Contact person
Hans Christiansson
Application engineer
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Measurement of washboarding
Measurement of the unwanted washboarding on corrugated cardboard is done to check that it does not exceed an acceptable level.
Purpose
- Washboarding is a regular line pattern that can occur when the liner is glued on the fluting when making corrugated cardboard.
- Corrugated cardboard is the most common material when manufacturing packaging boxes because it has good shock-absorbing properties that protect the product.
- In addition to measurement, we can also sell software license for the measurement method OptiTopo Expert with washboarding toolbox. This software is based on the use of the instrument L&W OptiTopo sold by ABB (formerly Lorentzsen & Wettre).
Method
The measurement gives:
- A quality measure of how large the washboarding effect is.
- The liner's fine-scale surface roughness and craters that often correlate with print quality after the corrugated board surface is printed.
- Illustrative images of the washboarding effect that make it easier to visually compare different samples and use the results in reports and presentations.
Deliveries
Excel file with measured values described above.
