Pplied Kilovolts, a supplier of high stability, high voltage power supplies for scientific instrument market, is now compliant with the Restriction of the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive
This EU directive bans the use of certain hazardous substances, including lead in particular, in electrical and electronic equipment sold in Europe from 1 July 2006.
"Applied Kilovolts is fully committed to environmental protection and sustainable development," said managing director Kevin Wheelhouse.
"RoHS compliance is an integral part of our environmental policies and we have worked with our suppliers to ensure RoHS compliance of all our constituent components".
In a separate development, the company has announced that it has met the strict standards and requirements of the ISO 9001-2000 certification programme for quality management systems and has been registered as an ISO 9001-2000 compliant company.
"This achievement indicates our commitment to manufacturing excellence and to continuous development in our quality management," said Jim Edwards, technical sales manager at Applied Kilovolts.
Applied Kilovolts's modules have been developed for demanding applications such as mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, photomultiplier tubes, microchannel plates, nuclear instruments and other applications that require a precision, highly stable, high voltage supply.
These also include low power X-ray machines, which are increasingly being used in the food and drink industry for scanning for foreign bodies and monitoring packaging fill levels, as well as in medical diagnostics.
