Measurement for paper, board, film & foil
Measure the roll. Find the cause. Fix the process.
Roll hardness profilers for the production floor, high-resolution laboratory analyzers and an analysis service that works from your own samples. We show where quality variation comes from, before it turns into downtime or a customer complaint.
Used by all major paper and board producers
- Paper
- Board
- Tissue
- Nonwovens
- Plastic film
- Metal foil
- Battery materials
Where variation hides
Four places quality problems start, and the tool that finds each one
Online scanners are built for process control: their diagonal path and large measurement spot smooth out short-wavelength variation. Tapio measures true MD and CD profiles at millimetre resolution, where the problem actually shows up.
Roll hardness profilers for paper, board and plastic
A continuous hardness profile across the roll width, with live pass/fail feedback on the handheld device and full analysis in Tapio RollView.
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Root-cause analysis from your samples
Send MD rolls or CD strips. We measure them at high resolution and trace the variation to the process or machine element behind it.
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High-resolution MD and CD profiles in-house
Laboratory analyzers for paper, board, tissue and nonwoven samples, configured with the sensors your troubleshooting and quality control need.
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Print quality analytics from a scan
Objective print mottling, graininess, banding, line quality and base-paper dirt count from images taken with a flatbed scanner.
Explore PapEye softwareApplication example · paper mill
Average hardness could not find the bad rolls. CV% could.
Converter rejects were traced back to certain rolls, but the mill had no way to spot them before shipment: mean hardness was practically the same for every roll in the set.
- Measurement
- Continuous RQP Live hardness profiles of every customer roll at the rewinder, combined in Tapio RollView.
- Finding
- The edge rolls had clearly higher hardness variation. CV% matched the rejected rolls; the mean did not.
- Action
- A CV% alert limit of 5 %, based on earlier rejects, now flags problem rolls before they leave the mill.
Hardness variation per roll · one winder set
Getting started
Three ways to work with Tapio
See RQP Live on a remote demo
We show the measurement, the live pass/fail view and RollView analysis, and talk through your rolls and materials.
Book an RQP Live demoSend us MD rolls or CD strips
Describe the problem, get a scope and quotation, ship the samples. Measurement results typically arrive within two working days of receipt.
Request Tapio AnalysisStart with the software
Tapio RollView and Tapio Analysis are free, open-source companion applications for Tapio instruments. No installation needed.
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In their words
Tapio Analysis is our primary tool to measure and find sources of quality variations that other measuring systems cannot detect. The results show precise machine elements to be fixed or serviced and therefore reduce guessing during production. Tapio Analysis is our primary diagnostics support tool.
If you want to understand the real CD profiles of paper and identify the source of variation, Tapio roll hardness measurements are extremely valuable. They reveal systematic process variations that are difficult or impossible to detect with online scanners.
The scanner–autofeed-software combination has worked extremely well in measuring mottling. It is definitely the smartest way to carry out measurements, since there’s no need to open the scanner and change the sample after every sheet, whether you’re dealing with single sheets or 20 sheets.
Since the 1980s
Finnish measurement know-how, local support on four continents
Tapio has worked on paper and board quality variation since the 1980s. Products, support and service are also available through our local partners in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
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Notes from the mill floor and the lab
Practical insights on roll quality, process diagnostics and measurement technology.
Seeing variation nobody can explain?
Tell us what you see in the roll, on the machine or in print. We normally respond within one working day.