Solution-Oriented Experts : Technological and Social Innovations
Institut des communications graphiques et de l’imprimabilité - ICI
CCTT contact information
999, avenue Émile-Journault Est
Montréal (Québec) H2M 2E2
Phone : 514 389-5061
Fax : 514 389-5840
Web site : http://www.i-ci.ca
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Fields of expertise
- Technical trouble shooting
- Color management
- Print quality control
- Independent laboratory services
- Development of consumables
- Printability analyses on press
- Testing procedure
- Reproducible, relevant tests carried out in a controlled environment
Application examples
- Development of a cellulose nanocrystals field-based printing medium
- Development of a conductive material replacing ITO
- Development of printed packaging to extend the shelf life of packaged food
- Development of a patented quality control to systematically verify the performance of printing press ink from batch to batch
- Setting strategy premedia for an industrial group
- Strategic projects on the identification of printing equipment to serve new markets
- Study on competitive consumables in terms of performance on printing presses
- Quality control on the performance of printing press inks
- Problem solving on site
Equipments
The web offset press Goss M-110 web offset heatset press with folder or sheeter, can be used in coldset mode
The offset sheetfed press Heidelberg Speedmaster 74, 5 colors with varnish and online drying unit
The flexographic press 6 color Aquaflex press
The digital printing department Xerox IGen 3
Ink-paper interaction laboratory
- Technibrite
- Dynamic Penetration Measurement (D.P.M.) Tester
- Digital Bristow wheel
- Near and Mid Infrared Spectrometer
- Lloyd for elongation at break tester
Inks laboratory
- Datacolor spectrophotometer (SF 600)
- IGT
- Automatic Air driven K-proof
- Prüfbau gravure
- Duke 2000 Viscosimeter
- ATS Rheometer
- Inkometer – to measure ink tack
Colorimetry and image analysis laboratory
- Auto-Tracking Systems (ATS) X-Rite
- A range of densitometers and spectrophotometers
- Verity IA image analyser
- ImageXpert image analyser
- Gretag Macbeth Linocolor