A tire dismantling method is provided that is capable of dismantling a thermoplastic resin material from a tire in which the thermoplastic resin material and a rubber layer have been integrated together. A dismantling method is provided for a tire including a tire frame member formed of a thermoplastic resin and a rubber layer that is vulcanization bonded to an outer face of the tire frame member. The tire dismantling method includes an opening-out process of cutting the tire along a width direction to make the tire into a belt shape, and a slicing process of slicing the belt shaped tire along an interface of the rubber layer with the tire frame member.

A machine that removes the bead wires from tires for the purpose of reclaiming the wire and recycling of the tire. The bead of the tire is placed over a drive wheel and tension rollers, the tension rollers move away from the drive wheel which stretches the bead against the drive wheel. The drive wheel is driven by a drive system and causes the bead to rotate. As the bead rotates a blade contacts the inner periphery of the bead and severs the rubber and reinforcement material. Directly following the blade are two plates that are spaced apart approximately equal to the diameter of the bead wire. The plates push the rubber and reinforcement material off of the bead wire as the bead rotates.

A method and apparatus for purifying and recycling synthetic turf are provided. The method includes removing a section of used synthetic turf, feeding the section to a rotating beater to knock sand infill loose, and passing the section through a rotating brush roll wherein a turf filament surface is directly contacted by the rotating brush roll to knock any entrained infill material loose from the section of used synthetic turf.

A process for recycling a multi-compartment water-soluble pouch including a phosphate-free bleach-containing cleaning composition and an enveloping material. The pouch includes at least two compartments. A first compartment includes a solid composition and a second compartment includes a liquid composition. The process includes the steps of: a) releasing the compositions from their respective compartments by preferably cutting open the enveloping material; b) mixing the compositions; c) adding a moisture sink to the mixture; and d) optionally drying the mixture.

A recycling method is applied to a solar cell module which includes a cover glass, an electric cell layer, and a sealing material which closely adheres the cover glass and the electric cell layer. The recycling method includes heating an interface between the cover glass and the sealing material to a prescribed temperature range; and applying a force from a side surface of the solar cell module to the sealing material with the interface maintained at the prescribed temperature range, to peel off the sealing material and the electric cell layer from the interface thereof.

A system and method for preparing a pelletized carbon black product is provided. The system includes a source of a carbon black product from a pyrolysis process. A mixer is in communication with the source of the carbon black product. A binder oil storage tank is in fluid communication with the mixer. The binder oil storage tank is configured to inject a desired amount of a binder oil into the mixer to form the pelletized carbon black product.

A machine that removes the bead wires from tires for the purpose of reclaiming the wire and recycling of the tire. The bead of the tire is placed over a drive wheel and tension rollers, the tension rollers move away from the drive wheel which stretches the bead against the drive wheel. The drive wheel is driven by a drive system and causes the bead to rotate. As the bead rotates a blade contacts the inner periphery of the bead and severs the rubber and reinforcement material. Directly following the blade are two plates that are spaced apart approximately equal to the diameter of the bead wire. The plates push the rubber and reinforcement material off of the bead wire as the bead rotates.

A process and plant are described for the continuous processing of flakes formed by at least two layers of different plastic materials attached to each other by gluing or by a hot-rolling process. The process provides for feeding the flakes to a delamination reactor (10) containing a first aqueous solution of chemicals kept at an adjustable temperature, keeping the flakes under stirring to separate from each other the layers of flakes of the at least two different plastic materials. The mixture of layers of flakes is then fed to an intensive washing equipment (20) containing a second aqueous solution of chemicals kept at an adjustable temperature. Once the washing has been carried out, the layers of flakes are drawn from the intensive washing equipment (20) to be transferred to other treatment stations downstream of the plant. A control unit (100) allows regulation of various process parameters.

Provided herein is a method of separating spandex from textile blends using biosolvents. The recovered material is of high purity while the chemical structure and molecular weight remain substantially unaffected by the treatment.

A method of recuperating a bead bundle assembly out of an end-of-life tire is provided, the method comprises several steps including: selecting an end-of-life tire having a tire identification; taking out the bead bundle assembly with or without a rubber layer remaining thereon, without plastic deformation of the bead bundle assembly; identifying each bead bundle assembly with at least said tire identification; and finally storing the bead bundle assembly. The invention provides a solution of optimizing the value of an end-of-life tire.