Q. Will I still be able to exhaust my stock of lead(Pb) inclusive components after the deadline?

This depends on whether or not your end product falls within the scope of the Directive. If they do, then you will not be permitted to utilize non-compliant components in your equipment following July 1st 2006, apart from in a spare parts capacity.

Before the deadline, you may mix and match older lead (Pb)-inclusive and lead (Pb)-free components as they are generally backwards/forwards compatible. However, this does not extend to all product packages.

Pb-free BGA packages, for example, are not suitable for use in an SnPb production environment, and equally Pb inclusive BGAs are not suited to a Pb-free one.

CASEC™ Toolkit can assist not only your procurement of Pb-free devices, but also help with non-compliant asset management.

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