Kansas firm looks to recycle tires. (NonMetallics).Rubber Tech Inc., a Kansas-based company, is looking to convert used tires into a host of recyclable re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. materials and into a viable business. The goal is to allow the company to handle several million tons every year at its facilities, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Larry Garner Larry Garner is an American blues musician. He was born in 1952 and grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He first performed in the evenings while holding a regular job at Dow Chemical, but he became much bigger after breaking out at a Blues festival in the UK in 1992. , president of Rubber Tech. The company is presently talking with government officials from Tennessee, Georgia, and Texas about building a tire recycling Tire recycling is the process of recycling vehicles tires (or tyres) that are no longer suitable for use on vehicles due to wear or irreparable damage (such as punctures). facility in one of their states. The cost, Garner estimates, is around $5.5 million, which would include up to six machines which would be capable of handling a total of six million tires a year. While processing six million tires a year, the company also expects to have around 250,000 tires on hand at all times, meaning an even more significant space requirement. The machines would convert tires into a multitude of sizes, with sizes larger than 1/4 inch being used to generate electricity. Crumb rubber Crumb rubber is generally manufactured from automotive and truck scrap tires. During the manufacturing process steel and fluff is removed leaving tire rubber with a granular consistency. smaller than 1/4 inch would go into making coating for roofs and highway construction. The process is not grinding. Rather, the company will be using hydraulics hydraulics, branch of engineering concerned mainly with moving liquids. The term is applied commonly to the study of the mechanical properties of water, other liquids, and even gases when the effects of compressibility are small. to process the tires. Further, the end product will not contain any steel or other material, making the crumb rubber product very clean. The company hopes to have its first facility up and operational within six months, making a decision about where to locate pressing. To avoid any environmental problems, Garner says that the company is looking at a facility that would be as large as 150,000 square feet, and totally enclosed en·close also in·close tr.v. en·closed, en·clos·ing, en·clos·es 1. To surround on all sides; close in. 2. To fence in so as to prevent common use: enclosed the pasture. . One possibility is a closed American Tire Recycling facility in Ringgold, Ga. According to local press reports the company has been in discussions with the owner of the former tire recycling operation about leasing several buildings that American Recycling operated when it was recycling tires. While Rubber Tech has been in some discussions with state and local government officials, Garner says that there is some skepticism about the viability of the project due to the failure of other tire operations. According to Garner, there is interest, although many of the government officials want to see the facility built and operational before they allocate any type of financial assistance for the project. |
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