Method for recycling tires and similarly compounded materials to recover usable constituents

The method of recovering reusable portions of used tires and similar rubber-compounded scrap materials containing technical rubber, metal and cord, comprising the steps of:

• A. supplying scrap material primarily comprising used tires and portions thereof to a cyrogenic treatment section of a vehicular plant;
• B. substantially, uniformly cooling the scrap material, by using cyrogenic gases to a relatively minimum temperature at which the scrap can be crushed and recoverable-granulates can be formed;
• C. crushing the scrap material and separating rubber granulates and forming a residue comprising the remaining scrap including a mixture of rubber adhering to metal, metal beads and belts, cords comprising both synthetic and natural fibers;
• D. pyrolytically-reducing the residue and producing incompletely burned, high-energy gases, including hydrocarbons, soots and scrap metal;
• E. separating the scrap metal and soots;
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• F. condensing said high energy gases and recovering a pyrolytic oil and operating a power plant with a portion of the gases and converting the gas energy to mechanical energy and operating conveying, cooling, crushing and separating components of said plant.