Rubber dust is the finest product obtained from recycling waste solid tires. The term “powder” indicates its particle size, which ranges between 0.1 and 1 millimeter. The rubber powder we produce and sell is completely free from any iron and textile impurities, making it ideal for manufacturing new products.
Uses of Rubber Powder:
- Manufacturing new rubber products (e.g., mats, gaskets, seals)
- Asphalt modification for road construction
- Playground surfaces and sports tracks
- Shoe soles and flooring materials
- Automotive parts like bumpers and insulation
- Roofing materials and waterproofing membranes
Rubber Powder becomes Asphalt
By using rubber powder, which is a secondary raw material, the maker has an economic advantage: it can lower both production and maintenance costs.
The user also gains many advantages. Safety is the major one. The tires improve their adherence while driving on rubber asphalt. Even tire life is longer because the surface is less rough.
Further, the environment achieves a huge benefit. Effectively, by using rubber dust there is less demand for virgin raw materials and less energy consumption to source them, in a time period where using green energy is essential.
Rubber Compounds
The same advantages seen on rubber asphalt are relevant even in new tires’ compounds outcome. That is to say, less demand for raw materials, less production cost and advantages for the environment. In 2009 the RMA, Rubber Manufacturer Association delivered a study in which they focused on the presence of rubber powder in new products we use everyday. They concluded that rubber particle do not represent any risk for human health if used to produce new objects.
Renew-ability
Renewability is the keyword to define those products sourced from recycled materials, like rubber dust in our case. Due to a more efficient system of waste tires collection and recycling, precious secondary raw materials are reused avoiding the risk to pollute the environment. Moreover, there is less demand for virgin raw materials and oil-based feed-stocks, saving energy and reducing greenhouse gases.