Currently many of the resistors we have in our WPA database are failing REACH (compliance status on manufacturer part information page) because the manufacturer lists Lead Monoxide and Diboron Trioxide, two frits that go into the glass passivation, in the substance data they have submitted. While we have pressured them to change their data by replacing the reactants with the products, they are reluctant as there is no CAS# that correctly fits their case. So the parts comply with REACH in that there is no Lead Monoxide in the part, just leaded glass, but the data we have on file indicates a failure to comply. We have other parts that have similar issues, for instance plastics that use Phthalates as a polymerization agent that is consumed in the reaction, or places where the vendor lists solvents that are volatilized once the material is applied.
We do not want to edit our supplier's data because we view it as a legal document, and many of our suppliers do not want to alter the substance data they get from their suppliers because of the legal liabilities involved. But we do want to be able to run BOM’s and demonstrate compliance. So there are instances where we need to adjust the compliance calculation result. Our enhancement suggestion is for PTC to design in the ability (restricted to appropriate roles) to edit specific compliance status results and document the logic in a text note or document that is attached to the part. In essence change the compliance status "Fail" to "Pass with Exemptions", or something similar, for a part or group of parts. The edit would have to be specific to individual substance/part(s)/regulation combinations so that if a part(s) failed Reach for one SVHC and was edited to pass, it would not interfere with generating a “fail” result when another SVHC came along that was in the same part and reported to the same regulation or specification.
