RoHS Certification Ensuring Safe and Sustainable EEE Production

EU ROHS
RoHS Certification Introduction
The full name of the RoHS Directive is The Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment. In 2002, the EU first proposed the RoHS concept - a directive to restrict the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products (EEE).

Directive 2002/95/EC or RoHS: On July 21, 2011, the EU restricted the use of lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (Cr6+), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in the production process of certain electrical and electronic equipment sold in the EU.

Directive 2011/65/EU or RoHS 2: On January 2, 2013, the EU restricted lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (Cr VI), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) (referred to as phthalate 4P).

In addition to the EU, other countries and regions around the world such as China, California, Singapore, India, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, etc. have also successively issued RoHS control requirements, making RoHS the most basic entry threshold for electronic and electrical products to enter the global market.
Testing items and regulatory requirements
The content of each homogeneous material shall not exceed the following limits:
Lead: limit 1000ppm
Mercury: limit 1000ppm
Hexavalent chromium: limit 1000ppm
Cadmium: limit 100ppm
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB): limit 1000ppm
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE): limit 1000ppm
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP): limit 1000ppm
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP): limit 1000ppm
Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP): limit 1000ppm
Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP): 1000ppm
Applicable product range
The RoHS directive covers a wide range of products, covering almost all electronic and electrical products and their raw materials:

Category 1 - Large household appliances
Category 2 - Small household appliances
Category 3 - IT and communication equipment
Category 4 - Consumer equipment Preparation
Category 5 - Lighting equipment
Category 6 - Electronic and electrical tools
Category 7 - Toys, leisure and sports equipment
Category 8 - Medical equipment
Category 9 - Monitoring equipment including industrial monitoring and control instruments
Category 10 - Vending machines
Category 11 - Other EEE not included in the above categories

Application process
1. Apply for ROHS testing and submit an application form;
2. Our company provides a quotation sheet;
3. Make payment according to the quotation agreement between the two parties;
4. Mail samples to our company;
5. Arrange testing matters;
6. The data comes out, pass/fail;
7. Mail the report to the applicant and the test is completed.
Application materials
1. For heavy metal testing only: about 5-10g of solids and 5-10mL of liquids are required;
2. For brominated flame retardant testing only: about 10-20g of solids and 10-20mL of liquids are required;
3. For heavy metal and organic pollutant testing: provide about 20-30g of samples;
4. For other organic pollutant testing: provide about 30g of samples;
5. For samples of coating (coating) parts only, the approximate weight of the material parts of the coating (coating) must be indicated; if the weight of the coating (coating) parts does not meet the sample delivery requirements, the raw materials of the coating (coating) must be provided.

About Us

Shenzhen LCS Compliance Testing Laboratory Ltd., abbr. for LCS, was founded in 2004 in Shenzhen, LCS is now growing into an independent comprehensive third-party institution which focuses on test & certification. Profound technical background and diligent working attitude decided LCS with an outstanding high starting point from the outset，pioneering spirit and consciousness of keeping pace with the times which predestined the thoroughly tempered course of LCS.

Our Labs

LCS Founding Members have engineering background and had gradually built up Safety Lab, EMC Lab, RF Lab, SAR & HAC Lab, Reliability Lab, Lighting Electrical Lab, LED Lighting Performance Lab, Energy Efficiency Lab, Electronic Cigarette Testing Lab, Chemistry Lab, BQTF, Environmental and Occupational Evaluation Lab, Battery Lab, Toy Lab, Textile Lab, Food and Food Grade Material Lab. The establishment of our comprehensive labs ensure our test and certification scope covers almost all fields, such as Reliability and Safety test, EMC test, Chemical Hazardous Substances test, Material Analysis, Food Contact Material test, Bluetooth Test & Certification, Environment and Occupational Health, Performance test of spare parts of Automobile and so on.

Authorization

Moreover, LCS won many authorized qualifications both domestic and overseas. LCS is recognized as IEC/ISO17025 laboratories accepted by CNAS and NVLAP, accredited by CPSC, CMA, accredited for CQC, ISTA, CBTL, SASO, SABS. Meanwhile LCS become laboratory authorized by TUV, BQTF issued by the SIG. LCS had also signed cooperation agreements with FCC, ISED, ETL, CEC, UL, E-Mark, CETECOM, KTC, SAA Approval and many other authoritative institutions, hence we can provide our clients with efficient and professional service for product test and certification.

Experience

Our RF experience ranges from WLAN (802.11b/g/n/a/ac), Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth (802.15.1), ZigBee (802.15.4), Z-Wave, UWB (802.15.3), WiMAX (802.16), SRD, DECT, RFID, NFC, GSM, WCDMA (+HSDPA/HSUPA), LTE, 5G (NR/VoNR/eMTC/eMBB/URLLC),UHF/VHF, WHDI, AM, FM, DAB, DVB, GPS, GNSS, COMPASS, GLONASS and more. The products we are mostly working with are basestations, client adapters, laptops, cordless phones, baby monitors, cellulars, radars, sensors, scanners, receivers, immobilizers, remote controls, etc. Modern products incorporate not often one, but a variety of co-existing technologies.

Welcome

LCS is a reliable party. With more than 20 years hands-on experience in the field of Radio, Telecom, EMC and Safety certification, including country approvals worldwide, we will guide you with our knowledge. You are very welcome!

We will be pleased to assist you with your questions or inquiries, please contact us.