Time: 2022-11-08 14:48:52
Author: Vicky Yang
From: LJ-MD
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The European Union (EU) legislation restricting the use of hazardous substances went into effect in February, 2003. RoHS regulations aim to restrict certain dangerous substances commonly used in electronic and electrical equipment.
“As a component provider, we are asked to test our products so the complete assembly can be certified by our customers,” said Jack Lu.
The overall goal is to eliminate substances that are dangerous to people, as well as the environment.
Any RoHS compliance component must be tested for the presence of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
“Standard compounds don’t use these substances in RoHS– so to validate, we test common polymer types,”Jack noted. “Our test reports show that our semiconductor compounds show no detectable levels of heavy metals or flame retardants.”
LIUJING outsources testing to a certified lab, HTT, to complete all RoHS testing. In a case where any substances were above the reported limits, we would then notify our customers and reformulate to remove any of the substances.
What does this mean for customers?
Inadequately treated e-waste poses great environmental and health risks—so the objective of the process is to increase the recycling and reuse of such products. RoHS aims to increase the amount of appropriately treated e-waste, while reducing the volume that goes to disposal.
These substances create pollution and expose manufacturing employees and recyclers to health dangers. The RoHS regulation process aims to reduce administrative burdens and ensure coherency with newer policies—especially chemicals and legislative framework for products in the European Union.
We see environmental compliance a value added for our customer. Our LIUJNG goal is to provide a quality-molded product, semiconductor products, but also provide the certification to easily match our customers’ quality control requirements.