TIP 0106-06 "Kaolin clay pigment index" (Revision)

TIP 0304-62 "Checking the parallel of corrugating rolls with "NCR" paper" (Revision)

TIP 0404-38 "Dryer fabric cleaning" (Revision)

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Plans are already underway for the 100th Anniversary of TAPPI, which will be observed during the 2015 PaperCon Conference in Atlanta, April 19-22.2015.

As part of the celebration, TAPPI and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have invited ISO Technical Committee TC 6 and its subcommittees and working groups to hold its 2015 meeting during the PaperCon week.

To keep up with the 100th Anniversary plans, there's a special website: http://www.tappi100years.org. On this site you can also sign up for the special newsletter for this event.

 

The following TAPPI Standards have been approved as American National Standards by the ANSI Board of Standards Review:

T 494 om-13 Tensile properties of paper and paperboard (using constant rate of elongation apparatus)

T 511 om-13 Folding endurance of paper (MIT tester)

T 236 om-13 Kappa number of pulp

T 459 om-13 Surface strength of paper (wax pick test)

T 812 om-13 Ply separation of solid and corrugated fiberboard (wet)

T 524 om-13 Color of paper and paperboard (45/0, C/2)

T 527 om-13 Color of paper and paperboard (d/0, C/2)

T 836 om-13 Bending stiffness, four point method

Notices of these final approvals were placed in the January 3, 2014 edition of ANSI Standards Action.

 

TIP 0106-05 "Calcium carbonate pigment index" has been automatically withdrawn due to lack of progress in its regular review. This Resource Infomration TIP is required to be reviewed every two years to confirm the supplier information provided in the TIP.

Withdrawn TIPs are available free for TAPPI members and for a $10 charge to nonmembers.

Anyone wishing to open a Work Item for reinstatement of withdrawn TIPs should contact standards@tappi.org.

 

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Listed below are the Standards that will be up for review in 2014. The date indicated is the target date on which the draft will be distributed to the Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG) for that particular Standard.

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T 1006 sp-10 Testing of fiber glass mats:  use of modified TAPPI procedures for sampling and lot acceptance, stiffness, tear resistance, air permeability, and thickness  (May 6, 2014)

T 702 om-10 Rheological measurements for characterization of polyolefins:low-density polyethylene (LDPE) for extrusion coating (May 20, 2014)

T 1007 sp-10 Sample location for fiber glass mat sheets (May 27, 2014)

T 840 om-10 Testing adhesives used in glued lap joints of corrugated fiberboard containers (June 10, 2014)

T 1008 sp-10 Test conditions for fiberglass mat test methods (June 17, 2014)

T 844 pm-10 Determining construction (nominal basis weight) of corrugated board (June 24, 2014)

T 1009 om-10 Tensile strength and elongation at break  for fiber glass mats (July 1, 2014)

T 546 om-10 Machine-direction grammage variation measurement (gravimetric method) (July 8, 2014)

T 1012 om-10 Moisture content of fiber glass mats (July 15, 2014

T 553 om-10 Alkalinity of paper as calcium carbonate (alkaline reserve of paper) (July 22, 2014)

T 1013 om-10 Loss on ignition of fiber glass mats (August 5, 2014)

T 560 om-10 CIE whiteness and tint of paper and  paperboard (d/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer) (August 12, 2014)

T 1014 om-10 Moisture sensitivity of fiber glass mats (August 19, 2014)

T 200 sp-10 Laboratory beating of pulp (Valley beater method) (September 2, 2014)

T 562 om-10 CIE whiteness and tint of paper and  paperboard (45/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer) (September 9, 2014)

T 1015 sp-10 Fiber glass mat uniformity (visual defects) (September 23, 2014)

T 403 om-10 Bursting strength of paper (September 30, 2014)

T 1016 om-10 Average fiber diameter of fiber glass  mats (October 7, 2014)

T 411 om-10 Thickness (caliper) of paper, paperboard, and combined board (October 14, 2014)

T 456 om-10 Tensile breaking strength of  water-saturated paper and paperboard  ("wet tensile strength") (October 21, 2014)

T 555 om-10 Roughness of paper and paperboard  (print-surf method) (October 26, 2014)

T 541 om-10 Internal bond strength of paperboard  (z-direction tensile) (November 4, 2014)

T 558 om-10 Surface wettability and absorbency of  sheeted materials using an automated contact angle tester (November 11, 2014)

T 454 om-10 Turpentine test for voids in glassine and greaseproof papers (November 18, 2014)

T 465 sp-10 Static creasing of paper for water vapor transmission tests (November 26, 2014)

T 267 cm-05 Compression wood identification in pulpwood (December 2, 2014)

T 213 om-10 Dirt in pulp - chart method (December 9, 2014)

T 220 sp-10 Physical testing of pulp handsheets (December 16, 2014

 

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For details on these commonly-used acronyms in the development of TAPPI Standards and TIPs, please see the Standards Guidelines and the TIP Guidelines, or send your questions to standards@tappi.org.

TIP = Technical Information Paper
Q&SMC = Quality and Standards Management Committee
SSIG = Standard-Specific Interest Group
SARG = Standards Advisory Review Group
WI = Work Item
WG = Working Group
WGC = Working Group Chairman
om = Official Method
pm = Provisional Method
sp = Standard Practice
cm = Classical Method
ss = Standard Specification
sg = Standard Guideline
gl = Standard Glossary
wd = Withdrawn Standard
UM = Useful Method

 

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