Environment / RoHS compliance
RoHS compliance
Effective from July 01, 2006 the EC directive 2002/95/EC RoHS concerning the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electronic equipment is in place.| Illegal as per RoHS since July 01, 2006 | PCBs with soldering surface coatings chem. Ni/Au, chem. Sn, chem. Ag, OSP or HAL lead-free | FR4 materials and solder resist lacquers used by Richter Elektronik | PCBs with soldering surface coating HAL leaded (previous standard) |
| Cadmium | not contained | not contained | not contained |
| Mercury | not contained | not contained | not contained |
| Asbestos | not contained | not contained | not contained |
| Chromium VI | not contained | not contained | not contained |
| Lead | not contained | not contained | contained |
| Flame retardant PBB Polybrominated Biphenyls |
not contained | not contained | not contained |
| Flame retardant PBDE Polybrominated diphenyl ethers |
not contained | not contained | not contained |
| Result: Richter Elektronik guarantees the RoHS compliance for all lead-free soldering surface coatings. The base materials and lacquers used are RoHS compliant as well. |
Result: The base materials and solder resist lacquers used by Richter Elektronik are RoHS compliant. |
Result: Although the base materials and lacquers are RoHS compliant the final product is not RoHS compliant due to the leaded HAL coating. After June 30, 2006, these products are legal only for certain application areas and thus will be manufactured only upon explicit request in writing. |
Very important!
The label on our shipment packaging clearly identifies the RoHS compliance with the colours:| YELLOW = | chem. Ni/Au |
| GREEN = | chem. Tin or HAL lead-free. |
| RED = | leaded soldering surface |
In the exceptional case that a leaded soldering surface coating is still desired the packaging labels are marked with a RED colour.