Skip to page contentResearch & Development TreesearchYou are here: Home / Search / Publication InformationPublication InformationUS Forest Service - Research & DevelopmentLast Modified: April 16, 2007(511 KBbytes)Title: Comparison of fiber length analyzersAuthor: Guay, Don; Sutherland, Nancy Ross; Rantanen, Walter; Malandri, Nicole; Stephens, Aimee; Mattingly,Kathleen; Schneider, Matt;Date: 2005Source: 2005 TAPPI Practical Papermaking Conference [electronic resource] : May 22-26, 2005, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Atlanta, GA : Tappi Press,c2005: ISBN: 1595100946: 9781595100948: [30] pages.Publication Series: Miscellaneous PublicationDescription: In recent years, several fiber new fiber length analyzers have been developed and brought to market. The new instruments provide fastermeasurements and the capability of both laboratory and on-line analysis. Do the various fiber analyzers provide the same length, coarseness, width, andfines measurements for a given fiber sample? This paper provides a comparison of fiber length analyzers over a range of fiber types. Integrated PaperServices, Inc., the USDA FS Forest Products Laboratory, and the Paper Science Department at UW-Stevens Point evaluated six distinct pulp samples usingthe FS-200, Fibermaster, MorFi, Fiber Lab, FQA (Fiber Quality Analyzer) and HI Res FQA analyzers. Each optical fiber length instrument studiedprovides repeatable measurements for fiber length, coarseness, width, and fines. However, there were measurement differences between the instruments.Given the fact that the various instruments have unique hardware and software, these measurement differences were expected. Fiber length, width, andcoarseness, and fines measurements generally correlate well between instruments indicating that calibration between instruments is possible. Finesmeasurements do not correlate between the MorFi and the other instruments because the MorFi measures and reports fines on a different basis.Keywords: Fiber length analyzers, optical instruments, measuring instruments, paper, testing, wood-pulp, optical measurements, scientific apparatus,scientific instruments, fiber analysis, pulp, wood fibers, fiber length, fiber propertiesPublication Notes:We recommend that you also print this page and attach it to the printout of the article, to retain the full citation information.This article was written and prepared by U.S. Government employees on official time, and is therefore in the public domain.XML: View XMLCitation:Guay, Don; Sutherland, Nancy Ross; Rantanen, Walter; Malandri, Nicole; Stephens, Aimee; Mattingly, Kathleen; Schneider, Matt 2005. Comparison offiber length analyzers. 2005 TAPPI Practical Papermaking Conference [electronic resource] : May 22-26, 2005, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Atlanta, GA :Tappi Press, c2005: ISBN: 1595100946: 9781595100948: [30] pages.View PDFComparison of fiber length analyzers - Forest Service Research & Deve... http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/2603110-Aug-15 23:12