A framework for reliability prediction procedures for electronic equipment at all levels is provided in this guide .

In order to reduce or eliminate the consequences of the electronic equipment malfunction, some important electronic equipment were installed protection devices. Failures of protection devices are of hidden feature, and can only be found by inspections. Protection device failing to system malfunctioning has a delay characteristic. According to this delay characteristic, an inspection policy was ...

Waste electrical and electronic equipment is one of the major world-wide waste streams triggering the emergence of environmental strategies. Environmental regulations, closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) activities and design-for-environment (DfE) practices are environmental friendly strategies being implemented by governments and industry. In this paper, we apply a System Dynamics model to a CLSC ...

Two regulations, The Control of Wastage of Electrical and Electronic Equipment, and Directives Restricting the Use of Hazardous Substances, adopted by the European Union in 2002 and 2003 respectively, control the sale of electrical and electronic equipment in all 25 nation members and these regulations are going to influence other countries in the world. Giving increasing global awareness of th...

Latin America is facing a rapid increase in internet use along with fast growing computer sales. Penetration with electronic equipment is in some countries approaching the level of industrialized countries. There is an evident need to resolve the management of “end-of-life” computers and other electronic equipment. Several studies in Latin America assessed the increasing e-waste quantities and ...

This Standard was formulated for the purpose of describing an easily understood coding system that has been sponsored and operated by the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) since 1945, for the identification of the manufacturing source and the date of manufacture of an electronic component or equipment. Currently 585 manufacturers are participating in the program. A user may determine who ...

Most safety regulations and standards concentrate their efforts on intrinsic safety – the possibility that injury or damage could occur due to electric shock, fire, mechanical instability, sharp edges, etc. In this paper we are concerned with functional safety – where the hazards and risks depend upon the correct operation of devices, equipment, systems or installations. IEC 61508 [3] is the ba...