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What is FCI’s lead-free road map?

April 26, 2017FCI Lead-Free map road

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What is FCI’s lead-free road map?

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The FCI lead-free road map is to convert products well before the deadline of July 1st 2006. At the same time many products will remain available to customers that do not need to convert. Tin-lead products will become obsolete when there is no more commercial need for these products. FCI is converting products directly to RoHS-compatible. RoHS-compatible means the products meet the requirements of the RoHS and can be processed in a lead-free termination process. This assures reliability of the lead-free termination under the conditions specified on the customer drawing. All products that are RoHS-compatible are easily recognized by the LF part number. Also products that were already RoHS-compatible, like gold plated connectors, will get a new LF part number to make them easily recognizable and to confirm that the RoHS requirements are met. Products that do not see a lead-free termination process, like some housings and shields, will not change to the LF part number.