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Owner of data set Kilsaran |
Technical purpose The LCA underlying this EPD is carried out for Kilsaran International. The LCA is carried out for the “Newgrange Paving Block 80mm Silver Granite” paving product. This product is selected as the most widely produced
paving type. This EPD presents the results for Kilsaran paving products. The full list of Kilsaran paving products comprises out of 112 unique paving products. This EPD displays 3 of those unique paving products, as a selection, carried out by Kilsaran. The LCA and EPD of all other unique paving products can be sent upon request.
The constituent raw materials of the paving products are EN 197 cements, gravel, sands, water, pigments and admixtures for mixing and efflorescence prevention.
These materials are used in the full range of products. The paving products are used in large-scale paving project and in small-scale domestic paving projects by professionals and private consumers.
(see for more information https://www.kilsaran.ie/products/paving/)
The paving product consists of two layers: a bottom layer and a top layer. The layers are also referred to as the “Base layer” and “Face layer”. The products are produced according to standard BS EN 1338:2003
Product suitable for both pedestrian, vehicular use and commercial traffic when installed in conjunction with the correct, site specific sub-base design.
Materials used for packaging, such as cardboard, paper shrouds, wood for crating and battens, and strapping, are left outside of the LCA calculation as these counted for less then 1% of environmental impact cut off criteria. The paving products are manufactured in a production plant, located at Piercetown, Dunboyne, Co. Meath. Raw material are transported to manufacturing facility in Piercetown Dunboyne.
Paving operators select a recipe and the discharging hoppers will discharge the correct selected weight of material. Once mixed, the material will be lowered into a casting mould and will be hydraulically pressed into its desired shape.
Products are cured for minimum 24 hours. Once cured the product will be stacked automatically onto pallets for storage or delivery.
Product will pass a quality control operator who will remove all product deemed unsuitable for the open market and classed as waste.
Products deemed unsuitable will be brought to an onsite crusher. (all rejected products are crushed and recycled back into the recipes. |
