Analytical Services
PPRD
offers pulp &
paper testing and consultancy services for industries that manufacture and
utilise paper & paperboard products. Our laboratories are well equipped
with a wide range of pulp & paper testing equipment, as well
as various colloid & surface characterization instruments. The paper
testing laboratory features a temperature and humidity-controlled environment
to ensure accurate and reproducible test results. All testing and analysis of
products and materials is to specifications using TAPPI Standards and
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards.
Testing services from PPRD Laboratories:
|
Sl. No.
|
Test Name
|
Test parameter
|
Method adapted
|
Fees (in Taka)
|
|
1
|
Cigarette
paper
|
|
TAPPI
|
15000/-
|
|
2
|
CBS 1
|
|
TAPPI
|
16000/-
|
|
3
|
Custom
sample (paper)
|
|
TAPPI
|
1000/-
-15000/-
|
|
4
|
Tear strength
|
Tearing strength
tester
|
TAPPI
|
1500/-
|
|
5
|
Burst
strength
|
Bursting
strength tester
|
TAPPI
|
1500/-
|
|
6
|
Brightness
|
Reflectance
Colorimeter
|
TAPPI
|
2000/-
|
|
7
|
Opacity
|
Reflectance
Colorimeter
|
TAPPI
|
2000/-
|
|
8
|
Ash
|
Furnace/Balance
|
TAPPI
|
2000/-
|
|
9
|
Moisture
|
Oven/balance
|
TAPPI
|
2000/-
|
|
10
|
Cob
|
Cobb measuring ins.
|
TAPPI
|
1500/-
|
|
11
|
Air
resistance (Gurley)
|
Gurley
meter
|
TAPPI
|
1500/-
|
|
12
|
Gloss
|
Gloss meter
|
TAPPI
|
1500/-
|
|
13
|
Chemical
sensitivity
|
|
TAPPI
|
8000/-
|
|
14
|
Thickness
|
Micrometer
|
TAPPI
|
1500/-
|
|
15
|
Fibre
analysis
|
Microscope
|
TAPPI
|
2000/-
|
|
16
|
Cotton percentage
|
Microscope
|
TAPPI
|
3000/-
|
|
17
|
UV
dull
|
UV
light
|
TAPPI
|
1500/-
|
|
18
|
Stiffness
|
Stiffness tester
|
TAPPI
|
2000/-
|
|
19
|
Carbon
paper
|
|
TAPPI
|
2000/-
|
|
20
|
GSM
|
Balance
|
TAPPI
|
1500/-
|
|
21
|
Tensile
strength
|
Tensile
strength tester
|
TAPPI
|
1500/-
|
|
22
|
Density/bulk
|
Physical method
|
TAPPI
|
1500/-
|
|
23
|
Rag
|
Microscope
|
TAPPI
|
2000/-
|
|
24
|
Sizing
|
Wet methods
|
Tappi
|
1500/-
|
|
25
|
Kappa
number
|
Wet
methods
|
Tappi
|
1500/-
|
|
26
|
Cellulose in pulp/
wood/non-wood
|
Wet methods
|
Tappi
|
2000/-
|
|
27
|
Pentosan
in pulp/ wood/ non-wood
|
Wet
methods
|
Tappi
|
2000/-
|
|
27
|
Klason ignin in pulp/
wood/ non-wood
|
Wet methods
|
Tappi
|
2000/-
|
|
28
|
Acid
soluble ligninin pulp/ wood/ non-wood
|
UV
methods
|
Tappi
|
2000/-
|
|
29
|
Fock test
|
Wet methods
|
TAPPI
|
5000/-
|
|
30
|
Methoxy
group
|
Wet
methods
|
TAPPI
|
5000/-
|
|
31
|
Alkali solubility of
pulp
|
Wet methods
|
TAPPI
|
2000/-
|