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ARCOM PUBLISHES POLICY AND PRACTICAL GUIDANCE FOR ROHS COMPLIANCE
17 September 2005 - Arcom
| Today, Arcom has published information about its commitment to the European Union RoHS and WEEE Directives along with some helpful guidelines for its customers and end-users. |
The Restriction on the use of certain Hazardous Substances limits the use of 6 substances in the manufacture of certain electronic equipment and comes into effect on July 1st, 2006. The most significant material is lead, a substance used in tin/lead solder and pin plating on electronic components and circuit boards for the last 60 years or so. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment is driven by environmental policy and aims to reduce the volume of waste being dumped into landfill sites by making producers responsible for better design and ultimately the recycling and disposal of equipment. The WEEE Directive became EU law from August 13th, 2005, however many European Member States do not have a practical system in place to administer the Directive. Arcom recognizes that a significant number of customers use electronic sub-assemblies to control OEM and end-user products such as industrial machinery, medical instrumentation, test and measurement equipment, and telemetry systems, all of which fall outside the scope of the RoHS Directive. There are also certain products such as telecommunications infrastructure equipment which may continue to use lead-based solder, an important aspect for any equipment which performs a critical function in a high reliability communication network. Arcom will continue to support these customers by maintaining production of lead-based products while components are still available. Customers who require RoHS compliant embedded controllers can quickly check the status and availability of key products by reviewing the Product Selection chart. Given the shift by component manufacturers to lead-free production, any new board and system level products introduced from October, 2005 will include RoHS compliant options. Today, one of the biggest issues facing manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment is making sense of these Directives, deciding whether your product falls within the scope of the Directives and then deciding what action to take. Arcom has compiled several web pages to serve as practical guidance for equipment producers including a summary of the Directives, a guide to understanding the scope, a list of important third party information sources, as well as examples of 'decision trees', essential to help you plan your product strategy.
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About: Arcom
Founded in Cambridge in 1982, Arcom has grown to become one of the leading suppliers of embedded computer and communications processors.
Arcom's embedded software development and support capabilities are second-to-none in the industry. Our engineering and support teams in Kansas City (US) and Cambridge (UK) have an enormous depth of experience and knowledge in the field of embedded operating systems, communications protocols, and system design. We pride ourselves on being able to provide comprehensive development tools and excellent support to our OEM customers as they bring their products to the market.
Development Kits - we lead the embedded market with our strategy for new product introduction based on the 'blue-box' development kits. By combining new hardware solutions with the leading embedded operating systems we offer our customers a complete and rapid application development environment.Embedded Boards - our range of embedded processor boards (x86 and XScale), PC/104 I/O modules, ISAbus and PCI add-on cards are all designed and manufactured by Arcom. This gives our customers fast and easy access to the highest level of technical support. All products are supported by a clearly defined life cycle and a commitment for long term availability. PCs & Enclosures - we also recognize that customers need products to ease the integration of our embedded boards. Arcom's design team includes mechanical engineers who have developed a number of off the shelf enclosure solutions for stand alone and rack mounted systems. Industrial Networking - since 1992, we have been actively involved in the integration and deployment of data acquisitions systems for the process control markets. Working with our key technology partners we now offer products and expertise to provide guaranteed data delivery from your field devices straight into your enterprise level applications. Design & Build - we understand the drive to cost reduce products for high volume applications and to combine this with a 'complete technical solution'. We accept contracts to produce custom solutions which focus on the design of dedicated hardware, developing optimized operating system configurations or complete packaged system solutions. Through a focused approach to innovative design backed by comprehensive development platforms, global marketing and low cost manufacturing, Arcom pursues an aggressive expansion of its customer base in North America, UK and France. Arcom is a subsidiary of Spectris plc, the precision instrumentation and controls company. Our business processes are accredited to the international QA standard ISO 9001 and our products hold all relevant certification. |
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