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| Reference year | 2024 | ||
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| Use advice for data set | Scope: This document refers to the manufacture of Aestuver® Tx Fire protection boards by James Hardie Europe GmbH. This product is produced in the manufacturing plant in Calbe/Germany in which the production data for 2022 was recorded. The Life Cycle Assessment therefore fully represents the Aestuver® Tx Fire protection boards produced in Calbe by James Hardie Europe GmbH. System boundary: Type of the EPD: cradle to gate with Options The EPD considers module A1-A3, A4, A5, C1-C4 and D Module A1 includes provision of all raw materials and pre- products (for example cement) and energy supply, as well as waste processing up to the end-of waste state or disposal of final residues during the product stage. Module A2 considers the transport of these raw materials to James Hardies production site located in Germany via truck. Module A3 considers the manufacturing of the product in James Hardies production site including the provision of electricity and thermal energy from natural gas. The production of packaging materials is also included.Manufacturing losses are close to zero and thus not considered in the LCA. Module A4 considers 100 km truck transport to site. The transport distance can be modified project specific if required by linear scaling. Module A5 considers the treatment and disposal of packaging material. Credits for potential avoided burdens due to energy substitution of electricity and thermal energy generation are declared in module D. Module C1 considers the dismantling of the product at EoL with an Excavator, 100 kW. Module C2 accounts for a 50 km transport by truck. Two scenarios are considered in the End-of-life; recycling (1) and landfilling (2). Module C3 (Scenario 1) calculates the recycling processing efforts, in which the entire product is processed and a material credit for roadworks (gravel) is applied in module D. For C3/1 the results are 0. Module C4/1 (Scenario 2) considers landfilling of the product. For C4 the results are 0. Module D includes potential benefits for the thermal and electrical energy generated in module A5 due to packaging treatment and also the material credit due to the product processing in module C3. Avoided burdens have been calculated by the inversion of electricity grid mix and thermal energy from natural gas. The material credit is calculated by using a generic data set for gravel. Module D/1 accounts for the avoided burdens for electricity grid mix and thermal energy from natural gas due to packaging incineration resulting from A5 only. | ||
| Technical purpose of product or process | Aestuver® Tx Fire protection boards for tunnel use are used in precautionary structural fire protection as concreted or subsequently fastened cladding for the protection of construction concrete in tunnels. Aestuver® Tx Fire protection boards are also used as building and fire protection boards for partition walls, as fire protection paneling of components and elements, as well as interior and exterior cladding, as plaster base boards for facades and ceilings, and as fire protection products for technical building equipment and as components of fire resistant components. | ||
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| General comment on data set | Aestuver® Tx Fire protection boards are cement-bound, fibreglass-reinforced lightweight concrete boards manufactured in thicknesses of 20 to 60 mm. The boards have sandwich structure, i.e. they comprise surface layer and core material components whose mass ratio varies with thickness. Both cover layers, which comprise the top and bottom of the core of the panel, are around 3 mm thick. The material of the top layer and the core are made from the same raw materials, but in different compositions.. | ||
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| Data set valid until | 2029 | ||
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| Technology description including background system | The production of the Aestuver® Tx Fire protectionn boards takes place in a completely automated production process on a production line in layers "fresh in fresh" in steel moulds. In a first step, the lower cover layer is sprayed into the mould together with glass fibre segments cut from a continuous strand. Immediately afterwards, the core layer is applied onto the fresh lower cover layer from a distributor station. In a final step, the upper, covering cover layer is sprayed onto a carrier film, deposited on the core layer and rolled on. The finished rough strand is then cut according to the mould size, the filled moulds are stacked separately and linger for several hours in a setting channel. In the demoulding station, the hardened boards are removed from the moulds, placed on stacking grids and dried in the drier to the delivery moisture. After the drying time, the boardss are trimmed by the edges, calibrated in thickness, palletized and packaged. The boards remain in stock until a maturation period has elapsed. The manufacturing plant has been certified a quality management system according to DIN EN ISO 9001: 2015 by TÜV Nord since 2010 and operates a system of factory production control oriented to the requirements of the European Technical Assessment and Product Safety Regulations. In addition to the incoming goods inspection and the permanent production monitoring, this includes the final inspection of the finished products. Technical data: Aestuver® Tx Fire protection board (depends on thickness). | ||
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| Time stamp (last saved) | 2024-08-15T00:00:00 |
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| UUID | d5e31e8a-c5bc-403f-af41-773c9a439de8 |
| Data set version | 00.01.000 |
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| Registration number | EPD-JAM-20240184-IBA1-EN |
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| Copyright | Yes |
| License type | Free of charge for all users and uses |
| Access and use restrictions | None |
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