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SMART Group asks for help in the fight against counterfeit components SMART Group is involved in the development of an x-ray system for inspecting components that may be counterfeit as part of a two-year EU project called ChipCheck. To support SMART Group in the
ChipCheck project, the group is looking for assistance from industry in the fight against counterfeit components. In order to allow testing and calibration of the system and software recognition, SMART Group need to obtain components, one known good and one known to be a counterfeit part of the same package type. The source of the component will be kept completely anonymous. Ideally these will be unused parts but could be removed from an assembly. If you can help please contact Bob Willis at
technical@smartgroup.org SMART Group are interested in
receiving all package types and sizes to make sure the system and the software recognition is capable of comparing the range of parts used in industry. The main focus will be surface mounted devices; however dual in-line parts will also be assessed. The final goal of the project is to be
able to handle components in their original packaging. SMART Group hope that quality,
purchasing, design and production engineers will help them with the growing commercial and technical issues surrounding counterfeit electronic components.
www.smartgroup.org
micro electronics, and the EIPC (European Institute of Printed Circuits) continue their successful cooperation. The EIPC will once again carry out its EIPC conference and the JISSO European Council Meeting during the week of SMT/HYBRID/ PACKAGING 2011, which takes place from 3-5 May 2011 in Nuremberg. Everyone involved will benefit from
this cooperation. The SMT/HYBRID/ PACKAGING conference will offer international delegates even greater breadth of interest; exhibitors of the printed boards sector will benefit from better networking possibilities on the German and European market. The latest information on the
exhibition and conference is available at
www.smt-exhibition.com. Information about the EIPC can be found at www.
eipc.org.
that, “Listing substances for priority assessment is prejudicial and would establish a de facto black list. Substances in Annex III would be considered harmful before a thorough scientific assessment is conducted. Substances should either be restricted under the RoHS Directive or not; there should be no ambiguity.” Copies of the position paper were sent to RoHS shadow rapporteurs and other issue leaders in the EU government. IPC has advocated over the past
two years that any changes to the RoHS Directive be underpinned by a solid scientific examination. IPC and other electronics industry representatives recently met with representatives from the EU Commission to encourage them to continue to advocate that changes to the RoHS Directive be based on a rigorous scientific process. Meetings were also held with the Washington-based embassies of key EU member states, including the United Kingdom, Poland and Hungary, to express industry concerns. While the European Commission’s
IPC efforts to base RoHS revision on scientific principles may be paying off
Yielding to growing concerns regarding the EU Parliament’s proposal to list thirty- seven substances for priority assessment under a revised RoHS Directive, the Belgian presidency proposed to abandon inclusion of a list of priority substances. Belgium currently holds the rotating EU Presidency and is responsible for chairing the EU Council. IPC was concerned that the creation of
SMT/HYBRID/PACKAGING and EIPC continue cooperation SMT/HYBRID/PACKAGING, Europe’s largest trade fair for system integration in
a priority assessment list without scientific assessment would constitute a de facto blacklist. “We are extremely pleased by this turn of events,’ stated Fern Abrams, IPC director of government relations and environmental policy. “By setting aside their call for a list of substances for priority assessment, the Belgian Presidency is acknowledging our advocacy, echoed by the EU Commission and many EU member states, for a scientifically-based RoHS Directive.” Revision of the RoHS Directive will require agreement between the EU Council, Commission and Parliament. In a position paper released in
September 2010, IPC unequivocally stated 52 – Global SMT & Packaging – Celebrating 10 Years – December 2010
original proposal called for the priority assessment of four substances, already identified as substances of very high concern (SVHCs) under the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals) Regulation, in June, the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee voted to drastically expand this list of substances by a narrow margin of 27 to 25. Many of the substances proposed to be added by the Environment Committee have not been demonstrated to pose a risk to humans or the environment when used in electronics. In fact, one of the substances, tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) has been found to be safe for human health and the environment by both the World Health Organization and the European Commission Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER). In the latest Belgian proposal, the four
original substances proposed by the EU Commission are mentioned in a recital saying their risks should be considered in the future. The Belgian text also does not contain a ban on nanosilver, which MEPs had voted to include on a list of banned substances appearing in Annex IV of the RoHS Directive.
www.ipc.org/EHS
www.globalsmt.net
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