Process for recovery of component materials from composite products comprising uncured rubber and reinforcement material

Abstract

The disclosure provides a process for the recovery of component materials from composite products, the process including: a) providing a composite product that comprises a plurality of component materials, the component materials including uncured rubber and reinforcement material selected from fabric and/or metal; b) preparing one or more standardised sheets of composite product, wherein each standardised sheet has a maximum thickness of 125 mm or less; and c) jetting pressurised water onto one or more surface of the standardised sheets, whereby the water is at a pressure of up to 500 bar, thereby stripping the uncured rubber from the reinforcement material and resulting in a mixture of uncured rubber fabric and reinforcement material.

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