Power Wash for recycling tires into crumb rubber

Power Wash for recycling tires into crumb rubber by removing bead and belts at ambient temperature. Roads made of ashpalt mixed with rubber last long and are less harmed by weather.

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[DukeNukem65]

Fail.

[CJtowingok]

while this is an interesting process, i too would be concerned about the practicality and the environmental threat from the solevant. if the solevant is sufficient to dissolve the tires, the surely it would be near impossible to completely recover it from the rubber and i can only assume that the rubber would no longer be a reusable product after being exposed to the solevant. i think you may have missed the boat on this idea.

[datzfast]

what solvent does this to rubber? paint thinner? or paint stripper?

[iykist]

This would not make commercial sense, the tyre needs to be shredded quickly and ground.

[pasqualejessica]

actually, tires are mixed with asphalt at the plants. about 5%

[laurauhlig86]

does anybody know about using old tires to pave roads? i heard about it a while ago.... i think it would be an interesting thing to look into..

[Tamesi1]

Hi, nice way to recycle, but what about the solvent? Situation is that is ok, but you need to recover solvent in a total enclosed water or solvent bath while a conveyor belt cary the tires inside and solvent is recovered in trys or tank and re used. But we need to see what the end use of the rubber is, because if its used for cement, it would not need much about solvent. we need to evaluate if solvent or mechanical separation is best.

[zaidbdour]

Dear, You are talking about hours of softening, while rubber recycling industry talk about hundreds of Metric tones per day, Do think Softening process can be feasible and can be apart of large production tire recycling facilities?

[geordipom]

I can see how the demonstrated method could work on a commercial scale. I am, however, concerned by the potential environmental impact of a solution capable of breaking down a tyre in this way.

[TooManySnakes]

The abrasive particles would contaminate the rubber, and for recycling they are trying to avoid that.