Columbus McKinnon reports increased interest in tire pyrolysis and gasification

Columbus McKinnon reports increased interest in tire pyrolysis and gasification
<![CDATA[

Columbus McKinnon Corp. (CM), Sarasota, Florida, says it has received a substantial increase in sales inquiries regarding the tire pyrolysis and gasification market, helping to increase sales of size reduction equipment from the company.

CM General Manager Charles Astafan says numerous pyrolysis and gasification systems are available and the technology can vary substantially. Therefore, the feed stock required for each plant can vary as well.

Some systems can accept a mix of passenger car and truck tires, while others only accept passenger tires because of the different materials used to produce these types of tires, Columbus McKinnon says. Some reactors can accept larger chips with wire in them, while others require that the wire be removed and that the particle size is more defined.

CM says its wide array of equipment specifically designed for tire recycling gives it the ability to provide systems that satisfy a wide variety of requirements for this market. The company says it has supplied systems that produce chips ranging from 50 millimeters to 25 millimeters in size with steel in them as well as systems that produce steel-free rubber chips.

Most recently CM has supplied a turnkey installation for one for what it describes as a “state-of-the-art” pyrolysis systems in Europe. The system can produce 25-millimeter wire-free rubber that will be used as feed stock for the reactor.

The company says it was selected because it could supply a turnkey system capable of processing passenger car and truck tires to a size larger than 25 millimeters, producing wire-free rubber and clean steel with a purity level greater than 96 percent.

The system consists of four major components. A CM Primary Shredder and External Classifier processes whole passenger car and truck tires to 150 millimeter chips. These chips are then feed to a CM 4R Rotor Liberator, which liberates the wire fraction from the rubber and sizes the rubber. Liberated materials are processed by the CM Zero Waste wire cleaning system, which separates the rubber and steel fractions. An air handling system captures the nylon material that is separated during the process and also removes excess nylon fiber from the wire. The rubber is fed directly to silos where it is being stored prior to being feed into the reactors. As a result of its purity level, the wire is being sold to the steel industry, CM says.

]]>
Source: Recycling Today
Columbus McKinnon reports increased interest in tire pyrolysis and gasification
<![CDATA[Columbus McKinnon Corp. (CM), Sarasota, Florida, says it has received a substantial increase in sales inquiries regarding the tire pyrolysis and gasification market, helping to increase sales of size reduction equipment from the company. CM General Manager Charles Astafan says numerous pyrolysis and gasification systems are available and the technology can vary substantially. Therefore, the feed stock required for each plant can vary as well. Some systems can accept a mix of passenger car and truck tires, while others only accept passenger tires because of the different materials used to produce these types of tires, Columbus McKinnon says. Some reactors can accept larger chips with wire in them, while others require that the wire be removed and that the particle size is more defined. CM says its wide array of equipment specifically designed for tire recycling gives it the ability to provide systems that satisfy a wide variety of requirements for this market. The company says it has supplied systems that produce chips ranging from 50 millimeters to 25 millimeters in size with steel in them as well as systems that produce steel-free rubber chips. Most recently CM has supplied a turnkey installation for one for what it describes as…