TIP 0502-12 "Drainage evaluation by mass measurement" (Revision)

TIP 0304-75 "Checking the flute depth of corrugating rolls" (Revision)

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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 on line 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 New (WI 3014) "Training standard for paper machine tender" (September 30, 2010)
T 519 om-06 "Diffuse opacity of paper (d/0 paper backing)" (October 18, 2010)
T 218 sp-06 "Forming handsheets for reflectance testing of pulp (Buchner funnel procedure)" (October 25, 2010)
T 421 wd-03 "Qualitative (including optical microscopic) analysis of mineral filler and mineral coating of paper" (Proposed reinstatement of withdrawn standard, October 25, 2010)

A proposal has been made for a new standard practice: "Accelerated Light Aging of Printing and Writing Paper by Xenon-Arc Exposure Apparatus."

The scope of the method is: This standard practice describes a laboratory procedure for the exposure of printing and writing paper to xenon-arc light at elevated levels of light flux to permit accelerated aging of that type of paper. This practice specifies the sample preparation and conditions of exposure required to obtain information on the relative stability of paper with regard to changes in optical properties brought about by exposure of such paper to light. This practice provides qualitative guidelines regarding paper stability and does not define the life expectancy for a given paper to reach a specified set of optical properties. The practice uses high-intensity broadband light sources that may not be suitable for the evaluation of light stability of paper that contain peroxide bleached mechanical pulps.

A Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG) must be formed for this proposal. Any individuals who are interested in this Standard may join the SSIG to receive ballots when this method is ready for vote. If you would like to join the SSIG for this project, please notify the Standards Department at standards@tappi.org or by fax at +1-770-446-6947 no later than September 27, 2010.

The standards eligible for approval at the next SARG meeting (October 6, 2010) are listed below. The asterisks (*) indicate the standards that will be eligible for submission to ANSI for consideration as American National Standards.

T 618 "Analysis of limestone"
T 613 "Analysis of caustic soda"
T New (WI 3015) "Determining construction (nominal basis weight) of corrugated board"
T 261 "Fines fraction by weight of paper stock by wet screening"
*T 213 "Dirt in pulp - chart method"
T 560 "CIE whiteness and tint of paper and paperboard (d/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer)"
T 555 "Roughness of paper and paperboard (print-surf method)"
*T 465 "Static creasing of paper for water vapor transmission tests"
T 621 "Analysis of rosin"
T 493 "Identification and determination of melamine resin in paper"
*T 546 "Machine-direction grammage variation measurement (gravimetric method)"
T 429 "Alpha-cellulose in paper"
T 223 "Pentosans in wood and pulp"
T 622 "Analysis of sodium hydrosulfite"
*T 200 "Laboratory beating of pulp (Valley beater method):
*T 1006 "Testing of fiber glass mats: Use of modified TAPPI procedures for sampling and lot acceptance, stiffness, tear resistance, air permeability, and thickness"
*T 1007 "Sample location for fiber glass mat sheets"
T 434 "Acid-soluble iron in paper"
*T 1008 "Test conditions for fiberglass mat test methods"
*T 1009 "Tensile strength and elongation at break for fiber glass mats"
*T 1012 "Moisture content of fiber glass mats"
T 628 "Analysis of rosin size"
*T 1016 "Average fiber diameter of fiber glass mats"
*T 1013 "Loss on ignition of fiber glass mats"
*T 1014 "Moisture sensitivity of fiber glass mats"
*T 1015 "Fiber glass mat uniformity (visual defects)"
T 803 "Puncture test of containerboard" (Reclassification as a Classical Method)
T 541 "Internal bond strength of paperboard (z-direction tensile)"
*T 558 "Surface wettability and absorbency of sheeted materials using an automated contact angle tester"
*T 220 "Physical testing of pulp handsheets"
*T 454 "Turpentine test for voids in glassine and greaseproof papers"

The next meeting of the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is scheduled for Wednesday, October 6, 2010, at 1:15 pm Eastern time at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel (the site of the TAPPI Corrugated Packaging Conference). 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 has been posted on the SARG page. There are links from the agenda items to the final drafts that are up for approval.

If you would like to participate by conference call, please send a message before September 30, 2010, to standards@tappi.org.

Reports outlining the overdue reviews for Standards and TIPs were sent to the Quality and Standards Management Committee (Q&SMC) on July 26, 2010. 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 6, 2010), Q&SMC will take these reports of progress under consideration.

To provide updates regarding these reports, send a message to to standards@tappi.org no later than Thursday, September 30, 2010, in order to be able to provide this information to Q&SMC at their October 6 meeting.

For details on these commonly-used acronyms in the development of TAPPI Standards and TIPs, please see the Standards Guidelines and the TIP Guidelines, or send your questions to standards@tappi.org.

TIP = Technical Information Paper
Q&SMC = Quality and Standards Management Committee
SSIG = Standard-Specific Interest Group
SARG = Standards Advisory Review Group
WI = Work Item
WG = Working Group
WGC = Working Group Chairman
om = Official Method
pm = Provisional Method
sp = Standard Practice
cm = Classical Method
ss = Standard Specification
sg = Standard Guideline
gl = Standard Glossary
wd = Withdrawn Standard
UM = Useful Method

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