Because it is proposed to have RoHS fall under the CE Marking scheme, the big boss people here want to throw the whole mess over the wall to the Compliance Lab (that’s me). Please don’t beat me up too much for being a RoHS Newbie, but can those who know help me with a few questions?
How do you keep track or document that the parts you buy and used to build your products meet the RoHS requirements? For example: * Is a Statement on your part print good enough? * Do you have to keep a data sheet or letter from each manufacturer stating their part(s) meet RoHS? If so, how do you store this information and how often do you have to check to see if it is still current? If and when the new proposals to the RoHS Directive is complete, best guess, how much time will we have to comply to any new requirements? 2 years? Currently some of our products fall under one of the Exemptions but we are trying very hard to be RoHS anyway. If our exemption goes away in the future, how much time would we have to comply? 2 years? Answers to this question will determine if you have to hire one person or 10. We have something like 18,000 parts that have to be gone over. Thanks for you help. The Other Brian _________________________ LECO Corporation Notice: This communication may contain confidential information intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you received this by mistake, please destroy it and notify us of the error. Thank you. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]>
