Lauren,
Thanks for the link to the ERA report. There's some excellent information in there. I wish that their recommendations had made it into the recast for cat 8 and 9. I noted that one of their examples of industrial monitoring and control is a bench-top LCR meter which is clearly test and measurement equipment. While it's true that the control exemption expires in 2017, it would be a big help to apply that exemption at this time in this particular case. Carl From: Crane, Lauren [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 3:45 PM To: Carl Newton; [email protected] Subject: RE: [PSES] RoHS 2 - Definition of Industrial Monitoring Equipment I have experience with the question, but no experience getting a good answer. I have had the opinion that test and measurement equipment is different from monitoring and control equipment, but apparently, many companies used the old WEEE+RoHS exclusion from RoHS for monitoring and control equipment to get their test and measurement equipment out of scope also, so there is some inertia in interpretations that prevents heading in a different direction (i.e., that test and measurement is different from monitoring and control). The Commission has little 'shame' over the lack of a clear definition because, after all, everything will be in scope in a few years anyway. You might find some value in the ERA study done on cat 8 & 9 prior to RoHS2. It has some more explanation and examples. It is not, of course, legally binding, but it was done by some well-reasoned folk, IMO. Ref. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/pdf/era_study_final_report.pdf Regards, Lauren Crane KLA-Tencor From: Carl Newton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 1:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] RoHS 2 - Definition of Industrial Monitoring Equipment Group, I'm trying to find some reputable definitions of industrial monitoring equipment as it relates to RoHS 2. There is a very brief reference in the WEEE Directive Annex IB which refers to equipment installed within an industrial control panel, and that example is much too narrow. The official RoHS 2 FAQ doesn't address the question. I'm dealing with a handheld device that is used to measure flatness on brake rotors within industrial environments. I think that it would be accurate to consider it test and measurement equipment. However, what should be considered to be industrial monitoring? I'm trying to understand whether a piece of test equipment such as this which is used to MONITOR the quality of a finished manufactured product qualifies as an industrial monitoring device within the context of RoHS 2. Although I realize that my last sentence appears to answer the question, what I'm really after are sources of information, ideally official, which expands upon the definition of industrial monitoring equipment. Does anyone on this list have experience with this question? Thanks much, Carl - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. 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]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. 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]>
