STARTAPPINew or Revised Standards, TIPs, and Useful Methods
TIP 0402-27 "Guidelines for inspection of continuous digesters and impregnation vessels" (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.
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. 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) T 263 "Identification of wood and fibers from conifers" (October 30, 2015)
T 804 "Compression test of fiberboard shipping containers" (October 31, 2015) T 258 "Basic density and moisture content of pulpwood" (November 2, 2015) T 545 "Cross-machine grammage profile measurement (gravimetric method)" (November 6, 2015) T 537 "Dirt count in paper and paperboard (optical character recognition - OCR)" (November 9, 2015) T 809 "Flat crush of corrugating medium (CMT test)" (November 23, 2015) SSIG Members Needed
T 602 cm-06 "Analysis of sulfuric acid" T 438 cm-06 "Zinc and cadmium in paper" If you have an interest in becoming a member of either of these SSIGs please contact standards@tappi.org by November15, 2015. The first ballots 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.
Standards Coming Up For Review
The following standards will be coming up for review within the next 30 days:
T 543 "Bending resistance of paper (Gurley-type tester)" (October 13, 2015) T 822 "Ring crush of paperboard (rigid support method)" (October 20, 2015) T 425 "Opacity of paper (15/d geometry, illuminant A/2ยบ, 89% reflectance backing and paper backing)" (October 23, 2015) T 519 "Diffuse opacity of paper (d/0 paper backing)" (November 3, 2015) T 810 "Bursting strength of corrugated board" (November 10, 2015) T 1501 "Training standard for paper machine tender" (November 10, 2015) Standards Ready for Final Approval at SARG
The following standards have been reviewed, revised, updated, and are awaiting final approval at the SARG meeting on October 20, 2015:
T 1013 om-15 "Loss on ignition of fiber glass mats"
T 1016 om-15 "Average fiber diameter of fiber glass mats"
T 267 cm-15 "Compression wood identification in pulpwood"
T 541 om-15 "Internal bond strength of paperboard (z-direction tensile)"
T 489 om-15 "Bending resistance (stiffness) of paper and paperboard (Taber-type tester in basic configuration)"
T 411 om-15 "Thickness (caliper) of paper, paperboard, and combined board"
T 1006 sp-15 "Testing of fiber glass mats: use of modified TAPPI procedures for sampling and lot acceptance, stiffness, tear resistance, air permeability, and thickness"
T 456 om-15 "Tensile breaking strength of water-saturated paper and paperboard ("wet tensile strength")
T 808 cm-15 "Flat crush test of corrugated board (flexible beam method)"
T 553 om-15 "Alkalinity of paper as calcium carbonate (alkaline reserve of paper)"
T 566 om-15 "Bending resistance (stiffness) of paper (Taber-type tester in 0 to 10 Taber stiffness unit configuration)"
T 844 om-15 (upgrade from OM) "Determining construction (nominal basis weight) of corrugated board"
T 1011 om-15 "Basis weight of fiber glass mats"
T 829 om-15 "Score quality test"
T 684 om-15 "Gross heating value of black liquor"
T 610 sp-15 "Preparation of indicators and standard solutions"
T 222 om-15 "Acid insoluble lignin in wood and pulp"
T 600 om-15 "Analysis of formaldehyde in aqueous solutions and of free formaldehyde in resins"
T 1014 om-15 "Moisture sensitivity of fiber glass mats"
T 509 om-15 "Hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of paper extracts (cold extraction method)"
T 403 om-15 "Bursting strength of paper"
T 567 om-15 "Determination of effective residual ink concentration (ERIC) by infrared reflectance measurement"
T 233 cm-06 "Fiber length of pulp by classification"
T 480 om-15 "Specular gloss of paper and paperboard at 75 degrees"
T 534 om-15 "Brightness of clay and other mineral pigments (d/0 diffuse)" 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 has been posted on the SARG page. There will be links from the agenda items to the final drafts that are up for approval. The deadline for any working group chairs who had standards that were ready for the final stage of approval was August 21. Reports can still be submitted for the SARG meeting next year in the spring. 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. |