Paper, Cardboard and Corrugated Board

Zwick Roell, together with its huge range of fixtures and tooling, brings major innovations to the paper, cardboard and corrugated board industry. Replacing traditional single purpose testing equipment with multifunctional and more flexible products saves costs, laboratory space and brings major benefits such as a single software application and reduced operator training requirements.

From a technology point of view Zwick Roell leads the market with regard to the testing of paper, cardboard and corrugated board.

Pioneering developments in new tools, fixtures and test methods
Close cooperation with the market leaders in the industry
Development and support of customised equipment and software for special applications
More relevant, reliable and consistent results

testXpert^®, one of the worlds’ most popular materials and component test software, is configured specifically for paper, cardboard and corrugated board testing.

Easy to use, intuitive and comprehensive functionality helps to increase operator’s efficiency
Display of live graph during the test giving a visualisation of the test process
Flexibility for the user to define additional results and their associated formulae
Transfer of test data to external data processing systems
Individually customised test modules for paper, cardboard and corrugated board

Testing of Paper for Corrugated Board Production

Burst test, tear test, different types of crush tests, strip crush test, internal bond test (Z-direction), water absorbtion to Cobb, different types of tensile tests

Testing of Corrugated Board and its Products

Burst test, 4-point bending test, penetration test, different types of crush tests, ACT Test, box crush and stacking crush test, water absorbtion to Cobb

Testing of Cardboard and its Products

Burst test, 2-point bending test, creasing strength, 3-point bending test, 4-point bending test, penetration test, internal bond test (Z-direction), friction test, laboratory creasing, water absorbtion to Cobb, different types of tensile tests

Testing of Special Papers, Graphic Papers and Printing Papers

Burst test, 2-point bending test, creasing strength, penetration test, tear test, internal bond test (Z-direction), friction test, laboratory creasing, water absorbtion to Cobb, different types of tensile tests

Testing of Tissue and Hygienic Papers

Ball-burst test on tissue, wet tensile test, Zero span test, tensile tests

Testing of Paper Compound Materials

3-point bending test, internal bond test (Z-direction), friction test, tear propagation test

Specimen Preparation

Specimen preparation is critical to obtaining good results. For this we offer special devices: Circular cutter for FCT specimen, strip cutter, saw for ECT specimen, medium fluter and others.