Thermoforming of plastic sheets (thermoforming of plastic sheets)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. This is delivering the service of 'thermoforming of plastic sheets'. Thermoforming is the a purely stretching technique of manufacture of three-dimensional mouldings from flat plastic preforms such as films or sheets under the influence of heat and pressure or vacuum. The range of products that can be manufactured by this process includes packaging containers bulky moldings such as swimming pools automobile components such as dashboards and passenger compartment panels. The preferred materials for processing include amorphous thermoplastics [PVC polystyrene (PS) acrylonitrile - butadiene - styrene (ABS) styrene - acrylonitrile (SAN) cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) PMMA and PC] as well as semicrystalline materials (PP PE PETP) and special laminates. This service activity represents thermoforming of plastic sheets of 200 microns to 2 mm thickness in plastic packaging for the food industry. The activity refers to an input of 1 kg of plastic sheets but the amount of plastic processed is not included. Thus this service should be used along with 1 kg of suitable material. The preferred materials for processing include amorphous thermoplastics [PVC polystyrene (PS) acrylonitrile - butadiene - styrene (ABS) styrene - acrylonitrile (SAN) cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) PMMA and PC] as well as semicrystalline materials (PP PE PETP) and special laminates that economically combine the favorable properties of several polymers in one film. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.