T 822 om-11 "Ring crush of paperboard (rigid support method)" (Revision)
T 811 om-11 "Corrugated boards, Edge crush tests, Compression strength" (Revision)
T 412 om-11 "Pulp, Paper, Paperboard, Moisture content" (Revision)
T 543 om-11 "Gurley testers, Bend strength, Paper, Paperboard, Bending resistance" (Revision)
T 476 om-11 "Abrasion loss of paper and paperboard (Taber-type method)" (Revision)
T 519 om-11 "Diffuse opacity of paper (d/0 paper backing)" (Revision)
T 425 om-11 "Opacity of paper (15/d geometry, illuminant A/2 degrees, 89% reflectance backing and paper backing)" (Revision)
T 244 cm-11 "Acid-insoluble ash in wood, pulp, paper, and paperboard" (Revision)
T 624 cm-11 "Analysis of soda and sulfate white and green liquors" (Revision)
T 556 om-11 "Bending resistance of paper and paperboard by single-point bending methods" (Revision and title change)
T 578 sp-11 "Accelerated light aging of printing and writing paper by xenon-arc exposure apparatus" (New)
T 1501 sg-11 "Training standard for paper machine tender" (New)
TIP 0304-43 "High density papers -- what are they?" (Revision and title change)
TIP 0304-64 "How to minimize rolling scores on lightweight and high-performance liners in diecutting operations" (Revision)
TIP 0304-69 "Understanding wet strength : What are MRA, WRA, and WPA?" (Revision)

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.

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 838 "Edge crush test using neckdown" (November 4, 2011)
T 551 "Thickness of paper and paperboard (soft platen method)" (November 7, 2011)
T 1200 "Interlaboratory evaluation of test methods to determine TAPPI repeatability and reproducibility" (November 7, 2011)
T 527 "Color of paper and paperboard (d/0, C/2)" (November 21, 2011)
T 524 "Color of paper and paperboard (45/0, C/2)" (November 28, 2011)
T 1219 "Storage of paper samples for optical measurements and color matching" (November 28, 2011)

Classical Test Method T 665 "Analysis of talc" came up recently for ten-year review. The initial ballot to the existing SSIG only had a 25% response rate; over 50% is the minimum requirement to validate the ballot.

Some current members of the SSIG who have not responded may be dropped whenever they have missed three ballots in a row. Although it may take a couple more ballots to accomplish this, it would then result with not enough members on the SSIG to validate the SSIG (10 is the minimum).

Therefore, new members must be recruited to join the SSIG for this standard. If we are unable to constitute a valid SSIG that responds to ballots, then the standard could be in danger of withdrawal.

If you are not already a member of the SSIG for T 665 and would like to join to keep this standard active, please send a message to standards@tappi.org no later than November 18, 2011. A working group chairman has accepted the assignment for this standard and will be resolving the comments received on the first ballot so that a new draft can be balloted to the SSIG some time after November 18.

...that the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is the final approval point for TAPPI Standards? The SARG, appointed by the Quality and Standrads Management Committee, is responsible for assuring that the regulations governing TAPPI Standards have been followed in the review and/or development of all TAPPI Standards.

Current activity relevant to SARG can be found on the SARG web page. The next SARG meeting will the week of April 22, 2012, in New Orleans, LA (the site of the 2012 PaperCon Conference). All TAPPI Standards that have gone through the balloting process since the last SARG meeting and are ready for final approval will be voted on at that time.

At least 50 days prior to the meeting, the SARG web page will be updated to show the full agenda of Standards being considered for approval, with links to the draft revisions. Any person who has an interest in any of the Standards has the right to view the drafts and submit comments for SARG to consider before approving the final draft.

The SARG meeting is open to any interested parties, either by attending in person or participating by conference call. To obtain the call-in number for the next meeting, send an email to standards@tappi.org.

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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All individual TIPs or Standards are available for electronic or paper delivery. For electronic delivery, the documents are e-mailed in PDF format. Hard copy documents can be mailed or faxed, but shipping and handling costs will apply.

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