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I once read that lead-free solder is not allowed in medical equipment since someone’s life depends on it’s reliability. Is that still true? As for consumer stu
by Epopeehief54 7y ago
I once read that lead-free solder is not allowed in medical equipment since someone’s life depends on it’s reliability. Is that still true?
As for consumer stuff you probably don’t see that problem because nobody keeps it long enough anymore. Everything is throw-away.
- close04 7y agoIt's not a matter of "not allowed", the medical devices directives were more concerned with reliability than specific solders. 10 years ago the state of lead-free solders raised concerns whether they should be used in anything but low risk medical electronics. So the following provision was used: > To avoid conflicts between the RoHS Directive and the medical devices Directives, it is essential to ensure that adequate field data is available to validate the laboratory data from accelerated testing So they keep testing and periodically reevaluate all exemptions from the lead-free directive. The plan was to go full lead-free in every medical device class right about now, or next year.