摘要 |
<p>A method for reclaiming rubber and other constituents form waste tyres, including those having metal reinforced sections, comprising the removal of the rubber from the various sections of the tyre(a), including the butyl rubber inner liner, the tread and the sidewall, to yield rubber crumb of various and controlled size, depending on the processing variables used, leaving the metal reinforcement, by the use of ultra high pressure fluid jets(d), in particular water, and subsequently reclaiming the rubber, textile fibre and the metal reinforcement. This is the best illustrated in Figure 1 which shows a tyre, held under pressure rollers(b,c) and subjected to ultra high pressure fluid from rotating jets which are effective in reducing the rubber to rubber crumb and releasing any metal or textile present.</p> |