Heavy-Duty Trough Augers for Tire Recycling & Rubber Crumb Production
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The Challenge: Transporting Abrasive Tire Shreds at Scale
Tire recycling is a demanding process where rubber fragments—often containing residual steel wires—must be moved through multiple stages of shredding, screening, and fractionation. Standard conveyors often struggle with the jagged, high-friction nature of tire shreds. For this large-scale facility, the challenge was to install a reliable, high-capacity transport network consisting of 11 synchronized units to move material from the primary shredders through to final packaging.
Tire recycling is a demanding process where rubber fragments—often containing residual steel wires—must be moved through multiple stages of shredding, screening, and fractionation. Standard conveyors often struggle with the jagged, high-friction nature of tire shreds. For this large-scale facility, the challenge was to install a reliable, high-capacity transport network consisting of 11 synchronized units to move material from the primary shredders through to final packaging.
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Our Solution: Ruggedized U-Trough Screw Conveyor Network
BritSOLIDS engineered and manufactured a series of 11 high-performance trough augers specifically designed to handle the abrasive characteristics of recycled rubber:
BritSOLIDS engineered and manufactured a series of 11 high-performance trough augers specifically designed to handle the abrasive characteristics of recycled rubber:
- Custom U-Trough Design: Unlike pipe conveyors, our trough augers feature a removable top cover, allowing for easy inspection and cleaning—critical in recycling plants where foreign objects can occasionally enter the stream.
- Gradual Processing Integration: The augers are strategically placed to receive material directly from the shredders and vibrating sieves. They ensure a steady, metered flow of tire shreds as they transition toward fine fractionation.
- Abrasive-Resistant Engineering: Given the friction levels of rubber and steel wire, the auger flights and trough linings are constructed from wear-resistant materials to ensure a long operational lifespan under 24/7 production cycles.
- Seamless Fractionation & Packaging: The final units in the network feed the fractionation screens and the Bulk-Bag packaging stations, completing the automated cycle from whole tire to finished rubber crumb.
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The Result: High-Availability Material Transfer
The installation of the BritSOLIDS auger network provides the facility with:
The installation of the BritSOLIDS auger network provides the facility with:
- Multi-Stage Synchronization: 11 units working in harmony to prevent bottlenecks between shredding and packaging.
- Reduced Maintenance Downtime: The open-trough design allows for rapid clearing of blockages and routine maintenance.
- Industrial-Scale Efficiency: Reliable mechanical conveying that eliminates the need for manual handling between processing stages.