In 1982 CM introduced the first turn key system to process whole tires into
clean cut consistently sized chips with very little wire protrusion. The systems
ability to cut the steel reinforced wire cleanly and the systems ability to
produce consistently sized chips allowed the product to be mixed with coal and
other solid fuels. More importantly the chips could be metered and fed with
existing material handling equipment, without clogging or jamming feed screws or
rotary air locks. This innovation was largely responsible for the creation and
growth of the tire derived fuel market that exists today.
Since that time,
CM has developed and continues to develop numerous types and styles of tire
recycling equipment, along with integrated processing systems. Over the years,
CM has vertically integrated its product line, which includes the CM Liberator
that liberates the steel from the rubber in an extremely clean manner. In
addition, feed bins, magnetic separators, vibratory conveyors and clean wire
separators can be added to create efficient processing systems that separate the
rubber and steel fragments. Optional rubber screening and aspiration systems
utilized for sizing and nylon fiber removal are also used to service a multitude
of markets for tire rubber.
Today CM tire recycling equipment can be
supplied separately or arranged in a multitude of designs to produce high
quality, value added tire derived products that range from tire derived fuels,
rubber mulch, playground materials, field turf, asphalt rubber and rubber for
numerous molded rubber and industrial applications.
Tire recycling systems are typically divided
into stages and at CM we have them listed in three processing stages as shown
below:
Size Reduction Stage (SRS) - Whole Tire
Processing
The processing of whole tires into shreds or
specifically sized chips. This product can be used as feed stock for further
processing or be utilized for tire derived fuel (TDF) or tire derived aggregate
(TDA).
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systems
Steel Liberation
Stage (SLS) - Tire Wire Removal and Separation
Tire shreds or chips from stage 1 are
processed for the removal and separation of tire wire and rubber. This stage can
include fiber aspiration and/or course screening. Steel can be recycled by steel
mills in the manufacturing of new steel. Rubber can be utilized as rubber mulch,
playground and field turf or for crumb rubber feed stock.
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systems
Screening, Milling
and Cleaning Stage (SMCS) - Product Sizing and Cleaning
The process of
screening a multitude of different sized rubber that is clean of wire into
product size ranges and the removal of any additional contamination as well as
possibly the further reduction of over sized rubber particles. The rubber can be
utilized as rubber mulch, playground material, and athletic field turf or crumb
rubber.
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systems
Complete System
Solutions
There are numerous ways to design a system to
produce a number of different products. The systems shown here are only a few
examples of CM¿s ability to produce custom designed systems for your specific
needs.
An example of CM's innovative
abilities is the Zero Waste System, which takes the high metal content rubber
from a TDF operation, normally a waste material, and processes the material to
remove and separate the steel and rubber, which creates two more value-added
materials, clean steel and ground rubber that can be sold instead of being sent
to landfill.
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System