RoHS and WEEE Compliance
Ensure that your products comply with the regulations established by the RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive, WEEE (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment), and the Green Laws of Japan.
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The costs of compliance are high. By some estimates, the average electronics manufacturer with $500 million in revenue will spend $10 million in RoHS compliance. The responsibilities of compliance are even greater. In Europe, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) will have cradle-to-grave responsibility for their products, having not only to collect and recover all non-compliant products, but also to pay for the treatment and recycling of all affected products. This applies not only to manufacturers in Europe, but to those who sell products in the EU.
And your concerns as product designers shouldn't stop there:
- How does my design process need to change to meet the RoHS directive?
- How will I get compliant component data from my supplier?
- How do I make sure I include only compliant parts in my design?
- How do I interface with my corporate systems to ensure proper tracking and life cycle management of my product?
- How will these new board manufacturing methods affect my design?
Lastly, how will your company react? Tackling RoHS and WEEE concerns will be particularly difficult for small- and medium-size companies that must follow the same guidelines, but which don't have the same resources, as the largest electronic companies.
Mentor Graphics' Role
Mentor Graphics is committed to enabling our customers to meet the RoHS and WEEE directives, offering tool support that can help manufacturers ensure compliance throughout the design process.
- Automated input and component library creation with compliance data
- Filtered search and selection of parts for compliance
- Work-in-progress BOMs for design audits and hazardous material content
- Where used and version tracking for components
- Automated replacement with compliant parts
- Adherence and checking of PCB layout rules for RoHS fabrication and assembly
- Integration with Corporate PLM systems for life cycle tracking
- New PCB fabrication material modeling for high speed analysis
In the news -
EE Times: Mentor offering tool support for RoHS compliance
Mentor Graphics Enables PCB Design Companies to Comply with Hazardous Materials Regulations