Process information
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| Reference year | 2024 |
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| Use advice for data set | The life cycle assessment of the PT2 VGE6 family, an EEPS (Electronic and Electrical Products and Systems), is a “cradle-to-grave” analysis. The figure below shows the product life cycle stages and the information considered in the LCA. In terms of exclusions from the system boundary, according to PCR, capital goods such as machinery, tools, buildings, infrastructure, packaging for internal transports, and administrative activities, which cannot be allocated directly to the production of the reference product, are excluded. Infrastructures, when present, such as in processes deriving from the ecoinvent database, have not been excluded. Scraps for metal working and plastic processes are also included when already defined in ecoinvent. |
| Technical purpose of product or process | The pole part contains a core component, a vacuum interrupter, embedded in a spe cial cast resin. The pole parts protect the vacuum interrupters from impact, dust, moisture, and external damage. At the same time, the pole part facilitates the con nection between the vacuum interrupter and the operating mechanism and provides the possibility to connect busbars, for instance, in a switchgear. |
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| General comment on data set | Both primary and secondary data are used. The main sources for primary data are the bill of materials and technical drawings, while site specific foreground data are provided by ABB. Furthermore, information and data obtained from other LCA studies are also used. For all processes for which primary data are not available, generic data originating from the ecoinvent v3.9.1 database, “allocation, cut-off by classification”, are used. The database Industry Data 2.0 is also used for the materials POM (Polyoxymethylene) and Steel Electrogalvanized which are not available by ecoinvent. The LCA software used for the calculations is SimaPro 9.5. The utility consumption and waste generation at the ABB manufacturing site is allocated to the production of one PT2 pole part by using allocation rules. As the factory produces various products, including components, apparatus, and switchgears, only a portion of the environmental impact has been allocated to specific production lines. The values for electricity, heat, pressurized air, and water consumption have been careful measured and recorded using counters distributed throughout the entire factory. These counters are connected to specific areas, machines, or individual workstations. Consequently, the total utility consumption and waste generation for the year 2022 are proportionally allocated based on the total output of PT2 pole parts component during the same period. For the end-of-life allocation, the “Polluter Pays” principle is adopted according to what is defined in the CEN/TR 16970 standard, as required by the PCR EPDItaly007. This means, waste treatment processes are allocated to the product system that generates the waste until the end-of-waste state is reached. The environmental burdens of recycling and energy recovery processes are therefore allocated to the product system that generates the waste, while the product system that uses the exported energy and recycled materials receives it burden-free. However, the potential benefits and avoided loads from recovery and recycling processes are not considered because it is not required by EPDItaly007. According to PCR, the cut-off criteria can be set to a maximum of 2 % of the total weight. In this LCA, stickers and grease have been excluded since their weights are negligible. Additionally, the material adhesive Teroson MS 9399 has been excluded due to a lack of available data sets in ecoinvent, and its mass represents less than 2% of the total mass of the entire product. |
| Copyright | Yes |
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| Data set valid until | 2029 |
| Time representativeness description | 2024-01-23 - 2029-01-23 |
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Modelling and validation
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EN 15804+A2
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Fully compliant |
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant |
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant |
Review compliance
Fully compliant |
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Fully compliant |
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Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant |
Nomenclature compliance
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Methodological compliance
Fully compliant |
Review compliance
Fully compliant |
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Fully compliant |
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Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant |
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant |
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant |
Review compliance
Fully compliant |
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Fully compliant |
Administrative information
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| Time stamp (last saved) | 2025-09-29T18:45:59 |
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| UUID | b28a10ad-8387-4cd0-9a8e-65565816b7df |
| Date of last revision | 2025-09-29T16:30:19.7475714Z |
| Data set version | 00.03.000 |
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| Registration number | NEPD-5872-5122-EN |
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| Copyright | Yes |
| License type | Free of charge for all users and uses |
| Access and use restrictions | None |
Environmental indicators
Indicators of life cycle