BYK Additives & Instruments introduce new type of measuring system to optimize paper production

BYK’s additives control the interaction between substrate and paper surface and optimize its ability to get wet. This is key when it comes to influencing print sharpness and preventing divergences such as missing dots and mottling. Against a background of rising raw material prices and the associated pressure to keep costs down, the desire to optimize along paper production’s value-added chain has increased appreciably. This development can lead to instabilities in the combination of paper substrate and subsequent processes. With a new type of measuring system from BYK Additives & Instruments, the reactions of the paper surface can be identified and controlled better than ever during coating and printing. Thereby, it provides stable action windows for further processing steps of papers. This reduces print disturbance, which can occur particularly with heavy paper and cardboard articles.