Additive Formulation and Blending Practice
From a performance target to a stable, tested, documented product.
- Level
- Advanced
- Duration
- 30 hours
- Format
- Blended
- Lessons
- 5
About this programme
An advanced programme for people who will formulate or blend. It follows one product from brief to release: setting targets, selecting components, managing interactions, blending, bench screening and documentation.
Places are confirmed by the academy. Applicants should hold UTR-201 or have equivalent experience.
What you will be able to do
- Translate a performance brief into measurable targets
- Select components and anticipate their interactions
- Write and follow a blending procedure with quality checks
- Plan a bench-test programme and document the result
Lessons
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Setting formulation targets
Specifications, claims and the limits that frame a formulation.
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Component selection and interactions
Synergy, antagonism and solubility.
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Blending procedure and quality control
Order of addition, temperature, mixing and release checks.
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Bench screening tests
Choosing tests that answer the question asked.
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Documentation and release
Data sheets, safety data and the batch record.
Who it is for
- Formulation chemists
- Blending-plant supervisors
- Quality managers
Other programmes
- UTR-101 Fundamentals of Lubrication and Tribology Friction, wear, viscosity and base oils: the ground every lubricant professional stands on.
- UTR-150 Certified Product Advisor For workshop and sales staff: match the right additive to the problem and explain it honestly.
- UTR-201 Engine-Oil Additive Chemistry How each additive family works at the metal surface and in the bulk oil, and how they interact.