In the manufacturing process for disposable tissue and sanitary
products, a wide variety of additives are commonly used for several purposes.
Additives are used in products to maintain, lose or gain strength, hold dissimilar parts together, offer moisturizer and softness, or even to absorb
moisture and odors.
The aforementioned additives are typically not
visible to the naked eye or, in many cases, even under the microscope.
Therefore, it is necessary to render them visible.
Specific fiber stains have
been extremely instrumental in identifying the physical structures of
these products in product development and problem solving.
Tom Kremer, our technical leader of microscopy, recently presented at McCrone Research Institute's
2010 Inter/Micro conference about how stains can help identify consumer
product problems.
View slides from the presentation >>
