Waste tire recycling machine is a large set of equipment that separates and recycles the three major raw materials contained in tires: rubber, steel wire and fiber at one time at room temperature. The waste tire processing line can recycle tires in the diameter range of 400-3000mm according to customer requirements, with strong applicability, the discharge size can be controlled within the range of 1-100mm, and the output can reach 200-10000kg/h.

Through the tire recycling plant, scrap tires can be processed into products such as tire derived fuel (TDF), rubber crumbs, rubber granules, rubber powder, etc. These materials are widely used in various fields such as industrial production, power generation, civil engineering, construction materials and plastic processing.
Waste Tire Recycling Process & Flow Chart
For different tire characteristics and productivity requirements, equipment may include
- Automatic wire pulling machine: to remove tire rims.
- Conveyor equipment: conveyor belts, screw conveyors and air pressure transfer systems.
- Tire shredder: shredding tires into film (50mm-150mm).
- Steel wire separator: to separate rubber and steel wire and process them into rubber granules (10mm-20mm).
- Magnetic separator: Sorting steel wire from rubber-wire mixture.
- Rubber granule machine: crush rubber granules to smaller size (1mm-7mm).
- Vibrating screen: Sorting rubber particles of different sizes, and sending oversized particles back to the crusher for secondary crushing.
- Fiber separator: remove foreign matter and fiber.
- Secondary magnetic separator: to remove the fine steel wire that may remain.
- Rubber Mill: Grind the particles into powder (30 mesh-100 mesh).
- Fully automatic bagging system: put the finished product into storage bags or packaging bags.
How much does a tire recycling line cost?
The price of a tire recycling machine is about 25,000 – 240,000 USD. Overall the price of the scrap tire crushing and processing equipment varies depending on the processing method, daily capacity and configuration. The following is an analysis of the price of waste tire recycling equipment in several areas:
- The material to be crushed: including size, composition, etc.
- Production requirements (how many tons per hour crushing output you want to reach?)
- Size of the crushed material (the size of the crushed material)
How to dispose of used tires in the United States
Various forms of waste treatment and recycling have been implemented in the USA to use scrap tires as a commodity (new tires) and an energy source (fuel substitute).
Main applications of used tires:
- 52% of scrap tires are used as fuel
- 12% for granulated rubber products
- 16% are used in civil engineering applications
- At least 14% are crushed and dumped in landfills.
Whole tires are used for artificial reefs, breakwaters, erosion control, playground equipment and highway crash barriers.
Worn or damaged tires can be recycled for new economic purposes, such as rubberized asphalt and concrete, fuel substitutes, carbon sources, etc.
Recycled tires are used to make synthetic turf in sports fields. Synthetic turf is made from rubber crumbs recovered from scrap tires from cars or trucks. Scrap tires are also used to make rubber mulch for gardens and playgrounds. Scrap tires are also used to make track and field surfaces, roads and shooting targets.
Recycled scrap tires have a variety of recreational uses. They are used to develop company tire swings, planters, compost bins, retaining walls and sandals.
They can also be used as tire-derived fuel (TDF). Depending on the combustion device used, scrap tires used as fuel are either shredded or made whole.
In addition recycled rubber from tires is a major component of tire-derived products. Such products include asphalt paving compounds and as various rubber products such as roofing materials, walking mats, carpets and floor mats, and others.