| Abstract;Uniformity in hardness of paper rolls is well known as one of important properties to avoid paper break and registering error during printing process where paper speed is increasing year by year. Therefore, to get accurate hardness profile on every paper roll is essential to establish a reliable quality management system. In 2003, Tapio Technologies Oy, a laboratory equipment manufacturer in Finland launched a hand-held Roll Quality Profiler, RQP, with which anybody can easily and quickly measure paper roll hardness profile on paper rolls. Based on the advantage in design and experience in the handheld RQP, Tapio Technologies Oy has developed a new On-line Roll Quality Profiler, "On-line RQP", and Nomura Shoji Co., Ltd. has started sales of On-line RQP here in Japan. (author abst.) |