Test Centre

Further develop your processes or experiment with new ones at our dedicated customer test centre.

Come test out your processes and products

If you’re like us and have a curious nature why not come and test out our customer test centre.

Our dedicated research and development centre gives you the opportunity to test out new coatings and materials, improve existing products or experience Spooners capabilities. With years of web handling experience and dryer knowledge our team can work with you to optimise your process and product quality.

Our team will work with you to explore the new possibilities.

  • Develop concept ideas into new technology and test new products
  • Test our technology and capabilities 
  • Improve current processes 
  • Hire for customer trials
  • Toll coating/contract coating services. 
Foil Floating in the Spooner Test Centre
Foil Floating in the Spooner Test Centre

Our Facility

We are fully equipped to help you make your processes even better

Our test centre offers everything needed to develop and test products. Our facilities include:
  • Reel-to-Reel high-speed coating and laminating line equipped with air flotation drying
  • Hand Sample pilot dryer
  • Through Air (TAD) pilot dryer

Typical coating techniques:
  • Direct & Reverse Gravure – Chambered doctor blade
  • Offset Gravure
  • Chambered Doctor Blade
  • Trailing Doctor Blade
  • 3 Roll Hydrophilic (Chrome roll)
  • Three Roll Reverse
  • Size Press Simulation

Applications
  • Coating and drying pressure sensitive adhesive onto paper and films
  • Coating, drying and curing paints onto aluminium foil or steel sheet
  • Coating lotions onto tissue papers
  • Coating and drying water-based solutions onto PET & BOPP films
  • Moisturising and de-curling of papers
  • Coating and drying barrier coatings onto board
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Come test out your products

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