Listed below are TAPPI TIPs that were submitted to the Working Group for review. Each TIP includes the date when the Work Item was initiated, its assigned Subject Category, and the name of the Working Group Chair (WGC). The target completion date for the review of each TIP is one year after the opening of the Work Item. 

0106 - Coating Pigments

July 13, 2023 - TIP 0106-06 Kaolin clay pigment index, WGC: Prakash B. Malla

0304 - Process Control & Quality Assurance

July 22, 2022 - TIP 0304-31 Splicer defects and cures, WGC: Mark Malinowski

July 13, 2023 -TIP 0304-32 Causes and corrections of common corrugator bonding problems,    WGC: Mark Malinowski

June 1, 2022 -TIP 0304-47 Corrugator bearing clearance checks and their impact, WGC Needed

January 9, 2023 -TIP 0304-62 Checking the parallel of corrugating rolls with "NCR" paper, WGC: Thomas Staal

October 7, 2022 -TIP 0304-73 Checking for coating wear on corrugating rolls, WGC: John Buzzell

0305 - Production

July 13, 2023 -TIP 0305-53 Machinery considerations and selection:  yoked scoring slotting section     WGC Needed

0306 - Flexo Printing and Graphics

September 27, 2022 -TIP 0306-15 Identifying anilox volume measuring equipment, WGC Needed

September 27, 2022 -TIP 0306-18 Cleaning anilox rolls: procedures and options, WGC Needed      

0408 - Engineering Management 

July 27, 2023 -TIP 0408-01 Checklist for a properly planned project  WGC: Margaret Gorog 

0416 Steam & Power/Energy Management

August 31, 2022  - TIP 0416-06 Keys to successful chemical cleaning of boilers, WGC Needed

November 23, 2021 -TIP 0416-07 Evaluating reverse osmosis for treating makeup to the boiler feedwater in a pulp and paper mill,  WGC Needed

April 14, 2020 -TIP 0416-08 Guidelines for replacement of generating bank tubes with expanded joints in two-drum boilers, WGC: Michael Lykins

November 7, 2019 - TIP 0416-13 Water treatment-related opportunities for energy conservation in a paper mill powerhouse, WGC Needed

October 19, 2018 -TIP 0416-20 Recovery boiler sootblowers: practical guidelines, WGC: Danny S. Tandra

July 19, 2023 - TIP 0416-23 Explanation of recovery boiler leak indications, WGC: Chris Jackson

January 30, 2020 - TIP 0416-24 Energy checklist: pulp mill  WGC: Mathias Lindstrom

November 7, 2019 -TIP 0416-25 Nitrogen oxide emissions control from biomass and kraft recovery boilers in the pulp and paper Industry, WGC: Ben Bunner

November 7, 2019 -TIP 0416-26 Best practice for recovery boiler inspection (optimizing inspection scope),  WGC: Ben Bunner

0418 - Process Engineering

January 15, 2020 - TIP 0418-02 Recausticizing material balance equations relating to digester requirements         WGC: Subra Arasakesari

If you would like to participate in the Working Group to review any of these TIPs, please write to tip@tappi.org.