I agree, but I would also caution you to think about something.
When you mark something on a bare board as being "lead free",
are you telling the world that only the bare board is lead free?
...or are you implying that the final assembly is lead free?
Be cautious about marking a bare board, and then losing control of it later on.

Maybe the assembler should be marking the final assembly as "compliant"?

Does anyone else have experience with this?
I'm nervous about stamping a bare board, and then someone later down the line decides to assemble the board with different criteria...

Jack

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On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:52:53 -0500, Kim Sterling <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hello Joe - Our tech staff recommends IPC/J-STD-609A, IPC/JEDEC Marking and Labeling of Components, PCBs and PCBAs to Identify Lead (Pb), Lead-Free (Pb-Free) and Other Attributes. Written to cover this type of question. www.ipc.org/609A<http://www.ipc.org/609A>.
>
>Hope that helps.
>
>Kim Sterling, IPC

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