Substance declaration types
Declarations of Restricted Substance content for materials, coatings, specifications, and parts are categorized into the following types, based on the availability and source of the information.
| Declaration type | May be applicable to | Source of declaration information |
|---|---|---|
| Generic data | Materials and coatings supplied by Ansys. |
Restricted Substances information has been researched and provided by Ansys. Note: Currently the scope of research includes the EU REACH
Candidate List and the SIN 2.1 (Substitute It Now) List.
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| Supplier declaration | Parts, specifications, in-house materials, and coatings that have been added by your organization. | Restricted Substances information has been provided by the supplier in a standard format, and has been imported into the database by the Granta data administrator. |
| Self declared | Parts, specifications, in-house materials, and coatings that have been added by your organization. |
Restricted Substances information has been entered into the database manually by the Granta data administrator. For example: Your Granta data administrator may have received a written declaration from the supplier in a PDF document, or made an independent judgment on the substance composition, and then used this information to link to the relevant restricted substances. |
| Fallback to generic data | In-house materials that have been added by your organization. |
No supplier declaration has been provided, but the Restricted Substances content has been assumed to be the same as for a generic material supplied by Ansys in Granta MI. The in-house material is linked to the Granta material by a fallback link, and the analysis uses the Restricted Substances declaration data for the Granta material. |
| Undeclared | Any part, specification, material, or coating. | No Restricted Substances declaration information is available. |
Fallback links in Restricted Substances analysis
For in-house materials, if a substance declaration is not available, a fallback link might be set up to an equivalent (generic) material.
Adding fallback links, enables the substance data for the generic material to be used in Restricted Substances analysis, in place of substance data for the in-house material.