Life cycle impact assessment of safety shoes toe caps realized with reclaimed composite materials

Bianchi, Iacopo; Forcellese, Archimede; Simoncini, Michela; Vita, Alessio; Castorani, Vincenzo; Arganese, M.; Luca, C. De

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131321

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“…Toe cap of safety shoes are effective in reducing injuries caused by falling objects [9]. However, 600 million toe caps are discarded every year, causing severe harm to the environment.…”

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Analysis of the Effects of Perceived Value, Price Sensitivity, Word-of-Mouth, and Customer Satisfaction on Repurchase Intentions of Safety Shoes under the Consideration of Sustainability

2022

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This study explored the effects of perceived value, price sensitivity, word-of-mouth, and customer satisfaction on the repurchase intentions of consumers who had purchased safety shoes. The survey was conducted from 15 December 2021 to 15 February 2022. A total of 621 valid questionnaires were analyzed by structural equation modeling. The empirical results show that perceived value significantly positively affected customer satisfaction, word-of-mouth, and repurchase intention. Customer satisfaction had a significant positive effect on word-of-mouth and repurchase intention. Price sensitivity and word-of-mouth had a significant positive effect on repurchase intention. Customer satisfaction and word-of-mouth partially mediated between perceived value and repurchase intention. However, there was no mediation effect between price sensitivity and repurchase intention. Thus, price sensitivity directly affected consumers’ repurchase intentions. Based on the results, this study proposed suggestions to practitioners, such as emphasizing the eco-design of safety shoes and promoting environmental sustainability to enhance consumers’ perceived value, as well as understanding the consumers’ price sensitivity to the product. The findings can provide practitioners with references regarding operational strategies to promote sustainable business operations globally amid the present environment, social, and governance wave.

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“…Toe cap of safety shoes are effective in reducing injuries caused by falling objects [9]. However, 600 million toe caps are discarded every year, causing severe harm to the environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

Analysis of the Effects of Perceived Value, Price Sensitivity, Word-of-Mouth, and Customer Satisfaction on Repurchase Intentions of Safety Shoes under the Consideration of Sustainability

2022

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“…Global Warming Potential (GWP, expressed in kg CO2 eq) was selected as the environmental impact value of the performance index decision criteria. This impact indicator is widely used in literature LCA for production processes of composite parts and it is well representative of their environmental behaviour [12,13].…”

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Multi-criteria decision model of sustainable industrial production: A case study on 3D printed carbon PA

ANDREOZZI

2023

Materials Research Proceedings

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Abstract. In the Concurrent Engineering (CE) approach, several aspects of the life cycle of a product are considered at the same time during the design phase. This allows to respond more quickly to the market needs and improves the final products quality. However, with this approach, the design phase could result more time consuming and expensive and needs simple and easily applicable optimization models. For this reason, a new multi-criteria decision model is proposed in this paper. Additive manufacturing technologies for high performances polymers are gaining increasing interest as they are a valid option for the manufacturing of structural components. For these reasons, high performance 3D printed isogrid structures in short carbon fibers reinforced polyamide were selected as a case study. Production processes of as-printed and dried isogrid structures were carried out; mechanical characterization and environmental and cost analysis were performed on the considered scenarios. Following the proposed model, the results of the analyses were used to calculate a single value indicator for each product. In this way, it was possible to compare the different alternative and select the optimal solution.

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“…Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) are increasingly used in the field of advanced materials for a wide range of sectors due to their high specific mechanical properties [1][2][3][4]. The most common CFRPs are obtained by combining thermosetting matrix with continuous carbon fibres.…”

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Effect of carbon nanotube content on the mechanical behaviour of CFRP composite materials

ANDREOZZI

2023

Materials Research Proceedings

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Abstract. The present investigation aims at studying the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) content on the mechanical performances of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite materials. To this purpose, percentages of carbon nanotubes, ranging from 0.5 to 4%, were dispersed in the epoxy resin used to impregnate carbon fibers. Tensile and flexural tests were performed in order to evaluate the effect of CNTs content on the tensile and flexural performances of CFRP composites reinforced using different percentages of carbon nanotubes. Furthermore, a scanning electron microscopy analysis was carried out in order to analyze the dispersion of the CNTs in the composite laminates. The results showed that the addition of nanofillers up to the value of 3% leads to an improvement in the tensile and flexural performances of CFRP composites.

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Life cycle impact assessment of safety shoes toe caps realized with reclaimed composite materials

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Analysis of the Effects of Perceived Value, Price Sensitivity, Word-of-Mouth, and Customer Satisfaction on Repurchase Intentions of Safety Shoes under the Consideration of Sustainability

Analysis of the Effects of Perceived Value, Price Sensitivity, Word-of-Mouth, and Customer Satisfaction on Repurchase Intentions of Safety Shoes under the Consideration of Sustainability

Multi-criteria decision model of sustainable industrial production: A case study on 3D printed carbon PA

Effect of carbon nanotube content on the mechanical behaviour of CFRP composite materials

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