RoHS Aluminium Products
Statement
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:
- Lead
- Cadmium
- Mercury
- Hexavalent Chromium Polybrominated
- Biphenyl (PBB) Polybrominated
- Diphenyl Ether (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.
The only exception to this is where a customer orders a grade of material for which the relevant Chinese, British, European or International material standard requires the level of one or more of these substances to exceed the limits specified in GB/T 26572. In this case, the material will contain a value of each such substance in line with the requirements of the applicable material standard.
Scope
In China, the control of hazardous substances and end-of-life treatment for electrical and electronic products is governed by a set of regulations often collectively referred to as China RoHS and China’s waste electrical and electronic product regulations. These are aimed at manufacturers, importers and distributors of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and have two main objectives:
To ensure proper recycling and treatment of products at end of life through regulations on the recovery and disposal of waste electrical and electronic products, which place responsibilities on manufacturers and other market actors for collection and environmentally sound processing.
To eliminate or strictly limit the use of environmentally sensitive substances in electrical and electronic products. This is implemented through the “Administrative Measures for the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products” (“China RoHS 2”) and the associated standard GB/T 26572, which define restricted substances and their concentration limits.
Under China RoHS, the main objective is to control the use of four metals and two categories of brominated flame retardants in electrical and electronic products: lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (Cr⁶⁺), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). For these substances, the maximum concentration values by weight in homogeneous materials are generally 0.1% (1000 ppm), with 0.01% (100 ppm) for cadmium, subject to any applicable exemptions specified in Chinese legislation and standards.
- Lead
- Cadmium
- Mercury
- Hexavalent Chromium
- Polybrominated Diphenyls
- Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers
In addition, there is an extra clause covering the exceptions which includes Lead, when used as an alloying element where the maximum concentration values are:
- 0.35% by weight in Steels (including Stainless Steel)
- 0.40% by weight in Aluminium
- 4.00% by weight in Copper alloys
