Australia releases a used tire recycling technology

The Advanced Manufacturing CRC recently announced a new technology for the recycling of used tires, which can effectively prevent large amounts of used tires from being thrown away and infringed or destroyed by improper destruction.

The technology was jointly developed by Melbourne's VR TEK Corporation, Deakin University and the Commonwealth Science and Technology Organization (CSIRO), and received federal government support of A$516,000 through the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Cooperative Research Center. At the same time, it also received support from the Victorian government through the Victorian Centre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing.

Kim Carr, Minister of Innovation, Industry and Research of the Federal Government praised this achievement and provided a successful case for the sustainable development of Australian companies in the future, providing new employment opportunities for Australian workers.

According to statistics, Australia produces about 20 million waste tires each year, but only less than a quarter of them can be reused or recycled. The rest of the tires will be treated as waste and unreasonably, which will damage the environment and endanger public health.

The metal materials contained in the tires make recovery and reuse difficult. This new technology is characterized by the use of an energy-efficient mechanical separation method (The Mechanical Segmenting Method) to separate waste tires into metallic materials and high-quality rubber powders.

This new process of converting used tires into rubber powders free of metallic materials can be used to develop new rubber or other elastomer-based based items. The rubber crumb produced by this process is less expensive than the virgin rubber.

It is reported that the holder of the technology, VR TEK, is actively organizing new operations and marketing methods to promote the application of this new technology, including the export to the Chinese market.