Machine for recycling tyres
AssigneeTyre Recycling Solutions SA
InventorPierre Kladny
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Abstract
Machine for recycling tyres by recovering the tyre tread rubber using waterjets. The machine comprises a loading unit for loading a tread, a processing unit, the processing unit comprising a framework comprising a preprocessing zone, a processing zone and a postprocessing design. The preprocessing zone drives a cut tread towards the processing zone. The processing zone comprises a processing module designed to direct a waterjet onto the recovered tread. The preprocessing zone comprises motorized guide rollers and presence sensors arranged in such a way as to allow a second tread to catch up with a first tread in such a way as to reduce, to the point of closing up, the space between two treads.
Claims15
A machine for recycling tyres by recovering the tyre tread rubber using water jets, the machine comprising:
- a loading unit configured to load a tyre tread, the loading unit including a support configured to position a tread;
- a processing unit for an elongated tyre tread, the processing unit including a preprocessing zone, a processing zone and a postprocessing zone;
- said preprocessing zone including a first upper module and a first lower module configured to press on either side against each of the faces of a flat, cut tread recovered from the loading unit to convey the cut tread towards the processing zone, and
- said processing zone including a processing module including at least one three-dimensionally displaceable nozzle configured to direct a water jet onto a recovered tread;
- wherein the loading unit is configured to load a tyre with a tread and sidewalls, or to load a tread that is separate from a tyre but not cut into sections, wherein the loading unit has a support configured to position a tyre or an uncut tread;
- wherein the loading unit has an automatic feeding device configured to feed a tyre or tread to a cutting unit, said cutting unit having a sliding cutting device configured to transversely cut a tyre or tread fed to the cutting unit by the automatic feeding device;
- wherein the preprocessing zone further includes motorized guide rollers and presence sensors configured to allow a second tread to catch up with a first tread in such a way as to reduce the space between two treads.
A process for recycling tyres by recovering the tyre tread rubber using water jets, the method comprising steps of:
- loading a tyre tread,
- processing an elongated tyre tread using a processing zone including a processing module including at least one three-dimensionally displaceable nozzle configured to direct a water jet onto a recovered tread;
- wherein the step of loading includes loading a tyre including a tread and sidewalls, or loading a tread separated from a tyre but not cut into sections, and positioning a tyre or an uncut tread using a support;
- wherein the step of loading includes the conveyance, using an automatic feeding device, of a tyre or a tread towards a cutting unit including a sliding cutting device and transversal cutting using the cutting device of a tyre or a tread conveyed towards the cutting unit by the automatic feeding device;
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- wherein the step of processing includes preprocessing, using motorized guide rollers and presence sensors, so as to allow a second tread to catch up with a first tread in such a way as to reduce the space between two treads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.