Yes you will need it to prove a route to compliance unless you are using a
contract manufacturer in which case you can get him to do it.....someone has
to do it to show due diligence in case there are any issues downstream.

Here is another link to get the data validated....

http://www.rohsusa.com

You can also get software through companies like E2open, worth checking out
for larget corporations.

John

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-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Blair K. Hogg
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 12:05 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [LF] Data gathering and maintenance requirement for RoHS
compliance


Avnet (US distributor) was here today making a presentation on a service
they are offering to customers (either free or for a fee, based upon level
of service) that will collect and organize data for RoHS compliance.
Something in their presentation stirred up a few brain cells and I decided
to go to this forum to see how everyone else is approaching compliance, or
demonstration of compliance.

Avnet will supply the materials content in ppm for each of the RoHS
substances, along with other component data such as weight.

I'm wondering if I really need this information.

The directive covers "homogenous materials" as needing to be compliant and
the accepted interpretation is that everything down to the plating on the
leads of a resistor must be compliant. I don't see where the breakdown in
ppm per part and weight are important. If I was taking the approach that my
product weighed 25kg, I could have 25g of lead and be at the 100 ppm level,
however, with the homogenous materials approach this doesn't matter.

So what I am looking for is a statement from the supplier or manufacturer
that the part is RoHS compliant in itself. If all of the parts I use are
compliant, and my processes are compliant, then the assembly is compliant by
default.

Do I need the materials content data for anything? I have heard that some
customers are asking for this, as opposed to simply asking for a statement
of compliance.

Thanks,

Blair Hogg
QA Manager
GAI-Tronics Corp

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