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Alocrom 1200 and RoHS compliance

2005

Can anyone help.
We currently have two metalwork suppliers, supplying product with an Alocrom 1200 finish.
One has sent through a statment saying that their Alocrom 1200 product complies with the RoHS directive, the other says theirs does not.
Can this be correct? I do not have enough knowledge on the processes to know.

Michelle Johnson
electronic integrated systems - England

Alocrom is definitely not RoHS compliant, it is a hexavalent chromate conversion coating.

If you have any doubts talk to Henkel Surface Technologies (the manufacturer), but they should only confirm this.

Brian Terry
Aerospace - Yeovi, Somerset, UK
2005

I would suggest that you go to the following site for additional information.

http://www.ema-eda.com/services/rohs/

Most commercially used finishing processes are manufactured and sold to the applicator. Going to the manufacturer for information, as stated above, is the best way to determine compliance.

Daryl Spindler, CEF
decorative nickel-chrome plating - Greenbrier, Tennessee
2005

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