The Korean testing equipment provider offers an intriguing range of both proprietary machines as well as adapted machines featuring remarkable hardware improvements and – most importantly – exclusive and greatly enhanced software systems.
A random selection of currently available product models entirely developed in-house are:
KARDIEN-FDOT: Fireball drop out tester - according to Lee the very first commercial machine in the market capable of measuring the fireball drop out phenomenon in a burning cigarette.
KARDIEN-CAMT: Cigarette ash measuring tester – for testing cigarette ash shape and combustibility.
KARDIEN-FLT: Filter looseness tester – determines adhesion and tensile strength in filters.
KARDIEN-CCST: Capsule compressive strength tester – for compressive strength measurement of flavor capsules.
KARDIEN-FCDU: Filter capsule detecting unit
KARDIEN-SST: Stem separation tester – measures total stem content in cut tobacco samples and is generally deployed in a lab setting.
Keun-Young Lee: “All our proprietary testers convince through exclusive KARDIEN-developed and enhanced new software systems with additional functionalities.”
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The available line-up of adapted and improved product models includes, among others:
KARDIEN-TS: Test station; this was the very first model introduced shortly after KARDIEN’s inauguration in 2013 and has developed into the company’s bestseller. It’s various functionalities have been mentioned in the main article.
KARDIEN-ALT: Air leakage tester – measures the air leakage properties of OPP film.
KARDIEN-KSS: Sieve Shaker
KARDIEN-APT: Air permeability tester – tests the amount of air (air volume) permeating through the paper.
KARDIEN-BIT: Burning intensity tester – to determine the ignition and extinguishing points of LIP-applied cigarettes.
Keun-Young Lee: “These models all not only use KARDIEN software but also feature various improvements in their hardware.”