Hi Folks, Not sure if it's OK to post job offers here but I am sure Ken will appropriately slam me if not ("ask forgiveness rather than permission"? ;o} ). A...
Mike, As part of this RoHS group it is OK to post job offers and for members to send out a note if they are looking for a position in the area of RoHS or a...
We're a component manufacturer and are in the process of evaluating the preferred location for the China RoHS markings (eg: Logo 1, logo 2, and the tic-tac-toe...
Troy - IEEE will be hosting a presentation on China RoHS at this month's meeting in Santa Clara, CA. I will be presenting on China RoHS and covering the...
I will be out of the office starting 01/13/2007 and will not return until 01/17/2007. Our company is closed for Pongal till 17-Jan-2007. I shall respond to...
Hi all, Are there any suggestions for determining the proper value for the "Environment-Friendly Use Period" (EFUP)? Also, does anyone know of vendors...
Patrick, Note that the latest version of the EFUP document is a January 2007, Version 3 which is still in draft form. AeA has published an FAQ that includes...
Hello all; Here's the conundrum. Any guidance would be invaluable. One of the capacitor manufacturer we use has issued ROHS Compliant editions of their parts,...
Aug 2006 version here: <<http://www.rohs-international.com/files//General_rule_of_Environment_F riendly_use_Period_of_Electronic_Information_Products.pdf>> ...
Jeff, Is it an SMT or through hole part? You cannot use non compliant solder even for two joints - it would render the whole product non compliant. Regards, ...
See here: <<http://www.rohs-international.com/files//General_rule_of_Environment_F riendly_use_Period_of_Electronic_Information_Products.pdf>> Labels:...
It would seem the final version of the "General Rule of EFUP for EIP" will provide some indicative figures to use for various types of EIP. However for now we...
Chris Thank you. This is in fact an SMT part. However, in some cases it is used a couple times per board Jeff ________________________________ From:...
Jeff, If Capacitor used by you is RoHS Compliant, then you can use it any times on boards, whether couple or triple times does not make it Non-compliant. I...
Sudhir Thank you for your input and support. Just to clarify, I do understand there is no compliance issue with the component itself. However, what I really...
Jeff - have you put a thermo couple on the board and actually checked what your profile achieves - we have some boards with similar caps rated at 235-240 and...
Jeff, I have a table summarizing the characteristics of 45 major classes of lead-free electronic solders in my web page Designing Lead-Free, RoHS-Compliant,...
Hi All; I'd like to troll the Group for some perspective on a commercial issue if anyone is willing to opine. A couple weeks ago, I began a thread about a...
Jeff, I'd estimate the problem to be about 75-80% the component manufacturer's fault and 20-25% the OEM's fault. But if this disagreement went to court, the...
Hi John Thanks for the feedback. I am running these through a CEM who hasn't revealed any knowledge of these types of exotic solders. My guess is that if...
Can the EFUP logo be affixed to the outer packaging cardboard box? The concern is we do not want the customs inspectors opening the ESD package to access the...
Hi Cedric, It's a good thing to have a EFUP and the China RoHS labels on the outside packaging. Also, you could have a copy of the declaration table go with...
Good evening, My Customer rejected my products because Values of Br : 130.737 ppm, but as i know RoHS only have 6 Hazardous substance. Is Br include as...