Nick,
It started with a Norm 15yrs back in Sweden and seems to have
become an accepted standard world wide. Maybe the rest of us have
put some Norms in place but cadmium is not accepted.
Regards Ian.
In message " Plating materials for metal parts",
[email protected] writes:
>Our drawing office believes there is a complete ban
>on the use of cadmium plating, but cannot provide
>chapter and verse. Our company here in the UK
>stopped using it about 5 years ago and changed to
>zinc and passivate for fastners. Cadmium plated
>fastners have certainly disappeared from distributors
>catalogues. I will try and trace the origin of this ban.
>Nick Rouse
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