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TIP 0304-73 "Checking for coating wear on corrugating rolls" (Revision)

TIP 0305-02 "Maintenance on computer-assisted machinery" (Revision)

TIP 0305-12 "Installation" (Revision)

TIP 0305-18 "Proper use of pull bands" (Revision)

UM 251 "Permanganate number of pulp" (formerly withdrawn UM revised and returned to set)

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 824 om-09 "Fluted edge crush of corrugating medium (flexible beam method)" (November 4, 2013)

T 631 om-09 "Microbiological enumeration of process water and slush pulp" (November 7, 2013)

T 534 "Brightness of clay and other mineral pigments (d/0 diffuse)" (November 8, 2013)

T 515 "Visual grading and color matching of paper" (November 15, 2013)

T 257 "Sampling and preparing wood for analysis" (November 15, 2013)

T 480 "Specular gloss of paper and paperboard at 75 degrees" (November 22, 2013)

T 458 "Surface wettability of paper (angle of contact method)" (December 2, 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.

A ballot on T 526 cm-04 "Blister resistance of coated paper in heatset printing" was distributed for its ten-year review ballot on May 7, 2013. Due to low response to the ballot, a second ballot was distributed on July 17, 2013. The percent return of this ballot was also low.

Under the current TAPPI guidelines, this method was balloted for withdrawal in this review because it is a Classical Method that has been through regular review more than once. There was one negative voting against withdrawal, and that voter has agreed to become working group chair for the review and has requested that the next ballot be for retention and possibly revision of T 526 as a Classical Method.

Because of the low percent return, several members of the Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG) are in danger of being dropped after the next ballot due to missing three ballots in a row. However, if all of those members are dropped, then we will drop below the minimum 10 members required to constitute an SSIG.

In order to have enough SSIG members after the delinquent members are dropped, we need to add new members to the SSIG. If you have an interest in T 526 and would like to join this SSIG, please send a message to standards@tappi.org no later than November 15, 2013.

Reports outlining the overdue reviews for Standards and TIPs were sent to the Quality and Standards Management Committee (Q&SMC) on August 19, 2013. Copies of these reports were also sent to the assigned Working Group Chairmen for these overdue reviews as well as to chairmen of the appropriate technical groups in TAPPI.

Anyone who did not receive the overdue reports but who have an interest may obtain copies by requesting them from standards@tappi.org.

Working Group Chairmen: These reports were sent to you for your information and action, if required. Q&SMC may, according to the Standards Guidelines, withdraw any Standards or TIPs whose reviews are overdue, especially if it appears that little progress is being made on the Work Item. If more information or indications of progress on these Work Items are received prior to the next meeting (November 5, 2013), Q&SMC will take these reports of progress under consideration. 

To provide updates regarding these reports, send a message to to standards@tappi.org no later than Monday, November 4, 2013, in order to be able to provide this information to Q&SMC at their next meeting.

The next meeting of the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 1:30 pm EASTERN time, at TAPPI Headquarters.  SARG approval is the last step prior to publication for any new or revised standard.

In order to act on any appeals from TAPPI members relevant to the standards up for approval, the SARG meeting is open to anyone for participation. The agenda has been posted on the TAPPI SARG page and is shown below. If you would like to participate in the SARG meeting by conference call, please send a message before November 5, 2013, to standards@tappi.org.

AGENDA

Standards Advisory Review Group
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
1:30 pm (EASTERN time)
TAPPI Headquarters
Atlanta, GA

I. Welcome and introductions
II. Antitrust Statement
III. Approval of Agenda
IV. Approval of Minutes from April 30, 2013
V. Standards ready for final approval (* indicates standards eligible for submission as American National Standards)

1. *T 494 "Tensile properties of paper and paperboard (using constant rate of elongation apparatus)"
2. *T 511 "Folding endurance of paper (MIT tester)"
3. T 210 "Sampling and testing wood pulp shipments for moisture"
4. *T 236 "Kappa number of pulp"
5. *T 459 "Surface strength of paper (wax pick test)"
6. *T 812 "Ply separation of solid and corrugated fiberboard (wet)"
7. *T 524 "Color of paper and paperboard (45/0, C/2)"
8. *T 527 "Color of paper and paperboard (d/0, C/2)"
9. *T 836 "Bending stiffness, four point method"
10. *T 808 "Flat crush test of corrugated board (flexible beam method)"
11. T 577 "Score bend test"

VI. Other business
VII. Next meeting
VIII. Adjournment