RoHS Conversion Service

Have you got the technical resource in place to ensure all of your products are RoHS compliant before 1st July 2006?

We recognise that the conversion of your existing product portfolio to RoHS compliant products is a challenge in terms of resource even for the largest of organisations. It is for this reason that we have developed a RoHS conversion service for our customers.

Do you fully understand your RoHS responsibilities?

The restriction in the use of certain hazardous substances in Electrical and Electronic equipment regulations 2004 is commonly known as the RoHS regulations. The RoHS Regulations ban the placing on the EU market of new Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) containing more than the set levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium and both polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants from 1 July 2006.

There are a number of exempted applications for these substances but even companies operating in sectors currently exempt from these regulations will still need to be aware of the likely impact to their business as component suppliers transfer production to RoHS compliant parts. In our opinion. it is likely that certain non-RoHS complaint parts will be made obsolete as they no longer become viable to produce and others may increase in unit cost reflecting the lower global volumes required.

Additionally, designers may be faced with the prospect of having ‘hybrid’ conditions in their assemblies where a complete set of lead free components cannot be sourced and a mixture of classifications of components are fitted to each assembly.

If you need help to convert your products, contact Axis Electronics today!