RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Lab-Scale Corona Treatment for Product Development
Developing new packaging structures, qualifying new substrates, or testing ink and coating adhesion all require corona treatment in a controlled lab setting. QC Electronics lab corona treaters give your R&D team the ability to treat samples and record real data to help bring your new products to scale.
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Why R&D Labs Need Their Own Corona Treater
Developing new packaging structures, qualifying new substrates, or reformulating inks and coatings all require corona treatment testing. But most labs either don’t have a treater at all, or rely on handheld corona treaters that can’t replicate production-scale watt densities.
Handheld treaters create inconsistent, unmeasurable treatment. You can’t control watt density, you can’t replicate results, and you can’t correlate your lab findings to what will happen on a production line. The gap between lab results and production reality leads to costly surprises—substrates that passed lab testing but fail on the press, or treatment parameters that worked in the lab but don’t scale.
For film manufacturers evaluating new resin formulations, packaging converters qualifying new substrates, or ink and coating companies testing adhesion on treated surfaces, you need a lab treater that behaves like a production system, just at benchtop scale.
THE SOLUTION
Production-Scale Parameters in Your Lab
QC lab corona treaters are engineered to deliver a wide range of watt densities in a compact form factor, giving your R&D team the ability to corona treat any substrate in-house. Evaluate ink adhesion on treated surfaces, compare substrate performance, study treatment decay, and develop new products without tying up production line time.
→Wide range of watt densities: replicate the treatment levels of any production-scale QC corona treater, from light treatment to aggressive surface modification
→Repeatable results: precision controls deliver the same treatment level every time, enabling accurate comparison between substrates, inks, and coatings
→Any substrate: treat films, papers, foils, synthetics, rigid and flexible materials, ultra-thin substrates, and specialty materials
→Scale-up confidence: parameters validated on a QC lab treater translate directly to QC production systems, eliminating the guesswork when you move from lab to line
Don’t Have a Lab? Use Ours.
If you’re not ready to invest in your own lab treater, QC offers free lab testing at our facility in Portage, Wisconsin. Ship us your substrate and we’ll run it through our treaters, measure surface energy pre and post treatment, and send you a detailed report with recommended treatment parameters.
Our testing process: We start by collecting your application details: substrate, ink or coating chemistry, and downstream process requirements. We then develop a customized testing plan, run your samples through our equipment, and verify that surface energies are at the appropriate level for your application. Learn more about our lab testing service →
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT
Lab Corona Treaters for R&D
Purpose-built for research labs, product development facilities, and quality assurance testing. Compact designs that deliver production-scale treatment parameters.
MOST POPULAR
DocuDyne Lab Corona Treater
Compact, high-performance corona treater designed specifically for R&D environments. Treats a wide range of sample substrates with watt density control for accurate scale-up validation.
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ULTRA-THIN SUBSTRATES
Vacuum Table Corona Treater
Precision treatment for ultra-thin and delicate substrates. Vacuum hold-down ensures uniform, no contact treatment with no duty cycle limitations. Ideal for labs working with specialty films and materials.
Ultra-ThinNo ContactNo Duty Cycle
SERVICE
Lab Testing
Not ready to invest in your own lab treater? Ship us your substrate and we’ll run customized trials at our facility in Portage, Wisconsin. Included with lab testing is surface energy measurement, treatment parameter recommendations, and detailed reports.
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PILOT LINES
Building a Pilot Line? Let Us Help.
If you’re setting up a pilot line to simulate production-scale converting, printing, or extrusion, we can configure a corona treatment station matched to your pilot parameters. Same engineering, same equipment, scaled to your pilot environment.
RESULTS
What Lab-Scale Corona Treatment Delivers
Validate Before You Invest
Test treatment parameters on your actual substrates before committing to production-scale equipment. Know exactly what watt density, treatment level, and system configuration your application requires.
Repeatable Results
Precision controls deliver the same treatment every time — enabling accurate comparison between substrates, ink formulations, and coating chemistries. Eliminate the variability of handheld corona treaters.
Faster Development Cycles
Run corona treatment trials in your own lab on your own schedule. No waiting for third-party testing, no shipping delays, no coordinating production line time for R&D trials.
Confident Scale-Up
Parameters validated on QC lab treaters translate directly to QC production systems. The treatment characteristics of the DocuDyne are designed to replicate full-scale production — so what works in the lab works on the line.
OUR PROCESS
From Your Application to a Working Solution
01
Application Review
We gather details about your substrate, ink type, line speed, treat width, and production environment.
02
Lab Testing
Ship us your substrate. We run it through our treaters and measure dyne levels to determine optimal treatment parameters.
03
System Design
Our engineers configure a corona treater matched to your exact specs: application, substrate, treat width, power density, and mechanical integration.
04
Install & Support
Every system ships after a week-long QA test under load. We support installation and provide ongoing technical assistance.
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