Jorc Industrial Catalog - (Page 55) NORMS ATEX The ATEX Directive is a so-called "New Approach" Directive giving the Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs) and conformity assessment procedures which must be applied to equipment within its scope before being placed on the European market. These requirements provide for a high level of protection for citizens, and are given technical expression by what are called "Harmonized Standards". ROHS The RoHS Directive bans the use of certain restricted substances in end products, which prevents the substances from entering waste streams. According to the directive, new electrical equipment placed on the market within Europe cannot contain more than maximum allowable levels of: Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Hexavalent chromium, Polybrominated, bipenyl (PBB), Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE). Among the RoHS Directive's largest impacts to manufacturers is the transition from the use of lead solders to lead-free solders. JORC’s products are ROHS compliant. IP65/NEMA 4 This standard describes a system for classifying the degrees of protection provided by the enclosures of electrical equipment. These standards are designed to numerically rate an electrical product on the level of protection its enclosure provides. JORC products are (IP65/Nema4).
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