STARTAPPINew or Revised Standards, TIPs, and Useful Methods
T 581 om-17 "Dry tensile properties of paper towel and tissue products (using constant rate of elongation apparatus)" (New)
TIP 0404-54 "Headbox approach piping guidelines" (Revised) T 287 sp-17 "Pulp screening (Valley-type screening device)" (Reaffirmed)
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
SSIG Members Needed
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. 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 September 1, 2017. 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 4, 2017), Q&SMC will take these reports of progress under consideration.
To provide updates regarding these reports, send a message to standards@tappi.org no later than Friday, October 4, 2017, in order to be able to provide this information to Q&SMC at their next meeting.
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.
1. T 204 cm-17 "Solvent extractives of wood and pulp" 2. T 418 cm-17 "Organic nitrogen in paper and paperboard"
3. *T 525 om-17 "Diffuse brightness of paper, paperboard and pulp (d/0) – ultraviolet level C"
4. *T 832 om-17 "Water absorption of corrugating medium: float curl method"
5. *T 1214 sp-17 "Interrelation of reflectance, R0; reflectivity, R ; TAPPI opacity, C0.89; scattering, s; and absorption, k"
6. *T 1219* sp-17 "Storage of paper samples for optical measurements and color matching"
Announcement of SARG Meeting
The next meeting of the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is will take place in Miami, FL, at the TAPPI 2017 Tissue Conference, Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at 8:00 am 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. If you would like to participate in the SARG meeting by conference call, please send a message before Sept 27, 2017, to standards@tappi.org. |