Product Reliability Alert: Red Phosphorous
Due to a recent upsurge in Red Phosphorous failure modes affecting clients on a wide scale, we are offering a webinar to address this critical issue.
DfR Solutions has been receiving reports from multiple clients of corrosion, electrical shorts and thermal events in connectors and sockets with red phosphorus as flame retardants. These failures are occurring even when the connectors are NOT PLUGGED IN. While the issue has been observed across connectors and sockets from multiple suppliers, one similarity seems to be that all the connectors and sockets are coming from mainland China manufacturers and the use of red phosphorous was not reported through a part change notification (PCN) document.
In this timely webinar, you will learn more about the issues that have been occurring and advice and assistance to mitigate this problem going forward.
Details
| What | Product Reliability Alert: Red Phosphorous |
| When | Thursday the 4th of June 2015 |
| Presenters | Craig Hillman and Nathan Blattau |
| Where | Online |
| Time | 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM CEST |
| Register | Register |
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