RoHS - Restriction of Hazardous Substances

[Marc]

RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) Ensuring banned substances, no matter the quantity, do not make their way into your products. Even if you purchase commodity goods.

Because RoHS extends throughout the entire supply chain, it could very well affect non-European businesses. Both are starting to be pushed in the US, and may actually be in place in the near future (within 5 years).

[Craig H.]

Originally Posted by Marc

RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) Ensuring banned substances, no matter the quantity, do not make their way into your products. Even if you purchase commodity goods.

Because RoHS extends throughout the entire supply chain, it could very well affect non-European businesses. Both are starting to be pushed in the US, and may actually be in place in the near future (within 5 years).

I won't say from who, but we have already filled out some surveys for U.S. companies.

[Helmut Jilling]

Originally Posted by Marc

RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) Ensuring banned substances, no matter the quantity, do not make their way into your products. Even if you purchase commodity goods.

Because RoHS extends throughout the entire supply chain, it could very well affect non-European businesses. Both are starting to be pushed in the US, and may actually be in place in the near future (within 5 years).

Some of the US and Japanese OE customers have been requesting (mandating) my clients to reduce or eliminate Hazardous Substances, though I don't know if it was linked to RoHS directly.

[Dr. L. Ramakrishnan]

Originally Posted by Marc

RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) Ensuring banned substances, no matter the quantity, do not make their way into your products. Even if you purchase commodity goods.

Because RoHS extends throughout the entire supply chain, it could very well affect non-European businesses. Both are starting to be pushed in the US, and may actually be in place in the near future (within 5 years).

Please don't mistake me for pointing this out; the expansion of RoHS is "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment"; there is a subtle difference between "Reduction" and "Restriction". That needs to be appreciated while interpreting RoHS directives. I agree that in the day-to-day working people use the phrase "Restriction of Hazardous Substances". Please also note that this restriction is for electronics and electrical equipment that need less than 1000 V (AC) or 1500 V (DC) for their normal functioning not for ALL commodity goods.

Best wishes,

Ramakrishnan

[Lyregi]

Hi all,

I'm new here. I would like to know where can I get myself the RoHS standards? Do I need to make a purchase for this?

Thanks for your time.

BR,
LyregI

[harry]

Originally Posted by Lyregi

Hi all,

I'm new here. I would like to know where can I get myself the RoHS standards? Do I need to make a purchase for this?

Thanks for your time.

BR,
LyregI

What you should do is to do a search by typing 'rohs'. We have several pages of items/threads discussed previously. Anyway these are some of the links:
RoHS Enforcement Guidance Document - Released May 2006
Is RoHS just for the electronics industry?

RoHS standards are not copyrighted. Look at the attachments in the links. You can download it from many sources in the web.

[gleclair]

I work in metal finishing, and we just love RoHS. Chromium 6, which is a reportable substance, had to be changed to a Trivalent. As we changed over to the Tri chromates we are finding that in the lab of the suppliers the corrsion resistance is very high, better tha hex (chromium 6) but in production runs the results are half of the stated results. How fun, automotive is going off of tests from the labs when in production we can not achieve the same results. I thought it was just us but the supplier say we are not the only one. Here I go again ... but change has a good and bad side to it. Love or hate it RoHS is here to stay.

Glen

[bobdoering]

Originally Posted by gleclair

I work in metal finishing, and we just love RoHS. Chromium 6, which is a reportable substance, had to be changed to a Trivalent. As we changed over to the Tri chromates we are finding that in the lab of the suppliers the corrsion resistance is very high, better tha hex (chromium 6) but in production runs the results are half of the stated results. How fun, automotive is going off of tests from the labs when in production we can not achieve the same results. I thought it was just us but the supplier say we are not the only one. Here I go again ... but change has a good and bad side to it. Love or hate it RoHS is here to stay.

Glen

Amen! Typically have to add "sealers" (practically equivalent to clear paint) to pass corrosion tests, or the plating bath chemistries have to be watched like a hawk (how long after the corrosion test do you suppose that will happen?) Also, you would be surprised how many components wander into the items specified on the RoHS restriction list - and therefore need certified.

Wonder when the first US company will be prosecuted by the EU for failing RoHS. That will be an interesting legal knot.