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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.

T 818 cm-07 "Ring crush of paperboard (flexible beam method)" (April 20, 2017)

T 1501 sg-11 "Training standard for paper machine tender" (April 21, 2017)

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

T 504 "Glue in paper (qualitative & quantitative determination)" requires one more member in order to ballot.

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 Ready for Final Approval at SARG

T 821 om-17 "Pin adhesion of corrugated board by selective separation"

T 278 sp-17 "Pulp screening (Valley-type screening device)"

T 819 cm-17 "Water absorption of corrugating medium: boat method"

T 519 om-17 "Diffuse opacity of paper (d/0 paper backing)"

T 827 om-17 "Box blank dimensioning"

T 809 om-17 "Flat crush of corrugating medium (CMT test)"

T 811 om-17 "Edgewise compressive strength of corrugated fiberboard (short column

WI 3032 "Dry tensile properties of paper towel and tissue products (using constant rate of elongation apparatus)"

Announcement of SARG Meeting

The next meeting of the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is will take place in Minneapolis, MN, at the TAPPI 2017 PaperCon Conference, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 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 April 15, 2017, to standards@tappi.org.