John

As Rob has said they are exempt. What you will need to do is have a
certificate or letter from your supplier stating that they are 'compliant
by exemption', the directive number and the levels that occur. This,
perhaps with in independent audit (like XRF) should give you the necessary
paper trail if you were to get audited.  You may also want to flag it on
you database system.  its worth looking  at the RS components website to
see this in action.

http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/browse/Campaign.jsp?cacheID=ukie

regards
Paul

Paul R Taylor
Senior Engineer, RoHS Compliancy Group, IED
Pitney Bowes Ltd
The Pinnacles, Elizabeth Way, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5BD
tel: +44 1279 449 744      fax +44 1279 449 594
email: [log in to unmask]         website: www.pb.com



"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent by: Leadfree <[log in to unmask]>
24/02/2006 15:36
Please respond to
"(Leadfree Electronics Assembly Forum)" <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond
to
"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>


To
[log in to unmask]
cc

Subject
[LF] RoHS compliant relays






My supplier has presented a relay that is proported to be RoHS
compliant, yet contains cadmium. He says this is allowed by the
directive; I cannot find anything that specifically allows this. The
supplier states that relays have been given an exemption since no
substitute has been found for cadmium in relay contacts.

My concern is if our products (PCB industrial controls) are checked with
a FXR will the cadmium show up? If so, even if relays are exempt, will
this be a reason for push back of our product.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Leadfee
Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d
To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in
the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Leadfree
To temporarily stop/(start) delivery of Leadree for vacation breaks send:
SET Leadfree NOMAIL/(MAIL)
Search previous postings at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives
Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16
for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or
847-615-7100 ext.2815
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Leadfee Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d
To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in
the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Leadfree
To temporarily stop/(start) delivery of Leadree for vacation breaks send: SET Leadfree NOMAIL/(MAIL)
Search previous postings at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives
Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------