Certificate

Product Overview
The main purpose of the Harmony XB4 Ø 22 product range is man-machine communication.
It offers indicator light or contact functions and is divided into pilot lights or control units
designed to ensure the safety of persons, machines or work in progress.
The XB4 pilot lights consist of metal products for base lamps or LEDs, with or without pulsed
or rotary actuators.
The representative product used for the analysis of the pilot lights without actuators is
the XB4-BVB# LED pilot light, where “#” represents the product colour code.
The environmental impacts of this referenced product are representative of the impacts of
the other products in the range for which the same technology is used.
The environmental analysis was performed in conformity with ISO 14040 “Environmental
management: Life cycle assessment – Principle and framework”.
This analysis takes the stages in the life cycle of the product into account.
Constituent materials
The mass of the products in the range is from 64 g to 152 g, packaging
not included. It is 64.5 g for the XB4-BVB# analysed.
The constituent materials are distributed as follows:
Zamak
49.6 %
Steel
32.0 %
Others
(Brass, Bronze)
2.5 %
PA
7.3 %
PC
6.8 %
EPDM
0.8 %
Printed
circuit
0.8 %
Components
0.2 %
Brazing
alloy
0.1 %
Substance assessment
Products of this range are designed in conformity with the requirements
of the RoHS directive (European Directive 2002/95/EC of 27 January
2003) and do not contain, or in the authorised proportions, lead, mercury,
cadmium, chromium hexavalent, ame retardant (polybromobiphenyles
PBB, polybromodiphenylthers PBDE) as mentioned in the Directive.
Manufacturing
The Harmony XB4 Ø 22 product range is manufactured at
a Schneider Electric production site on which an ISO 14001 certied
environmental management system has been established.
Distribution
The weight and volume of the packaging have been reduced
in compliance with the European Union’s packaging directive.
The weight of the packaging of the XB4-BVB# is 7.7 g.
It is made of 100 % recyclable cardboard.
The product distribution ows have been optimised by setting up
local distribution centres close to the market areas.