System integration challenge: new, lead-free part numbers

Anyone working in automation design or system integration may have an additional challenge in coming months, relating to part numbers and compliance with European environmental RoHS regulations (Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment), with a July 2006 deadline.

Suppliers are finding a need to differentiate lead-free and mercury-free parts with previous designs containing those substances. That means the same components or devices in form, function, and appearance, might differ only in part number.

For more on the topic from Reed Business Information, click here .

For previous Control Engineering coverage on RoHS regulations and their implications, read:

” RoHS and WEEE environmental directives: learn to comply “

” Lifecycle Environmentalism “

—Jim Montague, news editor, Control Engineering, jmontague@reedbusiness.com

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