Dennis,

A document trail should be sufficient at present. UK guidance suggests

you might wish to verify on a sample basis. However at present there is

no way of easily checking.



XRF is yet not up to the task, however the XRF companies are developing

new tools to help address the issue.



XRF can only detect surface and skin level materials so will never be

able to do a 100% check.



The homogeneous issue makes it all the more tricky in determining

compliance.



For now I would look at getting your paper audit trail in place and see

how practicable testing develops.  



Regards,

Chris

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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dennis Bang

Sent: 14 June 2005 03:35

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Subject: [LF] Component compliance Check



Hi all,

We've probably discussed this few times but a question was just raised

to me

recently about who would be ultimately responsible for ensuring the

components are ROHs compliant. If the supplier says the component is

ROHS

compliant and provides a compliance statement, would this be enough? Or

would we as CEMs need to double check stock that arrives to ensure that

it

complies. I have been given a broshure on a XRF Analyser to check this.

Below is the website.

http://www.niton.com/LeadtestingPbmanufacturing.asp



What is others doing in terms of ensuring component compliance? Any

feedback

appreciated!



Best Regards

Dennis Bang



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