Laboratory of Physical and Chemical Tests

The purpose of this laboratory is to make Physical and Chemical Tests concerning printing materials. Up to now this laboratory has precision scales for determination of grammage and density measurement, L&W Bendtsen Tester for surface roughness, L&W Air Permeance Tester for air permeability, IGT-C1 test device for offset printability, IGT-F1 test device for Flexo and Gravure printability, pH meter for liquid pH measuring, Brookfield Viscometer for viscosity measuring, Solarbox 1500 light-fastness test device for light-fastness measuring, mechanical thickness measuring device for determination of paper and paperboard thickness, drying-oven for determination of moisture, furnace for ash test, PG-X Goniometer for measuring of contact angle, two-roll calendar and Glossmeter for measuring of printing gloss, KitchenAid, magnetic stirrer, fume cupboard, laboratory type automatic coater and digital microscope.

OUR EQUIPMENTS	TESTS	STANDARTS
	Precision Scales	Grammage Test Tappi T 410 & Density Measurement Tappi T 411
	L&W Bendtsen Tester	Test of Surface Roughness Tappi T 479 om – 91
	L&W Air Permeance Tester	Test of Air Permeability Tappi T 460 om – 88
	IGT C1	Test of Offset Printability Tappi T 514
	IGT F1	Flexo - Rotogravure Test of Printability Tappi T 514
	KitchenAid	High Speed Mixer
	Magnetic Mixer with Heater
	pH Meter	Liquid pH Measurement Tappi T 667 om – 90
	Brookfield Viscosimeter	Viscosity Measurement T 666 om – 91
	Water-Bath
	Fume Cupboard
	Laboratory Type Automatic Coater
	Mechanic Thickness Device	Paper and Cardboard Thickness Measurment T 411 om – 89
	Twin Cylinder Calender
	Stove	Moisture Measurement Tappi T412
	Muffule Furnace	Ash Test ISO 3451
	PG-X Goniometer	Measurement of Contact Angle Tappi T 558
	Glossmeter	Measurement of Print Brightness ISO 2813
	Digital Microscope
	Solarbox 1500	Measurement of Lightfastness BS 4321