We just received notice from RoHS-International that the European Union substance review has drawn up a list of 46 substances for scrutiny. According to the Oko Institut, the organization conducting the review, the new list “is based on declarations provided by suppliers and manufacturers of EEE, existing studies, XRF-analyses and other information.” The list and the covering letter are available at the Oko Institut site.
The Oko Insitut is calling for industry input, but time is limited. Responses need to be sent to hse-rohs@oeko.info by March 28. There is industry resistance to adding additional substances to the RoHS legislation. IPC is calling for any additional substances to come under REACH.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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