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RoHS
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Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances |
The European Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS = Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances) prohibits certain products from being placed on the market from 1 July 2006, if their content of - Lead
- Mercury
- Cadmium
- Hexavalent chromium
- Polybrominated biphenyl
- Polybrominated diphenyl ether
exceeds certain limit values.
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RoHS applies to which products?
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The aim of the RoHS Directive is to remove electrical and electronic waste from the municipal refuse collection. It applies to all privately and commercially used electrical and electronic devices, such as irons, computers, washing machines and power tools.
Components in a fixed installation, such as industrial measurement, control and drive components, are exempt from the RoHS Directive if they are assembled with a machine to form a single functional unit. They are not comparable with goods from private households, either by composition or by quantity. Neither are they disposed of via the municipal route.
For this reason, Pilz products are largely unaffected by this directive as it currently stands.
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Why has Pilz voluntarily committed to complying with RoHS?
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As the leading manufacturer of products for safe automation, Pilz GmbH & Co. KG faces the challenge of keeping the environmental impact of its products as low as possible over the whole lifecycle, from manufacture to disposal. For this reason Pilz GmbH & Co. KG has decided to adapt all its products to the above directive.
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In order to continue to guarantee the quality and reliability of its products, all components were tested for RoHS compatibility in advance and released when appropriate. The process parameters for lead-free soldering were also redefined. This established a qualified basis for converting the production equipment to RoHS compatibility, a process that was completed in May 2006. Since this date, Pilz products have been produced using lead-free processes, with RoHS-compatible components.
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