Last year one of our major customers warned us that they would start requiring certification that materials used to make their parts have less than a stated level of ionizing radiation. This month, we started receiving revised drawings from this customer with a new specification referenced that makes this new requirement official. The specification bans the presence of a number of substances like cadmium and mercury, which our suppliers already certify is not present in the materials they supply except in trace amounts.
My initial contact with one of our bigger material distibutors indicates that their suppliers check for radiation on their incoming materials, and when their finished materials are outgoing. They do not have a generic compliance letter to this effect. I am not sure how to approach getting a compliance letter of this type. I can't contact each manufacturer the distributor buys from, whose material we use.
Has anyone else had to deal with a radiation requirement like this? How did you handle it?
My initial contact with one of our bigger material distibutors indicates that their suppliers check for radiation on their incoming materials, and when their finished materials are outgoing. They do not have a generic compliance letter to this effect. I am not sure how to approach getting a compliance letter of this type. I can't contact each manufacturer the distributor buys from, whose material we use.
Has anyone else had to deal with a radiation requirement like this? How did you handle it?