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RoHS directive 10 th July 2008 Kwidzyn Poland. “ Business Support Programme for Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Turkey ”. BSP 2007/142-722. outline. Legislative background What is it about Restricted elements and compunds Exemptions Testing methods Summary.
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RoHS directive 10th July 2008 Kwidzyn Poland “Business Support Programme for Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Turkey” BSP 2007/142-722
outline • Legislative background • What is it about • Restricted elements and compunds • Exemptions • Testing methods • Summary RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Resolution of 25 January 1988 on aCommunity action programme to combat environmentalpollution by cadmium RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Legislative background • Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 27th January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment RoHS RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
WEEE and RoHS WasteElectrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE as set out inDirective 2002/96/EC of 27 January 2003 Reduce the load of electronic waste: • heavy metals • flame retardants RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Directive is not the same as state law of the EU member State. States have been given 18 moths for incorporating the law into their own RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
What is it about • Approximate the laws of theMember States • Contribute to theprotection of human health • Environmental • Disposal of waste electrical and electronicequipment RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
restricted elements compounds • Mercury Hg • Cadmium Cd • Lead Pb • Chromium Cr (VI) • Fire retardants RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
restricted elements compounds • PBB (polybrominated biphenyls) • PBDE (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) • …will there be more RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
concentration Maximum concentration in homogeneous material 0,01% Cadmium Mercury Lead 0,1% Chromium (VI) PBB (polybrominated biphenyls) PBDE (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
element (plastic-cover chip, etc.) powder Homogeneous material Homogeneous material means a material that can not be mechanically disjointed intodifferent materials. PCB RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
What equipment is covered • electrical and electronic equipment falling under the categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 set out in Annex IA to Directive No 2002/96/EC (WEEE) and to electric light bulbs, and luminaires in households • Devices that use electric current or electromagnetic field or generation, transfer, measure of such not exceeding 1000 V AC 1500 V DC Link annex IA RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
What equipment applies 1. Large household appliances 2. Small household appliances 3. IT and telecommunications equipment 4. Consumer equipment 5. Lighting equipment 6. Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools) 7. Toys, leisure and sports equipment 8… 9… 10. Automatic dispensers Annex IA to Directive No 2002/96/EC (WEEE) RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
WEEE Annex IA (1) 1. Large household appliances • Large cooling appliances • Refrigerators • Freezers • Other large appliances used for refrigeration, conservation and storage of food • Washing machines • Clothes dryers • Dish washing machines • Cooking • Electric stoves • Electric hot plates • Microwaves • Other large appliances used for cooking and other processing of food • Electric heating appliances • Electric radiators • Other large appliances for heating rooms, beds, seating furniture • Electric fans • Air conditioner appliances • Other fanning, exhaust ventilation and conditioning equipment RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
What equipment applies 1. Large household appliances 2. Small household appliances 3. IT and telecommunications equipment 4. Consumer equipment 5. Lighting equipment 6. Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools) 7. Toys, leisure and sports equipment 8… 9… 10. Automatic dispensers Annex IA to Directive No 2002/96/EC (WEEE) RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Producer: • manufactures and sells electrical and electronic equipment under his own brand; • resells under his own brand equipment produced by other suppliers, a reseller not being regarded as the ‘producer’ if the brand of the producer appears on the equipment, as provided for in; or • imports or exports electrical and electronic equipment on a professional basis into a Member State. RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Entering into force from 1 July 2006 new electrical and electronic equipment put on market RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemptions Does not apply to spare parts for the repair, or to the reuse, of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market before 1 July 2006 RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemptions Exemptions from the substitution requirement should be permitted if substitution is not possible from the scientific and technical point of view or if the negative environmental or health impacts caused by substitution are likely to outweigh the human and environmental benefits of the substitution RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemptions Hg • Mercury in compact fluorescent lamps not exceeding 5 mg per lamp. • Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for general purposes not exceeding: — halophosphate 10 mg — triphosphate with normal lifetime 5 mg — triphosphate with long lifetime 8 mg • Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes. • Mercury in other lamps not specifically mentioned in this Annex. RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemtions Pb • Lead in glass of cathode ray tubes, electronic components and fluorescent tubes. • Lead as an alloying element in steel containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight, aluminium containing up to 0,4 % lead by weight and as a copper alloy containing up to 4 % lead by weight. • Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. tin-lead solder alloys containing more than 85 % lead), RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemtions Pb • Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems (exemption granted until 2010), • Lead in solders for network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunication, • Lead in electronic ceramic parts (e.g. piezoelectronic devices). • Lead in lead-bronze bearing shells and bushes (2005/717/EC) RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemption Pb • Lead used in compliant pin connector systems 2005/747/EC • Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module c-ring 2005/747/EC • Lead and cadmium in optical and filter glass 2005/747/EC • Lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between the pins and the package of microprocessors with a lead content of more than 80 % and less than 85 % by weight 2005/747/EC • Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit Flip Chip packages 2005/747/EC RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemption Pb • Lead in linear incandescent lamps with silicate coated tubes 2006/310/EC • Lead halide as radiant agent in High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps used for professional reprography applications 2006/310/EC • Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1 % lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5:Pb) as well as when used as speciality lamps for diazo-printing reprography, lithography, insect traps, photochemical and curing processes containing phosphors such as SMS ((Sr,Ba)2MgSi2O7:Pb) 2006/310/EC RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemption Pb • Lead with PbBiSn-Hg and PbInSn-Hg in specific compositions as main amalgam and with PbSn-Hg as auxiliaryamalgam in very compact Energy Saving Lamps (ESL) 2006/310/EC • Lead oxide in glass used for bonding front and rear substrates of flat fluorescent lamps used for Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) 2006/310/EC • Lead bound in crystal glass as defined in Annex I (Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4) of Council Directive 69/493/EEC; 2006/690/EC RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemptions Pb • Lead and cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on borosilicate glass 2006/691/EC • Lead as impurity in RIG (rare earth iron garnet) Faraday rotators used for fibre optic communications systems 2006/691/EC • Lead in finishes of fine pitch components other than connectors with a pitch of 0.65 mm or less with NiFe lead frames and lead in finishes of fine pitch components other than connectors with a pitch of 0.65 mm or less with copper lead frames 2006/691/EC • Lead in solders for the soldering to machined through hole discoidal and planar array ceramic multilayer capacitors 2006/691/EC RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemption Pb • Lead oxide in plasma display panels (PDP) and surface conduction electron emitter displays (SED) used in structural elements; notably in the front and rear glass dielectric layer, the bus electrode, the black stripe, the address electrode, the barrier ribs, the seal frit and frit ring as well as in print pastes 2006/691/EC • Lead oxide in the glass envelope of Black Light Blue (BLB) lamps 2006/691/EC • Lead alloys as solder for transducers used in high-powered (designated to operate for several hours at acoustic power levels of 125 dB SPL and above) loudspeakers 2006/691/EC RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemption Pb • Lead in soldering materials in mercury free flat fluorescent lamps (which e.g. are used for liquid crystaldisplays, design or industrial lighting2008/385/EC • Lead oxide in seal frit used for making window assemblies for Argon and Krypton laser tubes2008/385/EC RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemption Cd • Cadmium plating except for applications banned under Directive 91/338/EEC amending Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations • Cadmium alloys as electrical/mechanical solder joints to electrical conductors located directly on the voice coilin transducers used in high-powered loudspeakers with sound pressure levels of 100 dB (A) and more2008/385/EC RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemption Cr (VI) • Hexavalent chromium as an anti-corrosion of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators • Hexavalent chromium in corrosion preventive coatings of unpainted metal sheetings and fasteners used for corrosion protection and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding in equipment falling under category three of Directive 2002/96/EC (IT and telecommunications equipment). Exemption granted until 1 July 2007 2006/692/EC RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemptions fire retardants • DecaBDE in polymeric applications (2005/717/EC) RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Exemption … 8. Medical equipment 9. Devices for control and monitoring … Category 8 and 9in Annex IA to Directive No 2002/96/EC (WEEE) RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
evaluation • Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes, • Lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications (with a view to setting a specific time limit for this exemption) • Evaluation of exemptions every 4 years RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Occurrence of restricted chemicals Source: guide from Ministry of Economy RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Occurrence of restricted chemicals Mercury Hg RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Occurrence of restricted chemicals PBB PBDE RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
RoHS like regulations Source:Jutta Muller IZM Fraunhofer RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Testing methods Testing procedures IEC 62321 Procedures for the Determination of Levels of Regulated Substances in Electrotechnical Products RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Testing methods • Screening: XRF (X-ray Fluorescence) • Non destructive • Fast • Needs reference material • Calibration RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Testing methods • „Wet chemistry” ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy) CV-AAS (Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry) AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrometry) • Destructive, digestion • Time vs precision • Calibration RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Testing procedure LOD (Limit od Detection) = 3s RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Further steps • March 2008 Oko Institute report • May 2008 stakeholders workshop • June 2008 Final version of report • October 2008 revision made by EC of RoHS RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Pros & Cons • Lead-free solders have a higher melting point requiring higher process temperatures • Lead-free solders are significantly harder, which can increase the likelihood of cracks instead of plastic deformation, which is typical for lead-containing solders • Energy consumption • Costs to upgrade to technology standard RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Pros & Cons + Health benefits +Environment + Reliability concerns RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
Useful links http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ /LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32002L0095:EN:NOT http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ /LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2002L0095:20061014:EN:PDF http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/legis_en.htm FAQ RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL
amendments • 2005/717/EC • 2005/747/EC • 2006/310/EC • 2006/690/EC • 2006/691/EC • 2006/692/EC • 2008/385/EC • … more to come RoHS training, 10/07/08, Kwidzyn PL