Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Servo Press and Flywheel Press

摘要

Heavy duty machines consume a tremendous amount of energy during their life cycle. Then designing an energy efficient machine is of great importance. This paper presents a method for comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of two different type of press: servo press and flywheel press to understand quantitatively the environmental emissions during their life cycles. To make a fair comparison of the two machines, the same amount of production is used as the basis for comparison The results of the study can be used for decision making during the product purchase, planning and design process.