Sustainable Development Goals
PROJECT INFORMATION AT A GLANCE:
Project Status:
Historical pilot and scale-up programme
Organizations Involved:
Klean Industries, Hosokawa Group, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Onahama Refining & Smelting Co, Tokyo University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Toyo Construction
Services / Equipment:
Design & Engineering, Due Diligence, Component Supply
A tire pyrolysis plant can recover carbonaceous char without producing a carbon black that industrial customers can buy. Our recovered carbon black equipment programme is built to close that gap, integrating material handling, milling, classification, drying, pelletizing, quality control and packaging around the properties of the feedstock and the requirements of the buyer.
The commercial opportunity is not a single mill, dryer or classifier. It is a coordinated upgrading process capable of turning variable raw material into a repeatable product, while avoiding the expensive mistakes that occur when individual equipment packages are specified independently. We combine decades of equipment-vendor relationships with its own carbon-processing and market-development experience to select the appropriate combination of technologies for each project.
Tire pyrolysis produces char, but untreated char can contain variable ash, moisture, particle sizes and residual constituents. Rubber manufacturers, compounders, plastics producers and pigment users need controlled properties and application-specific performance, not simply material that looks black. Conventional plant configurations often overlook the links between milling, classification, thermal management, pelletizing and product handling.
For existing pyrolysis operators, that disconnect can create bottlenecks, material losses and inconsistent product quality. For new developers, it can result in capital spent on machinery that cannot deliver an economically useful product. The buyer’s specification must therefore influence the design long before equipment is ordered.
We follow an equipment-agnostic approach, drawing on major mill, classifier, screen, pelletizer and component suppliers rather than forcing every feedstock through a fixed package. The upgrading train can incorporate receiving and homogenization, separation, fine grinding, classification, drying, pelletizing, conditioning and packaging, with instrumentation and controls matched to the project.
The source page describes modular configurations of 10–100 tonnes per day, incorporating continuous separation and drying, remote performance monitoring, and commissioning support. Our stated fine-grinding capability is d97 = 5–20 µm, with system design tailored to the incoming char and target end use. The project also describes ATEX-oriented safety provisions where applicable and energy-efficient milling alternatives to traditional jet milling.
The engineering advantage is in the interfaces.
Material that passes through a grinder must still meet moisture, handling, classification, pellet durability and packaging requirements. Optimizing one component in isolation can shift the problem downstream. We approach the equipment line as one production system, aligned with achievable specifications, operating cost and customer acceptance.
Our original equipment account reports performance benchmarks for applicable systems and comparisons:
These are reported application-specific performance figures, not universal guarantees for every char, installation or finished grade. They remain valuable because they define the kinds of operating and investment improvements that properly integrated equipment can target.
Our broader carbon-upgrading experience spans plant design, component supply, process testing and industrial customer relationships. The source describes installations and applications across Asia, Europe and North America. This record gives prospective owners a path to connect equipment choices to real downstream product requirements in rubber, tires, conveyor belts, plastic compounds and colorants.
The central outcome is commercial integration: upgrading the carbon stream so that it can be assessed, qualified and sold on the basis of a defined specification and use, not merely counted as material recovered from a reactor.
1. The upgrading line determines whether recovered char becomes a saleable carbon product.
Feedstock variation, particle sizing, moisture control, pelletizing and handling must be addressed together.
2. Equipment integration can protect both CAPEX and operating performance.
Application-specific gains of up to 40% in throughput, 50% in installation time and 20% in initial CAPEX through its systems approach.
3. A customer specification is part of the design basis.
Our vendor network, processing knowledge and commercial relationships help connect an equipment purchase to product qualification and market access.
These are selected achievements and lessons. Further technical, economic and commercial insights are available through an appropriate engagement with Klean.
Whether a project needs a standalone char-upgrading line or integration with a new continuous tire-pyrolysis installation, we can help define the material, product specifications, system interfaces and commercial investment basis before procurement. The paid Detailed Equipment Quotation (DEQ) delivers the preliminary technical and financial assessment following the DEQ engagement package; the Detailed Feasibility Study (DFS) and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) follow as the project progresses.
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ABOUT THE INFORMATION PRESENTED
This case presents our rCB equipment-integration programme and the technical and commercial performance ranges stated in its project materials. Outcomes depend on material characteristics, equipment configuration, operating conditions and buyer specifications. Confidential performance records and project-specific guarantees are addressed within agreed technical and commercial engagements.
This project addresses the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by considering the goals and associated targets illustrated by the WBCSD’s Tire Industry Project (TIP). TIP provides a framework for action that outlines impactful pathways for the tire sector to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To learn more about how our approach, solutions, and technologies contribute to advancing the SDGs, please review the report “Sustainability Driven: Accelerating Impact with the Tire Sector SDG Roadmap”.
