Lead-Free Defect Guide
15 September 2010
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SMART Group's third lead-free colour guide has been launched, with over 25 pages of defect examples and causes designed to help managers, designers, engineers and operatives solve these and other everyday process problems.
www.smartgroup.org/leadfreedefectsguide
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