A method for recycling a vulcanized rubber compound. The method includes the steps of grinding recycled rubber compound into a plurality of ground rubber particles, adding a suitable amount of labyrinthine or barrier forming material to a fresh rubber compound, mixing the plurality of ground rubber particles with the fresh rubber compound containing the labyrinthine material, and co-vulcanizing the mixture of the plurality of ground rubber particles with the fresh rubber compound containing the labyrinthine material.
A method, and product thereof, for modifying the surface of recycled sulfur-cured rubber via surface devulcanization that minimizes alteration of the network structure of the recycled sulfur-cured rubber, while generating strong tack between mixed recycled rubber and fresh rubber for optimal adhesion upon subsequent co-curing. In one embodiment, the surface of recycled rubber is devulcanized by treating recycled rubber with a thiol and a base dissolved in a solvent that does not effectively penetrate and only minimally swells vulcanized rubbers.
A method of recycling rubber includes pre-treating vulcanized ground rubber to prevent the vulcanized ground rubber from encountering significant additional crosslinking during co-vulcanization with fresh rubber compound, and promoting better bonding between the vulcanized ground rubber and the fresh rubber compound. The ground vulcanized rubber can be coated with a layer of non-vulcanized rubber that includes cure inhibitors or other ingredients dispersed within the layer to aid in the coating process and/or co-vulcanization of the vulcanized ground rubber and fresh rubber compound. The vulcanized ground rubber can also be pre-treated with a mixture of at least one chemical curing agent inhibitor and a solvent capable of solubilizing the chemical curing agent inhibitor and dispersing the curing agent inhibitor within the vulcanized ground rubber.
C08J 3/24 - Réticulation, p. ex. vulcanisation, de macromolécules
C08J 11/06 - Récupération ou traitement des résidus des polymères sans réaction chimique
C08L 9/00 - Compositions contenant des homopolymères ou des copolymères d'hydrocarbures à diènes conjugués
C08L 19/00 - Compositions contenant des caoutchoucs non prévues dans les groupes
C09C 3/00 - Traitement, en général, de substances inorganiques, autres que des charges fibreuses, pour améliorer leurs propriétés de pigmentation ou de charge
A method of recycling rubber includes pre-treating vulcanized ground rubber to prevent the vulcanized ground rubber from encountering significant additional crosslinking during co-vulcanization with fresh rubber compound, and promoting better bonding between the vulcanized ground rubber and the fresh rubber compound. The ground vulcanized rubber can be coated with a layer of non-vulcanized rubber that includes cure inhibitors or other ingredients dispersed within the layer to aid in the coating process and/or co- vulcanization of the vulcanized ground rubber and fresh rubber compound. The vulcanized ground rubber can also be pre-treated with a mixture of at least one chemical curing agent inhibitor and a solvent capable of solubilizing the chemical curing agent inhibitor and dispersing the curing agent inhibitor within the vulcanized ground rubber.
C08J 11/06 - Récupération ou traitement des résidus des polymères sans réaction chimique
C08J 11/14 - Récupération ou traitement des résidus des polymères par coupure des chaînes moléculaires des polymères ou rupture des liaisons de réticulation par voie chimique, p. ex. dévulcanisation par traitement avec de la vapeur ou de l'eau
C08J 11/28 - Récupération ou traitement des résidus des polymères par coupure des chaînes moléculaires des polymères ou rupture des liaisons de réticulation par voie chimique, p. ex. dévulcanisation par traitement avec une substance organique par traitement avec des composés organiques contenant de l'azote, du soufre ou du phosphore
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