Magnum D'Or Resources, Inc., a rubber recycling solutions company, introduced its Magnum SRI light truck tires produced with 20% recycled, re-activated rubber powders.
The recycled compound was originally produced in a Banbury Mixer in the Malaysian Rubber Board's Rubber Research Institute facility in Sg. Buloh, and subsequently shipped to the manufacturer's plant.
The compound was then mixed and formulated with virgin light truck compound in a range of pre-agreed proportions. Upon completion, the resultant compound was put through the balance of the manufacturing process, according to the company.
The tires have been shipped for independent testing at the Rubber Research Institute, where they will be subjected to a two-phase process. First, the institute will conduct a full range of tire lab tests including abrasion resistance. The tires will also be installed on a commercial truck operating in real time conditions for their useful life under standard load.
Gopi Sekhar, CEO of SRI, stated, "In an industry that has now come to terms with ever increasing raw material costs, both from natural and synthetic rubbers which are further exacerbated by very serious environmental concerns, in terms of the responsible management of the resultant used tire scrap, there has been no real solution that could adequately address either the backlog nor the growing annual accumulation that has it in a literal stranglehold.
“Today Magnum SRI has unveiled a technology and process which for the very first time can address both the accumulation of scrap tires and over time the enormous backlog.”