Environmental and Social Life Cycle Assessment of welding technologies

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 293-298

  Chang, Ya Ju ^a   Sproesser, Gunther ^a   Neugebauer, Sabrina ^a   Wolf, Kirana ^a   Scheumann, René ^a   Pittner, Andreas ^b   Rethmeier, Michael ^a,b   Finkbeiner, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fair salary; Human health; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA); Welding

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; ELECTRIC WELDING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GAS WELDING; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MANUFACTURE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WAGES; WELDING;

GAS METAL ARC WELDING (GMAW); GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HUMAN HEALTH; LASER-ARC HYBRID WELDING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PHOTOCHEMICAL OZONE CREATION POTENTIALS; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOCIAL LIFE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84939623849     PISSN: 22128271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2014.07.084     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (27)

1. Ya-Ju Chang, Erwin M. Schau, Matthias Finkbeiner. Application of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment to the Bamboo and Aluminum Bicycle in Surveying Social Risks of Developing Countries. The 2nd World Sustainability Forum; November 1-302012.
2. Pelletier N, Maas R, Goralcyk M, Wolf M-A. Towards a Life-Cycle Based European Sustainability Footprint Framework. Luxemburg 2012.
3. ISO 14040. Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Principles and framework (ISO 14040:2006). 2. ed. July 2006 ed. Geneva: ISO; 2006.
4. ISO 14044. Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines (ISO 14044:2006). Geneva: ISO; 2006.
5. Erwin M. Schau, Ya-Ju Chang, Rene Scheumann, Matthias Finkbeiner. Manufactured products - how can their life cycle sustainability be measured? A case study of a bamboo bicycle. The 10th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing; Istanbul, Turkey 2012.
6. United Nations Environment Programme. The Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products. Catherine BenoTt, UQAM/CIRAIG, Bernard Mazijn, Ghent University, editors. Druk in de weer (Belgium): United Nations Environment Programme,; 2009.
7. Guinee JB, Gorree M, Heijungs R, Huppes G, Kleijn R, de Koning A, van Oers L, Sleeswijk AW, Suh S, Udo de Haes HA, de Bruijn H, van Duin R, Huijbregts M A J. Handbook on life cycle assessment - Operational guide to the ISO standards. Tukker A, editor. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers; 2002.
8. Klopffer W, Grahl B. Okobilanz (LCA): Ein Leitfaden fur Ausbildung und Beruf. Weinheim: Wiley-vch; 2009.
9. Vilia Elena Spiegel-Ciobanu. Occupational health and safety regulations with regard to welding and assessment of the exposure to welding fumes and of their effect. Welding and Cutting. 2012;11(1).
10. Denney P. What You Should Know about Hybrid Laser Arc Welding - Take a look at the pros and cons of this unique combination of lasers and gas metal arc welding. Weld J. 2013; Jg. 2013(1):38-41.
11. Gook SG, A.; Rethmeier, M. Hybrid laser arc welding of X80 and X120 steel grade. Science and Technology of Welding and Joining. 2014;19(1):10.
12. DIN. DIN EN ISO 15614-1 Anforderung und Qualifizierung von SchweiBverfahren fur metallische Werkstoffe - SchweiBverfahrensprufung. Teil 1: Lichtbogenund GasschweiBen von Stahlen und LichtbogenschweiBen von Nickel und Nickellegierungen 2011.
13. DIN. DIN EN ISO 5817 SchweiBen - SchmelzschweiBverbindungen an Stahl, Nickel, Titan und deren Legierungen (ohne StrahlschweiBen) - Bewertungsgruppen von UnregelmaBigkeiten (ISO/DIS 5817:2012). Beuth Verlag GmbH; 2012.
14. Sascha Rose, Michael Schnick, Uwe Fussel. Cause-andeffect chains of fume formation in GMAW and possibilities of fume reduction by using new welding processes. 65rd Annual Assembly & International Conference of the IIW, Commission XII Arc Welding Processes and Production Systems; Denver 2012.
15. B. J. QUIMBY, G. D. ULRICH. Fume formation rates in gas metal arc welding. Welding Journal. 1999;78(4):142-9.
16. Geoff Melton. The Effect Of Metal Transfer Modes On Welding Fume Emission In MIG/MAG Welding. Eighth European Conference on Joining Technology; Croatia 2012.
17. PE Interational AG. GaBi Software. PE Interational AG,; 2014 [cited 2014 April 29]; Available from: http://www.gabisoftware.com/deutsch/index/.
18. International Labour Organization. LABORSTA Internet. International Labour Organization,; 2010 [cited 2014 April 30]; Available from: http://laborsta.ilo.org/.
19. Sweatfree Communities. Non-Poverty Wages for Countries Around the World. 2009 cited 2014 April 30]; Available from: http://www.sweatfree.org/nonpovertywages.
20. United States Cencus Bureau. Poverty Thresholds by Size of Family and Number of Children. United States Cencus Bureau; 2014 [cited 2014 April 30]; Available from: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/inde x.html.
21. James M. Antonini, Alikabar A. Afshari, Sam Stone, Bean Chen, Diane Schwegler-Berry, W. Gary Fletcher, W. Travis Goldsmith, Kurt H. Vandestouwe, Walter McKinney, Vincent Castranova, David G. Frazer. Design, construction, amd characterization of a novel robotic fume generator and inhalation exposure system for laboratory animals. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 2006;3:194-203.
22. American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees. Welding Hazards 2014.
23. Matthew Gonser, Theodore Hogan. Arc Welding Health Effects, Fume Formation Mechanisms, and Characterization Methods. In: Sudnik PW, editor. Arc Welding: InTech; 2011.
24. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety. Occupations & Workplaces: Welders. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety; 2013 [cited 2014 April 22]; Available from: http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/occup-workplace/welder.ht ml.
25. World Bank. GDP per capita. World Bank; 2014 cited 2014 April 30]; Available from: ttp://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY. GDP. PCAP. CD.
26. European Central Bank. Exchange Rates. 14 cited 2014 April 30]; Available from: http://sdw.ecb.europa.eu/home.do.
27. FOCUS Online. 150 Berufe im Gehaltsuberblick. FOCUS Online,; 2012 cited 2014 May 2]; Available from: http://www.focus.de/finanzen/karriere/tid-28806/titeldeutschlands-groesster-gehalts-report-150-berufe-imgehaltsueberblick-aid-890328.html.