Seguridad de los materiales de aluminio
Consideration of health and safety issues is important when customers are processing or using aluminium and aluminium alloys, and when scrap items are returned for recycling.
As aluminium and its alloys are inert and non-reactive when employed correctly, potential health and safety impacts are extremely limited. In addition to long-term experience with aluminium and its alloys in a wide variety of applications, the material has also been tested and reviewed for possible health effects.
The Company only stocks and sells aluminium and aluminium alloy 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.
Follow this link for aluminium and aluminium alloys MSDS Datasheets from a world-leading aluminium manufacturer: http://www.alcoa.com/global/en…
Scope – RoHS & WEEE
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive, commonly referred to as WEEE. This is aimed at electrical and electronic equipment manufacturers and has two main aims:
- Manufacturers will also have a responsibility for recycling products at the end of their life and there are targets manufacturers must meet.
- To eliminate the use of environmentally sensitive substances from the manufacturing process of electrical and electronic equipment. To do this, the WEEE directive refers to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive.
The main objective of the R0HS directive is to eliminate the use of four metals and 2 flame retardants. For each of these substances a maximum concentration value of 0.1% by weight in electrical and electronic equipment is permissible:
- Plomo
- Cadmio
- Mercurio
- 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% en peso en aceros (incluido el acero inoxidable)
- 0,40% en peso de aluminio
- 4,00% en peso en aleaciones de cobre
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:
Podemos confirmar que los niveles de:
- Plomo
- Cadmio
- Mercurio
- Cromo hexavalente Polibromado
- Bifenilo (PBB) Polibromado
- Difenil éter (PBDE)
are all below the maximum permissible levels stipulated in Chinese standard GB/T 26572 “Requirements of concentration limits for certain restricted substances in electrical and electronic products” (China RoHS), for all materials supplied by us.
La única excepción es cuando un cliente encarga un material para el que la norma de materiales china, británica, europea o internacional aplicable exige que el nivel de una o más de estas sustancias supere los límites especificados en GB/T 26572. En tales casos, el material contendrá un valor de cada una de dichas sustancias conforme a los requisitos de la norma de materiales pertinente.
