Environmental load evaluation of industrial products in manufacturing process (Inventory analysis of metal processing)

Abstract

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been greatly paid attention of its effectiveness in evaluating environmental impacts through the lifecycle of any industrial products. In this paper we are focusing the evaluation of metal processing such as cutting, welding, painting etc. during manufacturing process. The ESS-LCA method is used to analyze the environmental load of the process. As a result, the inventory data system of the metal processing has developed and, a list of estimations using NETS values as points of reference for further development and refinement to much more environmental friendly manufacturing.