Salvadori Srl, a leader for end of life tyre and conveyor belt recycling technologies, has announced that the US Patent Office has issued a patent for its MT-Rex® Tire Shear created to downsize tyres up to a 63 in diameter. The patent acknowledges Salvadori’s proprietary system, which positions the tyres and the shearing mechanism to handle the extreme demands of downsizing OTR tyres.
Asked what was the initial source of inspiration behind MT-Rex concept, Samuel Salvadori, the inventor of MT-Rex, says: “Simplicity was the key. Back in the day, there were very complex solutions trying to address the need of downsizing huge mining tyres. My goal was to bring many components in a single machine and make the process simple and safe. This is how MT-Rex was born.”
Salvadori MT-Rex it says is the first fully automated system capable of managing tyres up to 63 in and provides a continuous flow of clean and standardised sized tyre chunks. With a processing time of less than one hour for a 63 in tyre, when continuously operated, MT-Rex can downsize more than 7,000 tyres per year and consistently feeds more than 35,000 t per year of clean and regularly cut pieces to a traditional shredding line.
According to Andrea Pitto, Salvadori Sales Manager: “All Salvadori solutions focus on waste to value systems to enhance our clients’ business and bottom line. A mining operation can convert a high-risk eco-liability into a valuable resource, while driving sustainability and playing an important role in the circular economy.”
Salvadori says it solutions help to drive this circular economy and aligns with parent company TRC’s 4r vision of repair, reuse, recycle and repurpose. “Salvadori has assembled a world class team of designers, engineers, fabricators and technicians who envision and bring to life the most innovative and effective recycling equipment solutions customised to a client’s specific requirements.”
Salvadori was founded in 1983, by Giorgio Salvadori, building on his vision to build a family company with an international reach. Initially focused on the tyre retreading market in 1990, Salvadori designed, fabricated and installed their first piece of recycling equipment, which cuts tyres of different sizes.