Optimization of the Tyromer De-Vulcanization Process for the Development of New Products from Waste Rubber

汽车零部件工业对安大略的经济贡献很大。汽车行业正在寻求在非关键部件中使用更高的回收含量。EPDM是用于汽车部件的关键橡胶聚合物，Tyromer橡胶去硫化已被证明能够将EPDM废料去除，以重新用于部件制造。 泰罗默公司公司的重点是致力于再利用大量的废旧橡胶。Tyromer的成立是为了将滑铁卢大学化学工程系Costas Tzoganakis教授发明的橡胶硫化技术商业化。在汽车密封件和零部件的生产中，会产生大量的EPDM生产废料。没有简单的办法来管理这种废物。与废旧轮胎不同，回收商收集三元乙丙橡胶并不收取门头费，因此三元乙丙橡胶的回收没有“补贴”。EPDM生产废料的研磨是一项重大成本，必须通过回收产品的更高价值来克服。脱硫化有可能产生高价值的产品，可以在生产中有效地重复使用，从而提供闭环制造选项。 与兰顿学院的工业材料开发中心（CIMD）合作，拟议的项目旨在使用Tyromer的硫化工艺从硫化废橡胶中开发橡胶产品。该项目的成功将为加拿大带来全面的可持续利益。Tyromer将受益于此次合作所带来的科学和技术进步，能够进一步发展基本的理解和技术，以增加橡胶废料的转化，并应用新技术从硫化废橡胶中生产新的橡胶产品。这是相关的，因为该公司将提供一种新技术，这将有助于关闭橡胶市场的循环经济，并推进安大略出生的技术。获得这项技术将使Tyromer能够在市场上领先，并为橡胶回收问题提供解决方案。

The automotive component industry contributes significantly to the economy of Ontario. The automotive sector is seeking higher recycled content in non-critical components. EPDM is a key rubber polymer used in automotive components and the Tyromer rubber de-vulcanization has been demonstrated to be capable of de-vulcanizing scrap EPDM for reuse in component manufacturing. Tyromer Inc.'s company focus is dedicated to reusing the vast quantities of used rubber. Tyromer was established to commercialize a rubber de-vulcanization technology invented by Professor Costas Tzoganakis of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo. In the production of automotive seals and components, a large volume of EPDM production scrap is generated. There has been no simple option to manage this waste. Unlike scrap tires, recyclers do not get gate fees from collecting EPDM, so recycling of EPDM is not "subsidized". Grinding of EPDM production scrap is a significant cost that must be overcome by the higher value of the recycled product. De-vulcanization has the potential to create a high value product that can be reused in production cost effectively, thereby providing a close-loop manufacturing option. In partnership with Lambton College's Centre for Industrial Material Development (CIMD), the proposed project aims to develop a rubber product from de-vulcanized waste rubber using Tyromer's de-vulcanization process. Success of the project will provide an overarching sustainable benefit to Canada. Tyromer will benefit from the scientific and technical advances arising from this collaboration by being able to further develop fundamental understanding and technology to increase the conversion of rubber waste and apply the new technology to manufacture new rubber products from de-vulcanized waste rubber. This is relevant because the company will provide a new technology that will help to close the circular economy in the rubber market and advance an Ontario born technology. Access to this technology will enable Tyromer to jump ahead in the market and provide a solution to the issue of rubber recycling.