Lab Configuration

RoHS Laboratory

CCIC-SET chemistry division (CQCS), jointly invested by CQC and CCIC-SET in the southern part of China, is a professional lab for hazardous substance testing. Combining the strengths of CCIC-SET with CQC, we are a public testing and certification platform and the ideal partner to verify products’ compliance to relevant standards and facilitate their smooth entry into any market in the world.

Developed over 10 years, CCIC-SET chemistry now has 5 labs by testing technique, they are, chemical lab (RoHS), physical and chemical analysis lab, physical property lab, function safety lab, and microorganism lab; has 9 businesses by product types, they are, electronic and electrical products lab (chemical lab), environment testing lab, toy testing lab, textiles testing lab, food testing lab, material analysis lab, cosmetics testing lab, battery testing lab, and shopping mall quality control lab. 

Chemistry Lab (RoHS)

CCIC-SET chemistry lab holds the accreditation of CMA and CNAS and is the cooperative lab of China Quality Certification Center (CQC). We are able to offer hazardous substances certification services under CQC mark; have participated for many times in proficiency testing program for toxic and hazardous substances organized by CNAS; a designated laboratory of China national voluntary certification of pollution control of electronic information products. As a public platform for product certification and testing, we help our clients to achieve faster access to the global market.

Specialist Team: Since the establishment in 2005, CCIC-SET chemistry lab has developed a specialist team with both professional knowledge and extensive experience. Many of them are not only members of China national RoHS standard working group and material declaration working group but also members of expert group of China national voluntary certification program for electronic information products pollution control.

Laboratory Equipment

Our lab’s instruments for chemical analysis keep pace with the world's advanced standards, including:

LC-ICP-MS, ICP, AAS, IC, HPLC, HPLC-MS-MS, GC-MS, GC, TGA-IR-GC-MS, TGA, IR, UV, XRF, soxhlet extractor apparatus, high pressure microwave digestion workstation, milling instrument complying with international standards etc.

Services

China national voluntary RoHS certification and testing

Material composition analysis

Halogen content testing

PCB ion pollution testing

Red phosphorus content testing

Toxic and hazardous substances testing based on Battery Directive (2013/56/EU, 2006/66/EC)

Toxic and hazardous substances testing based on EU RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU)

SVHC testing based on EU REACH Regulation (No. 1907/2006)

California Proposition 65, PAHs, Phthalate and other types of toxic and hazardous substances testing

1.    China national voluntary RoHS certification

Advantages:

Licensed products can get more policy incentives

The certification results will be recognized in CCC China ROHS certification in the future

The certificated enterprises will be given favorable taxation and fiscal policies by government.

Licensed products will be prioritized in the government procurement.

The certification results are recognized internationally

Increased consumer confidence in the licensed products

Certification mode:

China adopts a voluntary certification scheme for the control of electronic information product pollution:

Certification  mode	Sample testing			Initial factory  inspection	Subsequent supervision	Products
	Submitted  by applicant	Sampling test	Self declaration
Mode 1	√Style experiment				√	Components  and parts product, material product
Mode 2		√	√		√	Components  and parts product included in Table 1 of Annex, Implementation Rules
Mode 3	√Optimization experiment		√		√	Machine and components (complex products)
Mode4		√	√	√	√	All products  covered by Implementation Rules

 

RoHS /WEEE certification

European Union RoHS Regulation (RoSH Directive 2002/95/EC) and WEEE Regulation (WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC) have become official laws of European Union since February 13, 2003. Under WEEE Directive, the manufacturers of electronic and electrical equipment are directly responsible in the legal sense for the disposal of the waste of their products sold in the EU market since August 13, 2005. Under RoHS Directive, since July 1, 2006, all electronic and electrical equipment sold in the EU market are prohibited with the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, six valence chromium and other heavy metals, as well as flame retardants such as PBDE and PBB. Because these two legislations will greatly affect China's exports of electronic products to the EU market, domestic relevant industries pay high attention and take active measures to ensure that these two environmental protection legislations will not cause substantial damage to China’s exports of electronic and electrical products.

ROHS is the abbreviation of Restriction of Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in EEE. The so-called ROHS Directive is the EU Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in 2003.

 WEEE is the abbreviation of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. WEEE Directive refers to Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive passed by European Parliament and the Council.

 Hazardous substance of electronic and electrical product: Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr⁶⁺, PBB and PBDE etc. The value of the flame retardant shall not exceed the prescribed limit

Prescribed limit: Pb1000ppm, Hg1000ppm, Cd100ppm, Cr（VI）1000ppm, PBB1000ppm, PBDE1000ppm

A.Material chemical testing

According with each homogeneous material, chemical testing does sampling, pre-treatment and testing, and the data is accurate;

 B.XRF scanning: total Pb、Cd、Hg、Cr、Br;

 C.Product chemical testing + XRF scanning

Product RoHS testing splits multiple homogeneous materials testing. It uses XRF to determine hazardous element, and does chemical testing according to the chemical testing process.

 D. Issuing certificate

We can issue CQC Mark certificate and CCIC-SETcertificate. 

3. REACH detection service

REACH regulation is the abbreviation of Registration，Evaluation Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals, and it is a chemical management law for all chemicals entering the EU market.

 

Pre registration	Supply chain management guidance	SVHC material  detection
MSDS, material  component analysis	Goods SVHC assessment	SVHC material inspection and assessment

 

 

 

 

 

Main testing system:

ICP
GC-MS
IC

Milling instrument fulfilling international standards
UV

Testing range:

SVHC：Substance of Very High Concern. According to the REACH regulation, SVHC is a general designation of various hazardous substances, and SVHC include causing cancer and distortion, upto the virus, biological accumulation and a series of high hazardous substances. It is suitable for electronic and electrical products testing.

Providing REACH-SDS service

 Providing SVHC detection service

3. Phthalates test service

Phthalate is a kind of widely used plasticizer, which has been widely used in the line materials, plastics and paint. Annex XVII Item &52 of the REACH regulation (EC) No.1907/2006 directive lists six kinds of phthalate substances DEHP, DIDP, DBP, DNOP, in which the first three kinds of DEHP, BBP, DBP shall not be used for children's toys and supplies, the each content in plastic should not exceed 0.1%. Three kinds of DINP, DNOP and DIDP shall not be used in children's toys and children's toys and children's products, the each content shall not exceed 0.1%. The European Union issued a new directive on Phthalate (2005/84/EC), and began to implement in January 2007.

 Testing product range:

6P： DEHP、DBP、BBP、DINP、DIDP、DNOP

25P+：DEHP、DBP、BBP、DINP、DIDP、DNOP、DMP、DEP、DPrP、DIBP、DPP、DCHP、DHP、DIOP、DEHA、DNP etc.

 We can do the phthalate tests of toys, electronic and electrical products, textiles, shoes material, plastics hardware products and chemical industry material etc.

4. Halogens test service

In the Periodic Table of the Elements, the group of VIIA includes fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br) and iodine (I), astatine (At), collectively known as the halogen. Because Astatine (At) is radioactive element, it is almost non-existent in the product, the first four elements in the product especially exists in form of organic polymer compounds. The products of halogen compounds are mainly for flame retardant: PBB, PBDE, TBBP-A, PCB, hexabromo-Cyclododecane, pentachlorophenol and medium chain chlorinated paraffin; As refrigerants and insulating material of ozone depleting substances: CFCs and HCFCs and HFCs etc. Simultaneously, the European Union WEEE has strict requirements on CFCs, HCFCs, HFCs, Bromum and PVC, the international companies are actively promoting the abolition of products containing halogen materials.

Testing range:

We can do the halogens detection on electronic and electrical products, leather, plastics, printing ink, painting and other materials.

Other testing service:

91 / 338 / EEC Cadmium (Cd) Directive; Battery Directives have 91 / 157 / EEC and extended instruction 98/101/EC, 2002 / 525 / EC; 2004/12/EC Packaging Waste Directive; Other environmental substance detection (special heavy metal elements analysis, organic Sn detection, DMF detection, Norway POHS 18 items detection, Multiple chloride detection and metal component analysis, textile Azo detection, food containers (FDA) testing requirements.

5. PAHs testing service

PAHs is a kind of hazardous substances produced in incomplete combustion or in high temperature treatment of oil, coal and other fuels and wood, combustible gas, which usually exists in petroleum chemical Industry products, rubber, plastic, lubricating oil, anti rust oil, incomplete combustion of organic compounds and other substances, it is one of the major carcinogens in the environment. The official resolutions file 01-08 ZEK of German Security Technology Certification Center ZLS (GS authority) in April 1, 2008: GS logo certification will be compulsory added the requirements of PAHs, in case of insufficient, the product will not be able to get GS certificate. 18 new substances can be tested at present.

Requirement for restriction of PAHs:

Limit	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3
	Food, material put into mouth, toy used by  children under 36 months	Long term contact with skin over 30 seconds’ material, other toys except  the Class 1.	Not  always contact with skin but over 30 seconds’ material
BaP mg/kg	Not detected<0.2	1	20
PAH total weigh mg/kg (18 kinds)	Not detected<0.2	10	200

Testing range

16 kinds of PAHs: Naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo (a) anthracene, flexion, benzo (b) fluoranthene, benzo (k) fluoranthene, benzo (a) pyrene, indene benzene (1, 2, 3-cd) pyrene, diphenyl (a, h) anthracene, benzo (g, h, I) pyrene. German GS certification increased the type of PAHs to 18 kinds in November, 2011, which add benzo (J) fluoranthene, benzo (E) pyrene. We can do the PAHs detection test on toys, electronic and electrical products and plastics.

Cosmetic Lab

The cosmetics lab of CCIC-SET chemistry division is accredited in compliance with CMA and CNAS standards.

Professional technique Team: Since the establishment in 2005, CCIC-SET cosmetic lab has developed a professional team with fund of theoretical knowledge and experiences in this area.

Our Services

Almost all cosmetic products are chemical synthetic. Even though they can beautify people`s appearance, cosmetic products will more or less produce some harmful substances. According to Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics, there are 421 chemical substances prohibited and over 300 chemical substances restricted in cosmetic ingredients, some of which have strong properties of toxicity, mutagenicity, carcinogenicity or teratogenicity, are very likely to cause obvious skin or mucosa injury, or have certain biological activity which specific cosmetic products are not intended to have. In spite of this, there are always cosmetic formula designers who include prohibited substances or excessively use restricted substances in their product formula.  

Test  Item	Country/Region
	Europe	USA	China
Microbial contamination test	BP16B	USP61&62	Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics 2007 Edition
Preservative  effectiveness test	BP16C	USP51	--
Heavy  metal	Pb.  Hg. Cd. As. Sb. Ni	Hg  21CFR700.13 Total  Pb content Cal prop 65	Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics 2007 Edition
Methyl  alcohol	--	--	Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics 2007 Edition
PH	--	--	Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics 2007 Edition
α- hydroxy acid	--	--	Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics 2007 Edition
Anti-dandruff  agent	--	--	“Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics”,2007  edition
Sunscreen	--	--	Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics 2007 Edition

 

CCIC-SET Battery Lab

Founded in 2004, CCIC-SET battery lab is accredited according to CMA and CNAS standards.

With depth expertise and rich experience, our battery lab has participated for many times in the formulation of lithium battery standards and domestic certification rules, and plays an active role in the drafting and revision of relevant industry or organization standards.

In recent years, with the continual upgrading of battery materials and technology as well as expanded application, battery safety incidents occur from time to time. Many countries and regions have tightened their regulation over battery products, facing the battery manufacturers with greater challenge to raise the quality of their products.

Battery Testing Services

CCIC-SET battery lab is capable of providing testing and relevant services according to various standards.

GB 31241-2014 Lithium ion cells and batteries used in portable electronic equipment - Safety requirements

CQC1110-2015 Certification criteria for portable power bank

UL 1642 Lithium batteries and UL 2054 Household and Commercial Batteries

IEC/EN 62133 Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Safety requirements for portable sealed secondary cells, and for batteries made from them, for use in portable applications

IEC/EN 61960 Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Secondary lithium cells and batteries for portable applications

UN 38.3 for lithium batteries testing, identification of air/sea cargo transportation condition

GB/T18287-2013 General specification of lithium-ion cells and batteries for mobile phone

GB/T 18287, GB/T18288, GB/T18289 for nickel-metal hydride battery and nickel-cadmium battery used for cellular phone

GB 8897.4-2008 and IEC/EN 60086-4:2007 for primary battery

YD 1268-2003 and YD/T 998-1999 for battery for mobile telecommunication terminal equipment

Battery Certification Services

CQC Voluntary Certification

CQC mark battery certification, one of the voluntary product certification businesses of China Quality Certification Center, is a verification of battery’s compliance with quality, safety, performance, EMC and other relevant certification requirements by using CQC mark. On August 1, 2015, China's first lithium ion mandatory standard GB 31241-2014 Lithium Ion Cells and Batteries Used in Portable Electronic Equipments-Safety Requirements was formally implemented, which has widely promoted the battery certification in China. As a designated national laboratory for CQC certification, CCIC-SET is able to offer CQC mark battery certification services, covering various product types such as electric bicycle lithium ion batteries, portable electronic product lithium ion batteries, and portable mobile power supply.

CB Battery Certification

CB scheme established by IECEE (IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components) is the global system of mutual recognition for electrical products. The Scheme is based on the principle of mutual recognition by its members of test results for obtaining certification or approval at national level, intended to reduce obstacles to international trade which arise from having to meet different national certification or approval criteria. 

North America UL, FCC and CSA Battery Certification

North American certification (voluntary) is primarily based on the requirements of laws and regulations. For example, US NRTL certification system is based on the CFR29 regulated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) affiliated to U.S. Department of Labor (US DOL); FCC certification is based on CFR49 regulated by Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Obtaining certification from any of the NRTLs, such as UL, CSA, and ENTELA, electric and electronic products on the list of CFR29 will be considered in conformity with North American laws and regulations.

Food Laboratory

CCIC-SET food laboratory holds CMAF and CNAS accreditations. Since the foundation in 2014, the food lab has developed a team of specialists who have both strong theoretical background and rich working experiences.

CCIC-SET food lab can provide testing for metal, ceramic, glass, enamel, plastic, rubber, silicone, elastomer, paper, bamboo, wood and various coating materials which are used in different food contact products such as tableware, kitchenware, kitchen appliances, children's products, food packaging products, food production machinery, and food transportation equipment. Testing items cover sensory analysis, microbial, overall migration, metal elements content and migration, monomer content and migration, color migration, peroxide value, volatile organic compounds, physical and chemical properties, etc.

Laboratory equipment：

Our laboratory owns state-of-art equipment for chemical analysis:

（LC-ICP-MS）,（ICP）,（AAS）,（IC）,（HPLC）,（HPLC-MS-MS）,（GC-MS）,（GC）,（TGA-IR-GC-MS）,（TGA）,（IR）,（UV-Visible spectrophotometer）,（XRF）,（Soxhlet）,（High-pressure microwave digestion workstation）,（Grinding Apparatus）,（thermostat）,（incubator）,（rotary evaporators）,（centrifuge）,（autoclave sterilizer）,（muffle）、超声萃取仪,（ultrasonic extractor）,（microwave digestion system）,（pH meter）,（conductivity meter）,（melting point apparatus）,（density meter）etc.

With those instruments, we can conduct sampling preparation (extraction, digestion, burning of high temperature, sterile cultivation, etc.) and do analysis according to customer’s needs.

Services:

So far, food contact materials have a very wide application in people’s daily life. However, studies have shown that harmful constituents of these materials can “migrate” into the packaged food depending on various environment and foodstuff and thus pose risks to consumers. Concerns over this issue are on increase. Governments also continually implement and update regulation of food contact materials to safeguard consumer’s health and safety.

In 2005, EU released Regulation 1935/2004/EC as a new regulation for food contact materials and articles (Full name: Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food). This Regulation has been enforced since 27 October 2004 regulating that food contact materials should be safe and should not transfer their components into the foodstuff with unacceptable quantities which could endanger human health; should not bring about an unacceptable change in the composition of the food; and should not bring about deterioration in the sensory characteristics (such as taste, odor, color, etc.). 

Regulation 1935/2004 / EC lays down the general regulating framework for food contact materials and products in EU. Following this regulation, EU continued to issue Directive 84/500/EEC for ceramics and Directive 93/10/EEC for regenerated cellulose film., The Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) published Directive 2005/79/EC on November 19, 2005 and Directive 2007/19/EC on March 31, 2007, the former to update Directive 2002/72/EC and the latter to Directive 85/572/EEC. In addition to strictly adopting Regulation 2004/1935/EC, some member states also implement their local food regulations, such as German LFGB and French DGCCRF 2004-64 and French Décret nº 92-631.

LFGB also referred to as “Food, Tobacco Products, Cosmetics and other Commodities Administration Law” is the fundamental law in Germany for food hygiene regulation. It lays down the principles and core requirements for the formulation of other specialized food and hygiene laws and regulations. In recent years, it has also been modified mainly for the purpose of matching related European standards.

LFGB regulates all kinds of materials including those manufactured via the latest techniques; typically they are ceramics, synthetic plastics, PVC, plasticizer, paper, leather, textiles, cosmetics, tobacco and so on.

Product types include: food contact electrical products such as toaster, sandwich oven, electric kettle; food storage articles; kitchen utensils such as tempered glass cutting board and stainless steel kettle; tableware articles such as bowl, knife, fork, spoon, and coaster

Food contact materials or products to be sold in French should comply with not only EU Regulation 1935/2004/EC but also French local relevant regulations such as French DGCCRF 2004-64 and French Décret nº 92-631. French regulations follow the requirements of EU regulations for plastic, rubber, and ceramic glass products. However, they do have local special requirements for metal products. To take cooking utensils with organic coating as an example, both their coating surface and base metal must be tested according to relevant standards. In addition, requirements, typically for metallic composition and heavy metal migration limit, also vary depending on specific metal materials such as stainless steel, carbon steel, cast iron, aluminum, aluminum alloy, etc. So French regulations for this part are more complicated than in other countries. We should notice that according to the French regulation food contact materials shall not contain brass.

The United States regulates most of the food contact materials and products mainly through Food Additives Petition (FAP). A food contact material, when permitted for usage only by FAP, will be recorded in the corresponding regulation of United States FDA CFR 21 parts 170-180. Japan and South Korea also have their laws for food contact materials.

The “Knife and Fork” logo is a sign for food safety. Appearing on food contact products, it indicates that the product has been tested to German and European standards and proven to contain no harmful substances to consumer’s health in compliance with German LFGB regulation. Thus the product can be sold in German and other European and American markets. On the European market, this logo is a powerful marketing tool which can enhance customer confidence and purchase desire to greatly increase the product competitiveness.

Our testing services can meet the requirements of many countries and regions.

Country	laws and regulations	testing standard
America	U.S. federal regulations (CFR)  chapter 21 and FDA food laws and regulations	U.S. federal regulations (CFR) chapter  21 part 177-175 and others
EU	1935/2004/EC	(EU)No.10/2011,84/500/EEC
German	LFGB (30, 31)	BfR proposal of plastic products
France	French Decree 2007-766	DGCCRF information notice 2004-64
Italy	Decree  no 777,1982	Ministerial  Decree of 21 March 1973 and its amendments
Japan	Japan  Food Sanitation Act, no 233, 1947	Specifications and Standards for Food and Food  Additives, etc.(MHLW Notice No.370, 1959)
Korea	Food Sanitation Act	Korean  Food and Drugs Administration (KFDA) , Released  on 22 June 2015

 

 

Material Analysis Lab

Established in 2014, CCIC-SET material analysis lab is operated by a specialist team with in-depth knowledge and rich experience. Our testing lab possesses strong technical skills, advanced test and analysis instrument and profuse experimental experiences capable of providing conclusive analyses on chemical elements, structure, properties, quality and material or element contents to help enterprises inspecting product compositions, reliability evaluation, quality assurance and quality evaluation of new materials.

Metallic materials

CCIC-SET can meet your metallic material analysis needs which arise in various sectors ranging from pressure casting, fusion casting and iron/steel metallurgy to non-ferrous metal industry, from composition inspection of incoming/delivery of materials to metallic material composition analysis for automotive and machinery manufacturing industries. CCIC-SET metallic material analysis is distributed to chemical composition analysis, chemical trace analysis, chemical impurity identification, environmental contamination testing and analysis, etc. 

Polymer materials

Polymer is the most fundamental materials extensively used in vehicles and electronic products. CCIC-SET evaluates the composition, properties and reliability of materials to provide reference needed in terms of material usage and its product design. Our analysis services cover the following product types: plastic products, rubber products, adhesives, printing ink and paint, matrix resin, etc.

laboratory instrument：

The main test equipments :

TG-IR Coupled With GC/MS,

Fourier transform infrared Spectrum FT-IR,

thermogravimetric analyzer TG,

Inductively coupled plasma optical emission Spectrometry ICP-OES,

Atomic Abserption Spectrometer AAS,

high-performance liquid chromatography - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry LC-ICP-MS,

inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry ICP-MS,

high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectra/mass spectra LC-MS-MS,

high performance liquid chromatograph HPLC,

gas chromatographic-mass spectrometry GC-MS ,

X-ray fluorescence XRF,

mercury vapourmeter,

spectrophotometer, etc