5bf82c54-5aab-4ea6-af8b-c1e070128ff5Thermoforming, rigid polypropylene part, at plantMaterials productionOther materials The amount of incoming corrugated box material is equivalent to that coming out of the process as it is purchased to be used as shipping packaging for finished thermoformed items. An average of 0.149 pounds of rigid plastic part scrap is produced for every kilogram of thermoformed parts produced; this scrap is sold for recycling. The remaining solid waste generated from the facilities surveyed in this analysis is landfilled. For every kilogram of thermoformed product, 0.210 kg of solid waste is sent to landfill. Of this solid waste, an average of 96 percent by mass is process waste such as contaminated resin scrap, hydraulic oil, and/or inks; while, five percent is packaging waste from incoming materials. The small (<2%) mass imbalance is due to variability in data availability for, and weighting of, amounts of ancillary inputs and waste outputs. The packaging inputs and printing emissions in this data set represent the average reported per kilogram of output across a range of procucts produced at manufacturing facilities. When using this data to represent a specific molded product, users should adjust the amount of packaging and printing emissions as needed based on the actual materials and processes used. Complete inventory data and metadata are available in full in the final report and appendices, Life Cycle Inventory of Plastic Fabrication Processes: Injection Molding and Thermoforming. This report has been extensively reviewed within Franklin Associates and has undergone partial critical review by ACC Rigid Plastics Processing Group (RPPG) members and is available at: www.americanchemistry.com. Quantities may vary slightly between the reference to main source and and this module due to rounding. Important note: although most of the data in the US LCI database has undergone some sort of review, the database as a whole has not yet undergone a formal validation process. Please email comments to lci@nrel.gov.
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Quality network: 313USFabrication of rigid plastic parts by thermoforming. Thermoformed products generated by facilities providing data for this analysis were produced using sheet manufacturing equipment in combination with either vacuum form (VF) or pressure form (PF) equipment. All participating facilities use continuous thermoforming techniques.Unit process, single operationAttributionalnoneA weighted average using amount of fabricated rigid plastic parts was applied to the individual data collected from several thermoforming facilities in North America.95.0The plastic fabricators who provided data for this module verified that the characteristics of their plants are representative of North American plastic fabrication facilities producing rigid plastic parts via thermoforming. Nearly all of the weight, of thermoformed products represented by the LCI data, was formed from a PP-type resin. Product sizes produced by participating facilities varied but were largely produced from thin-gauge PP sheet. The average participating facility produces several varieties of parts and annually produces about 281 pounds of parts per square foot of manufacturing floor space. In terms of process energy consumption, the average participating facility consumes electricity at molding for sheet forming, vacuum forming, and pressure forming equipment and/or for printing and decorating. All process fuels are largely consumed at the thermoforming step; the exception is natural gas which is largely consumed at the finishing steps.Data are from primary sources.No statementFranklin Associates2018-02-01T00:00:00.000ILCD format 1.1Franklin Associates2018-02-01T00:00:00.00000.00.001Data set finalised; entirely publishedNREL US Life Cycle Inventory (USLCI) LibraryVarious (NREL USLCI)trueFree of charge for all users and usesGaBi (source code, database including extension modules and single data sets, documentation) remains property of thinkstep AG. thinkstep AG delivers GaBi licenses comprising data storage medium and manual as ordered by the customer. The license guarantees the right of use for one installation of GaBi. Further installations using the same license are not permitted. Additional licenses are only valid if the licensee holds at least one main license. Licenses are not transferable and must only be used within the licensee's organisation. Data sets may be copied for internal use. The number of copies is restricted to the number of licenses of the software system GaBi the licensee owns. The right of use is exclusively valid for the licensee. All rights reserved.RNA: Thermoforming, rigid polypropylene part, at plantOutput1.01.00Mixed primary / secondaryUnknown derivation