Changing the Factory to Lead-free

摘要

With all preparation work accomplished, it becomes time To implement lead-free in the factory. This article is intended to point out the most important practices and issues critical to the success of lead-free implementation. Changing the factory to lead-free may be taken as an extraordinarily complex endeavor. In addition to usual logistics, there are three main steps to accomplish the task: understanding some basics of lead-free technology, making the "right" selection of process and materials while recognizing respective merits and constraints, and then installing these selections into the existing infrastructure systematically. Many production lines around the world have demonstrated a smooth transition in changing the factory over to lead-free.