SRI is now testing tyres made from 'upcycled' granulate

摘要

SRI Elastomers was founded by Tan Sri Dr. B C Sekhar and is now run by his eldest son, Gopinath Sekhar. SRI has worked on de-vulcanisation of rubber for over a decade, but the current effort was re-invigorated in 2006. SRI has established production and tests with big-name tyre makers. Currently the company has re-processed a range of passenger car tyres and truck tyres. SRI Elastomers aims to keep the two streams separate, so that it has a stock of material derived from whole car tyres and a separate stock of material derived from whole truck tyres. Sekhar said the separation of tyres into car and truck categories will be a major hurdle for the tyre disposal industry to adopt, as it adds an extra step to their process and requires more handling and storage facilities. While the de-vulcanisation process is a change, it does not affect the waste handling industry as much as the segregation issue, said Sekhar.