Expanite stabilisce nuovi standard con dati LCA verificati (Articolo in inglese)

As the first company in the surface hardening and heat treatment industry, Expanite has completed an independently verified Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that documents the environmental footprint of its hardening technologies. The results confirm what Expanite has long claimed that its processes have a low climate impact thanks to a low CO2 footprint and no use of toxic materials.

The findings of the LCA were very positive. The climate impact of Expanite’s processes on stainless steel surface hardening leads to only 0,23-0.46 kg CO2 eq per kg of treated material. When compared to the 10.5 kg CO2 eq/kg emissions of untreated stainless steel, the Expanite process adds only 2-14% of greenhouse gas emissions. This very low impact justifies investing or switching to Expanite is environmentally responsible and economically sound. The LCA documents that the Expanite processes are free from fluoride, hydrochloric acid and/or cyanides. The processes generate no toxic waste and, perhaps even more importantly, do not use solvents. The soot emissions from the Expanite processes are so low that there are no health risks. All Expanite sites are fully compliant with local and national environmental standards.