Dear group, Recently one of our customers sent the email at the bottom of the page about RCF. To be perfectly honest I am not familiar with what types of materials or products might contain RCF. My understanding is that RCF are used for very high temperature insulation, much higher than regular fiberglass is able to support. Intuitively I believe that these fibers might be found in applications that use paper-like insulation, braided tubing, possibly transistor gap-pads or sil-pads.
I have two questions: 1) Can anyone tell me what this requirement is in Europe, i.e. directives, standards, etc.? 2) Is there anyone out there that is able to point me in a direction where I can get a quick education on RCF and how to identify them in our products? Thank you so much, -doug ======================================= Douglas E. Powell, Compliance Engineer Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. Fort Collins, Colorado USA 970-407-6410 (phone) 970-407-5410 (fax) [email protected] www.advanced-energy.com ======================================= -----Original Message----- Dear Sir, We have been alerted by our Health and Safety Dept of the possible presence of "Refractory Ceramics Fibers" (RCF) within thermal insulation parts in equipment. RCF are part of "Man Made Vitreous Fibers" (MMVF) and have been classified '2' (As carcinogenic for Human) by the European Community and adopted recently (end 1998) by France. As a consequence we must consider them as a carcinogenic material and get proper identification. So, could you please, provide us with the exhaustive list of all suspected parts and tools designation containing or made of 'RCF', since this material was introduce (in the early 70's) as a substitute of asbestos. The list must be accompanied of the relevant MSDS, we would appreciate in the same time to get the description of the physical state of the fiber (bulk, braided, compound...) And the name of the origin supplier. -------------------------- --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
