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TIP 0304-49 "Suggestions for developing a box plant quality manual" (Revision)

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Listed below are TAPPI Standards that have recently gone out for ballot to the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG). The date in parentheses is the closing date for voting.


T 252 "pH and electrical conductivity of hot water extracts of pulp, paper, and paperboard" (August 1, 2011)
T 211 "Ash in wood, pulp, paper and paperboard: combustion at 525 degrees C" (August 5, 2011)
T 1212 "Light sources for evaluating papers including those containing fluorescent whitening agents" (August 8, 2011)
T 1214 "Interrelation of reflectance, R0; reflectivity, R ; TAPPI opacity, C0.89; scattering, s; and absorption, k" (August 12, 2011)
T 464 "Water vapor transmission rate of paper and paperboard at high temperature and humidity" (August 8, 2011)
T 1217 "Photometric linearity of optical properties instruments" (August 22, 2011)
T 1218 "Calibration of reflectance standards for hemispherical geometry" (August 26, 2011)
T 575 "Roughness of paper and paperboard, stylus (Emveco-type) method" (August 29, 2011)
T NEW (WI 3025) "Diffuse brightness of paper, paperboard and pulp (d/0) (ultraviolet level D65)" (August 29, 2011)

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

T 400 sp-11 Sampling and accepting a single lot of paper, paperboard, containerboard, or related product
T 460 om-11 Air resistance of paper (Gurley method)
T 807 om-11 Bursting strength of linerboard
T 809 om-11 Flat crush of corrugating medium (CMT test)
T 810 om-11 Bursting strength of corrugated board
T 1211 sp-11 Acceptance procedures for laboratories providing reference materials for TAPPI Standards

Notices of these final approvals were placed in the June 17, 2011, edition of ANSI Standards Action.

TAPPI Standard T 281 "Open drum washer mat sampling technique" is now up for five-year review. There are, however, only 8 members in the Standard-Specific Interest Group for T 281, and the TAPPI guidelines require a minimum of 10.

The scope of T 281 is: This method is concerned with collecting pulp mat and liquor samples from open drum washers.

If you would like to join the SSIG for T 281, please reply to standards@tappi.org no later than August 1, 2011. If at least 10 individuals are members of the SSIG by that date, the standard will be balloted for the review.

The next meeting of the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is scheduled for Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 2:30 pm CENTRAL time, at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel, Ft. Worth, TX, the site of the 2011 Corr Expo Conference. SARG approval is the last step prior to publication for any new or revised standard.

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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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