CPI Collaborate with Recyclatech to Further R&D

Recyclatech asked CPI to collaborate and support their devulcanisation technology, following proof of concept, by ascertaining whether the process would work on a large scale. The company’s own team worked alongside scientists at CPI, occupying space within one of the CPI laboratories, and demonstrated that effective commercial full-scale devulcanisation can be achieved, and that the process was ready for commercialisation.

Recyclatech uses tyres that have been ground to a specific size and uses a patented technology to remove sulphur from the rubber elastomer. The rubber can then be resold to rubber product manufacturers for incorporation into high value products. By working alongside a team of CPI scientists, led by Project Manager, Santhana Krishnan, Recyclatech has been able to run the full-scale process treating batches of 2 tonnes in 10 m³ reactors to achieve desulphurisation. Recyclatech is now at the stage of commercialising the process and there are plans to create the company’s first full-scale plant for the production of recycled (devulcanised) rubber.