Digital technologies are not only driving scientific progress, but are also increasingly finding their way into industry and many areas of everyday life. The recognition of images, sounds, texts and speech is increasingly being accomplished via digital services that can evaluate and link this information using algorithms in order to automate and monitor processes or support operators of machines with digital assistance systems when making complex decisions. Our research supports the paper industry in implementing digital material and process models based on real-time data to increase the efficiency in paper production and processing. In addition to developing appropriate models and providing calculation tools, we also develop databases for structured data storage for subsequent analyses.

Are you familiar with our products yet?

• Paper for Recycling Calculator

• Reffibre Calculation Tool

As part of the DDTrust research project no. 16DTM110C, an independent data trust model in the form of a recycling database for the Saxony economic region was developed and implemented in collaboration with the Technische Universität Dresden. The interaction between industry partners, the trust agency, and the research institution in providing data from recycling tests on the recyclability of fiber-based products was evaluated using a web service demonstrator. The expertise gained in this process serves as a basis for future data space projects.

We also support the open materials research platform MaterialHub of the German Information Service for Materials Science and Materials Technology (FID Materials Science) by providing material data, including on corrugated board and corrugated base paper, for the MatWerk research platform.

Are you interested in implementing paper industry-specific databases and the assessment models based on them to improve recyclability or other applications in the paper industry? Feel free to contact us.

We are also researching how our measuring devices from the DOMASmultispec PTS product family, PaperBaleSensor (PBS), and new developments such as the Recovered Paper Monitor (RCP), Recovered Paper Eye, Line Camera System, and Contamination Monitor can be integrated into digital environments and their measurement data used for smart services. Together with industry and research partners, we are working to improve measurement systems and establish them as technical services in paper production and processing.

Do you want to detect and analyze disturbing particals in the fiber suspension during stock preparation? Then our approaches to online analysis of fiber suspensions will be of interest to you.

Do you have visually disturbing contaminants in your paper products? We can help you with the analysis.

The terahertz spectrum, i.e., the frequency range between infrared and microwave from 0.1 THz to 10 THz, is characterized by high penetration depth and good spatial resolution. This makes it ideal for non-destructive, contactless material analysis. This spectroscopy, which operates without ionizing radiation, allows comparable insights into optically dense materials that would otherwise only possible with X-ray technology. Surface material distribution, as well as cross-sections of individual layers, can be visualized, e.g. to identify enclosed material defects or the quality of paper formation.