Giving worn tyres a new life Guttridge the Lincolnshire based bulk handling specialist were asked by Crumb Rubber Ltd, to supply equipment for their new processing plant in Plymouth. Twenty belt and bucket elevators are now integrated into a system that turns old tyres into useful materials. Crumb Rubber take used tyres that have been chopped into 20mm pieces and processes them into flakes of various sizes from 3mm down to 80 microns. The resulting product is used in a variety of applications, including playground flooring and coating processes. The plant itself had already been designed when Guttridge's Michael Green became involved. However, Michael suggested a change to the design to create cost savings and improve the factory layout. The main change was to use belt and bucket elevators

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