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Introduction
Table of Contents
Basic MDS Structure
Locate Recommendations
How to Search
Create a Component
Recyclate Information
Application Codes
Parts Marking
Creating a Semicomponent
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Material A
Basic Substance 1
Semicomponent 1
Material B
Basic Substance 2
Semicomponent 2
Material C
Basic Substance 3
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Mixing
types will
generate a
Warning
The Recommendation
menu opens the following
screen:
IMDS 001 is what is
commonly referred to as
Recommendation 001.
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Development Sample Report if yes, will return only the MDSs with
Development Sample Report checked on the Ingredients page.
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Create a Component
IMDS Hierarchy
Be aware of the rules about the hierarchy (tree structure)
in IMDS when creating a component or semicomponent.
Thhink of the tree structure in IMDS in terms of a parent
and child relationship:
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Create a
Module
Create an
MDS
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Add an existing
component to the tree
or create one on the fly
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Apply Material
To add a Material for fasteners:
Select Apply
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2. Run Check
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Weight Changed
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Recyclate Information
Recyclate is the recycled content of the material. Although it is
associated with the material, the recyclate input fields appear
only when the material is added to a component or a semicomponent.
If the material contains Recyclates, select the type and enter
the percentage present:
Post industrial recyclates might come from injection molding,
rejected parts, etc.
Post consumer recyclates might come from scrapped and
damaged vehicles, packaging wastes, scrapped household
appliances, etc.
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Fill in information
if desired/required
(more details next)
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Application Codes
There is also an Application information field. That means
that one or more of the substances on the tree structure is a
substance that requires an application code to indicate how the
substance is used.
Filter that highlights all substances
requiring an application
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Application Dialog
Based on the material classification, the substance and the weight the
system will make a suggestion. (This example is for illustrative purposes only.)
You can double-click on the entered Application to see the other options
you can only make changes if the MDS is in edit mode.
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Select the Add a Material reference button to add a material that requires
Parts Marking data.
Add Material
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This question will occur if the component has a material attached that falls under
one of the following material classifications:
Did you mark your polymeric part(s) according to respective applicable ISO
Standards (e.g. ISO 1043, ISO 1629, ISO 18064, ISO 11469)?
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Run Check
Changed weight
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Version .01
is meaning:
Not released
Release the MDS by using the Release Internal button in Recipient data
(see page 40).
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Material Released
Now the material is released.
You can return to the main MDS (top node).
Button to go back to
where you were
Note: If your company/org unit and your user ID have been authorized for
publishing, there will be an additional button available to Publish the MDS.
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and a Warning
This warning is
acceptable so
you can ignore it
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Supplier Data
Contact is added on
the Supplier Data page
Select the Organization
Unit if applicable
Select the Contact
Person
Click on tab Recipient
data to release the
MDS
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Component Released
Component is internally released
Now go back to Menu and to Create another component.
Version number is changed
Status changed
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Click on Apply.
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Add Component
Node button
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You need to add the weight of material in this screen and the
contact person in Supplier Data.
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Which one to select? In this case the recipient company has Org Units. Theoretically,
you should only have to send/propose to a company once because once accepted,
its available to all in the roof company. You can list a Company Name only once
on the recipient list. For example, the system will not allow you to put both Mobile
Applications and Org.-Einheit as recipients. If sending to an Org Unit, make sure that
someone in the other company has access to MDSs sent to it. Make sure you have
the correct recipient.
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Recipient Changes
Note the changes to the screen now that a Recipient has been added:
More Buttons
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Company selection
appears here and the
Org Unit is in ()
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Send
Click Send
Check is successful
you can send with a
warning some of
the newer Warnings,
you cannot correct
without making a new
version of the MDS
You must click Send to
complete sending
Click Send
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Result of Send
Send is a 1-to-1 relationship. If your customer wants changes on the
tree and it is still in edit mode, you can make changes after the
customer has rejected.
If you Propose, the version increases to a whole number and you can
not make changes though you can add more recipients.
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Miscellaneous Topics
Semicomponent Sub-Component
Semicomponents are basically created the same way as a
component except they do not have application codes or parts
marking questions to be answered. They are often misused.
A Semicomponent is not the same as what is commonly
referred to a sub-component. If you use something in one of,
two of, etc. you should be making components.
Semicomponents can be used for a bolt of cloth, a wire wrap
that is cut down, vinyl tubing that is cut from a roll, paint, etc.
something that is used by weight, length, or volume during
processing.
In IMDS, sub-components are the same as components.
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Weight component
given
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Location:
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