Who needs rubber. Scopes of rubber crumb. Coating production from free raw materials

This section is devoted to the topic of truthful disclosure of information on the areas of application of crumb rubber and other products of processing of used tires.

This article is created with the aim of:

Inform all those interested in this type of business about how things are actually going with the sale of crumb rubber of one or another fraction in the regions of Russia.

Indicate which areas of application of crumb rubber are promising, which are real, and which are invented or theoretical

Outline which areas of application of crumb rubber have the future, and which ones are less promising.

Often we are asked for equipment by people who have no practical experience in the field of processing tires and production of finished products from rubber granules. Naturally, their beliefs are formed on previous life experiences that have nothing to do with recycling tires; with the information that they managed to find out on other sites devoted to this topic. So it turns out that most of those who applied have false ideas about which fractions of crumb rubber are in demand and which are not. Which rubber crumb is preferable to make, and which fractions are not desirable to produce, taking into account all the nuances (region, type of equipment available, etc.)

And so, the scope of application of crushed rubber crumbs, starting with the most popular, ending with the less common:

1) Colored rubber seamless coatings from tire granulate. Such rubber coatings can be used for all kinds of purposes and in different formulations: the surface of children's playgrounds; covering for outdoor sports grounds; covering for running tracks, tennis cords and other objects for various sports. Also, seamless crumb coatings are widely used for arranging pedestrian areas, as anti-slip coatings for entrances and stairs. They are made mainly in the open air directly at the facility, in the warm season at temperatures above 0 degrees.

The main used fraction of rubber granules is 2-4 mm. The ideal option is chopped granules of regular shape 2-4 mm without rubber dust and textiles. The homogeneity of the crushed rubber fraction greatly affects the quality of the rubber coating. Impurities in the form of fine fractions of rubber, dust from textiles cause a significant overconsumption of the binder glue, which is very expensive. 1 kg of binder is more expensive than 1 kg. crumb rubber 9-17 times depending on the region. In some cities, the cost of glue in the coating is higher than the cost of crumbs, and the cost overrun of 25-100% for the binder, strongly affects the total cost of the coating and, as a consequence, its competitiveness. Also, the use of tire dust greatly affects the important properties of rubber seamless coatings: water permeability and anti-slip properties. We repeat: the ideal fraction for colored monolithic coatings from rubber granules: 2-4 mm, the shape of the particles is preferable cubic regular chopped, obtained on knife granulators and crushers with sharp knives. Not significant inclusion of larger chips up to 6-7 mm in the total fraction of 2-4 mm is allowed. If a seamless coating is made only from coarse fractions, for example, 5-8 mm, then it will also lose quality, since the surface of contact between the particles will be less than in the popular fraction of 2-4 mm.

The use of torn granules 2-4 mm makes: the consumption of glue is higher than on cubic ones due to the larger specific surface of the particle (more glue is required to envelop each such particle); the coating is softer (in some cases this is even an advantage); the coating is less resistant to destructive loads; a coating of torn granules conducts water more slowly and retains it more in itself due to the large number of micropores and cavities (such a coating dries longer than from chopped rubber granulate).

This sphere of application of crumb rubber is by far the most widespread of all existing ones, however, it has a seasonality and is limited by the warm season. Seamless rubber coatings from tire crumb are made, as a rule, directly on the object in the open air.

There are technologies and recipes for the manufacture of such seamless coatings in size in a workshop. After manufacturing in the factory, the coating is transported to the place of future use and is laid ready-made. These are sometimes called carpets.

There is such a pattern: the longer the warm season lasts in a particular region, the fewer rainy days, the more money a year can be earned by enterprises producing "bezshevka". Although in cold regions during the warm period, enterprises earn enough to survive the winter without working.

It is profitable to purchase rubber crumb 2-4 mm in the cold season: there is no strong shortage as it happens in summer and the price is cheaper than in the "last year" season. Many manufacturers of seamless coatings are entering the market for molding colored rubber tiles from granules.

2) Colored rubber tiles made of crumb rubber (mats, segments, rugs, paving stones). It is the second most popular tire crumb rubber product. The most popular fraction of granules is 2-4 mm chopped cubic form, as well as for seamless coatings - for the same reasons. However, there are significant differences: as a rule, rubber slab products are made in 2 layers. The bottom layer is thicker up to 70-80% of the total thickness of the product. Recently, more and more often it is made from larger chips, which are cheaper to manufacture. The size of such a crumb can be up to 15 mm. It is possible to use a mixture from a fraction of 2-4 mm with a coarse fraction of up to 15 mm for the lower layer. The top layer is thinner, usually colored from crumbs of medium fractions of 2-4 mm.

It is allowed to make the top layer from a larger crumb, but such a surface when painted will be less resistant to color loss over time. Unlike seamless coatings, tile coverings are made by molding on a press (with significant compression of the total mass of the crumb), so their strength does not decrease when using large fractions of granules, but, on the contrary, becomes better. Tile coatings with a coarse granule in the lower layer are more durable, especially if it is an elongated herringbone needle.

It is allowed to use liners made of solid pieces of rubber, for example, rubber strips and chips, in tiled coatings (mainly in the lower layers). The use of such inserts in crumb tile products leads to significant savings in glue, greater resistance to shock loads, as well as increased tensile strength, torsion and bending.

The larger the crumb rubber, the harder the tile flooring.

There are many varieties of such molded block coverings, for example: rubber curbs; artificial irregularities; protective rubber plates and other elements for parking lots, which are installed in order to protect the paintwork of cars from damage, etc.

Since during molding, the mass of the mixture of crumb and glue is compressed, the binder is required almost 2 times less than for the production of seamless coatings - this is the main advantage of the method.

Also, the advantage of the method is that rubber tiles can be molded at any time of the year, in any weather, since the whole process takes place in a workshop.

Performance on tiled surfaces is lower than on seamless ones with the same number of workers used per shift - this is a minus (if we compare the technology of seamless laying and the production of tiles).

Seamless and tile rubber coatings made of crushed rubber account for more than 90% of sales of all rubber crumb produced in the Russian Federation. In other words, almost all of the crumb rubber produced in the Russian Federation goes to rubber coatings. The most popular fraction is 2-4 mm. Both technologies are very complementary.

3) Rubber crumb as a filler in artificial grass coverings. In this case, rubber crumb 1.5-3 mm is freely poured and smoothed on the surface of the artificial grass. On average, 1 standard football field uses about 80 tons of crumb rubber. The use of fine crumb fractions in such coatings is less critical than in rubber coatings, but it leads to a deterioration in the characteristics of the coating. When using fine fractions, water is better retained in such a coating and it remains moist longer. The use of larger granules is also undesirable, as it makes the coating more rigid. Crushed rubber is used for backfilling fields, mainly in the warm season.

4) Rubber crumb in the upper layers of asphalt. This is not a common, but promising application for crumb rubber. There are various technologies for introducing rubber particles into the structure of the binder bitumen. The used crumb fraction is from 0.1 to 1 mm. There are technologies, for example, which apply only dust up to 0.6 mm.

The main consumer of such crumbs is located near the Moscow Region. These are organizations that build roads with an experimental rubber-bitumen coating. Such coatings have been showing their effectiveness for more than 10 years, but they have not become widespread for 2 main reasons: a) even if all factories for processing tires into crumb are reoriented to produce the necessary dust, the resulting crumb will not be enough to cover even 7-10% of the road grown in such raw materials. For this reason, permanent technical specifications for the production of asphalt-rubber-bitumen mixtures have not been adopted, but there are only temporary (not mandatory) ones. B) It is beneficial for road workers to often repair roads - this is their earnings. It is not profitable to make roads that will serve many times longer and do not need repair for a long time. Therefore, there are many interested parties so that the program does not work on the road. According to many experts, in the next 10 years, such high-quality roads will not be massively built in Russia. For 1 m2 of such high-quality asphalt, 1 kg of rubber dust is used.

Usually, with complete crushing of automobile tires, crumb up to 1 mm is produced at the outlet, as a by-product from the main fractions of 2-4 mm. Depending on the line settings and the grinding technology, the dust output up to 1 mm is 30 to 5% of the total mass of the rubber granule at the outlet.

5) Rubber crumb into bituminous mastics. As a rule, rubber dust up to 1 mm, which is obtained as a by-product of classic tire crushing, is handed over to such production.

However, many factories only accept rubber dust obtained by crushing rubber pneumatic tire tubes, the composition of which is different from tire rubber.

The need for such factories for dust is not great.

6) Rubber crumb into rubber reclaim. There are several technologies for processing rubber crumbs of medium and small fractions into rubber reclaimed. At the same time, the rubber crumb passes from the elastic state to the plastic state. Such a rubber mixture is an additive, a semi-finished product for the production of rubber mixtures according to different formulations. Equipment for the production of rubber reclaimed, as a rule, is more expensive than a tire recycling line of the same capacity, is energy-intensive, and requires significant production space.

Since relatively expensive small rubber crumb is obtained in Russia, and the production of reclaim significantly adds to the cost of such a mixture, this area of \u200b\u200bapplication of rubber crumb is not very popular in Russia. Manufacturers of rubber compounds in Russia prefer to work with primary raw materials.

7) Crumb as a sorbent of oil products on water and land. This area of \u200b\u200bapplication of the crumb is more theoretical. It is used very rarely, as there are cheaper analogs. We know of cases of using crumb rubber as an oil sorbent as an experiment.

8) Crumb as a raw material for the production of soundproof materials. It is used extremely rarely, as there are cheaper and more effective analogues. This scope is theoretical. Another thing is if we consider rubber floor coverings as additional noise insulation. For example, rubber mats laid on the gym floor are a good noise insulator, in addition to being a wear-resistant, anti-slip, shock-resistant sports rubber flooring.

9) Tire granulate for the production of roofing coatings made of crushed rubber. This is more of a theoretical scope. There are more efficient and less expensive analogs, for example, Shinglaz shingles

10) Other exotic applications. Often, such applications are repeated already above. For example: the production of shoe soles or rubber boots is from the area of \u200b\u200bproduction from the crumbs of the regenerate, and then the production of rubber is swept according to a certain recipe and the formation of the finished product-product. Or production of padding pads. They can be made either from reclaimed rubber and a rubber compound or by thermoforming with a polyurethane binder (like mats and paving stones) ...

From the foregoing, the following conclusions can be drawn when determining the most interesting areas of using crumb rubber in order to obtain maximum and stable profit:

If you plan to open a new tire recycling production for yourself, then initially you should focus on proven, stable applications for crumb rubber: rubber seamless coatings and block products in the form of mats, paving stones. This is a crumb fr. : 2-4 mm and larger.

The most expensive and popular crumb fraction is "chopped regular shape granule" 2-4 mm. We recommend that you focus your production on this particular faction.

There are technologies for the production of crumbs of the shape of a "Christmas tree needle". This is a very promising direction in the segment of production of tile products from rubber granules.

Initially, you should not reinvent the wheel and go into theoretical applications. It is necessary from the very beginning to be engaged in the fact that it is 100% effective, payback and profitable. In the future, as experience and knowledge accumulate, it is possible to reorient its production to a different type of rubber granule and other areas of its application. For example, over time, it will be possible to purchase additional grinders and produce large quantities of rubber dust for the needs of road workers.

In a separate paragraph, we want to highlight another important aspect of processing tires into crumb.

When you open a production for processing tires into crumb, you should immediately occupy a niche in the local market for the production of colored rubber floor coverings from crumb.

Do not try to start your business in stages, it should only be done if there is a lack of funds. If funds allow, it is worth launching production of rubber tiles and seamless coatings in parallel with the opening of a tire recycling plant (or even earlier). For example, the cost of a complete set of equipment made in Russia for the production of seamless coatings is only 350,000 rubles.

Set for the production of colored rubber paving stones from 500,000 rubles. The money is not as big as for the organization of a tire recycling workshop, but such equipment will pay off easily in the first month of operation. With full productivity, the equipment for the production of seamless joints pays for itself within 3-5 working days!

There are many examples when they initially launched production of recycling tires into crumb, sold the crumb to neighboring regions and to their city. By doing this, nurturing competitors under our noses, and then after a couple of years came to the conclusion that it would be profitable to manufacture finished products from our own crushed rubber crumb. But by this time a strong competitor has been grown with his own hand.

Price wars begin, the struggle for the client and all sorts of meanness.

In the best case, there is a competitor in the production of coatings with whom you have to share the market; in the worst case, the competitor also opens a tire processing plant to provide itself with the necessary basic raw materials. All this could have been avoided by initially investing in inexpensive equipment for the production of rubber coatings from crushed tire rubber. This would significantly raise the barriers for competitors and their entry into the local market in your city.

We also want to draw attention to one more point: many suppliers of equipment for processing tires deliberately or due to their lack of knowledge mislead consumers, pointing out that all the crumbs produced on their equipment are fractions of up to 1 mm, 1-2 mm and 2-4 mm is suitable for molding rubber coatings. What is ideal for the top layer is the use of chips up to 1 mm or 1-1.5 mm. IT'S NOT AT ALL THIS! As we wrote above, the ideal fraction is 2-4 mm without impurities; larger chips are acceptable in the lower layers of the tile.

Why do some suppliers of such equipment provide such information? The answer is simple: they adjust reality to the capabilities of their equipment, since crumbs of fine fractions with complete crushing of tires are obtained as a by-product and the consumer needs to show its simple and stable sale.

Therefore, they write that small chips are ideal for thin upper layers of rubber mats. We wrote above that when using small crumbs, the cost of the coating increases significantly, they become more slippery and less strong. But these are not the problems of the equipment supplier, but of the one who bought it. The competitiveness of such products will be lower than that of “correct” coatings made of 2-4 mm chips.

If you are already a manufacturer of rubber coatings and do not have a lot of experience in using crumbs from different manufacturers, most likely you are buying the cheapest torn crumbs obtained on rollers and cone crushers. Try using a cubic granule, be sure to check that the rubber crumb is homogeneous and free of dust and fine grinding. The result will pleasantly surprise you.

Areas of application of other components obtained by mechanical recycling of worn-out automobile wheels.

In addition to the main product - crumb rubber, other materials are formed during crushing of car tires:

A) Crushed textiles. Depending on the grinding technology and the stage of processing, it can have the following form: semi-fluffed thread; fluffed fabric cord with stuck pieces of rubber and dust. This type of material can hardly be called a product, since it does not have a stable sales. As sound insulation and thermal insulation, this material is much inferior to mineral wool materials, since the fabric cord strongly absorbs moisture, is flammable and toxic. Even giving away this material for free can be very problematic. With a large accumulation of tissue-cord fiber, it can spontaneously ignite and is very difficult to extinguish. In fact, it is waste from recycling tires.

B) Crumpled thin wire that reinforces the tire carcass. As a rule, when such a steel cord is selected from the general mixture, rubber as well as fabric cord gets into the metal. Often, scrap metal acceptors do not accept such steel, as it burns during remelting. In theory, such a metal can be used for pouring into concrete.

C) Thick bead wire in a bundle, drawn by a special machine from the tire landing rings. High-alloy steel is more expensive than ordinary ferrous scrap. Rent for money at scrap metal collection points. It is a valuable product, not a waste.

The tightening of registration and migration registration rules announced by the Russian president has recently become one of the most important news on the real estate market. The main goal of the campaign should be the fight against "rubber houses", but in fact this is a completely independent and very necessary market segment. Alexey Lossan, a lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University, talks about him.

The tightening of registration and immigration registration rules announced by the Russian president has recently become one of the most important news on the real estate market. The main goal of the campaign should be the fight against "rubber houses", but in fact this is a completely independent and very necessary market segment. Alexey Lossan, a lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University, talks about him.

The details of Vladimir Putin's initiative have been known for a long time; he outlined them in one of his election programmatic articles last year. It is assumed that registration at the place of residence or stay will be much more strictly controlled, and if a person does not live at this address, then he will face a fine. An even more serious responsibility awaits those who do not register people living in his apartment. The legal nuances of the new initiative have already become the talk of the town: it is difficult to imagine a more inconsistent and ridiculous document, which would be so much at odds with the practice that has developed in recent years, and also incredibly different from the documents regulating this area.

Moreover, the agency responsible for registration - the FMS - has officially stated many times that in Russia it is necessary to cancel not only registration, but also internal passports. The world has already developed many effective tools for migration registration without using the antediluvian system of stamps in the passport. For example, in the United States there is no registration institution, but you can quickly find out where a person lives by analyzing, for example, where he pays for utilities. In the former Soviet republic of Estonia, there is also no registration in the Russian sense, a person should not be tied to any place. But if he wants to receive, for example, social benefits or assistance from the state, then he is obliged to report his address to the city government. You do not need any documents for this, registration takes place in a direct order. Supporters of Vladimir Putin's new initiative like to cite Germany as an example, where registration allegedly exists. In fact, there it also has a notification character. Moreover, the tenant is registered without any involvement of the landlord, simply by presenting the lease.

Let's imagine that you are thirty years old, you have moved to Russia from another former Soviet republic, have been working in the capital for many years and have paid taxes regularly. At first you had the citizenship of another country, but you decided to link your life with Russia, if only because you, like all your relatives, are Russian by nationality, and Russian is your native language. Once you've obtained Russian citizenship, the fun is just beginning. By law, a Russian citizen is obliged to register somewhere. Between the moment you were given a passport and that happy moment when you figure out where to register, you are a legal victim of any policeman who, every fifty meters, can fine you several thousand rubles.

Most young Muscovites, regardless of whether they were born in the Russian capital or have moved from other cities and countries, prefer to live in rented apartments. In conditions of total inaccessibility of mortgages and interest rates at the level of 13-15% per annum, the prospect of buying your own home is pushed into obscurity. However, many landlords refuse to register tenants in their apartments.

There are three reasons for this problem: firstly, the sphere of lease relations in Russia is so unregulated that all agreements are often concluded on parole. Secondly, for many landlords, the inertia of the Soviet era is still relevant, for which registration is equal to a residence permit and implies some kind of rights to a dwelling. Thirdly, registration involves a number of actions on the part of the lessor himself. If the first two problems are easy enough to solve on your own, then the third point is much more important. It turns out that many landlords do not register their tenants, not because of malicious intent, but because they are afraid of facing a bureaucratic apparatus. The difficulty in all this is actually the same - all state services to which a citizen is entitled under the Constitution are tied to registration. If there is no registration, then there is no free medical care, kindergarten and school for children.

In the current Moscow realities, there are two ways to solve this problem. The first is to save about 4 million rubles for the cheapest apartment on the outskirts of the capital. The second is "rubber houses". As paradoxical as it may sound, rubber houses help Russians born in other regions and countries to receive the entire range of public services that belongs to them under the Constitution. For example, today it is quite possible to buy one hundredth of a two-room apartment for about 300 thousand rubles on the outskirts of the capital. It will hardly be possible to find a cheaper offer. Initially, it is stipulated that this is a share “without the right to use the living quarters,” that is, you will not be able to enter the part of the apartment you own and put a folding bed there. The only thing you get is the right to live in the city you want, get medical treatment for free and put your children in school and kindergarten. All parties to the transaction understand that the buyer only pays for this.

If rubber houses are abolished, then all these people will become illegal immigrants. To prevent this from happening, there are two options. For example, you need to make mortgages cheap and affordable. Well, or to cancel the registration as a Soviet relic in principle, as many experts have been calling for for a long time, but unfortunately, such a logical step is not yet included in the government's plans.

Alexey Lossan, lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University

Crumb rubber coating is the trend of this year. Moreover, the production of this coating is a very popular area that can bring serious profits. There is practically no competition in this niche, and there are no large monopolies either. In addition, new directions appear where this coating is applied.

What are the advantages of a crumb rubber coating? This modern material has a lot of positive qualities that attract consumers:

The coating looks expensive, high quality;
Wide range of colors;
Large size range;
Various thickness;
Impact resistant surface;
Non-slip;
Moisture does not accumulate on it;
Does not lose the brightness of colors under the influence of solar radiation;
Heat resistance;
Long service life - over 40 years.

The manufacturing technology is quite simple - a mixture of glue with rubber crumb and the desired color with a dye is heated to a certain temperature.

Sales market and features of coating production

Before you start implementing an idea, you need to analyze the demand and identify a potential sales market. Since the use of crumb rubber coating is quite versatile, then sales can be found in different directions. So, the rubber coating will be in demand for:

Covering playgrounds;
Improvement of the local area in the private sector;
Equipment of production sites with a non-sliding surface, which reduces injuries;
Floor coverings in washing rooms and dressing rooms in saunas and baths;
Covering blind areas and areas near skating rinks or swimming pools;
Farm floor coverings.

The production technology is so simple that no special skills are required. This direction can even be done as an extension of the service sector.

For example, tire owners can use old and unnecessary tires and tires to optimize their work space and generate additional income from waste parts, which are the basis for creating such a convenient product in the future.

The composition of the rubber coating is as follows:

rubber crumb;
polyurethane glue;
powder dye.

Car tires and tires are crushed to obtain a homogeneous mass. This raw material accounts for 85% of the total mass of the finished coating. It should be noted that there is one more direction - the production of rubber tiles, but it is somewhat different from what is being considered now. Directly for the production of crumb rubber, you will need rather expensive equipment, but it quickly pays for itself.

To expand the range, as an option, you can add rubber granules of different colors in the form of pictures.

The production process is called pressing, and it looks like this:

rubber crumb, polyurethane glue and dye of the desired color are loaded into the hopper in a ratio of 85: 10: 5, everything is mixed;
molds are filled with the mixture;
the required vulcanization temperature is set depending on the parameters of the tile;
the finished tiles are removed from the molds after cooling.

There is a second option for manufacturing a rubber coating from crumbs, vibration casting: instead of molds, molds are poured in a vibrating table for two days.

Where to begin?

If you have 1.7 million rubles for the initial start, you can immediately rent a room for workshop equipment, buy molds or a vibrating table, equipment for crushing rubber, and start producing crumb coating.

If you buy a grinder, it can produce almost 2.5 tons of crumbs per day. The average price of a kilogram for sales fluctuates around 12 rubles.

Of course, attractive numbers do not guarantee a successful course of events. Each step should be worked out, expressed in a business plan with a time interval of at least 3 years. You will have to rely on a certain sales market, that is, simply launching production without selling is an absolutely unsuccessful undertaking.

Cost and return on investment

If we talk about the payback time of launched production, everything here is individual and depends on the scale of the enterprise itself and on the success of the sale of finished products. On average, this figure ranges from one and a half to two years.

The calculation of costs (for the purchase of basic equipment for organizing a workshop) will be approximately as follows:

forms for the press - 30 thousand rubles. for one piece;
press - about 300 thousand rubles;
mixing hopper - approx. 200 thousand rubles;
a chamber for drying the finished coating - you will need to spend on scrap materials, or you can do it yourself.

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In addition to the minimum required equipment, you will need to spend a certain amount of money on the purchase of raw materials: glue, crumb itself, powder dyes.

It is also necessary to consider the possibility of production using a two-layer technology, which will increase the quality of the finished rubber crumb coating. The point is that the bottom layer of the coating will be made of coarse and cheaper crumbs, and the top one will be made of a fine fraction of rubber crumbs.

The retail cost per square meter of finished products reaches 1,500 rubles.

Coating production from free raw materials

Since for the production of crumb rubber, used rubber products, mainly wheel tires, are used, it is not difficult to find raw materials for production - any tire shop will give away a bunch of tires and other rubber waste for free.

In general, raw materials for production are free junk.

It should be emphasized the advantages of opening such a business in Russia. The free disposal of out-of-order rubber products for cars determines the behavior of people - everything unnecessary is simply thrown away. Compared with European countries, the owner of the car must pay a commission for recycling unnecessary tires, and also deliver them to a special recycling center.

In our country, the car owner will be happy to donate tires for free, so as not to waste their time on this. If the tires themselves are free, then to collect them you need to go around the city and nearby settlements. Depreciation for fuel and lubricants and payment to the driver are added to the expenses. Alternatively, you can conclude an agreement with large transport companies for the supply of tires - the flow of rubber for production will be stable.

Rubber tire grinding technology is one of two options:

mechanical impact;
shock wave impact.

The second option is more compact (in terms of installation dimensions) and economical in terms of electricity consumption, but the installation itself will require serious investments to purchase it. In addition, it will be necessary to supplement the shock wave unit with refrigeration equipment. The tire will disintegrate into small parts under the influence of a temperature of 90 degrees.

To locate a production, it is necessary to find and rent a room provided with electricity with a voltage of 380 kW opposite to the usual 220, this is due to the fact that the characteristics of the installation require an energy flow of 15 kW / hour. The area sufficient for production is 60 sq. m.

From the workforce, you can limit yourself to hiring a minimum number of employees, based on a round-the-clock work, seven days a week, in three shifts - two operators per shift, and in general, the staff consists of 8 employees. It is necessary to equip two storage rooms - one large for raw materials, the other - 4 times less for finished products.

As already indicated, a working seven-day round-the-clock week will be the most profitable and economically beneficial. You should be prepared for fairly large expenses. For example, if the productivity of the workshop is 100 kg / hour, you will have to spend:

$ 30,000 for the purchase of equipment (depending on the model and equipment of the devices);
2,000 dollars for registration of various documents, certificates;
$ 3,000 monthly - to pay rent for premises;
About $ 5,000 should be a payroll for staff, monthly.

At the specified capacity, 72 tons of coating will be produced at the end of the month, with the implementation of which most of the costs will be covered. And this - if you sell crumb, $ 500 for 1 ton of crumb rubber ($ 36,000 for the first month of work).

In support of the enterprise, there will still be a small additional income - 25% of the total mass of raw materials is metal released from tires, plus often tires are given with broken metal parts of the wheel. The sale of the metal will generate a small income that will offset some of the costs.

If you organize your own production of rubber tiles, combining the workshop for processing and producing rubber coating, the cost of delivering raw materials will be zero, increasing all the economic indicators of the company.

A working idea for recycling tires and producing crumb rubber and coating from it can not only bring a good income to the organizer, but also make the surrounding space cleaner without harming nature.

I must say that a similar idea has already been implemented in the production of road surfaces, to which the mentioned material is added - crumb rubber. Thus, the constructed roads become less expensive, and for crumb producers it is a fairly stable consumer, providing stable orders for the work of even a large enterprise.

At the moment, already operating enterprises offer to open their business on a franchise. Do not be afraid to act, develop and promote your business correctly.

The collection points for old tires are located in most large cities. At the same time, the problem of the accumulation of worn-out tires remains relevant due to the reluctance of car owners to pay funds from their own pockets for disposal. Many drivers are interested in the question: "Is it possible to return old tires for money?"

In European countries it is possible to return old tires for money. Processing centers in Russia are only introducing this innovation. Therefore, it is difficult to find rubber collection points in which the driver will be paid a certain amount for worn-out tires, but it is real.

The money offered for old products is not very large - it is about two rubles per kilogram of tires, on average up to 80 rubles for four wheels. To get rich, of course, will not work, but getting rid of worn-out rubber and compensating for the costs of transporting it to the collection point is real.

The main disadvantage of these recycling centers is that they do not buy old car tires on a permanent basis. You can find the places of acceptance of tires using the Internet. We recommend that you first check the relevance of the information posted on the company's website regarding the purchase of tires for money before traveling to the enterprise.

Caring for the environment

Old tires are ecologically hazardous waste. It will take more than a hundred years for the natural decomposition of worn-out products; in places where tires are burned, the soil does not bear fruit for about ten years.

Recycling of car tires makes it possible to obtain raw materials for the manufacture of roofing waterproofing materials, car mats, and so on. When processing tires, rubber crumb is formed, which has increased elasticity, resistance to mechanical stress, a large number of goods that are used in everyday life are made from it.

Second life of worn out tires

To make a decision: where to put the old tires, of course, each motorist will be independent. The state and processing plants cannot force motorists to hand over worn-out products to collection points. At the same time, each person should take into account that discarded tires pose a threat to the environment. For example, tires left in the forest will burn for a very long time in the event of a forest fire. And the black smoke emitted during combustion by old tires will interfere with the operation of a fire-fighting helicopter. Tires can serve as a catalyst for the spread of fire: their combustion temperature is equal to the combustion temperature of charcoal.

Why do you have to pay extra?

The legislative framework of our country does not provide for the responsibility of manufacturers for the disposal of old tires. In simple words: the price for new tires does not include the cost of transporting worn-out products to recycling plants. For this reason, sometimes, motorists have to hand over old tires, paying extra money. The cost of renting one wheel costs 50-100 rubles. Studded rubber has to be paid more for, because the extraction of the studs from the rubber is done manually before disposal. These funds are taken by car services and other collection points for transporting tires to the recycling plant.

Reception of old tires is made subject to the following rules:

products are handed over in disassembled form: the tire must be removed from the disk;
there should be no protruding cord (this condition is rare);
tires are accepted without cameras;
on the surface of the tires there should be no foreign inclusions - oil, bitumen.

During operation, car tires wear out, experiencing colossal loads. In the production of these tires, expensive and high-quality materials are used:

natural rubber;
synthetic rubber;
emollient oils;
fillers.

For this reason, tire rubber is one of the strongest and most durable of all rubber products. It has other essential qualities, such as elasticity, resistance to aggressive chemical elements, elongation, bending strength, abrasion. One of the most important qualities during mechanical processing of tires into crumb is that the physico-chemical composition of the rubber is absolutely preserved. And since recycling with subsequent processing costs manufacturers not only 3-4 times cheaper, but also is a more environmentally friendly option, tire recycling turned out to be a useful and profitable business

Where is crumb rubber used

In modern everyday life, there are many areas where crumb rubber is used, moreover, the demand for this product is growing from year to year. When processed mechanically, tires are separated into such components as rubber itself, fiber (textile), metal. When shredded, textile fiber is considered a by-product and, nevertheless, is widely used in construction. Textile fiber is an excellent insulation and noise and thermal insulator. It is also one of the composite slate and some concrete structures. The inclusion of textile fibers in these building materials increases their crack resistance and sound insulation properties. Such materials have a low coefficient of shrinkage and water absorption and high frost resistance. It is also used in the production of drywall. Textile fiber is widely used in the production of sports equipment. The steel from tire recycling is used in the manufacture of small molds. It is also a cost-effective reinforcing material used during construction work, when laying concrete roads.

What is crumb rubber for?

What is needed for crumb rubber, now many already know, because the scope of this material is very wide. These are both internal waterproof and external water-permeable coatings produced by pressing. The composition of such coatings includes a mixture of crumb rubber with a dye and a binder. The components of the future coating are pressed under pressure and a certain temperature into certain shapes.

Who needs crumb rubber

Recently, a new customer has appeared among organizations that need crumb rubber - these are road builders. The mixture of crumb rubber embedded in the road substrate with an equal amount of metal and textile cords with standard additions of minerals allows the road surface to be maintained much longer. This happens due to the improvement of physical and mechanical parameters, cracks appear less often, and the elasticity of the coating increases, and most importantly, given the climatic conditions of our country, the frost resistance coefficient increases by almost half. Among the users who need crumb rubber, municipal and sports organizations occupy a special place. They are the customers of modern safe, wear-resistant and practical coatings for yard sports playgrounds. But besides coatings, there is another area where crumb rubber is needed - filling punching bags and punching bags, as well as mats. There are a lot of areas of use for crumb rubber, because it is an amazing and unique product obtained from recycled materials.

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