China is just the next entity to update their environmental legislation. This article provides you and your company insight into what is necessary to interact with China with respect to RoHS. DfR can work with you to help resolve RoHS and Pb-free manufacturing questions. For more information, contact Craig Hillman, chillman@dfrsolutions.com
Showing posts with label China ROHS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China ROHS. Show all posts
Monday, December 26, 2011
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Environmental Legislation: The Latest News
EU RoHS
The latest proposed modifications to RoHS include covering ALL electronic equipment (that means military and avionics), elimination of brominated and chlorinated flame retardants (BFR / CFR), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and nanomaterials, and requiring a CE mark to demonstrate compliance. At the same time, consumer electronic companies are actively supporting the elimination of BFRs and PVCs. Why? Maybe because Greenpeace is watching closely and aggressively weighing in on each exemption.
US RoHS
The American RoHS is expanding through IEEE Standards 1680.2 and 1680.3. These standards expand beyond the current RoHS by banning Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) and requiring inventorying of over 100 other substances. This will affect you because these standards drive the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) and all new government procurement must be compliant to EPEAT.
China RoHS
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released a new general requirements document for China RoHS. The biggest changes? The scope has broadened from Electronic
Information Products listed in a catalog to any Electronic and Electrical Products powered below 1500 VDC or 1000 VAC. In addition to the restricted six (Hg, Pb, Cd, Hex Cr, PBB, PBDE), there is the possibility of "State regulations of other harmful substances" and inspection will be performed at both entry AND exit and items will be subject to quarantine (say goodbye to the building of SnPb electronics in China).
Oh, and don't forget conflict metals and India RoHS.
Have a headache? Don't go for the aspirin. DfR helps hundreds of companies each year with the challenge of meeting environmental requirements, including Design for Environment (DfE). For more information, please contact Randy Schueller, rschueller@dfrsolutions.com.
The latest proposed modifications to RoHS include covering ALL electronic equipment (that means military and avionics), elimination of brominated and chlorinated flame retardants (BFR / CFR), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and nanomaterials, and requiring a CE mark to demonstrate compliance. At the same time, consumer electronic companies are actively supporting the elimination of BFRs and PVCs. Why? Maybe because Greenpeace is watching closely and aggressively weighing in on each exemption.
US RoHS
The American RoHS is expanding through IEEE Standards 1680.2 and 1680.3. These standards expand beyond the current RoHS by banning Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) and requiring inventorying of over 100 other substances. This will affect you because these standards drive the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) and all new government procurement must be compliant to EPEAT.
China RoHS
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released a new general requirements document for China RoHS. The biggest changes? The scope has broadened from Electronic
Information Products listed in a catalog to any Electronic and Electrical Products powered below 1500 VDC or 1000 VAC. In addition to the restricted six (Hg, Pb, Cd, Hex Cr, PBB, PBDE), there is the possibility of "State regulations of other harmful substances" and inspection will be performed at both entry AND exit and items will be subject to quarantine (say goodbye to the building of SnPb electronics in China).
Oh, and don't forget conflict metals and India RoHS.
Have a headache? Don't go for the aspirin. DfR helps hundreds of companies each year with the challenge of meeting environmental requirements, including Design for Environment (DfE). For more information, please contact Randy Schueller, rschueller@dfrsolutions.com.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
DoD Finally Gets Busy with Pb-free
After an initial delay, with primarily Aircraft Advisories for guidance, the DoD has had a flurry of recent activity. These included experimenting with lead-free manufacturing, a white paper by the PERM group, identifying best practices in lead-free, and developing a DoD-wide policy statement.
What’s next? There is currently a strong push at all levels for a comprehensive funding effort to find acceptable replacements for lead (Pb) in aerospace / defense electronics. Atthe same time, DoD is unlikely to ban lead-free solder. It will instead focus on lead free control plans. A potential alternate approach is the Verizon way: they have introduced so many requirements that none of their suppliers will ever go lead-free. For more information on lead free control plans, contact Craig Hillman, chillman@dfrsolutions.com.
What’s next? There is currently a strong push at all levels for a comprehensive funding effort to find acceptable replacements for lead (Pb) in aerospace / defense electronics. Atthe same time, DoD is unlikely to ban lead-free solder. It will instead focus on lead free control plans. A potential alternate approach is the Verizon way: they have introduced so many requirements that none of their suppliers will ever go lead-free. For more information on lead free control plans, contact Craig Hillman, chillman@dfrsolutions.com.
Monday, February 8, 2010
What about China RoHS?
Last October, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released the Key Administrative Catalog for the Pollution Control of Electronic Information Products (Batch 1). This document, which identifies the specific products covered by China RoHS, is currently limited to phones and printers. Additional versions covering other equipment are expected. While some exemptions are allowed, the biggest concern is the requirement for testing at specified labs in China. For more information, please contact Randy Kong, rkong@dfrsolutions.com.
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