New or revised Technical Information Papers (TIPs) and Test Methods.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION PAPERS:

TIP 0404-52 Press section optimization

TIP 0404-57 Troubleshooting cross-machine direction moisture profile problems

TIP 0304-37 How to prevent score cracking in a box plant

TIP 0402-25 Guidelines for procurement of cast stainless steels for large pumps and valves for the pulp and paper industry 

TIP 0402-26 Guidelines for Welding and inspection of stainless alloy piping

TIP 0602-03 Calibration technique for the drum style chip thickness classifier

TIP 0404-49 Yankee dryer steam condensing rates

TEST METHODS:

T 259 sp-05 Species identification of nonwood plant fibers

T 267 cm-05 Compression wood identification in pulpwood 

T 411 om-05 Thickness (caliper) of paper, paperboard, and combined board

T 480 om-05 Specular gloss of paper and paperboard at 75 degrees

T 650 om-05 Solids content of black liquor

T 831 om-05 Water absorption of corrugating medium: water drop penetration test

T 1205 sp-05 Dealing with suspect (outlying) test determinations

T 1210 sp-05 Units of measurement and conversion factors

T 631 om-05 Microbiological enumeration of process water and slush pulp

All individual TIPs or Test Methods are available for electronic or paper delivery.

For electronic delivery, the documents are e-mailed to you in PDF format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view and print these documents. This is available free from www.adobe.com.

If you prefer hardcopy printout, these can be mailed or faxed to you. Please include the shipping and handling costs in your total.

The new or revised documents listed above may be purchased individually from TAPPI. The 2003-2004 collection of TIPs, published in March 2003, is available in a two-volume printed set or on CD. The 2004-2005 collection of Test Methods, published in March 2004, is available on CD. A print-on-demand version of the Test Methods set, current and updated as of the date printed, is also available. Company Licenses for access to the continually updated collection of Test Methods and TIPs via the web is the best way to always have a current set of documents accessible by all company personnel

USEFUL METHODS

Useful Method 21 "Sieve Analysis of Pulpwood Chips" is referenced in a number of industry specifications, and TAPPI receives numerous requests for this document. Although it exists in the full compilation of Useful Methods (last reviewed and published in 1991), it has not been truly reviewed since its initial publication in 1984, and there is a proposal to upgrade it to the TAPPI Test Methods set (perhaps as a Classical Method), so that it can be more easily accessed by users.

To that end, a Standard-Specific Interest Group must be formed to follow procedures to upgrade UM 21 to the set of Official, Provisional, and Classical Test Methods.

The scope of the method is: This method measures the proportions of different sized aggregates in pulp wood chips by means of sieves.

Any TAPPI members who are interested in this method may join the Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG) to receive ballots when this method is ready for vote. If you would like to join the SSIG for this project, please notify Charles Bohanan at TAPPI ([e-mail]) or fax at [phone]) before September 1, 2005.