Screen printing
1.9
Description
In a flat-screen printing machine first the fabric is fixed with glue to a moving endless belt. The screens are lowered onto the area that shall be printed. The printed fabric moves forward step by step and then passes through a drier. The machine prints one colour at a time on the whole length of the fabric, for each colour this procedure is repeated.
Impacts
| Impact area | MSI Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Warming | 0.5 | |
| Eutrophication | 0.8 | |
| Water Scarcity | 0.2 | |
| Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels | 0.4 | |
| Chemistry |
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".
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Modeling Notes
Meta information
- Primary Source: GaBi 2014 Database, Service Pack 28, thinkstep AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Last Publication or Review date: 2014
- Geography: Global/generic
- Data Generator: thinkstep
Applicable Materials
| Material |
Impact
benchmarkimpactblend components
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|---|---|
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15
Textiles
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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 | Fair | The processes included in the dataset are sufficiently representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata | 3 |
| Technological Representativeness | Good | The technologies modeled are included in the mix of technologies covered by the dataset | 2 |
| Average | 2.25 | ||