LCA of the manufacturing stage of the laboratory belt conveyor

Abstract

A cradle-to-gate LCA analysis of a small belt conveyor was conducted. Manufacturing stage was analysed from the aspects of environmental impacts and energy consumption. The biggest environmental impact in majority of baseline impact categories is obtained from low-alloyed steel production and electricity consumption during the manufacturing stage, followed by impact of the transport. Ways for possible energy savings regarding manufacturing practice and technologies were proposed later on.

Keywords

• life cycle assessment
• cradle-to-gate
• belt conveyor
• life cycle thinking
• simapro 8
• production
• energy efficiency
• environmental impact