Cradle to Gate
Identity ID
6477b683-babd-4666-af88-a3d128ccc650
Materials
Associated ID
889ae40a-e88b-4a96-a85a-847cd3619db0
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Description
This dataset represents the average resource consumption and environmental emission situation of artificial solid surface material production in China. The dataset considers the core manufacturing processes such as batching, mixing, material distribution, demoulding, curing, pressing, cutting, grinding and polishing, and coating, as well as the raw and auxiliary materials (such as aluminium hydroxide and unsaturated polyester resin), energy, and related emissions and process waste in the related auxiliary processes such as waste treatment; it does not include product packaging, the manufacture of production equipment, and infrastructure construction such as plant buildings; the inventory has been supplemented and improved according to the material balance and water balance situations. The data are mainly sourced from industry technical materials, publicly available enterprise production materials, etc.
Activity Description
The system boundary covers core manufacturing processes such as ingredients, mixing, cloth, demoulding, curing, pressing, cutting, grinding and polishing, and painting, as well as related auxiliary processes such as waste treatment, excluding product packaging.
Process Description
Artificial stone is a composite material made by using high molecular polymer, cement, or a mixture of both as a binder, and natural stone chips (powder) and/or natural quartz stone (sand, powder) or aluminum hydroxide powder as the main raw materials, with pigments and other additives added, through processes such as mixing, curing, and solidification. It mainly includes artificial stone solid surface, artificial quartz stone, and artificial granite. According to the type of binder, it can be further classified into artificial organic quartz stone, artificial inorganic quartz stone, artificial organic granite, artificial inorganic granite, etc.
Time period
2023
2026
Geography
China
Macroeconomic value
Business-as-Usual
Data validation
Yes
Technology
Current Technology
Technology comment
The core manufacturing processes include batching, mixing, spreading, demolding, curing, pressing, cutting, grinding and polishing, painting, etc.