Methods for the Production of Rubber Crumb

There are a large munber of different techniques whereby waste rubber products and rubber, either vulcanised or unvulcanised, can be reduced in size and ground down into small particles. In general, these processes fall into categories where this commutation in size is carried out using cutting, shearing or impact (or a combination of 

The results obtained by this WRAP project highlighted that it is possible to produce high-quality rubber powder and crumb products in a consistent way from waste tyres and that these can be used in a wide range of applications. 

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