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Sustainable production has been attracting more and more attention nowadays. Gearbox is a widely applied mechanical engineering product. However, little work of life cycle assessment (LCA) aimed at the gearbox could be found in the literature. This paper presents a LCA of gearbox to fill in the gap. The life cycle of the gearbox is modelled parametrically with a three-tier approach. Eco-impact caused by human labour is considered in the LCA. The LCA is conducted using a popular LCA software, SimaPro, and a widely accepted life cycle impact assessment method, ReCiPe. Based on analysis of the results, optimisation plans are proposed at the end.
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This chapter is updated from its initial publication in the proceedings of the 14th IFToMM World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan. The authors are grateful for the permission given by the Congress organiser to use the original source of the paper for this book.
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Su, D., Ren, Z. (2020). Gearbox Life Cycle Assessment. In: Su, D. (eds) Sustainable Product Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39149-2_10
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