TIP 0304-09 The edge crush test (ECT): its relationship to box compression and its derivation from containerboard edge stiffness (Revision)

TIP 0404-25 Through drying (Revision)

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Plans are already underway for the 100th Anniversary of TAPPI, which will be observed during the 2015 PaperCon Conference in Atlanta, April 19-22.2015.

As part of the celebration, TAPPI and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have invited ISO Technical Committee TC 6 and its subcommittees and working groups to hold its 2015 meeting during the PaperCon week.

To keep up with the 100th Anniversary plans, there's a special website: http://www.tappi100years.org. On this site you can also sign up for the special newsletter for this event.

 

This Spring, the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) and Quality and Standards Management Committee will both meet during PaperCon 2014, April 27-30 in Nashville. 

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The working group reviewing TIP 0402-04 "Clad-steel plate use" has recommended withdrawal due to this information being available from other sources.

Also, is not much call, if any, for clad steel plate anymore. Pulp and paper mill vessels are now more likely to be built out of solid corrosion resistant alloy plate. 

One document that contains this information is NACE SP0199 "Installation of Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel and Nickel-Alloy Roll-Bonded and Explosion-Bonded Clad Plate in Air Pollution Control Equipment." The other, "Engineering with Clad Steel, 2nd Edition" is available online through the Nickel Institute.

If you have comments or have any objection to this withdrawal. please contact standards@tappi.org no later than April 15, 2014. If no objections are received, the TIP will be withdrawn after that date.

 

 

A proposal has been made by a Working Group to withdraw UM 821 "A non-destructive production tool to measure the general flute quality and damage of corrugated board using resonance frequency technology."

The reason for withdrawal is that the method does not adequately describe the apparatus or mechanism by which the measurement is made, and it does not currently match any techniques or instruments available.

If you have any objections to this withdrawal, please send a message to standards@tappi.org no later than April 11, 2014.

 

 

The system for review and development of TAPPI Standards requires an announcement of review dates so that any interested TAPPI parties may access the drafts, submit comments, and/or join the Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG) to cast an official vote.

Listed below are the Standards that will be up for review in 2014. The date indicated is the target date on which the draft will be distributed to the Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG) for that particular Standard.

Any interested individuals who wish to be part of the voting for any Standard should send a message to standards@tappi.org and request voting membership on the corresponding SSIG, prior to the target ballot date, if possible. Anyone who joins the SSIG before the target balloting date will receive a notice of the ballot.

If you have joined the Standard Specific Interest Group for any Standard, you will receive a notice for ballot at the proper time with instructions for casting your vote and making your comments. If you wish to join the Standard Specific Interest Group for a particular Standard, please go to the Subject Categories for Standards  page or contact the Standards Department at TAPPI (standards@tappi.org), or phone +1-770-209-7276 or fax +1-770-446-6947).

T 1006 sp-10 Testing of fiber glass mats:  use of modified TAPPI procedures for sampling and lot acceptance, stiffness, tear resistance, air permeability, and thickness  (May 6, 2014)

T 702 om-10 Rheological measurements for characterization of polyolefins:low-density polyethylene (LDPE) for extrusion coating (May 20, 2014)

T 1007 sp-10 Sample location for fiber glass mat sheets (May 27, 2014)

T 840 om-10 Testing adhesives used in glued lap joints of corrugated fiberboard containers (June 10, 2014)

T 1008 sp-10 Test conditions for fiberglass mat test methods (June 17, 2014)

T 844 pm-10 Determining construction (nominal basis weight) of corrugated board (June 24, 2014)

T 1009 om-10 Tensile strength and elongation at break  for fiber glass mats (July 1, 2014)

T 546 om-10 Machine-direction grammage variation measurement (gravimetric method) (July 8, 2014)

T 1012 om-10 Moisture content of fiber glass mats (July 15, 2014

T 553 om-10 Alkalinity of paper as calcium carbonate (alkaline reserve of paper) (July 22, 2014)

T 1013 om-10 Loss on ignition of fiber glass mats (August 5, 2014)

T 560 om-10 CIE whiteness and tint of paper and  paperboard (d/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer) (August 12, 2014)

T 1014 om-10 Moisture sensitivity of fiber glass mats (August 19, 2014)

T 200 sp-10 Laboratory beating of pulp (Valley beater method) (September 2, 2014)

T 562 om-10 CIE whiteness and tint of paper and  paperboard (45/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer) (September 9, 2014)

T 1015 sp-10 Fiber glass mat uniformity (visual defects) (September 23, 2014)

T 403 om-10 Bursting strength of paper (September 30, 2014)

T 1016 om-10 Average fiber diameter of fiber glass  mats (October 7, 2014)

T 411 om-10 Thickness (caliper) of paper, paperboard, and combined board (October 14, 2014)

T 456 om-10 Tensile breaking strength of  water-saturated paper and paperboard  ("wet tensile strength") (October 21, 2014)

T 555 om-10 Roughness of paper and paperboard  (print-surf method) (October 26, 2014)

T 541 om-10 Internal bond strength of paperboard  (z-direction tensile) (November 4, 2014)

T 558 om-10 Surface wettability and absorbency of  sheeted materials using an automated contact angle tester (November 11, 2014)

T 454 om-10 Turpentine test for voids in glassine and greaseproof papers (November 18, 2014)

T 465 sp-10 Static creasing of paper for water vapor transmission tests (November 26, 2014)

T 267 cm-05 Compression wood identification in pulpwood (December 2, 2014)

T 213 om-10 Dirt in pulp - chart method (December 9, 2014)

T 220 sp-10 Physical testing of pulp handsheets (December 16, 2014

 

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

*T 648 "Viscosity of coating clay slurry"
*T 825 "Flat crush test of corrugated board (rigid support method)"
*T 843 "Fluted edge crush of corrugating medium (rigid support method)"
*T 1205 "Dealing with suspect (outlying) test determinations"
*T 529 "Surface pH measurement of paper"
T 625 "Analysis of soda and sulfate black liquor
*T 569 "Internal bond strength (Scott type)"
*T 1200 "Interlaboratory evaluation of test methods to determine TAPPI repeatability and reproducibility"
T 824 "Fluted edge crush of corrugating medium (flexible beam method)"
*T 277 "Macro stickies content in pulp: the "pick-up" method" (Reclassification as Standard Practice)
*T 257 "Sampling and preparing wood for analysis"
*T 515 "Visual grading and color matching of paper"
*T 455 "Identification of wire side of paper"
*T 831 "Water absorption of corrugating medium: water drop penetration test"

 

The next meeting of the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is scheduled for Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at the Renaissance Hotel/Nashville Convention Center Complex, Nashville, TN (the site of the 2014 PaperCon 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 was posted on the SARG page at least 50 days prior to the meeting, in accordance with TAPPI’s guidelines. There are links from the agenda items to the final drafts that are up for approval.

If you would like to participate in the SARG meeting by conference call, please send a message before April 25, 2014, 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 February 27, 2014. 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 (April 30, 2014), 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 Friday, April 25, 2014,, in order to be able to provide this information to Q&SMC at their next 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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