Improved Quality Assurance Utilizing Optical 3D Surface Measurement and True Color Visualization, PaperCon 2013

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Research and development in the tissue sector of the paper industry strongly focuses on the accurate characterization of the papers’ surface.

However, manufacturers still miss the possibility to traceably and numerically classify the softness of a tissue’s surface with robust and accurate 3D measurements, even though the categorization of surface texture reflects an increasing need in quality assurance.