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In this research crumb rubber derived from scrap tires and scrap automotive rubber products is devulcanized using a thermo-mechanical devulcanization process with supercritical carbon dioxide in a twin screw extruder. Devulcanized rubber then is incorporated in a virgin tire rubber compound in order to lower the material cost. The main intention of this project is to recycle and re-use the scrap rubbers in new rubber products. For the second stage we are intending to devulcanize the scrap EPDM rubbers from car weather strips and re-use them again for the same application. This research is intended to help both the environment by recycling the scrap rubbers and rubber manufacturer by lowering the cost of raw material.
Dr. Alex Penlidis
Mohammed meysami
Tyromer Inc.
Engineering - chemical / biological
Environmental industry
University of Waterloo
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