Scuff test
Simulates the abrasion a pack takes in transit and on shelf, so the print does not rub away between despatch and purchase.
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Incoming, in-process and outgoing checks, vision inspection, code verification and physical testing.
Quality systems — labels
Checked coming in, in process, and going out
Most print defects are not created at the press. They are created by a substrate that was already wrong, an ink system that does not key to it, or a wind direction that does not match the applicator. So material is checked at all three stages, not only at the end.
- Exhaustive checking procedures for incoming material, in-process material and outgoing material
- 100% automatic control available on rewinding machines
- Scuff tester, peel tester and colour measurement capabilities
- Accelerated ageing
- Barcode and 2D code verification
- Label surface slip
- Advanced vision inspection system
Tests conducted
Three tests that predict most field failures
Each of these answers a question that only shows up after the label has left the building.
Tape test
Checks ink adhesion to the substrate. If the ink lifts with the tape, the stock, the corona treatment or the ink system is wrong for the job.
Ink rub test
Measures how the printed surface stands up to repeated contact — the test that matters for pharma packs handled many times before use.
On the line
The systems behind the tests
Vision inspection
An advanced vision inspection system reads the web at running speed and flags what a person checking a sample never would — a dropped character in one repeat, a missing 2D code, a colour drift building across a reel.
Code verification
Barcodes and 2D codes are verified, not just printed. A code that scans in the plant and fails at the distributor is a recall risk, and verification is what separates the two.
Accelerated ageing
Adhesive and ink are aged under controlled conditions to show what the label will look like at the end of its shelf life, rather than on the day it was applied.
Colour measurement
Brand colour is measured against a reference, not judged by eye, so the repeat six months from now matches the run approved today — across film, board and corrugated alike.
Have a pack that keeps failing?
Send us the sample and the failure mode. Most adhesion and scuff problems trace back to the substrate or the ink system, and both are fixable.