Check here the list of TAPPI Technical Information Papers (TIPs) recently published:

• TIP 0304-66 Impact of doublebacker hot plate level on board quality and how to measure it (Revised)
• TIP 0404-54 Headbox approach piping guidelines (Revised)
• TIP 1101-07 Best Practices for Consistency Measurement (New)

We extend our special appreciation to the following volunteers who served as Working Group Chairs in the recently published reviews of TAPPI TIPs:

• John Buzzell – WGC for TIP 0304-66
• Thomas E. Rodencal – WGC for TIP 0404-54
• Amanda Sans – WGC for TIP 1101-07

Special note: Documents appearing in the TAPPI online version of the Standards and TIPs are updated once a month (usually around the 30th). 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 for TIPs to tip@tappi.org or for Standards to standards@tappi.org.

1. T 825 om-14 Flat crush test of corrugated board (rigid support method)
   - (Ballot closing: October 09, 2023)
   
   
2. T 839 om-18 Edgewise compressive strength of corrugated fiberboard using the clamp method (short column test) 
   - (Ballot closing: October 09, 2023)
   

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TAPPI/ANSI  Standards T 271 om-23: Fiber length of pulp and paper by automated optical analyzer using polarized light

Scope: This is an automated method by which the numerical and weighted average fiber lengths and fiber length distributions of pulp and paper can be measured using light polarizing optics in the range of 0.1 mm to 7.2 mm. The fiber length can also be measured using the following methods: TAPPI T 232 “Fiber Length of Pulp by Projection” and TAPPI T 233 “Fiber Length of Pulp by Classification.”

Publishing date: June 2023
Purchasing link: https://imisrise.tappi.org/TAPPI/Products/01/T/0104T271.aspx

Fig. 1. The apparatus/measurement principle

Fig. 2. Manual disintegrator (dimension units are in mm)

Do you have an idea for a NEW TAPPI Standard or Technical Information Paper? We want to hear about it! Please fill out and submit the New Idea Submission form.

The scope of the proposal for a new Technical Information Paper is shown below, as well as the assigned Subject Category, the date when the Work Item was opened, the title of the new proposal and the name of the Working Group Chair (WGC).

0808 – Physical Properties

08/22/2023 TIP 230808.01 Tactile Evaluation of Softness of Tissue
- WGC: Jessica Carette and Tim Patterson

Scope:

• Define softness as it pertains to tissue including discussion on subjectivity of quality
• Limited to tissue paper products (bath, facial, kitchen towel, napkin, hand towel)
• Description and examples of various approaches to evaluate softness via panel and methods to analyze data (panel results)
• Included:
  • Discussion on panel applications and use
  • Setting up a panel: environmental conditions, panelist qualification, panelist guidelines,
  • Samples : selecting sample, handling samples, control samples
  • Scales
  • Panel categories, their descriptions and analysis
• Excluded:
  • Specific recommendations of which methods are most useful or which methods should be used
  • Any other sensory evaluations (visual, sounds, etc.)
  • Use of any other body part than hands to evaluate softness 
  • Use of any equipment or instruments including objective measurements
  • Descriptive analysis

 If you would like to join the Working Group or review the final draft for this new proposal, please write to tip@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 following TIPs do not have an assigned Working Group Chair and Working Group Members to initiate the review.

Working Group Chairs Needed:

• TIP 0304-47 Corrugator bearing clearance checks and their impact
  
  
• TIP 0305-53 Machinery considerations and selection: yoked scoring slotting section
  
  
• TIP 0306-15 Identifying anilox volume measuring equipment
  
  
• TIP 0306-18 Cleaning anilox rolls: procedures and options
  
  
• TIP 0404-26 Paper machine clothing performance analysis
  
  
• TIP 0416-06 Keys to successful chemical cleaning of boilers
  
  
• TIP 0416-07 Evaluating reverse osmosis for treating makeup to the boiler feedwater in a pulp and paper mill
  
  
• TIP 0416-13 Water treatment-related opportunities for energy conservation in a paper mill powerhouse
  
  
• TIP 0420-14 Guide for increasing the maximum allowable working pressure of cast iron, ASME constructed paper machine dryers
  
  
• TIP 0508-08 Thick stock and broke screening systems, evaluation, inspection, and maintenance
  
  
• TIP 0606-25 Methanol (CH3OH) safe storage and handling

Working Group Members Needed:

• TIP 0106-06 Kaolin clay pigment index

• TIP 0304-73 Checking for coating wear on corrugating rolls

• TIP 0305-53 Machinery considerations and selection:  yoked scoring slotting section

• TIP 0306-15 Identifying anilox volume measuring equipment

• TIP 0306-18 Cleaning anilox rolls: procedures and options

• TIP 0404-22 Press section economic evaluation

• TIP 0404-26 Paper machine clothing performance analysis

• TIP 0404-43 Water permeability of press fabrics

• TIP 0404-66 Thermocompressor Applications for Paper Drying

• TIP 0416-06 Keys to successful chemical cleaning of boilers

• TIP 0416-07 Evaluating reverse osmosis for treating makeup to the boiler feedwater in a pulp and paper mill

• TIP 0416-13 Water treatment-related opportunities for energy conservation in a paper mill powerhouse

• TIP 0416-23 Explanation of recovery boiler leak indications

• TIP 0416-25 Nitrogen oxide emissions control from biomass and kraft recovery boilers in the pulp and paper Industry 

• TIP 0420-12 Guidelines for evaluation of liquid ring vacuum pump performance

• TIP 0508-02 A glossary of terms used in refining

• TIP 0508-08 Thick stock and broke screening systems, evaluation, inspection, and maintenance

• TIP 0508-09 Paper machine approach (head box) screening systems evaluation, inspection, and maintenance

• TIP 1205-02 Cotton in nonwovens

If you would like to join a Working Group of a TIP, please write to tip@tappi.org for more information.

Juan Casillas added to the US TAG in the areas of Tissue Test Methods. He is the Director of Quality Assurance and Product Management at Resolute Forest Products in Sanford, FL.

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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 Chair

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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