As of June 1, 2009, all European Union suppliers are required to comply with a raft of substance restrictions under the REACH regulation. According to an article in PCB007, the substance restrictions apply every time an article is supplied, including components, sub-assemblies and finished equipment. Enforcement action can be taken at any point in the supply chain. The substances restrictions also apply to distributors who resell components and sub-assemblies, and retailers who resell finished equipment.
The 53 substance restrictions are detailed in Annex XVII of the REACH regulation (as amended) and cover a very wide range of applications. In addition to substances already restricted under RoHS, there are an additional 19 REACH substances that can be relevant to electrical and electronic equipment and hardware products.
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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