Tyrecycle mobile shredding plant

Stockpiles of abandoned tyres and conveyor belts can now be eliminated on the spot — no matter where they lie — following the commissioning of a mobile shredding plant, designed and built by engineers at Tyrecycle and its parent company ResourceCo.

The mobile shredder will enable Tyrecycle to clean up the stockpiles of abandoned tyres throughout regional and metropolitan Victoria, while eliminating the added expense of transporting whole tyres to a fixed processing location. It is designed to not only assist councils burdened by stockpiles of end-of-life waste tyres and conveyor belts, but also to meet the needs of remote or regional mining and construction sites.

The shredder can process passenger, light truck and truck tyres — as well as conveyor belts — at a rate of 10 tonnes/h. It also has the ability to remotely process off-road tyres — common to the mining, agricultural and construction industries — into a size suitable for further manufacturing into powders and granules for use in high-valued recycled products or as tyre-derived fuel (TDF).

Built to withstand Australia’s tough climate, the unit has a full safety lock-out system and can operate for 24 h on a single 620 L diesel tank at ambient temperatures of up to 45°C. With parts mirroring those used in Tyrecycle’s large-scale, fixed processing facilities, replacements can be made quickly and easily when required.