Safe use of Stainless Steel Consideration of health and safety issues is important when customers are processing or using stainless steel, and when scrap items are returned for re- cycling.
As stainless steel is inert and non-reactive when employed correctly, potential health and safety impacts are extremely limited. This explains why stainless steel is so widely used in medical appliances and for equipment and tools in the food processing industry. In addition to long-term experience with stainless steel in a wide variety of applications, the material has also been tested and reviewed for possible health effects
The Company only stocks and sells stainless steel grades that are standardised and proven to be safe for their recommended use. To ensure that all products sold by the company comply with the specified requirements, only suppliers whose production sites are certified in accordance with the ISO 9001 quality standard are used. In addition, the company’s sales and distribution Service Centres are also certified in accordance with this quality standard.
Below is a full material safety datasheet from a leading Asian manufacturer.
Ámbito - RoHS y WEEE
La Directiva sobre Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos, comúnmente conocida como RAEE. Su objetivo son los fabricantes de aparatos eléctricos y electrónicos y tiene dos propósitos principales:
- Los fabricantes también tendrán la responsabilidad de reciclar los productos al final de su vida útil y existen objetivos que los fabricantes deben cumplir.
- Eliminar el uso de sustancias ambientalmente sensibles del proceso de fabricación de equipos eléctricos y electrónicos. Para ello, la directiva RAEE hace referencia a la directiva sobre Restricción de Sustancias Peligrosas (RoHS).
El objetivo principal de la directiva R0HS es eliminar el uso de cuatro metales y 2 retardantes de llama. Para cada una de estas sustancias se permite un valor máximo de concentración de 0,1% en peso en equipos eléctricos y electrónicos:
- Plomo
- Mercurio
- Cadmio
- Cromo hexavalente
- Difenilos polibromados
- Éteres difenílicos polibromados
Además, hay una cláusula adicional que cubre las excepciones que incluye el plomo, cuando se utiliza como elemento de aleación donde los valores máximos de concentración son:
- 0.35% by weight in steels (including stainless steel)
- 0.40% by weight in aluminium
- 4.00% by weight in copper alloys
Declaración
Our suppliers have confirmed that we do not have a problem in supplying material that fully conforms to the RoHS directive and as a Company we can thus make the following statement:We can confirm that the levels of:
- Plomo
- Cadmio
- Mercurio
- Cromo hexavalente
- Polybrominated Biphenyl (PBB)
- Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE)
are all below the maximum permissible levels stipulated in the European Directive 2002/95/EC (Restriction of Hazardous Substances), for all materials supplied by us.
The only exception to this is where a customer orders a grade of material where the British, European or International Standard covering that grade requires the level of one or more of the substances to be in excess of the RoHS Directive. In this case, the material will contain a value of each substance in line with the requirements of the standard.
