TIP 0304-47 "Corrugator bearing clearance checks and their impact" (Revision)

TIP 0408-01 "Checklist for a properly planned project" (Revision)

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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 566 "Bending resistance (stiffness) of paper (Taber-type tester in 0 to 10 Taber stiffneess unit configuration)" (June 29, 2012)
T 410 "Grammage of paper and paperboard (weight per unit area)" (July 2, 2012)
T 523 "Dynamic measurement of water vapor transfer through sheet materials" (for withdrawal; July 5, 2012)
T 437 "Dirt in paper and paperboard" (July 9, 2012)
T 550 "Determination of equilibrium moisture in pulp, paper and paperboard for chemical analysis" (July 20, 2012)
T 496 "Specimen preparation for cross directional internal tearing resistance for paper, paperboard and related materials" (July 23, 2012)

Nominations for the major TAPPI 2013 awards are due by August 1, 2012. The awards that may be presented in the upcoming year are:

•   Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award - The Association's highest technical honor may be presented annually to recognize an individual or individuals for preeminent scientific and engineering achievements of proven commercial benefit to the world's pulp, paper, board, and forest products industries and the other industries that TAPPI serves.
•   Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award - The Association's highest award for service, may be presented annually to recognize leadership and service which have significantly and demonstrably contributed to the advancement of the Association.
•   Paul W. Magnabosco Outstanding Local Section Member Award – The highest honor for Local Sections may be presented annually to recognize an individual for outstanding leadership and exceptional service to one or more Local Sections, which have resulted in significant and demonstrable benefits to the Local Section members.
•   TAPPI Fellow - TAPPI Fellows are Individuals who have been members of TAPPI for not less than 10 years prior to the nomination, and who have contributed meritorious service to the Association and/or the paper and related industries. Retiring members of the TAPPI Board of Directors become Fellows automatically at the end of their term.

The TAPPI Awards and Honors page has links to these awards which will show the qualifications required and links to the nomination forms that must be completed. You may submit all nomination forms by email to standards@tappi.org, or you may fax them to the attention of the awards department at +1-770-446-6947, or send by mail to TAPPI, Awards Department, 15 Technology Parkway South, Norcross, GA 30092, USA.

Classical Test Method T 698 "Determination of wetting tension of polyethylene and polypropylene films and coatings (modified visking analytical technique)" is now due for ten-year review. In the time since it was last reviewed, a number of members have left the Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG), so that now there are not enough members in that SSIG to meet the minimum requirement of 10.

The scope of the method is: This method measures the relative ease of printability/adhereability of polyolefin film or coated surfaces by measurement of the surface tension.

In order to keep this method active, we need to add more members to the SSIG. If you would like to join the SSIG and participate in the review of this Standard, please send a message to standards@tappi.org no later than July 9, 2012.

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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