{"id":11,"date":"2016-02-08T14:47:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T14:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/tissuecenter\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:26:46","slug":"service-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/tissuelab\/service-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br>Our service center has state-of-the-art equipment and highly trained scientists to provide world-class service in your technical and testing needs. Below are some examples of our services. Let us know how we can help your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ca0000\">Analytical Testing: Physical Characterization<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tissue Paper Testing<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Basis weight, caliper, bulk, surface smoothness, brightness, opacity, color and air permeability <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tensile strength (dry and wet), stretchability, and peel adhesion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water absorption capacity and absorption rate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compressibility and stiffness\/flexibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friction and rub resistance <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tissue Pack Innovation Lab has a TAPPI conditioned room with standard and advanced test equipment for performing the analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pulmac Zero-span and Short-span Tensile Tester<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Study of fiber strength, length, and degree of bonding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tissue Softness Analyzer (TSA) by emtec Electronic<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Multifunctional measuring instrument to assess the softness, elasticity and compressibility of tissue and fabrics, as well as ball burst strength, thickness, and basis weight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fiber Quality Analyzer (FQA)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Determination of fiber length, width, curl, kink, coarseness, fines content, shives content, and vessel content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ca0000\">Analytical Testing: Chemical Characterization<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kappa number\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>thickness and basis weight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fiber Quality Analyzer, (FQA)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Determination of fiber length, width, curl, kink, coarseness, fines content, shives content and vessel content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ca0000\">Analytical Testing: Chemical Characterization<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kappa number<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viscosity of pulp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pulp carbohydrates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carboxylic acid group content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surface charge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Metals analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ash content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>pH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ca0000\">Equipment for Furnish and Chemical Additive Optimizatio<strong>n <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Laboratory pulp refiners (PFI Mill and Valley Beater) and disk refiners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freeness testers (Canadian Standard Freeness and Schopper-Riegler Freeness)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>British handsheet former and square handsheet former<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automated dynamic sheet former (capability of doing multi-layered tissue sheets)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Britt Jar for drainage and retention studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Positive Pulse Jar (PPJ) for flow effects studies such as associated with approach-flow shear, jet-wire speed difference, and hydrofoil action<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chemtrac ECA2000 and Mutek PCD03 for colloidal dissolved substances and charge determination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brookfield viscometer equipped with a modified rotor with vertical probes to evaluate the strength of fiber flocs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ca0000\">Pilot Equipment for Process Optimization<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>State-of-the-art creping device<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pilot fourdrinier paper machine \u2013 a flexible machine to evaluate multiple furnishes, additives and process conditions cost-effectively, capable of running low basis weight (~30 gsm) sheet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>State-of-the-art stock preparation \u2013 re-pulping, mixing, thickening, screening, cleaning, and refining equipment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sprout-Bauer Twin-Flo Stock Refiner \u2013 refining of stock at low consistency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fiber recycling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wet-end chemical additives system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Our service center has state-of-the-art equipment and highly trained scientists to provide world-class service in your technical and testing needs. 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