In this episode...

Sofeast's head of New Product Development, Andrew Amirnovin, joins Adrian in this short bonus episode to explain what the RoHS directive is, and how it affects the manufacturers of electronic and electromechanical products in regard to product safety and compliance.

 

Show Sections

00:00 - Greetings and introducing the topic.

00:51 - What is RoHS?

03:55 - The list of hazardous substances.

06:14 - How to test for them?

09:13 - How much does RoHS testing cost and which labs should be used?

11:10 - Listing the 10 hazardous substances in full.

13:05 - The order that materials were added to the RoHS list over time.

14:39 - What process does the lab follow to test products for RoHS after receiving them?

17:50 - Wrapping up.

 

Related content...

EU RoHS Directive info

List of hazardous substances (UK gov)

Get help from Sofeast to work out which standards your product needs to comply with and get your test plan created.

 

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