Hi-Rel Screening with Handheld XRF
Several industries with high reliability exempt applications –
including aerospace, military weapons systems, and medical & industrial equipment (whose exemption expires in 2010) – have
a need to ensure that certain substances restricted under RoHS, particularly
lead, remain in their product components. This is especially true for
finishes and solder joints for reasons of
product safety and reliability. Once deployed, service and repair of
spacecraft and satellite systems is not feasible in the event of
component failure,
while recall of implanted medical devices, first documented in the United
States in 1986, are inconvenient at best, expensive, and potentially
life-threatening.
Handheld Thermo Scientific Niton® XRF analyzers:
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Quickly identify Pb and other pure metal/alloyed
substitutes including silver (Ag), bismuth (Bi), cadmium
(Cd), copper (Cu), indium (In), antimony (Sb) and zinc (Zn)
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Accurately verify that the Pb
content is greater than 0.5%,
necessary to prevent the growth
of tin whiskers
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Are easily transported for vendor site audits
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Serve “double-duty” for manufacturers and distributors
with lead-free and leaded production lines — especially
important to prevent material mix-up
Tin Whiskers
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