Gordon
I feel that if someone has done his homework and gone leadfree, he's
hardly likely to have 2 production lines for the same product. The
incremental operational savings by staying with 63/37 when he is also
using lead free are hardly likely, IMHO, to be significant (probably
negative), after deduction of the amortisation of the incremental
capital costs. And think of the nightmare of servicing, with potential
mix-ups between the two types.
Brian
"Davy, Gordon" wrote:
>
> Making the switch to leadfree electronic products (or nearly leadfree, as
> the RoHS draft directive has some exemptions) is costing a lot of companies
> a lot of money. It appears that most of the money is of the non-recurring
> variety, that is, figuring out what to do and investing in equipment to do
> it. Is it possible yet to estimate the additional recurring (non-amortized)
> costs of building a product leadfree? Out of necessity auto manufacturers
> produce versions of their cars with the steering wheel on the left and on
> the right. The situation is different for electronic products, but with
> sufficient economic incentive, might some manufacturers decide to produce a
> leadfree version for Europe and a leaded version for elsewhere? Also, if two
> versions of a particular product were to be commercially available, would
> European customs inspectors be able to keep the citizens of their countries
> from buying the leaded version, and for how long?
>
> Gordon Davy
> Baltimore, MD
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