STARTAPPINew or Revised Standards, TIPs, and Useful Methods
TIP 0402-17 "Weld repairs on new suction roll shells" (Revision)
TIP 1004-01 "TAPPI Roll Number for inventory/tracking systems and bar codes" (Reaffirmation)
TIP 0416-15 "Chloride and potassium measurement and control in the pulping and chemical recovery cycle" (Revision)
TIP 0416-25 "Nitrogen oxide emissions control from biomass and kraft recovery boilers in the pulp and paper industry" (New)
TIP 0416-26 "Best Practice for Recovery Boiler Inspection (Optimizing Inspection Scope)" (New)
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.
TAPPI Standards in Ballot
The TAPPI Standards regulations require public review of standards that are up for ballot. Send a message to standards@tappi.org if you want to request a copy of draft in 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 218 sp-11 "Forming handsheets for reflectance testing of pulp (Büchner funnel procedure)" (September 21, 2015) T 646 om-11 "Brightness of clay and other mineral pigments (45/0)" (September 25, 2015) T 556 "Bending resistance of paper and paperboard by single-point bending methods" (October 3, 2015)
T 807 "Bursting strength of linerboard" (October 9, 2015)
WI 3035 "Specular gloss at 20 degrees (parallel beam method)" (October 15, 2015)
T 827 "Box blank dimensioning" (October 16, 2015)
T 564 "Transparent chart for the estimation of defect size" (October 23, 2015) T 400 "Sampling and accepting a single lot of paper, paperboard, containerboard, or related product" (October 26, 2015) SSIG Members Needed
The ten-year review of T 602 cm-06 "Analysis of sulfuric acid" has been delayed due to lack of SSIG members. If you have an interest in becoming a member of this SSIG please contact standards@tappi.org by October 15, 2015. The first ballot will go out sometime after that date.
Members for Working Groups of Useful Methods Needed
Reports outlining the overdue reviews for Standards and TIPs were sent to the Quality and Standards Management Committee (Q&SMC) on August 11, 2015. 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 (October 20, 2015), Q&SMC will take these reports of progress under consideration.
If you are working on a Standard that will be ready to go to the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) for final approval, please be aware that the SARG agenda must be posted on the web at least 50 days before their next meeting on October 20, 2015. This means that any standards that are ready for SARG must be submitted no later than August 21, 2015, in order to be included in the Fall 2015 SARG agenda.
To provide updates regarding these reports, send a message to standards@tappi.org no later than Monday, October 19, 2015, in order to be able to provide this information to Q&SMC at their next meeting.
Announcement of SARG Meeting
The next meeting of the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is scheduled for Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 1:30 pm EASTERN time, at the CorrExpo Conference in Louisville, KY. 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 will be posted on the SARG page no later than September 1, 2015. There will be links from the agenda items to the final drafts that are up for approval. August 21, 2015, is the deadline for any working group chairs who have standards that are ready for the final stage of approval to submit reports in order to be placed on the SARG agenda. If you would like to participate in the SARG meeting by conference call, please send a message before October 20, 2015, to standards@tappi.org. |