Mixing, open mill

0.2

Description

A method of mixing rubbers or foams where individual ingredients are placed between the two rollers of a milling machine. The material is rolled, cut, and then placed back through the rollers to be added with additional ingredients. These mills are used for both mixing ingredients and for warming the compounding ingredients.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 7.0e-2
Eutrophication 3.2e-2
Water Scarcity 4.8e-3
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 5.2e-2
Chemistry
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Based on energy consumption for light mechanical machining processes.

Meta information

  • Primary Source: Data are approximated from ecoinvent 3.3
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2014
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Applicable Materials

Material Impact
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Butyl rubber
31
Rubbers/Elastomers
Chloroprene rubber (Neoprene)
31
Rubbers/Elastomers
Ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) foam
30
Foam
Foamed rubber
36
Rubbers/Elastomers
Isoprene Rubber (IR)
31
Rubbers/Elastomers
Natural Rubber (NR)
31
Rubbers/Elastomers
Nitrile Rubber (NBR)
31
Rubbers/Elastomers
Polybutadiene rubber (BR)
32
Rubbers/Elastomers
Polyethylene (PE) foam
29
Foam
Polyurethane (PU) foam
27
Foam
Silicone rubber
29
Rubbers/Elastomers
Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)
31
Rubbers/Elastomers
Thermoplastic elastomer (TPE)
36
Rubbers/Elastomers
Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) rubber
36
Rubbers/Elastomers
Thermoset polyurethane (PU) rubber
27
Rubbers/Elastomers
Typical EVA shoe compound
31
Foam
Typical footwear rubber compound
30
Rubbers/Elastomers

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Fair 20% to 30% 3
Time Representativeness Excellent Data are not older than 4 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 1
Geographical Representativeness Good The processes included in the dataset are well representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 2
Technological Representativeness Good The technologies modeled are included in the mix of technologies covered by the dataset 2
Average 2