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Brian

Pratap Singh wrote:
> John,
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> If EC has passed RoHS legislation, US can do the same and pass anti-RoHS
> legislation.
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> Ask US Congress to ban all LF imports. Since US is the biggest electronics
> product market in the world, suppliers will be falling over each other to
> provide Sn/Pb products for US market. Alternately US can pull back all off
> shore manufacturing and use Sn/Pb process to meet internal consumption of
> electronics product.
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> As you and other anti-RoHS folks have explained so diligently, going back to
> Sn/Pb will save hundreds of billions of $$$ due to:
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> 1.      Lower power consumption in Sn/Pb processes
> 2.      Higher FPY and low scrap rate leading to cost reductions of US goods
> 3.      No new equipment for PIH and SMT assembly
> 4.      No training of workers in LF processes
> 5.      No research to build LF fatigue models
> 6.      Use of same FR4 PCBs
> 7.      No change of components to meet high LF process temperatures
> 8.      Less maintenance of wave solder due to elimination of LF impact on
> solder pot
> 9.      No problems of solder mixing during assembly and repair
> 10.     No introduction of new fluxes or solder paste to meet high LF
> temperatures
> 11.     No extra mining for Tin and Silver
> 12.     No risk of Tin Whiskers
> 13.     No solder joint failures at high stresses.
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> Congress can pass along these huge savings to electronics industry to set up
> new assembly plants and generate thousands of jobs. It will be a bonanza for
> pro-business lobby.
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> Since US designs are best in the world, some manufacturing can still be done
> in Far East since they are already equipped for LF assembly and then sell to
> EC countries.
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> That will allow US to compete in global economy and satisfy internal demand
> of Sn/Pb electronics at the same time. It can be a win-win situation for
> all.
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> Also imagine Air-Bus falling from the sky due to LF electronics, all
> airlines will be ordering Boeing 747s instead. That will increase export of
> US manufactured goods and eliminate trade deficit with China and Japan.
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> Imagine all hospital equipment in EC hospitals failing and causing many
> patient deaths. Then US can sell US made hospital equipment to all hospitals
> in EC and Far East. This scenario can be extended to many other fields like
> autos, air conditioning, nuclear electronics etc. Your web site can be
> central to expand this strategy.
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> Have a good day.
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> pratap singh
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