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The TCS-1 Scrap Tires Recycling System
FRONT END: sidewall cutter, de-beader, tread cutter The TCS-1 System has been designed to be a fully automated, turn-key scrap tire recycling plant, which incorporates a front-end preparation module capable of processing three to five tires per minute (separating the tread from the potentially more valuable sidewall sections and cutting the separated tire sections into one-foot segments).
It then feeds the tire segments into a freezing chamber which produces a compressed stream of air cooled greater than 170 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit). This cools the tire segment to the point where Tirex?s patented disintegrator can easily fracture them yielding: (i) rubber crumb suitable for regrinding into rubber powders of varying degrees of fineness down to ?40 mesh; (ii) clean steel wire; and (iii) sections of intact fiber cord. The TCS-1 System uses no chemicals and will not produce any pollution.
AIR PLANT: Produces the cold air that freezes the tires
Freezing Chamber & Fracturing Mill
FULLY INTEGRATED TCS-1 Cryogenic Scrap Tire Recycling System Economy of Use, Environmental Advantages, and Competition
Tirex knows of no devices, apparatus or equipment, utilizing technology which is identical or comparable to the TCS-1 Plant, presently being sold or used anywhere in the world, nor is it aware of any competing patents. Based the performance of the TCS-1 Plant, to date, its economy of operation is expected to make TCS-1 recycled rubber crumb, steel, and fiber, profitable to produce even without factoring in the "tipping fees" which are customarily paid to a recycler for the removal of scrap tires. To the best of Tirex's knowledge, other scrap tire recycling systems today would not be profitable to operate if existing tipping fees were significantly reduced or eliminated. Tirex believes that, currently, in many parts of the world, government budgets are, or in the near future will be, shrinking and the economic climate is not favorable for the imposition of new taxes, such as a tire disposal taxes. Under such circumstances, recyclers can be expected to become increasingly unwilling to invest in subsidy-dependent scrap tire recycling technologies. Since the TCS-1 can be operated profitably without any subsidies, Tirex believes current trends in this area may give it a competitive edge.
Tirex also believes that the environmental benefits of the TCS-1 Plant will prove to be of significant competitive value insofar as it is a "closed loop" system which does not use any chemicals, solvents, gases or other substances which could result in emissions of any kind from the operation of the Plant. Operation of the TCS-1 Plant does not result in the emission of air pollutants, the disposal of combustion residues, the storage of hazardous substances (as is the case with other tire recycling processes such as pyrolysis), or the production of any significant amounts of solid waste which would have to be landfilled. Tirex believes that such environmental benefits will give it a competitive advantage in most advanced economy countries where environmental protection concerns are strong. In Europe, in particular, where environmental protection philosophy is beginning to be a priority of the European Union, tire manufacturers may in the future be required to be responsible for the ultimate, post use-life disposal of their tires. Tirex anticipates that such manufacturers will be interested in supporting the proliferation of environmentally friendly tire recycling systems.
Tirex believes it will be able to compete successfully on the basis of economy of cost and operation of the TCS-1 Plant, the high quality of the rubber crumb which it produces, and the production economies which can be realized from vertical integration whereby Tirex will produce the raw material (rubber crumb) which it will use in the finished products which it will manufacture. Tirex will also rely on geographic and product diversification as protection against any eventual competition in tire recycling technology. |
