Bar and Tube Fabrication Enhancements

Sustainability Insights for Bar & Tube Fabrication

aPriori 2023 R1 SP2 extends Sustainability Insights to the Bar & Tube Fabrication process group.

aPriori now estimates carbon emissions (CO2e) for bar and tube parts, including carbon associated both with the material stock used to make the part and the fabrication processes themselves. These calculations leverage data licensed from Ecoinvent, a leading provider of life cycle inventory datasets.

Carbon estimates are now provided for all manufacturing process in the Bar & Tube Fabrication process group:

2 Roll Bending	Extrusion	Punching
3 Roll Bending	Flanging	Reciprocating Saw
4 Roll Bending	Flaring	Reduction
Band Saw	Flattening	Rotary Draw Bending
Bar Bend Brake	Knurling	Shear
Bar Forming	Notching	Sheet Laser Cut
Billet Preheat	Oxyfuel Torch Cut	Sheet OxyFuel Cut
Circular Saw	Plasma CNC Cut	Sheet Plasma Cut
Compression Bending	Plasma Torch Cut	Slotting
Die Preheat	Profile 3 Roll Bend	Tube Laser
Expansion	Profile CNC Bend

Known Limitation: aPriori does not yet calculate carbon estimates for the Laser Seam Welding process in the Part Assembly secondary process group, which is available to be manually included for Bar & Tube Fabrication routings.

Note: Your company must have a license for the Sustainability module to access this functionality. Additionally, you must upgrade your Bar & Tube manufacturing process model to version CMV 230 or higher.