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Lead-free? No problem

Soldering in the RoHS era

Published in issue 354, May 2006

Lead-free? No problem
The use of lead-containing solders will be severely restricted from the beginning of July 2006. This has far-reaching consequences, especially with regard to automated soldering. We take a closer look.

Relevant websites

[1]
www.europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21210.htm
[2]
europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/pdf/faq_weee.pdf
[3] Elektor Electronics, January 2006, p. 22 and
www.elektor-electronics.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=27&year=2006&month=1" target="_blank">www.elektor-electronics.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=27&year=2006&month=1
[4]
uk.farnell.com/static/en/rohs/
[5]
rswww.com/
[6]
www.arrow.com/green/
[7]
www.zvei.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Technik_Umwelt/Elektro_Elektronikaltgeraete/Bleifrei/Leitfaden/Lf-Blei-EN.pdf
[8]
www.leadfree.org
[9] Elektor Electronics, March 2006, p. 16 and
www.elektor-electronics.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=27&year=2006&month=3
[10] Elektor Electronics, January 2006, p. 28 and
www.elektor-electronics.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=27&year=2006&month=1" target="_blank">www.elektor-electronics.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=27&year=2006&month=1
[11] Elektor Electronics online Forum,
www.elektor-electronics.co.uk/default.aspx?tabid=29&forumid=16&postid=697&view=topic

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