RoHS Compliance: Aerospace

RoHS Compliance Status 2007

The following is an advisory statement from Judd Wire Inc, regarding the RoHS international compliance requirements. This information is presented based on the facts as we know them today and is not to be construed as a recommendation by Judd Wire regarding any particular contractual agreements that anyone might enter while supplying Judd Wire products. This statement is also in support only of those wires manufactured to current military specifications SAE AS 22759 (/32 through /46) and NEMA WC 27500 that are manufactured with XLETFE insulation systems. Insulation systems manufactured using XLETFE materials are in compliance with RoHS directives (contain less than the maximum allowable percentages) for each of the following materials, unless otherwise noted.

Products Already in Full Compliance:
Wires manufactured in the color white (with or without striped colors added)to the following SAE AS 22759 specifications - /32, /34, /41, /43, /44, and /45. Cables manufactured to NEMA WC 27500 using those wire styles and colors listed above. Wires and cables manufactured using solid color insulations that are not listed in the following paragraph.

Products In Full Compliance Since August 2006:
Wires and cables manufactured with solid color insulations of green, orange, or yellow. Each of these colors has transitioned to RoHS compliant pigments.

Products In Compliance (If Requested By Order) Since December 2006:
The current high strength alloy is not required to be RoHS compliant. This material contains Cadmium. That alloy is used in the following SAE AS 22759 specifications - /33, /35, 42 and /46. Judd Wire has qualified a Cadmium free high strength alloy. Our QPL listing carries a list of unique part numbers offering this alternative alloy as a RoHS compliant material. It is not our plan to replace the current alloys for all manufacturing.


Bill Brown
Product Manager
Aerospace & Military Electronics