New digital imaging technology that allows chemists to view coating and substrate samples at nano-level magnification has been installed at the Michelman Advanced Materials Collaboration Centre in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Said to be not widely available in the packaging coatings and speciality chemicals industries, the state-of-the-art technology allows Michelman to "quickly and thoroughly" analyse surface characteristics that are critical to development of successful coating systems for paperboard, corrugated, flexible packaging, and other industrial applications.
The information gathered includes high resolution 3D and topographical views using non-destructive sample preparation and roughness measurements. Multiple samples can be recorded quickly and compared using various analysis modes. The rich information and wealth of data are then used to trouble shoot, improve or develop coating technologies.
Robert Turnbull, global technology manager, printing & packaging affirms: "Our new digital imaging technology is allowing us to help customers troubleshoot problem formulations and bring effective new or reformulated products to market faster than ever before.
Analysis that was previously impossible, or that took weeks to perform can now be done in a fraction of the time compared with scanning electron microscopy or other high resolution techniques."
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