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TYRE RECYCLING SYSTEMS

Tyre recycling in Australia is a significant environmental concern due to the sheer volume of used tyres generated yearly. The country disposes of approximately 56 million tyres annually, posing a significant challenge for waste management.

One of the main challenges faced in processing tyres is their complex composition. Tyres comprise various materials, including rubber, steel, and synthetic fibres requiring specialised recycling systems.

The process of tyre recycling in Australia offers multiple advantages, such as transforming a waste product into a valuable commodity, fostering the emergence of new industries, generating employment opportunities, and mitigating the environmental damage caused by illegal tyre dumping.

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WASTE INITIATIVES PROVIDES SYSTEMS PROCESSING A VARIETY OF OUTPUT SIZES SUCH AS TYRE DERIVED FUEL (TDF), TYRE CRUMB AND RUBBER POWDER.

Tyre Recycling TDF, Crumb, Powder Plant

TDF

The first phase of the tyre recycling process is a primary tyre shredder solution for size reduction of approximately 50-100mm chips, meeting export standards and ready to be used as Tire Derived Fuel (TDF). This system would also form part (phase one) of a larger recycling plant.

Based on the output volumes and tyre types, various shredding configurations should be considered.

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TDF - Low to Medium volumes

The first phase of the tyre recycling process is a primary tyre shredder solution for size reduction of approximately 50-100mm chips, meeting export standards and ready to be used as Tire Derived Fuel (TDF). This system would also form part (phase one) of a larger recycling plant.

Based on the output volumes and tyre types, various shredding configurations should be considered.

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GL32120-01

GLR32100/120

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GLR40130

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TDF - High Volumes

Our Barclay tyre shredder range offers volumes of up to 20 tons per hour on a single pass-throughput. Barclay shredders are known for the lowest cost per ton to operate, designed for minimal maintenance with exceptional high-quality cutters.

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Primary Shredders

The Barclay Primary Tyre Shredders are considered the “workhorse” in the industry, designed to take whole tyres as large as 1.8 meters in diameter, cleanly shearing high volumes of scrap tires into strips in just seconds.


Available in both side-load and top-load configurations, it can create strip sizes from 124mm up to 254mm strips.

Barclay Tyre Pre-shredders Machine

Secondary Shredders

The Barclay Secondary Tyre Shredders take pre-processed tyres and shred them down into smaller chips varying from 35mm to 91mm, depending on the shredder model.


The top-feed design reduces pre-processed tyre material further, with cascading blade sizes ranging from 40-50 millimetres, perfect for producing chips for TDF.

Barclay Tyre Secondary Shredder Machine - TDF

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Barclay Primary Shredder

Primary Barclay Shredders

Barclay Secondary Tyre Shredder

Secondary Barclay Shredder

TYRE CRUMB

The WasteQuip Tyre Crumb plant is the second phase of the tyre recycling line that turns the TDF from the first production line into tyre crumb. It separates the rubber from the textile and steel, producing high-quality rubber crumb granules between 1mm – 4mm.

A rasper is an essential part of a tyre recycling plant. It is engineered to produce 10-15mm rubber granules from TDF rubber blocks. A magnetic separator removes metal contaminants. This process enables the recycling of tyres into valuable rubber crumbs used in various industries like rubber manufacturing, asphalt modification, sports surfaces, civil engineering, and rubberised products.

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RUBBER POWDER

The third and final phase of the tyre recycling line is to take the rubber granules down to a high-quality rubber powder delivering a high commodity value.

Vibrating screens and Classifiers segregate the granulated tire material based on particle size and segregate the fibres from the rubber. The rubber goes through the grinding mill that grinds the rubber particles from 5-15 mesh to 40-80 mesh using the relative motion of two grinding discs shearing the material to a super fine powder.

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