Jim, I think you missed the relevant words - 'lead in glass'. It does not mean lead in components generally, only the glass portion of a component (if it has any).
Dave Coleman From: Jim Bacher [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:37 PM To: Emc-Pstc (E-mail) Subject: Lead and RoHS We were reading a copy of the RoHS that we retrieved from: http://www.dti.gov.uk/sustainability/pdfs/finalrohs.pdf and found it to be interesting. As a result we have questions, but first the key parts that raise the questions: In Article 4 / Prevention it says: 1. Member States shall ensure that, from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers......... 2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the applications listed in the Annex. Then in the Annex it says: 5. Lead in glass of cathode ray tubes, electronic components and fluorescent tubes. 7. - Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. tin-lead solder alloys containing more than 85 % lead), - lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems (exemption granted until 2010), - lead in solders for network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunication, - lead in electronic ceramic parts (e.g. piezoelectronic devices). Most component companies are now working on getting the lead out, but the way I read this they do not need to. What is meant by electronic component? Could I call our assemblies an "electronic component" and not have to change anything? Comments? Thoughts? Jim Jim Bacher, Senior Engineer Paxar Americas, Inc. 170 Monarch Lane Miamisburg, Ohio 45342 USA e-mail: [email protected] voice: 1-937-865-2020 fax: 1-937-865-2048 This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Scott Douglas [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ********************************************************************** IMPORTANT NOTICE The information contained in this e-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. It is intended only for the stated addressee(s) and access to it by any other person is unauthorised. If you are not an addressee, you must not disclose, copy, circulate or in any other way use or rely on the information contained in this e-mail. Such unauthorised use may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please inform Racal Instruments Group Ltd. immediately by emailing [email protected] or phoning +44 (0)1202 872800 (ask for the I.T. Dept.) and delete it and all copies from your system. www.racalinstrumentsgroup.co.uk ********************************************************************** This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Scott Douglas [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
