PDA-Presentation (Glueability+Printability+Coating+Base+Paper)

Paper Testing Technology
The PDA measuring system enables measurement of process relevant parameters in the
laboratory in an extremely easy and efficient manner, using an innovative measuring
principle:
Assessment of the dynamics of ultrasound transparency of paper/board, when
contacted with appropriate testing liquids.
Summary
1: Measurement of the interaction between test liquid and sample surface during the first
milliseconds (surface porosity) resp. seconds (surface hydrophoby/sizing) after contact
Schematic representation of the evaluation time range
Figure 6: surface porosity Figure 7: surface hydrophoby/sizing
2: Use of appropriate test liquids to gain the desired information
• Mixture of water+isopropyl alcohol – characterizes the effective surface porosity as
penetration behavior of the liquid is exclusively determined by the pore structure
• Water – characterizes the surface hydrophoby/sizing as the water penetration is
exclusively determined by the sizing
Figure 8: testing liquid “water+IPA” for Figure 9: testing liquid water for surface
surface pore structure characterization hydrophoby characterization
3. Automatic calculation of the relevant quality parameters:
• Characterization of the surface pore structure by the time point, when the curve
reaches 95% (or 99%) of the ultrasound transparency after the initial contact time
point 0 (using water+IPA mixture as testing liquid)
• Characterization of the surface sizing by the time point of the curve maximum (using
water as testing liquid)
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