All Standard Transformer & Inductor Products Meet RoHS Lead-Free Solder Requirements

“We are proud to announce that all standard catalog transformer and inductor part numbers are now in compliance with the EU’s RoHS regulations. This process required extensive efforts within our engineering and manufacturing groups. It demonstrates our strong commitment to the environment and customers in Europe and worldwide,” said Randy Eller, Vice President, Sales & Marketing.

The company has been supplying RoHS-compliant products since May of 2005 and all standard products have been RoHS-compliant since May 31 of this year. “This effort signifies Datatronic Distribution’s commitment to meeting the RoHS initiatives and to providing fully compliant products to our customers well ahead of the industry mandated deadline,” Eller said.

The standard solder now employed by Datatronic is SN96AG4, with SN100 and SN99.3CU0.7 solders also available upon request. The company is denoting compliance on its product data sheets with a special RoHS logo that indicates the product is designed and manufactured with lead-free solder and does not contain levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) or polybrominated ethers (PBDEs) prohibited by RoHS/WEEE directives.

The EU’s RoHS directive excludes all devices designed for use in military, medical and aerospace applications, such as those manufactured by the company’s other magnetics business unit Datatronics Romoland, Inc.. For those customers with these applications who feel their products must still meet RoHS requirements and require lead solder terminations, the company has developed a program to issue special part numbers for equivalents to their standard products.