Now here is a News Release with some meat in it:the Magnum SRI custom compound has been able to incorporate more than 14% recycled content in both the tread and sidewall compounds of a light truck tire and actually had it provide performance parameters equal to and higher than the original compound. More below.
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All these test results were the result of independent testing and evaluation by the Rubber Research Institute of the Malaysian Rubber Board.
Based on these test results, what has been achieved here is historic, there has never been a case of scrap rubber/tire dust or powder, regardless of the technology employed that has ever exceeded a couple of percentile. Before this innovation exceeding 2 plus % recycled content in a tire compound always meant what is referred to in the industry as "catastrophic failure". History has been rewritten, the Magnum SRI custom compound has been able to incorporate more than 14% recycled content in both the tread and sidewall compounds of a light truck tire and actually had it provide performance parameters equal to and higher than the original compound. Obviously the content levels would be substantially higher in lower to medium level applications. Magnum SRI is currently unmatched having broken new technological ground in recycling whose impact and significance will be effect the entire rubber industry.
Magnum SRI's revolutionary compound's, technical reach and ability to perform in premium volume applications will not only ensure substantially improved viability for rubber product manufacturers but will make environmentally friendly "green" production the norm rather than the exception. Finally there is a real solution to the "Tire Mountains" and the environmental pollution from them. Magnum SRI activated custom compounds allow for substantial recycled content to be applied in nearly all volume applications cost effectively without appreciable loss of properties
