What Valmet Paper Lab measures?

Basis Weight

Select measurement module
Burst Tear Tensile Smoothness-top and bottom Bendtsen Smoothness-top and bottom Parker Print Surf Smoothness-top and bottom Sheffield Smoothness-top and bottom Bekk Smoothness-top and bottom/Porosity-Oken Porosity Bendtsen Porosity Gurley Porosity Sheffield UV-Color Diffuse Gloss-2 Tappi 75° Caliper Basis Weight Tensile Stiffness Orientation Multi-Filler Moisture Compression strength (SCT) S-Test Bending Stiffness (Board and Paper models) Blackening Scarredness Formation

Basis weight is a key parameter for all paper and paperboard grades. Accurate grade-specific information is needed to calculate many index values.

Measuring range
BW [g/m2] 10–800
BW [lb/3000 ft2] 6.2–492

Measurement according to standards ISO 536, TAPPI T410. Related standards: ASTM D646, BS 3432, DIN EN ISO 536, JIS P 8124, DIN 53104, CPPA D.3.

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