Lenovo ThinkServer RD450 - Important Weee Information

consistentwiththeprotectionofhumanhealthandsafety.IfLenovodeterminesthatthelevelsofparticulates
orgasesinyourenvironmenthavecauseddamagetotheserver,Lenovomayconditionprovisionofrepair
orreplacementofserversorpartsonimplementationofappropriateremedialmeasurestomitigatesuch
environmentalcontamination.Implementationofsuchremedialmeasuresisacustomerresponsibility.
Table11.Limitsforparticulatesandgases
ContaminantLimits
Particulate
•Theroomairmustbecontinuouslyfilteredwith40%atmosphericdustspotefficiency
(MERV9)accordingtoASHRAEStandard52.2
1
.
•Airthatentersadatacentermustbefilteredto99.97%efficiencyorgreater,using
high-efficiencyparticulateair(HEPA)filtersthatmeetMIL-STD-282.
•Thedeliquescentrelativehumidityoftheparticulatecontaminationmustbemorethan60%
2
.
•Theroommustbefreeofconductivecontaminationsuchaszincwhiskers.
Gaseous•Copper:ClassG1asperANSI/ISA71.04-1985
3
•Silver:Corrosionrateoflessthan300Åin30days
1
ASHRAE52.2-2008-MethodofTestingGeneralVentilationAir-CleaningDevicesforRemovalEfficiencybyParticle
Size.Atlanta:AmericanSocietyofHeating,RefrigeratingandAir-ConditioningEngineers,Inc.
2
Thedeliquescentrelativehumidityofparticulatecontaminationistherelativehumidityatwhichthedustabsorbs
enoughwatertobecomewetandpromoteionicconduction.
3
ANSI/ISA-71.04-1985.Environmentalconditionsforprocessmeasurementandcontrolsystems:Airborne
contaminants.InstrumentSocietyofAmerica,ResearchTrianglePark,NorthCarolina,U.S.A.
ImportantWEEEinformation
TheWEEEmarkingonLenovoproductsappliestocountrieswithWEEEande-wasteregulations(for
example,theEuropeanWEEEDirective,IndiaE-WasteManagement&HandlingRules,2011).Appliancesare
labeledinaccordancewithlocalregulationsconcerningwasteelectricalandelectronicequipment(WEEE).
Theseregulationsdeterminetheframeworkforthereturnandrecyclingofusedappliancesasapplicable
withineachgeography.Thislabelisappliedtovariousproductstoindicatethattheproductisnottobe
thrownaway,butratherputintheestablishedcollectionsystemsforreclaimingtheseendoflifeproducts.
Usersofelectricalandelectronicequipment(EEE)withtheWEEEmarkingmustnotdisposeofendoflife
EEEasunsortedmunicipalwaste,butusethecollectionframeworkavailabletothemforthereturn,recycle,
andrecoveryofWEEEandtominimizeanypotentialeffectsofEEEontheenvironmentandhumanhealth
duetothepresenceofhazardoussubstances.Lenovoelectricalandelectronicequipment(EEE)maycontain
partsandcomponents,whichatend-of-lifemightqualifyashazardouswaste.
EEEandwasteelectricalandelectronicequipment(WEEE)canbedeliveredfreeofchargetotheplaceof
saleoranydistributorthatsellselectricalandelectronicequipmentofthesamenatureandfunctionas
theusedEEEorWEEE.
AppendixA.Notices197