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Items 20/07/2023

Instant Search in CDT

Instant Search in CDT Searching for ingredients to add to a composition When you are in the CDT (Composition Design Tool) adding a composition to a formulation or raw material, you type the code or the name of an ingredient into the item code field and the system instantly searches and returns potential matches for you to select from. The default instant search looks for matches to item code and item name and includes formulations and raw materials. If this search does not show the ingredient yo...

Classification, Items 20/07/2023

Item Type and Item Class Overview

Item Type and Item Class Overview About Item Type An Item Type can contain several Item Classes e.g. Item Type ‘Formulation’ could include Item Classes ‘Dilution’, ‘Solution’ and ‘Base’. Also Item Type ‘Flavour’ could contain Item Classes ‘Flavour Formulation’, ‘Flavour Solution’, ‘Flavour Raw Material’ and ‘Flavour Base’. Item Types are used to differentiate between kinds of Items in orde...

Items, Properties 20/07/2023

EUH208 Phrase – differences between Raw Materials and Formulations

EUH208 Phrase – differences between Raw Materials and Formulations There is a different rule in the regulation (and therefore Formpak) for raw materials vs formulations for phrase EUH208 of CLP. This means EUH208 will appear automatically for Formulations but not for Raw Materials. EUH208 phrase is “Contains (name of sensitising substance). May produce an allergic reaction”. For additional background the CLP Regulation in ATP No. 286/2011 says: “Article 2.8. Mixtures cont...

Items 20/07/2023

Explode, Simplify and Explode Everything functions in the CDT

Explode, Simplify and Explode Everything functions in the CDT When viewing or adding formulation compositions you can adjust the structure in many ways. A common request is to flatten/explode/open out sub-formulations. To explode sub-formulations such as dilutions and bases, you can use ‘Explode’ or ‘Explode Everything’. To use Explode: Highlight the formulation in the CDT, select ‘Explode’ from ‘Other menu’ > the application will explode the ta...

Classification, Documents & Reports, Items, Suitability 20/07/2023

Find Matching Items Tips

Tips on how to use Finding Matching Items Find Matching Items can be used to find pretty much anything! You can combine different criteria in the search, check suitability and print the results in a format you choose. A few tips to follow for some of the search areas: NAME: You can use ‘wild cards’ in the Name search to closer match what you were after. Examples: “rose” means “rose”(in upper or lower case) anywhere “=rose” means begins with “...

Items, Properties 20/07/2023

Determine the level of important raw materials

Adding a property to determine the level of important raw materials Although the composition of raw materials and formulations are easily accessible, there may be certain raw materials which are high priority and you want to actively display the level present. To do this, you use properties and you can calculate levels as percentages or ppm or other values. The two key methods follow: Add a new property e.g. ‘Ethanol Percentage’ as a percent property, calculated = yes, based on metho...

Items 20/07/2023

Development Job Overview

Development Job Overview Development jobs help manage work done by formulation developers. When using ‘Add a New Formulation’ a Development job is created at the same time and contains additional details about the formulation development (if entered). Once a development job has been added a User can be assigned to work on it. Users can find jobs using ‘Search for Development Jobs’ and from the results page can perform most development job actions. Other actions can be per...

Items, Properties 20/07/2023

Enter LC50 Values for Raw Materials

Enter LC50 Values for Raw Materials This is a brief guide to entering LC50 values for raw materials on to Formpak to facilitate mixture calculations for inhalation toxicity relating to GHS and Safety Data Sheets. Background in GHS GHS refers to different types of airborne ‘stuff’: gases, vapours, dusts/mists. The units in GHS for these different forms are gases ppmV, vapours mg/l and dusts/mists mg/l. The calculation to estimate the ATE Inhalation requires the airborne form and the u...

Items 20/07/2023

Changing a Formulation into a Raw Material (and Vice Versa)

Changing a Formulation into a Raw Material (and Vice Versa) This process will show you how to change a formulation into a Raw Material and Vice Versa. Go to Change Item Class of Item Enter the Formulation and select Raw Material from the New Item Type drop-down list. Select a New Item Class from the drop-down list. Click Save. Go to View a Raw Material enter your code to show the newly created Raw Material. To change a Raw Material to a Formulation, select Formulation at step 2. Last updated...

Documents & Reports, Items, Properties 20/07/2023

Classification of a Formulation on Formpak vs supplier SDS

Classification of a Formulation on Formpak vs supplier SDS There’s a difference in classification between a formulation I’ve entered onto Formpak compared to the supplier who supplied the SDS and composition- how do I know which is right? As a general guide, if you have a difference between classifications this almost always means one or more of the following: The ingredients are not the same The ingredients don’t have the same hazards The ingredients are present at different p...