RoHS: Restriction of Harmful Substances

Daniels Electronics is now shipping its first product that complies with RoHS - a European Union Directive that stands for Restriction of Harmful Substances. Directive 2002/95/EC was adopted in 2003 and became law in Europe in 2006 with the goal of restricting the use of six hazardous materials in the manufacture of electronic equipment:

  • lead
  • mercury
  • cadmium
  • hexavalent chromium
  • polybrominated biphenyls and
  • polybrominated diphenyl ether

While no such equivalent law exists in North America, Daniels has chosen to be ahead of our industry by removing these substances from our products and ensuring we continue to be environmentally friendly and recyclable.

Our first product is the A-PNL-SCARB-01 System Control and Alarm Relay Board. Other products will follow as Daniels converts its entire product line to RoHS compliancy. There are no functional or performance specification changes to our RoHS compliant products. The part numbers remain the same and the modules are backwards compatible. All RoHS compliant products will carry the Daniels RoHS logo shown above to the right. The key change in our products with the elimination of the above hazardous materials has been a move to lead free soldering. This uses a different solder compound that requires a higher soldering temperature.

To learn more refer to the explanatory note on the Daniels webpage
http://www.danelec.com/library/english/technotes.asp