The TAPPI Standards regulations require public review of standards that are up for ballot. TAPPI members can view any drafts that are in ballot by logging in to the TAPPI web site (www.tappi.org), clicking on "My TAPPI," and then clicking on the "Standards Public Draft Review" link on the left side of the page. If you would like to review and comment on any draft and are not a member of the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG), you may view the draft online or you may request a copy of the draft being balloted by writing to standards@tappi.org. TAPPI members may join SSIGs as permanent members; go to the Subject Category page to download forms for this purpose. Nonmembers of TAPPI may join any SSIG as a voting member; to do so, send a message to standards@tappi.org to receive a copy of the draft and a 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 1211 sp-06 "Acceptance procedures for calibration laboratories" (April 30, 2010)
T 414 om-04 "Internal tearing resistance of paper (Elmendorf-type method)" (April 30, 2010)
T 621 cm-01 "Analysis of rosin" (May 3, 2010)
T 564 sp-06 "Transparent chart for the estimation of defect size" (May 3, 2010)
T 525 om-06 "Diffuse brightness of paper, paperboard and pulp (d/0)" (May 7, 2010)
T 425 om-06 "Opacity of paper (15/d geometry, illuminant A/2 degrees, 89% reflectance backing and paper backing)" (May 10, 2010)
T 546 om-06 "Machine direction grammage variation measurement (gravimetric method)" (May 17, 2010)
T 558 om-06 "Surface wettability and absorbency of sheeted materials using an automated contact angle tester" (May 17, 2010)
T 454 om-06 "Turpentine test for voids in glassine and greaseproof papers" (May 24, 2010)
T 551 om-06 "Thickness of paper and paperboard (soft platen method)" (May 24, 2010)
T 465 sp-06 "Static creasing of paper for water vapor transmission tests" (May 24, 2010)
T 493 cm-01 "Identification and determination of melamine resin in paper" (May 28, 2010)
T 576 pm-07 "Tensile properties ("dry tensile") of towel and tissue products" (proposed new title) (June 1, 2010)
T New (WI 3016) "Tensile breaking strength ("wet tensile strength") of water-saturated paper and paperboard: immersion method" (June 1, 2010)
T New (WI 3017) "Tensile breaking strength ("wet tensile strength") of water-saturated paper and paperboard" (June 1, 2010)
T 223 cm-01 "Pentosans in wood and pulp" (June 1, 2010)
T 429 cm-01 "Alpha-cellulose in paper" (June 1, 2010)
T 541 om-05 "Internal bond strength of paperboard (z-direction tensile)" (June 1, 2010)
T 476 om-06 "Abrasion loss of paper and paperboard (Taber-type method)" (June 1, 2010)