Process information
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| Location | CH |
| Geographical representativeness description | Europe |
| Reference year | 2024 |
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| Use advice for data set | The life cycle assessment is a “cradle-to-grave” analysis, and the system boundaries are defined according to EN 50693, as required by the PCR EPDItaly007. For transparency reasons, the manufacturing stage is further divided into an upstream and core stage. |
| Technical purpose of product or process | This Environmental Product Declaration is an “average EPD” which declares an average product as the reference product. According to the General Program Instructions of EPDNorge, the total environmental impacts do not vary more than ± 10 % between the declared products; however, variations may be greater for the other impact categories. The EPD covers the following devices of the FT-1 Switch Family, including related accessories and packaging: • 129A501G01 (FT1-001) • 129A514G01 (FT1-014) • 498A020G01 (FT1-073) • 9682A75G01 (FT1-890) The results associated to an additional device of the FT-1 Switch Family can be extrapolated according to the provided extrapolation rules. The extrapolation rules cover the following devices of the FT-1 Switch Family, including related accessories and packaging: • 991A15KG01 (FT1-15K) • S129A518G01 (FT1-S018) FT-1 switches are used at every level of the power distribution process, from generation to distribution, to perform tests on switchboard relays, meters, and instruments. This product allows for these tests to be conducted without taking relays out of service or accessing the relay wiring. General technical information of the products is presented below. Description FT1-001 FT1-014 FT-073 FT1-890 Config. FT-1 Test Switch 129A501G01 129A514G01 498A020G01 9682A75G01 Size Length .16 m .16 m .16 m .16 m Width .070 m 070 m .070 m .070 m Height .06 m .06 m .06 m .06 m Weight .79 kg .83 kg .85 kg .90 kg Ratings Rated voltage [kV] .60 kV .60 kV .60 kV .60 kV Rated current [A] 30 A 30 A 30 A 30 A Rated continuous current for 1 sec.[kA] .5 kA .5 kA .5 kA .5 kA The products are manufactured by ABB US located in Pinetops, NC. The manufacturing site is certified according to the following standards: • ISO/IEC 17025:2017 – Electrical Testing • ISO 9001:2015 – Quality Management System The constituent materials of the average FT-1 Switch are presented below. Type Material Weight [kg] Weight % Metals Brass 0.26 42.15% Steel, stainless 0.03 3.49% Copper 0.11 17.71% Bronze 0.02 4.53% Plastics Polycarbonate 0.20 25.60% Polyethylene 0.001 0.13% PBT Resin 0.04 6.21% Nylon 0.001 0.18% Total 0.77 100% |
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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, technical drawings, and site-specific foreground data provided by ABB. For all processes for which primary data are not available, generic background data originating from the ecoinvent v3.9.1 database, with system model “allocation, cut-off by classification”, are used. The LCA software used for the calculations is SimaPro 9.5. The utility consumption and waste generation by ABB, in the core manufacturing stage, is allocated to the production of one reference product according to applicable rules. For the end-of-life allocation, the “Polluter Pays” principle is adopted according to what is defined in the CEN/TR 16970 standard. However, the potential benefits and avoided loads from recovery and recycling processes are not considered because it is not required by the PCR. According to PCR, the cut-off criteria can be set to a maximum of 2 % of the overall environmental impacts. In this LCA, stickers have been excluded as their weights are negligible. Process black oxide and phosphate conversion coating have also been excluded due to the model complexity and unavailability of data. |
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| Data set valid until | 2029 |
| Time representativeness description | 2024-12-31 - 2029-12-31 |
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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
Fully compliant |
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant |
Review compliance
Fully compliant |
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Fully compliant |
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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 |
Administrative information
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| Time stamp (last saved) | 2025-09-01T01:26:59 |
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| UUID | f0390556-b307-40a5-9d04-c4f1785ee878 |
| Date of last revision | 2025-07-02T11:56:33.5519377Z |
| Data set version | 00.05.000 |
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| Registration number | NEPD-8619-8182 |
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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