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New or Revised Standards, TIPs, and Useful Methods

TIP 0416-08 "Guidelines for replacement of generating bank tubes with expanded joints in two-drum boilers" (Revision)

T 684 "Gross heating value of black liquor" (Reaffirmed)

T 1006 "Testing of fiber glass mats: use of modified TAPPI procedures for sampling and lot acceptance, stiffness, tear resistance, and thickness" (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.

T 800 cm-06 "Drum test for fiberboard shipping containers (revolving hexagonal drum)" (March 31, 2016)

SSIG Members Needed

The Standard-Specific Interest Groups (SSIGs) for the following standards are in need of additional members

All Standard-Specific Interest Groups (SSIG) require a minimum of 10 members in order to ballot and vote on a draft of a method.

T 602 cm-06 "Analysis of sulfuric acid" needs one more member to join the SSIG.

T 438 cm-06 "Zinc and cadmium in paper" requires three more SSIG members for ballot.

T 578 sp-11 "Accelerated light aging of printing and writing paper by xenon-arc exposure apparatus" needs just one more SSIG member.

If no progress is made on these ballots, then they might be considered for withdrawal at the next QSMC meeting. If you have an interest in becoming a member of either of these SSIGs please contact standards@tappi.org.

Standards Coming Up For Review

The following standards are scheduled for review on the date indicated:

T 281 sp-12 "Open drum washer mat sampling technique" (May 2, 2016)

If you wish to vote on the listed methods, or contribute to the discussion, then join the SSIG today by contacting standards@tappi.org.

Standards Ready for Final Approval at SARG

The standards eligible for approval at SARG are listed below. The asterisks (*) indicate the standards that will be eligible for submission to ANSI for consideration as American National Standards.

*T 538 "Roughness of paper and paperboard"

*T 220 "Physical testing of pulp handsheets"

*T 465 "Static creasing of paper for water vapor transmission tests"

*T 435 "Hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of paper extracts (hot extraction method)"

*T 460 "Air resistance of paper (Gurley method)"

T 462 "Castor-oil penetration test for paper"

*T 556 "Bending resistance of paper and paperboard by single-point bending methods"

T 627 "Determination of titanium dioxide"

*T 1009 "Tensile strength and elongation at break for fiber glass mats"

*T 564 "Transparent chart for the estimation of defect size"

*T 263 "Identification of wood and fibers from conifers"

*T 537 "Dirt count in paper and paperboard (optical character recognition – OCR)"

*T 807 "Bursting strength of linerboard"

*T 543 "Bending resistance of paper (Gurley-type tester)"

*T 822 "Ring crush of paperboard (rigid support method)"

*T 425 "Opacity of paper (15/d geometry, illuminant A/2 degrees, 89% reflectance backing and paper backing)"

*T 258 "Basic density and moisture content of pulpwood"

Announcement of SARG Meeting

The next meeting of the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is will take place in Cincinnati, OH, at the TAPPI 2016 PaperCon Conference, Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at 1:30 pm Eastern time. 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 at least 50 days prior to the meeting, in accordance with TAPPI’s guidelines. There will be links from the agenda items to the final drafts that are up for approval.

If you would like to participate in the SARG meeting by conference call, please send a message before May 13, 2016, to standards@tappi.org.