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LAB TESTING

Free Corona Treatment Lab Trials for Equipment Customers

Ship us your substrate. We’ll run it through our production-scale treaters, measure surface energy before and after treatment, and send you a detailed report with system sizing recommendations matched to your application.

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OUR LAB

Production-Scale Testing in a Controlled Environment

Our lab isn’t a benchtop setup. It’s a full production-scale corona treatment line. We test your actual substrate on the same equipment we manufacture, so the results translate directly to what you’ll see on your production floor.
 
The line consists of an unwind/rewind with advanced web handling, a QC Advantage corona treatment system for any substrate—conductive or nonconductive—and a QC TNT Touch N’ Treat corona treatment system for high efficiency treatment of nonmetallized substrates. Our lab also features the sheetfed versions of these two systems and a DocuDyne for small A4 sized sheet samples. We measure surface characteristics before and after treatment using KRUSS analysis equipment and dyne testing devices.
✓Widths up to 60″
✓Up to 24″ diameter rolls
✓Single or double sided treatment
✓Any conductive or nonconductive film
✓Bare roll and covered roll configurations
✓KRUSS surface analysis and dyne testing
A woman using a KRUSS mobile surface analyzer on flexible film to determine surface energy before corona treatment.
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HOW IT WORKS

Three Steps to Guaranteed Results

01

Tell Us About Your Application

We collect details about your substrate, ink or coating chemistry, line speed, treat width, and downstream process requirements. This lets us design a testing plan specific to your application.

02

Ship Us Your Substrate

Send us a roll of your material. We run it through our production-scale treaters at multiple watt densities, measuring surface energy before and after treatment using KRUSS analysis equipment and dyne testing. We identify the optimal treatment parameters for your application.

03

Receive Your Report

We deliver a detailed material analysis and treatment report, including measured surface energy at each watt density, surface characteristic data, and our recommendation for the right corona treatment system and configuration for your line.

YOUR DELIVERABLES

What You Get Back

→Detailed material analysis: surface characteristics of your substrate before and after treatment, measured with KRUSS analysis equipment
→Treatment report: dyne levels achieved at multiple watt densities, showing exactly how your substrate responds to corona treatment
→System recommendation: the specific corona treater model, power configuration, and treatment parameters matched to your substrate, ink chemistry, and line speed
→Engineering consultation: direct access to the engineers who ran your trials, available to answer questions about results, integration, and next steps
→Treated sample material: your substrate returned with treated sections so you can verify adhesion performance in your own facility
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LAB EQUIPMENT

What We Test With

QC Advantage

Production-scale bare roll treater for conductive and nonconductive substrates. Widths up to 60″. The same system we manufacture for production lines.

Any SubstrateUp to 60″

QC TNT Touch N’ Treat

Covered roll treater for nonmetallized substrates. Tests your film under the same conditions as a production blown or cast film line.

NonconductiveFilm Extrusion

48″ Sheet Treater & DocuDyne

Sheet-format corona treatment for rigid substrates up to 48″ and lab-scale sample treatment on the DocuDyne for smaller substrates and R&D evaluation.

Sheet FormatLab Scale

KRUSS Surface Analysis

Advanced surface characterization equipment that measures your substrate’s molecular properties before and after treatment — showing exactly how corona treatment changes your material.

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WHO IS THIS FOR

Lab Testing Is Right for You If…

→You’re evaluating a new corona treatment system and want to verify treatment parameters before committing to a purchase
→You’re qualifying a new substrate and need to know if it can be corona treated to the dyne levels your process requires
→You’re troubleshooting adhesion problems on an existing line and need independent surface analysis to identify the root cause
→You’re switching ink or coating chemistry and need to confirm your current treatment levels are adequate for the new formulation
→You’re upgrading from a competitor’s treater and want to see QC’s treatment performance on your actual material before making the switch
→You need data to support a capital equipment purchase: our lab report provides the documentation your team needs to justify the investment

Lab testing is free for customers purchasing corona treatment equipment. For standalone testing services without an equipment purchase, contact us for pricing. Either way, you’ll receive the same rigorous testing process and detailed report.

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Ready to Test Your Substrate?

Contact us with your application details: substrate type, ink or coating chemistry, and what you’re trying to achieve. We’ll tell you exactly what to ship and have results back to you quickly.

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