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Ready for Life Cycle Assessment?
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Suppliers are increasingly being asked to report data related to carbon footprint and environmental impact. The requirements are likely to spread through the supply chain. Here is an introduction to life cycle assessment (LCA).
Ready for Life Cycle Assessment?
Hannah Mason | Modern Machine Shop
Tier suppliers are increasingly being asked to report data related to carbon footprint and environmental impact. The requirements are likely to spread through the supply chain. Here is an introduction to life cycle assessment (LCA).
ACMA sustainability event educates on composites LCA, recycling
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Recent conference in Denver, Colorado, emphasized the tools and knowledge composites manufacturers will need to meet customer and government sustainability goals.
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How Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Measures a Manufacturer’s Carbon Footprint and Environmental Impact
Hannah Mason | Plastics Technology
Life cycle assessments (LCA) are rising in popularity in some industries as a way of evaluating a product’s environmental impact. What are LCAs and what do they mean for Tier suppliers?
Forvia moves toward more sustainable automotive composites manufacturing
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Automotive technology supplier Forvia shares sustainability goals and recent developments aimed at bio-based and recycled materials and ramping up hydrogen tank production for clean mobility.
Life cycle assessment in the composites industry
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
As companies strive to meet zero-emissions goals, evaluating a product’s carbon footprint is vital. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is one tool composites industry OEMs and Tier suppliers are using to move toward sustainability targets.
Demonstrator project targets circularity solutions in carbon fiber composite sports equipment
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
The Carbon Fibre Circular Alliance (CFCA) brought together OEMs and technical partners to reclaim short carbon fibers from end-of-life sports equipment, realign into continuous prepreg tapes and remanufacture into new equipment.
Repurposing wind blades as functional community art pieces
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Ohio-based Canvus Inc. upcycles fiberglass wind blades, car tires and post-consumer plastics to create outdoor furniture that amplifies sustainability messages in community spaces.
Bio-based epoxy, recycled materials increase sustainability of all-terrain snowboards
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Aiming for a smaller environmental footprint while maintaining high performance, Salomon’s Highpath snowboard line incorporates bio-based epoxy, glass and basalt fiber stringers and recycled materials.
Recycling hydrogen tanks to produce automotive structural components
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Voith Composites and partners develop recycling solutions for hydrogen storage tanks and manufacturing methods to produce automotive parts from the recycled materials.
On the radar: Technologies for lifecycle analysis (LCA)
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Sustainability requirements are driving more companies to conduct LCAs to evaluate the environmental impact of their products and processes. Tools and research in this area continues to evolve.
Natural fiber composites: Growing to fit sustainability needs
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Led by global and industry-wide sustainability goals, commercial interest in flax and hemp fiber-reinforced composites grows into higher-performance, higher-volume applications.
Recycling end-of-life composite parts: New methods, markets
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
From infrastructure solutions to consumer products, Polish recycler Anmet and Netherlands-based researchers are developing new methods for repurposing wind turbine blades and other composite parts.
Thermoset-thermoplastic joining, natural fibers enable sustainability-focused brake cover
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Award-winning motorcycle brake disc cover showcases potential for KTM Technologies’ Conexus joining technology and flax fiber composites.
Dustless, mobile solution for on-site wind turbine blade repurposing
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Denmark-based Isodan Engineering ApS translated its expertise in mobile, shipping container-based newspaper recycling systems to solve a need for breaking down wind turbine blades on-site for reuse.
Moving toward next-generation wind blade recycling
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Suppliers, fabricators and OEMs across the composite wind blade supply chain ramp up existing technologies, develop better reclamation methods and design more recyclable wind blades.
Athletic shoe developed with repurposed thermoplastic waste
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Manufactured via a single-step molding process, Decathlon’s Traxium Compressor soccer cleats propel the sporting goods market toward more recyclable solutions.
Precision pyrolysis: Controlled, heat-based composites recycling for higher material properties
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Japan-based Fuji Design’s recycling technology involves controlled, cyclical heating and cooling for higher-performance fiber reclamation. New partnership with Teijin Ltd. aims to scale up and commercialize the technology.
Pressurized steam-based composites recycling for full fiber reclamation
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Longworth’s DEECOM process for composites recycling claims to produce intact fiber and resin reclamation with near-virgin properties.
All-electric motor boat tests the waters for recycled carbon fiber
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
RS Sailing aimed to create a fully electric, rigid inflatable boat (RIB) that is produced as sustainably as possible. A few iterations later, the Pulse 63 is ready to hit the water.