LD Carbon progressing tire pyrolysis plant with pelletising machine

Mars, Pennsylvania – US pelletising technology supplier Mars Mineral has shipped new equipment to LD Carbon (LDC) to be installed at its scarp tire pyrolysis plant South Korea.

The US equipment manufacturer is supplying its ‘Model 26D100L stainless steel pin mixer’ to the end-of-life tire (ELT) recycler, to be employed at its facility in Dangjin, South Korea, Mars Mineral said 17 April.

The pyrolysis plant, claimed to be the 'largest of its kind in Asia', is set for operation in the second quarter of the year.

With a nameplate capacity to process 50 kilotonnes per annum of waste tires, it will produce recovered carbon black (rCB) and related by-products.

The pin mixer, according to Mars Mineral, is “a high-speed, conditioning, and micro-pelletising device” that converts rCB into small spherical pellets.

This, it said, is done through the action of a high-speed rotor shaft and pin assembly with the addition of a liquid binder, usually water.

Pelletising, according to Mars Mineral, is “a vital link” to improving rCB output from a pyrolysis plant to end-use customers, as it makes the product easier to handle, package, and transport.

Established in 2017, LD Carbon produces rCB and pyrolysis oil from waste tires and supplies it to tire and rubber product manufacturers.

The Korean company recently signed an MoU with Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd to jointly commercialise rCB and pyrolysis oil.

LD Carbon’s rCB is currently commercialised by Hankook Tire and is being tested by other global tire makers.