Environment and electronics is a popular combination. We describe the latest regarding the directives.
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RoHS and lead free soldering |
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The RoHS directive is today well known and set limits of use of certain materials in electronic products. The main issue is the lead free soldering. Polyamp has well before the implementing date used what is called RoHS components and circuit boards.
The RoHS directive is getting hot again as it is under revision. Click on read more to get latest news (October 2009)
Lead free soldering is not so easy when you wave solder on large copper areas which we have in higher power DC/DC converters. Polyamp supply to industrial, military or transportation industry, which is not in the scope of the RoHS directive.
A Polyamp customer must specify RoHS to be 100% sure to receive such unit. However following product families are produced 100% lead free:
PM50 / PM80 -series
PM150 / PM240 -series
PU300 / PU500 - series
All other models can be supplied with lead free on demand.
For fresh news regarding RoHS click on read more.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 09 January 2010 05:56 |
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Energy system in Åtvidaberg |
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Energy system
Polyamp has expanded the factory in Åtvidaberg with about 35% more surface. However the main investments have been made to refurbish the rest of the plant and change our indoor climate. We use now Geothermal Heating and Cooling in combination with recovering the exhaust air ventilation energy. In Åtvidaberg the yearly average outdoor temperature is around +6.5°C well below 22°C, which is a comfortable working environmental temperature.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 09 January 2010 05:53 |
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Throw an underground in the electronic recycle bin |
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 If current the status of RoHS & WEEE continues in the same track, this headline can be true!
At the moment both the RoHS & WEEE directives are under revision. One main discussion regards the different product groups and there definitions. Also if they should be in both directives or different in each directive.
The last meetings in the end of October 2009 come to a new conclusion. "Oh, we are tired of this discussion, we skip the product groups in both directives!"
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Last Updated on Saturday, 06 February 2010 17:55 |
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Do REACH and SVHC affect Polyamp? |
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REACH is a new directive 2008, which demands control of the use of chemicals within the EU.
Polyamp is not regarded as a producer of any chemical and has therefore not pre registered anything. We have gone thru all our safety datasheet and communicated with our suppliers.
The first candidate list of SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern) was published 28th October 2008. We have studied this list and find no substances that can be found in our products. A new candidate list with 15 new substances will be published shortly (October 2009)
We describe more with useful links, click on read more.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 21 February 2010 10:28 |
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WEEE and electronic recycling |
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On consumer goods it exist a recycle system where the consumer can "free of charge" dump there electronic waste or EEE (electric- and electronic equipments). The WEEE directive demands manufacturers that set products to the market to report sales statistics to the authorities.
In Sweden its Swedish Environmental Protection Agency-Naturvårdsverket that handles this directive. El-Kretsen is one organisation that handles WEEE logistics and the insurance.
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Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 08:52 |
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