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iNEMI Lead-Free & Environmental Initiatives

iNEMI has several projects and initiatives related to lead-free electronics.  This page contains presentations, papers and other materials on topics and issues surrounding lead-free electronics.  You can also link to the project sites listed below for additional information, including press releases, articles and presentations.

Lead-free & environmental projects:
Lead-Free Wave Soldering
Halogen-Free
High-Reliability RoHS Task Force
Lead-Free Assembly and Rework (completed)
Lead-Free Assembly (completed)
RoHS Transition Task Group (completed)



Related projects:
Material Content Data Exchange Project
Tin Whisker Accelerated Test
Tin Whisker Modeling
Tin Whisker User Group
RoHS and WEEE topics


Reports/position statements/guidelines

Articles

Presentations

Other resources

Reports/position statements/guidelines

POSITION STATEMENT:  RoHS5 & RoHS6 Subassembly Modules, iNEMI High-Reliability Task Force (6/12/06)

POSITION STATEMENT:  Pb-Free Manufacturing Requirements for High-Complexity, Thermally Challenging Electronic Assemblies, iNEMI High-Reliability Task Force (2/16/06)

Recommendations to Electronics Industry Component Supply Base (iNEMI High-Reliability RoHS Task Force; August 19, 2005)

FINAL REPORT: Lead-Free Assembly & Rework Project (June 2005)

FINAL REPORT: Lead-Free Assembly Project (December 2003)
 


Articles

Lead-Free Watch: Countdown to July 1, 2006.  This series of articles appeared in Circuits Assembly and PCD&M magazines between January 2005 and July 2006.  The series covered a variety of topics to help readers prepare for the RoHS Directive deadline.

More articles.....


Presentations & industry forums

PRESENTATIONS:  Availability of SnPb-Compatible BGAs Workshop, SMTAI, September 28 (Rosemont, IL)

iNEMI Pb-Free and RoHS Update, IPC Printed Circuits Expo/APEX/Designers Summit 2006, February 8, 2006 (Anaheim, CA).

Presentations: NEMI RoHS/Pb-Free Summit (October 18-20, 2004; Louisville, CO).

NEMI presentations: Second International Conference on Lead-Free Electronics, June 21-23, 2004 (Amsterdam).

NEMI Environmental Initiatives Meetings (September 16, 2003, Schaumburg, IL) 

Take-Back & Recycling Forum (October 10-11, 2002; Louisville, CO.)

APEX 2002: Lead-Free Assembly Project report (January 23, 2002)

Workshop on Modeling and Data Needs for Lead-Free Solders, February 15, 2001 (New Orleans, LA)

APEX 2001: Lead-Free forum (January 17, 2001)

NEMI Recycling Forum (September 13, 2000; Binghamton NY)

More presentations.....

Other resources

IPC's lead-free website

Materials for Microelectronics: Solder and Solderability Measurements for Microelectronics (NIST)

AeA international environmental policies and initiatives

EIA environmental initiatives