Life-Cycle Simulation in the automotive painting industry

Automobile painting is a very energy and emission (solvents) intensive process step in the production of automobiles with regard to the small amount of paint applied to the car body. The awareness has risen that cleaner production technologies must substitute end-of-pipe control technologies. If the...

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Published in:Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing 1999-03, Vol.77 (2), p.B26-B28
Main Authors: HARSCH, M, EYERER, P, FINKBEINER, M, SAUR, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applications
Applied sciences
Automotive engineering
Engineering techniques in metallurgy. Applications. Other aspects
Exact sciences and technology
Metals. Metallurgy
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Summary:Automobile painting is a very energy and emission (solvents) intensive process step in the production of automobiles with regard to the small amount of paint applied to the car body. The awareness has risen that cleaner production technologies must substitute end-of-pipe control technologies. If these technologies strive to be a competitive option in corporate decision-making process, not only their environmental but also their technical and economical performance has to be at the same or higher level compared to conventional technologies. The approach of Life-Cycle Engineering (LCE) by IKP and PE investigates technical, environmental and economical aspects of products and technologies. It is broadened to be a simulation tool to analyse weak points and optimisation potentials and to support product and technology development in the painting industry. Life-Cycle Simulation (LCS) changes the "snap-shot" character of Life-Cycle Inventories (LCI) to a flexible tool which enables predictions about produce and technology developments.
ISSN:0020-2967
1745-9192