Apparatus and method for removing rubber
AssigneeElectronic Systems S.P.A.
InventorFlorinda Martena
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Abstract
The invention provides an apparatus for removing rubber from a rubber component, preferably a rubber tire, wherein the rubber component comprises an outer rubber layer on top of textile components. The apparatus comprises a sensor configured to transmit an electromagnetic signal with a terahertz frequency onto the rubber component, to receive an electromagnetic signal refracted or reflected at the rubber component, and to determine the thickness of the outer rubber layer on top of the textile components based on the received electromagnetic signal and a remover device configured to remove the rubber from the outer rubber layer based on the determined thickness of the outer rubber layer on top of the textile components.
Claims8
A method for removing rubber from a rubber component having textile components, wherein the rubber component comprises an outer rubber layer on top of the textile components, the method comprising:
- transmitting an electromagnetic signal with a terahertz frequency onto the rubber component;
- receiving the electromagnetic signal refracted or reflected by the rubber component, the electromagnetic signal having peaks corresponding to at least an air-rubber interface, and a rubber-textile interface;
- determining the thickness of the outer rubber layer based on peaks in the received electromagnetic signal;
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- removing the rubber from the rubber component based on the determined thickness of the outer rubber layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.