Agradecimentos: The authors would like to express their gratitude to CNPq, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil, for providing financial support; to the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability, at the University of California, Berkeley, where the...

Agradecimentos: The authors would like to express their gratitude to CNPq, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil, for providing financial support; to the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability, at the University of California, Berkeley, where the experiments were carried out; to Raunak Bhinge and Rachel Simon for all their help carrying out the experiments; and to the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) for providing financial support in the form of grant #2013/00551-7

Due the need for development of tools that can be used to evaluate the influence of milling process operating conditions on environmental impacts, this paper investigates the use of a commercial life cycle assessment (LCA) tool at this process level, enabling the identification of the most...

Due the need for development of tools that can be used to evaluate the influence of milling process operating conditions on environmental impacts, this paper investigates the use of a commercial life cycle assessment (LCA) tool at this process level, enabling the identification of the most problematic inputs, or "hotspots", and the comparison of different operational strategies (two different sizes of machine, two different materials tool and two different speeds) in terms of their environmental impacts. Despite the proven potential to be used for evaluation of the resources consumed by, and environmental impacts of, an industrial milling process, a weak point was also identified, which is the high standard deviation of the data, reduced by integrating actual energy consumption with the LCA software inventory data. An impact spider chart and an average impact indicator were also created, making the comparison easier

CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPQ

FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - FAPESP

2013/00551-7

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