Eldan & Pyrum intensify tyre recycling, pyrolysis collaboration

Under an expanded cooperation, end-of-life tyre (ELT) recycling equipment manufacturer Eldan Recycling A/S and pyrolysis technology developer Pyrum Innovations AG will include each other’s products in their complete recycling solutions. The Danish and German firms say they’ll distribute these solutions “actively”.

”We use the newest developed designs in production of high-quality steel- and textile-free, uniform-sized rubber granulate,” comments Bjørn Laursen, Eldan’s product manager for tyre recycling. “This quality rubber granulate will ensure optimal performance of the Pyrum tyre pyrolysis plants with special attention to low power consumption and automation.”

In addition, Pyrum has ordered a new, more powerful shredder from Eldan Recycling. This will likely be delivered to its plant site in Dillingen, Germany by the end of 2022.

ELTs must be shredded before Pyrum recycles them using its patented tyre pyrolysis technology. Their rubber components are crushed during the shredding process, and steel wire and textile fibres separated. With the help of the new Eldan shredder, Pyrum can treble its ELT processing capacity to up to 7,000 pieces daily. At the same time, the machine enables a significantly better quality and thus higher sales prices for the separated steel.

Example of future plants

“We are very pleased about the agreement with Eldan,” states Pascal Klein, chief executive officer of Pyrum Innovations. “In addition to the significant increase in our shredding capacities, which is also a prerequisite for the commissioning of our two new tyre pyrolysis reactors, we will be able to supply a significantly better steel quality with a much higher purity in the future. This means that our steel wire will also count as raw material in the future and can thus be directly processed into new steel. Furthermore, the sales cooperation shows that Eldan is convinced of our tyre pyrolysis technology and values it as a sales advantage – a further confirmation of our process.”

Eldan’s Bjørn Laursen adds: ”Eldan are really excited about the corporation with Pyrum. Our fully automated tyre recycling plant will produce the optimal input for the Pyrum tyre pyrolysis plant. This will be a “state of the art” system that will combine the best of two worlds. We believe the Dillingen plant will be a show-off for more plants to come.”