10/10/2020 Empa - Road Engineering/Sealing Components - Innovative Manufacturing of Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt Concrete

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Innovative Manufacturing of Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt Concrete

Innovative Manufacturing of Crumb Contacts

Rubber Modified Asphalt Concrete Project leader

Crumb rubber from tires are used in asphalt concrete as a Lily Poulikakos

performance enhancing additive.  Many countries mandate its use  

as an important waste reduction measure. This project aims to Team member
maximize  the valorisation potential of crumb rubber from waste Moisés Bueno
tires, with their recycling in asphalt road pavements  as well as to
 
demonstrate and validate the developed eco-innovative 
technologies in real-life environments in terms of their
environmental and economic viability in order to promote their
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widespread market uptake and replication.

This cooperative project funded by Innosuisse (former commission

for technology and innovation (KTI/CTI)) brings together all
important stakeholders; crumb rubber producer, asphalt plant  
manufacturer and two asphalt plants. In addition to the road
engineering lab at Empa the advanced analytical methods lab
investigates the environmental aspects and Prof. Dr. Guillaume  
Habert from ETH Zurich chair for sustainable materials performs
the life cycle analysis.

 
 

   

 
Crumb rubber is produced using the water jet technique by the Swiss company TRS

Starting date: 2017

Funding
End date: 2019 organisation
 

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