OBJECTIVES:¤
Conduct applied research related to Stock Preparation, wet end optimization,
Paper Making, coating and quality improvement
¤ Execute mill specific
sponsored Projects.
¤ Render technical services to paper mills,
paper converters, printing & publication houses, chemical & machinery suppliers
in quality assessment and development of paper testing instruments.
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Human Resource Development for paper industry.
¤ Assistance to
various government agencies in quality assessment of paper.
Tensile
Properties Measurements
Mutek
Particle Charge Detector
Paprican
Microscanner
Laboratory Calender
IGT Printability Tester
Pilot Coater
Size Press |
SERVICES OFFERED:Stock preparation and Paper making division is well equipped with modern sophisticated instruments conforming to International standards to conduct stock evaluation, wet end optimization, paper making and quality evaluation work.
¤ Quality improvement of paper.
¤ Optimization of paper making operations.
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Evaluation of pulps for paper making potential.
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Evaluation of Paper Making chemicals.
¤ Evaluation
of Papers Board & Newsprint.
¤ Coating trials.
¤ Printing characteristics assessment.
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Evaluation of fillers.
¤ Comparative calibration service.
¤ Assistance to various government agencies in the matter
related to pulp & paper.
¤ Training of mill Personnel /
Scientists / Engineers in specified areas.
FACILITIES AVAILABLE
:
» Stock Preparation
¤ Laboratory beater – PFI mill, Valley beater.
¤ Baur
Mc Nett fibre length classifier.
¤Oriented Paper sheet
former having facilities to prepare multilayer sheets.
¤ Particle charge and zeta potential measuring
instruments for stock.
¤ Filler Particle size distribution
measurement by Laser technique.
¤ Fines and filler retention
under dynamic.
» Paper Testing
¤ Tensile stiffness orientation (TSO)
¤ Sheet formation
assessment
¤ Fracture toughness tester
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Instruments to evaluate tensile, TEA, tensile stiffness
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Elemendorf tear tester
¤ Linting tendency of Paper tester
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IGT printability tester
¤ Paper Hygro instability tester
capable of measuring CD and MD direction simultaneously
¤ Paper
surface Topography
¤ Optical properties including gloss
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Surface smoothness tester – Bendtsen, Parker print surf
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Paper stiffness – Resonance, Taber and bending stiffness
¤ Pilot
coater
¤ Laboratory hard and soft nip calendar
¤ Laboratory
surface sizing instruments
¤ Measuring Air content in stock
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‘Xeno test’ for ageing of Paper
ACHIEVEMENTS:
¤ Comparative calibration services started for the first time in India,
which is being utilized by Paper mills and other research institutes.
¤ Providing technical expertise to following–
- Custom & Central Excise Department.
- State controller Printing & Stationery Punjab, Haryana, UP, HP, Uttrakhand, Karnataka, M.P, Chattisgarh
- University – IGNOU, Punjab University, Chowdhry Charan Singh University, MP University.
- Educational boards of state like CBSE, NIOS, Delhi Bureau of Text book, Gujarat, Bihar, Haryana.
- Reserve Bank of India.
- Banks – SBI, HDFC, PNB.
- Electricity Board – Punjab, Bihar. - Vigilance department.
- Bureau of Indian Standards
- State Health Department-UP, Punjab.
- Newspaper Houses-Malyalam Manorama, TheTribune, Employment Newspaper, Sandesh, Amar Ujala.
- Postal department
¤ Technical Know-how on filler loading, fibre fractionation,
effective alkali/neutral sizing using precipitated Calcium carbonate
Research
& Development
