About Hanatek Instruments
Hanatek is the brand name of the quality control test instruments manufactured by Rhopoint Instruments for the flexible packaging industry.
Hanatek Ltd. was established in 1992 as a contract testing company and manufacturer of test instruments for plastics and cartonboard, headquartered within PIRA, Leatherhead, UK.
In 2006, Hanatek Ltd. was acquired by Rhopoint Instruments and since this time, the product range has been re-developed and expanded to incorporate a variety of instruments to provide manufacturers and users of flexible packaging material with consistently faster packaging speeds with the same batch to batch quality.
Our instruments are designed to be used in both research and development and production environments in numerous industries including: plastic film, carton board, paper, corrugated board, textile, inks and coatings, labels etc.
Hanatek sample preparation equipment allows our customers to prepare products or raw materials for testing in the most efficient manner possible, saving time in production or the test laboratory.
Hanatek Instruments products
Hanatek Carton Crease Proofer (CCP)
- Determine optimum crease settings
- Check substrate suitability
- Check ink & coating flexibility
Hanatek Carton Force Analyser (CFA)
- Measures all the forces required to erect and fill cartons
- Crease resistance (springback), board stiffness, carton opening force, crease opening force
- Variable sample sizes and small crease testing including HL
Hanatek Crease & Board Stiffness Tester (CBT1)
- Measure crease recovery - BS 6965
- Measure board stiffness: ISO 2493
- Instant display of crease to board stiffness ratio
Hanatek Film Shrink Tester (FST)
- Determines quality of cast and blown films
- Measures unrestrained film shrinkage
- Simple laboratory test
Hanatek Precision Thickness Gauge (FT3)
- Precision thickness gauge
- Repeatability of better than 0.4 µm
- Factory configured to a choice of international standard
- User programmable number of readings, dwell time and down speed
Hanatek Precision Thickness Gauge (LAB)
- Laboratory thickness measurement instrument
- Achieve compliance to multiple standards
- Repeatability of better than 0.4 µm
- User programmable number of readings, dwell time and down speed
Hanatek Rub & Abrasion Tester (RT4)
- Assess coating & substrate suitability
- Test the rub resistance of printed material to BS3110
- Optional test: solvent resistance/wet rub test
- Optional test: scratch / abrasion testing
Hanatek Universal Sample Cutter (USC)
- Configurable for multiple test types e.g. friction, grammage, rub
- Suitable for film, paper, foils etc
- Same accuracy independent of operator
- Repeatable, time saving
Hanatek Variable Force Precision Thickness Gauge (FT3-V)
- Variable force thickness measurement by manual addition of weight
- Example configurations include ISO 534 / TAPPI T411 (paper and board ), ASTM D6988 (film, standard & low pressure)
- 0.1µm resolution, 0.4µm accuracy
- User programmable dwell time and measuring speed
Universal Sample Cutter
- Configurable for multiple test types e.g. friction, grammage, rub
- Suitable for film, paper, foils etc
- Same accuracy independent of operator
- Repeatable, time saving
Universal Sample Cutter, Crease & Board
- Universal sample cutter - crease & board to BS6965 and ISO2493
- Configurable for multiple test types e.g. friction, grammage, rub
- Suitable for film, paper, foils etc
- Same accuracy independent of operator
- Repeatable, time saving
Universal Sample Cutter, Friction (Board)
- Universal sample cutter - friction
- Configurable for multiple test types e.g. friction, grammage, rub
- Suitable for film, paper, foils etc
- Same accuracy independent of operator
- Repeatable, time saving
Universal Sample Cutter, Friction (Film)
- Universal sample cutter - friction - for use with plastics
- Configurable for multiple test types e.g. friction, grammage, rub
- Suitable for film, paper, foils etc
- Same accuracy independent of operator
- Repeatable, time saving
Universal Sample Cutter, Rub
- Universal sample cutter - rub testing to BS3110
- Configurable for multiple test types e.g. friction, grammage, rub
- Suitable for film, paper, foils etc
- Same accuracy independent of operator
- Repeatable, time saving