Environmental News: 

SCHNORR^® offers worldwide compliance to RoHS, WEEE, and Directive on End of Life Vehicles requirements.   

The RoHS Directive (Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances) of the European Union 2002/95/EC regulates the restriction and use of hazardous substances. It prohibits the use of certain hazardous substances in electric and electronic appliances after July 2006.

The WEEE Directive (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment)  2002/96/EC and the amendment 2003/108/EC concerns re-processing, sorting, and processing of products not complying with the directive. The laws were passed in 2004.

According to the Directive on End of Life Vehicles all cars and utility vehicles up to 3.5 tons in the EU must be disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner and recycled at the end of their lives. This is demanded by the EU Directive on End of Life Vehicles  2000/53/EC  is also referred to as ELV Directive (End of Life Vehicles).

SCHNORR^®  lock washers, conical spring washers and contact washers with the following surface coatings were affected as follows:

• Previous galvanic and mechanical yellow and white zinc coating will be replaced by a corresponding galvanization with subsequent thick film passivation.
• Dacromet surface coating will be replaced with the Cr6-free alternative Geomet.
• The chemical nickel-plated, lead-containing surface coatings Durnicoat 470 and 520 will be replaced with the Pb-free surfaces Durnicoat 471 and 571.

After comprehensive trials we have reached a technical standard that allows supply with equivalent alternatives. The dark blue columns represent the new CrVI-free surfaces.