This product, process development and technical support expertise is now available to all printer manufacturers, printers and related companies.
Key paper services include:
- Application, process and substrate development
- Substrate analysis and benchmarking via a comprehensive range of physical, chemical and print performance testing complying to industry standards, including
- Surface energy, electrical and optical properties
- Roughness, porosity, stiffness, tensile, tear, friction
- Print properties - gloss, mottle, drying time, etc.
- Chemical analysis of substrates, coatings, contamination and press environment
- Comparative print testing on digital and conventional systems
- Print process analysis and measurements:
- High speed video - what's really happening?
- Web weave - is it the paper or the press?
- Sheet slippage, web breaks, mechanical vibration
- Quality issues: print register root cause determination
- Hire of equipment for customers' use (including pre-configured data logging systems)
- Independent analysis of printing complaints and process measurement to resolve supplier-client disagreements
- Paper fibre type and composition (furnish) analysis
- Advice on pulp, refining and recycling
- Testing and support for substrate compatibility tables and sample books
- Training on paper applications and markets
- Patent and expert witness support
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Contact us to see how Intertek can help your organization with Print and Paper Services to Printers and OEM's.