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TIP 0402-36 "Guidelines for detection, monitoring and prevention of flow accelerated corrosion (FAC) in the pulp and paper mill" (New TIP)

TIP 0508-06 "Refiner systems: their inspection and maintenance" (Revision)

Special note: Documents appearing in the TAPPI online version of the Standards and TIPs are updated once a month (usually around the 15th). So it is possible that there is a delay between the publication announcement and the posting online. If you are a subscriber to the online access to Standards and TIPs and you are in a hurry for new documents that have not yet been posted, you can send a request to standards@tappi.org.

 

The TAPPI Standards regulations require public review of standards that are up for ballot. TAPPI members can view any drafts that are in ballot by logging in to the TAPPI web site (www.tappi.org), clicking on "My TAPPI," and then clicking on the "Standards Public Draft Review" link on the left side of the page. If you would like to review and comment on any draft and are not a member of the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG), you may view the draft on line or you may request a copy of the draft being balloted by writing to standards@tappi.org. TAPPI members may join SSIGs as permanent members; go to the Subject Category page to download forms for this purpose. Nonmembers of TAPPI may join any SSIG as a voting member; to do so, send a message to standards@tappi.org to receive a copy of the draft and a ballot.

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 627 "Determination of titanium dioxide" (June 28, 2013)

Special note about the online balloting system: TAPPI has been experiencing some problems on its website with the online system for balloting. The problem may or may not have been corrected by the time of the publication fo this edition of the STAR newsletter.

If you are a TAPPI member and expderience problems trying to access drafts and vote on line, send a message to standards@tappi.org and request that a copy of the draft be sent to you. then you can vote by replying to the email. We apologize for the inconvenience.

 

 

Although there is already a Standard-Specific Interest Group for currently withdrawn TAPPI T 625 "Analysis of soda and sulfate black liquor," the working group chair for a proposed revision and reinstatement of this standard has requested an announcement to recruit additional interested parties.

The proposal is to revise and reissue T 625 as a Classical Method and to add a non-numeric precision statement based on: (1) the test method is primarily being used within a single pulp mill as black, green, and white liquors are not commercially traded; (2) there are several test procedures within this single test method and dividing them into several individual methods would serve no purpose as this is best left as a broad analysis method; and (3) it is extremely difficult to run a round robin for this type of method.

If you would like to join the SSIG for T 625 (or if you need confirmation that you are already a member), please contact standards@tappi.org no later than July 15, 2013.