Leaded Steels: The X Factor for 2016

摘要

"The use of leaded materials for precision machined parts for electrical and electronic equipment for the EU may no longer be permitted under the current RoHS II recast unless suppliers are successful in winning a continued exemption." Thus began my April 15, 2014 update to members of the Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA). The latest version of restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS), RoHS II (more commonly called the "recast version") sets expiration dates for materials exempted under the earlier RoHS regulation. The European Union (EU) is currently reviewing exemptions under the latest recast of Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS II). Unless renewed, these Annex III exemptions will expire five years from July 21,2011, or July 21,2016.