Legal background
Why do I attach so much importance to complying with legal regulations and filing the required documents? If a company wants to import and sell thermal compound in Germany, it must comply with a number of legal and regulatory requirements. Compliance with the REACH regulation, which regulates the manufacture, import and sale of chemical substances in the European Union, is particularly important. A company must ensure that all chemical substances contained in the thermal compound are registered with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) before the product is placed on the market. This registration includes detailed information on the chemical properties and potential risks of the substances as well as their safe handling and disposal. The REACH regulation ensures that all chemicals are checked for their safety for humans and the environment, thus protecting consumers and the environment from hazardous substances. If Jaden Technologies had complied, they would have known what was really in the pastes and not lied.
Another critical point concerns the use of nanoparticles contained in these heat-conducting pastes. Nanomaterials are subject to special requirements as they can pose particular risks due to their small size. Companies must therefore comply with the special regulations for the registration and labeling of nanomaterials, as they are considered potentially more hazardous than larger particles of the same chemical composition. It may be necessary to provide additional safety data on the specific effects of nanoparticles in order to fully assess the health and environmental impacts.
The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) and its branches in the individual federal states played a central role in the implementation of the REACH Regulation in Germany. They check compliance with the legal requirements for chemicals, evaluate the data submitted by companies and carry out scientific assessments. In addition, the BAuA offers advice to companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to facilitate compliance with the REACH Regulation. Companies should contact the BAuA to ensure that all legal requirements are met and that there are no unintended risks to the public or the environment.
If a company disregards the REACH Regulation or ignores the regulations on the use of nanoparticles, it may face serious penalties. In Germany, the sanctions range from high fines to bans on the sale of the product. In addition, civil liability claims may arise if consumers or the environment are harmed by the unregistered or improperly labeled chemicals. In serious cases, the persons responsible could also face criminal prosecution, especially if it is proven that the violations were committed knowingly or negligently. A company’s reputation can also suffer considerably, leading to a long-term loss of sales and a loss of trust among customers and partners. This in turn also justifies the company’s hasty reaction, including removal from the web stores.
Summary and conclusion
Apart from the relatively ineffective EC360 Carbon, which also has the most imaginative material composition in the data sheet, two of the other three pastes would still be perfectly usable, at least at a reasonable price. The EC360 Emerald only weakens at layer thicknesses from 50 µm downwards, otherwise it still performs best due to the rather large aluminum oxide particles. However, this may have come at the cost of significantly lower long-term stability. The EC360 Ruby, on the other hand, makes the most stable and solid impression of all four pastes and, with just under 4 W/m-K, at least performs in the upper mid-range.
The EC360 Diamond, on the other hand, is a pure silicone soup that has only been filled to a low level and is worse than the significantly cheaper EC360 Emerald. The selection of the individual pastes and their positioning alone are therefore in stark contrast to the performance and they are not really coherent. They should have concentrated on the EC360 Ruby as a solid mid-range paste for around 8 euros in a 4-gram tube and the EC360 Emerald for around 5 euros and simply left out the rest.
For both pastes, which only contain a mixture of Al2O3 and ZnO including the siloxanes, suitable data sheets could have been obtained and submitted quite quickly and easily. Even now and in retrospect. I would certainly have been able to help, if they had wanted to be helped. Then nobody would have said a single bad line about it, because you can correct mistakes. But the saying “greed eats brains” usually applies and people prefer to ask for a fairytale lesson, always hoping not to be caught out.
And to summarize once again and for the record: Companies wishing to import and sell thermal compound must not only ensure compliance with chemical legislation, but also actively ensure that all safety data is available and that the special regulations for nanomaterials are observed. By complying with the regulations, they not only protect themselves from legal and financial risks, but also ensure the safety of their products for consumers and the environment. So in the end it is better not to do any business at all instead of honestly concentrating on what can be sold on the market and, above all, what is permitted? I can’t quite follow this train of thought, but that’s not my job. Next please!
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