The RoHS Lead Free Directive and How to Comply

• Date: November 25, 2007
• Source: External

Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) identifies six hazardous substances that should not exceed a certain threshold limit in a product. But lead being a major ingredient in all electronic equipments by way of solders, chips etc, and has the potential to be a health hazard by way of contamination has resulted in RoHS being referred to as Lead-free RoHS.

To make electronic manufacturing lead-free, use of RoHS qualified printed circuit component packages and use of lead free solders is being accepted and practiced. But these approached have given rise to new challenges of finding right material composition for other components.

An integrated effort is required to achieve RoHS compliance in its full essence. Read more on this.