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| WEEE: |
| Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment |
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| RoHS: |
| Restriction of Hazardous Substances |
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| They refer to directives enacted by the European Parliament and Council of the European Union that place restrictions on the electrical and electronic equipment sold in Europe. |
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| The WEEE directive (Directive2002/96/EC) provides a mechanism to require original equipment manufacturers to accept responsibility for recycling of waste electronic and electrical equipment sold in member states of the European Union beginning August 13, 2005. |
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| The RoHS directive (Directive 2002/95/EC) details the restrictions on use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment sold in the European Union after July 2006. The restricted substances and the allowed concentrations without an exemption are: lead, 1000 ppm; mercury, 1000 ppm; cadmium, 100 ppm; hexavalent chromium, 1000 ppm; polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), 1000 ppm; and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), 1000 ppm. |
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| How Does Total Parts Plus Help? |
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| OEMs need to know the compliance status of all of the components in their products in order to determine the compliant status of their product. OEMs have contracted us to identify and verify RoHS compliant components that can replace the noncompliant components in their products. Verification data includes a material content declaration which consists of a list of all substances and their weight percentage. Other information needed for some parts are the maximum reflow temperature and the moisture sensitivity level. |
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| Who is affected? |
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| The biggest direct impact lands on manufacturers and results from the technology change needed to convert to lead free solder. A trickle down effect is felt by the distributors who have the task of maintaining the additional product lines and the distinction of RoHS and non-RoHS compliant parts. |
