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Items, Properties 20/07/2023

IFRA Maximum Pragmatic Level

IFRA Maximum Pragmatic Level IFRA advise some applications require a Maximum Pragmatic Level. The IFRA Categories are: Category 8 Hair Styling Aids 2% Category 9 Rinse-off Hair Conditioners 5% Category 10 Hard Surface Cleaners 2.5% IFRA say: Maximum Pragmatic Level: Practical considerations require setting a default maximum level of the fragrance ingredients identified as dermal sensitisers for some product types. This pragmatic level is defined as that “not exceeding the usual concentrati...

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...

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, 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: You can use ‘wild cards’ in the Name or Code to search for a closer match to what you require. Examples: “rose” means “rose”(in upper or lower case) anywhere “=rose” means begins with...

Items 20/07/2023

Compare formulations side by side

How do I compare formulations side by side? When adding or viewing a formulation composition you choose Other Menus > Compare > search for the formulations you want to compare, click Add, then Compare. You’ll see the added formulation item are either mixed in with existing items are displayed underneath and a new column in generated. You will also see there is an additional row at the top of the formulation with details of the formulation too. You can print the side by side compariso...

Items 20/07/2023

Composition Design Tool Keyboard Shortcuts

Composition Design Tool Keyboard Shortcuts The Composition Design Tool (CDT) is where components are added to formulations and raw materials. The CDT screens are slightly different for raw material and formulation versions. The formulation CDT is used when you Add a New Formulation The raw material CDT is used when you Add Composition to a Raw Material Keyboard Shortcuts in the CDT ‘Other Menu’: Related Help: Composition Design Tool Overview Last updated July 2021...