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US 10,882,076 B2Granted
Method for sorting tires
AssigneeBlack Bear Carbon B.V.
InventorsDion Wirokarso, Marvin Geraerts
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for sorting tires (15) on basis of its components as well as to an apparatus for carrying out such a method. The present invention also relates to the use of scrap rubber in a pyrolysis process to obtain a char material. The method for sorting tires (15) on basis of silica content (7).
Claims20
A method for sorting tires on basis of silica content, comprising:
- sorting said tires into a low silica content stream or a high silica content stream on basis of the silica content of said tires, wherein said low silica content stream consists of tires in which 90% of the tires has a silica percentage lower than 15 wt. % and wherein said high silica content stream consists of tires in which 90% of the tires has a silica percentage higher than 15 wt. %, wherein the weight percentage is based on the total weight of the tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.