Environmental assessment of new energy battery injection molding

A life cycle assessment of the environmental impact of children''s …

Quantifying product impact is one way to make the environmental consequences of purchases clear to consumers and retailers. This paper provides a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the environmental impacts of common children''s toys. We compare 3 Lego™ sets, 1 Barbie™, 1 Jenga game, 1 plush dog, 1 plush dog with battery …

Comparative Techno-economic Assessment of NdFeB Bonded …

There is an increasing demand for clean energy technologies such as wind turbines and electric vehicles, which generally require the use of high-performance critical rare earth permanent magnets (REPMs), e.g., neodymium–iron–boron (NdFeB) magnets. However, the growing demand for REPMs is subject to substantial supply risk owing to …

Modelling the energy consumption in the injection moulding process

Plastic is one of the most widely used materials and injection moulding is the most common manufacturing process to produce plastic parts. Although injection moulding may appear harmless regarding energy consumption, the large scale of this process makes its impacts especially significant and even minor efficiency improvements may lead to high overall …

Injection molding vs Extrusion: Differences and Comparison

Energy Consumption: The injection molding process can be energy-intensive, particularly in the heating and cooling cycles. This aspect is increasingly important as industries strive for more sustainable manufacturing practices. ... Energy efficiency is a critical factor in manufacturing, impacting both cost and environmental footprint ...

A Guide to Injection Molding Plastic Battery Components

When choosing an injection molding partner to produce plastic battery components, it''s important to find one with experience in the battery manufacturing industry. This experience will almost always ensure that your manufacturer has the quality management system, equipment, and technology in place to produce parts that meet …

Environmental impact analysis of the injection molding process ...

This paper studies the environmental impact of the injection molding process by carrying out a life cycle assessment. A review of how EcoInvent''s Life Cycle Inventory database characterizes this ...

Mold cooling in thermoplastics injection molding: Effectiveness and ...

1. Introduction1.1. Energy use in thermoplastics injection molding. About 117 million metric tons of thermoplastics are processed globally each year by injection molding (Anon, 2019a), confirming this as a major manufacturing process.We estimate that the associated electricity use by the molding machines is approximately 150 × 10 9 kWh, …

Semi-empirical Modeling of the Energy Consumed during the Injection ...

This paper presents a semi-empirical model for determining the energy consumption of an injection molding machine based on the energy profile of the injection molding process. The model utilizes empirical data to the idle or baseline energy consumption of the machine tool, which is non-negligible. A theoretical analysis is used to …

Assessment of Energy Consumption in Injection Moulding Process

Injection moulding may appear to be a benign process regarding energy consumption. However, the large scale of this process makes its impacts especially …

Estimating energy consumption of injection moulding for …

This paper proposes a guideline for a reliable and sensitive energy estimation of the injection moulding process, taking into account not only the part and …

Environmental impact analysis of the injection molding process ...

Results showed significant variations depending on the injected thermoplastic material and the type of injection molding machine (IMM) suggesting that IMM selection has a high relevance for the efficiency, cost and environmental impact of …

An Environmental Analysis of Injection Molding

This environmental analysis of injection molding highlights a few important points. The choice of injection molding machine type (hydraulic, hybrid or all-electric) has a substantial impact on the specific energy consumption (SEC). The SEC values for hydraulic, hybrid and all-electric machines analyzed are 19.0, 13.2 and 12.6 MJ/kg respectively (including …

An environmental analysis of injection molding

This thesis investigates injection molding from an environmental standpoint, yielding a system-level environmental analysis of the process. There are three main objectives: …

An environmental analysis of injection molding

Plastic injection molding, an energy-intensive step in the golf ball manufacturing process, is the focus of the DES model. ... A black-box approach is applied to provide a new model for the energy ...

Energy Consumption Variability in Life Cycle Assessments of …

The results demonstrate that this approach efficiently adjusts process parameters to meet quality standards, significantly reducing raw material consumption, …

Comparative Techno-economic Assessment of NdFeB Bonded …

Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Comparative Techno-economic Assessment of NdFeB Bonded Magnet Production: Injection Molding versus Big-Area Additive Manufacturing" by Xiaoyu Zhou et al. ... It was found that magnet-to-magnet recycling lowers environmental impacts by 64-96%, depending on the specific impact categories under investigation ...

Influence of Material and Injection Molding Machine''s Selection …

In this paper, the specific energy consumption (SEC) of the injection molding process is analyzed. Results showed significant variations depending on the injected thermoplastic …

Life Cycle Assessment Model of Plastic Products: Comparing ...

1. Introduction. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a methodology proposed by Bicalho et al. that is used to evaluate the environmental impacts of products from the production of raw materials to the products'' end of life [].According to the scientific works of Jensen et al. [], life cycle analyses flows were initially determined for the depletion of …

Mold cooling in thermoplastics injection molding: Effectiveness …

Energy use by thermoplastics injection molding machines is estimated to result in global CO 2 emissions in the order of 80 million metric tons annually. Shortening the molding cycle time is a key factor in improving energy efficiency and since cooling occupies a major part of the cycle, effective design and operation of cooling systems is …

Generative machine learning-based multi-objective process …

The high energy intensity and rigorous quality demand of injection molding have received significant interest under the background of the soaring production of global plastic industry. As multiple parts can be produced in a multi-cavity mold during one operation cycle, the weight differences of these parts have been demonstrated to reflect …