Listed below are TAPPI TIPs that were recently submitted to the Working Group for review. The date when the Work Item was opened is shown for each TIP, as well as the Subject Category under which the TIP is assigned and the Working Group Chair's (WGC) name. The target completion date for the review of each TIP is one year after the opening of the Work Item.

0304 - Process Control & Quality Assurance

08/13/19 TIP 0304-23 Statistical process control pin adhesion. WGC: Thomas Altman
08/14/19 TIP 0304-46 Techniques for running "WRA" (water resistant starch adhesive). WGC: Jeff Gebauer
08/15/19 TIP 0304-56 Total indicated runout and its impact on combined board quality. WGC: John Buzzell

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

 Temporary replacement of TAPPI Staff

Starting in July 2019, Priscila Briggs, TAPPI Standards Department Manager, will be temporarily away from her activities, during her maternity leave. The Standards Department will have the support of Deborah Dodson, Standards Coordinator, Shayne Nicholas - U.S. TAG Administrator (temporary) and Kenya Walton, Standards team support. 

For any questions related to Standards, TIPs or Useful Methods, please write to Deborah using the contact information below:

Standards: standards@tappi.org

TIPs or UMs: tip@tappi.org

For any questions related to the U.S. TAG to ISO TC 6, please write to Shayne using the contact information below:  

ISO TC 6: isotc6@tappi.org

 TAPPI Standards Online Balloting System Update

The migration of the Standards Online Balloting System from Kavi to TAPPI Connect created many undesirable issues in the new Workspace, including some SSIG members losing the ability to connect to the Workspace where the ballots were held. All ballots in progress on the migration day had their deadlines extended out to December to prevent the automatic reminders being sent out every few weeks.

TAPPI has been focused on resolving these issues and is currently testing a new Workspace that we hope will be available soon so we can resume the balloting process. Once the system is functional again, all SSIG members will receive a message informing them about the new workspace, how to log in and vote. Open ballots will be rescheduled so that all members will have a chance to review the Standard for 45 days.

TAPPI is very excited with the possibility of communicating good news in the near future!

If you have any questions, please write to TAPPI Standards Department at standards@tappi.org.

Volunteers for the following working groups of Technical Information Papers (TIPs) are needed.

All Working Groups of TIPs require a minimum of 3 TAPPI members from 3 different companies in order to review a TIP.

The Standards listed below are ready for final approval at the next SARG meeting on October 2, 2019.

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 information for the SARG meeting is shown on Section "Announcement of SARG meeting". If you would like to review the draft, a copy with links to the documents up for approval has been posted on the SARG page**. Any comments or appeals should be sent to standards@tappi.org by September 18, 2019.

(* indicates Standards eligible for submission as American National Standards)

1. * T 240 Consistency (concentration) of pulp suspensions
2. * T 453 Effect of dry heat on properties of paper and board
3. * T 527 Color of paper and paperboard (d/0, C/2)
4.  T 544 Aging of paper and board with moist heat
5. * T 545 Cross-machine grammage profile measurement (gravimetric method)
5. * T 1200 Interlaboratory evaluation of test methods to determine TAPPI repeatability and reproducibility
6. * T 1211 Self-certification practice for organizations providing reference materials for TAPPI Standards

The next meeting of the Standards Advisory Review Group (SARG) is scheduled for Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 1:30 – 2:00 pm EST at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center during TissueCon in Orlando, FL. 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 18, 2019, 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 August 2, 2019. Copies of these reports were also sent to the assigned Working Group Chairmen for these overdue reviews.

Anyone who did not receive the overdue reports but who has 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 2, 2019), Q&SMC will take these reports of progress under consideration.

To provide updates regarding these reports, please contact standards@tappi.org no later than September 18, 2019, in order to provide this information to Q&SMC at their October 2, 2019 meeting.