Dear LFers,
Further good guidance on this topic (and much else) is available in the UK
dti's Guidance to the UK Regulations at
http://www.dti.gov.uk/sustainability/weee/RoHS_Guidance_November05_Final.pdf
I hope that this helps.
Regards,
Roger Bilham
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From: "MA/NY DDave" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: [LF] What is really leadfree
> Hi Tyco-James, asta-RickyS, IPC-LF Listservers,
>
> First of ALL, I wish everyone on IPC's Pb-free (LF) a growth '2006'
>
> May each of your struggles be rewarding, even if in after-thought beyond
> the personal pains of each particular failure. May each of your successes
> reward your character and stimulate you to new growth and technical/people
> contributions that add value to you and others. May both the negative and
> the positive add value.
>
>
> <We have parts that are reading that have lead (over 1000ppm) that are
> labeled lead-Free.>
>
> How did you measure the lead (Pb) content??
> ^Particularly how and what sites do you know to be beyond 1000ppm??
>
> <We were told the parts are Homogenous and could contain up to 3% lead and
> were RoHSCompliant. >
>
> It seems like you are having the wool pulled over your eyes, or are doing,
> or asked to believe in bulk analysis which is a totally inaccurate measure
> of RoHS compliance. The IPC has a Materials Declaration form you could
use
> that might help.
>
> <My question is what or when is a part really leadfree?
>
> James, you can read a lot of this stuff in the IPC LF archives since we
> have discussed this stuff a lot. Basically if you use the IPC Material
> Declaration form, which will hopefully be transpositioned into the EU,
> modified slightly, you can understand how anyone can be RoHS compliant for
> lead and the other reduced, prohibited materials.
>
> <We are a CM working from a customer's BOM o who is responsible?
>
> Normally most of us would expect your customer to be responsible,
> since "The Producer" is responsible and accountable in the EU. Yet, your
> customer might make you responsible for their goof-ups in your contract.
>
> Yours in Engineering, Dave
> YiEngr, MA/NY DDave
>
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