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From the aspect of technical furnishing with equipement and having personnel  with specific knowledge and experience the laboratory of papermaking provides resources for quality testing. More than 120 different testing methods are included in its offer. Since 2005, the laboratory has been accredited by the Slovenian Accreditation in accordance with SIST EN ISO/IEC 17025 (Accreditation Certificate LP-058).

Pulp and Paper Institute, with its Laboratory and the Pilot equipment represents the only papermaking infrastructure center in the area of SE Europe. The papermaking laboratory is devidet in four testing sections: mechanical-physical, graphical, chemical and microbiological testing, and together with pilot equipment (pilot papermaking machine, pilot coating machine and calendaring machine) covers the entire paper production process. Laboratory equipment enables the study and characterization of input materials, the characterization of paper and paper products, waste water, solid waste and the evaluation of the production process. The developed and implemented analytical methods in the different areas of testing ensure solutions for different complex challenges related to the  surface, optical, printing and other specific properties of the materials.

 

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List of laboratory equipment ⏷

List all of laboratory equipment

Table of rentable equipment:

Equipment Access to equipment Purpose and additional information Price (in EUR/h without VAT)
Ultra Centrifugal Mill Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. Ultra centrifugal mill with high speed rotor used for rapid size reduction of soft to medium-hard and fibrous materials 45,00
Spectrum Two FTIR Spectrometer Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. For infrared analysis of identity, composition, quality, and consistency of samples. 125,00
Laboratory Sheet Former Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and only accompanied by a trained operator. Laboratory simulation of papermaking sheets forming. 65,00
Vacuum Drying Chamber Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. Drying oven for drying biomass materials and their extracts. 45,00
Perkin Elmer Frontier MIR/NIR Spectrometer Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. For infrared analysis of sample identity, composition, quality, and consistency. 125,00
Automatic Solvent Extractor Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. Fully-automated solvent extractor according to Randall technique. 65,00
Shimadzu GC-FID-MS Chromatograph Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and only accompanied by a trained operator. Sample preparation is not included in the price. Identification and quantification of different compounds in the sample. 145,00
Shimadzu HPLC Chromatograph Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and only accompanied by a trained operator. Sample preparation is not included in the price. Integrated system for high-pressure liquid chromatography with RID (refraction index detector) and UV detector. 145,00
Esko X Starter Cutting Table Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. Cuts and creases materials up to 2 cm high. 45,00
UV-VIS Spectrophotometer Analytik Jena SPECORD 210 PLUS Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. Double beam UV-VIS spectrophotometer with variable spectral resolution. 65,00
Valmet Fiber Image Analyzer Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. The analyser is capable to determine a wide range of fibre characteristics: length, width, fine particles... 65,00
Materials Testing Machine Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. Universal materials testing machines for the investigation of mechanical properties up to 10 kN. 65,00
Universal Micrometer Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. Universal digital micrometer for determination of thickness on flat materials like paper. 45,00
Bendtsen Tester of Air Permeability and Roughness Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. All-in-one Bendtsen tester to determine air permeability and roughness in mL/min and Gurley permeability. 65,00
GTO Screen Printing Machine Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. Prints and enhances surfaces. 65,00
Apex UV-LED Inkjet Printer Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. Prints and enhances surfaces. 65,00
PPS Tester Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. Determine roughness and compressibillity of paper/board according to the Print-surf method. 65,00
Laboratory Coating Unit CU8/250 Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and only accompanied by a trained operator. Coating preparation is not included in the price. Laboratory coating unit enables testing of various coatings in different coating techniques and materials. 290,00
PDA – Penetration Dynamics Analyzer Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. For analyzing the dynamics of penetration of liquids (water, silicone oil) into thin materials using the ultrasonic method. 125,00
Spectrophotometer Hach Equipment is accessible every work day after prelimenary agreement and introduction. A spectrophotometer that uses prepared cuvette tests and allows rapid tests with minimal sample consumption for analysis. 65,00

 

 

FIBER CHARACTERIZATION AND FUNCTIONALIZATION EQUIPMENT

In the framework of the InnoRenew CoE (Renewable Materials and Health Environments Research and Innovation Center of Excellence) we have established centre for fiber characterization and functionalization with newly acquired equipment:

List of fiber characterization and functionalization equipment

 

PILOT SCALE EVALUATION, PRINTING AND ENCHANSING SURFACES, PROTOTYPING EQUIPMENT

 

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Pilot paper machine

Pilot paper machine is purposed for testing new raw materials, technologies and papers. On the machine, it is possible to produce paper basis weight from 50 to 300 g/m2 and width up to 62 cm. The machine consists of a Fourdrinier headbox system, the production capacity is approx. 100 kg/h, speed up to 50 m/min.

A quality control system (QCS) was recently installed, which enables on-line monitoring of paper production in two dimensions: machine direction and cross-machine direction. The basic quality control system includes monitoring and measurement of basis weight and moisture, in addition, thickness and fillers content in the paper. We improved the stability and regulation of stock inlet system, which results in better quality of the produced paper.

We deliver homogeneous paper quality, thus meeting the requirements of our clients for standardized and even-quality paper parameters.

Coating unit

Laboratory pilot coating unit allows testing of usage of various coatings in various processes on various materials (paper, cardboard, millboard and other fibre materials).

Technical spesifications:

  • Min and max grammage of the base material: 40-300 g/m²
  • Applications systems: filmpress, blade, rod, 3-roll-system
  • Drying system: IR (10-100%) and hot air (up to 160˚C)
  • Speed: up to 5 m/min on on-line module (roll to roll) and up to 35 m/min (sheet), depending on base material and reology of coating color
  • Width of the paper roll: max 250 mm
  • Min and max application of coating color (g/m²): 1-30, depending on base material and reology of coating color

Pilot calender

The pilot calender with one or two nips, equipped with paper and chrome-plated rolls has the following characteristics:

  • Width: 54.5 cm
  • Velocity: 10 - 60 m/min
  • Load: 0 - 4 t
  • Rolls hardness: 88 Sh (D)
  • Rolls temperature: up to 130° C
  • Calendering from reel or individual sheets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UV LED Inkjet Printer

It enables high quality six color printing on almost all types of materials (paper, board, wood, ceramics ...) up to a height of 10 cm. The maximum size of the printing material is up to 100 × 160 cm. Apex UV LED printer is equipped with processed CMYK printing inks, extra white, lacquer and a RIP (raster image processor) processor for color correction.

Screen Printing Machine

It provides printing with various types of printing colors (water based, solvent, UV) and functional printing inks for printed electronics, the development of bio-sensors, special pigments that enable the development of intelligent and active packaging. In addition, it allows coating and application of various adhesives. We can print on products of various shapes and materials (metal, plastic, cardboard ...). The size of the printing material is 50 × 70 cm. The maximum height of the printing material is 30 cm.

Cutting table

Computer-controlled cutter Esko Starter X enables cutting, creasing and other processing of flat products in the size of up to 120 × 160 cm. With it, we can structurally design and manufacture prototypes of packaging, furniture, lighter construction elements from a wide range of materials (thickness up to 2 cm).

Information

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Pulp and Paper Institute
Bogišićeva 8, 1000 Ljubljana, SL

Phone: +386 1 200 28 00
E-mail: icp@icp-lj.si

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