TAPPI Standards

TAPPI Standards* are developed through the consensus of a technical working group acting in accordance with the procedures described in our guidelines.

We publish 4 types of TAPPI Standards:

• Test methods
• Specifications
• Guidelines
• Glossaries

TAPPI Test Methods are testing procedures. We use 6 different categories for our Test Methods: Official Method, Provisional Method, Standard Practice, Classical Method, Withdrawn Method, and Useful Method (UM). Learn more about these 6 categories.

Our Standards may also include certain information that are not directly related to our Test Methods, such as technical information and definitions. This information is found in our Specifications, Guidelines and Glossaries. These documents comply with TAPPI Standards regulations in their development and approval.

See How an Industry Best Practice becomes a TAPPI Standard

TAPPI Technical Information Papers (TIPs)

TAPPI Technical Information Papers (TIPs) are documents containing specialized information (e.g., data, software, calculations) used in the manufacture, evaluation and description of pulp, paper, and related products, written in a standardized format which is readily useable by the industry.

Technical Information Papers may contain testing procedures or methods used to evaluate equipment but do not contain pulp and paper testing procedures or test methods.

https://www.tappi.org/publications-standards/standards-methods/standardsonline/

TAPPI Standards

TAPPI T 231 : Zero-span breaking strength of pulp (dry zero-span tensile)

TAPPI  T 456 : Tensile breaking strength of water- saturated paper and paperboard

TAPPI  T 541 : Internal bond strength of paperboard (z- direction tensile)

TAPPI T 549 : Edgewise compressive strength of corrugated fiberboard (short column test)

TAPPI T 818 : Ring crush of paperboard (flexible beam method)

TAPPI T 821 : Pin adhesion of corrugated board by selective separation

TAPPI T 822 : Ring Crush of Paperboard (Rigid Support Method)

TAPPI T 825 : Flat Crush Test of Corrugated Board (Rigid Support Method)

TAPPI T 829 : Relative quality of scores in corrugated containers