Yongte Plastic Machinery: Helping to recycle waste tires to produce dialysis tubes and open up a new blue ocean for green industries
At a time when the global environmental protection wave is surging, the waste tire recycling industry is gradually becoming the focus, and the sub-sector of using waste tires to produce dialysis tubes has shown a vigorous development momentum, among which Yongte Plastic Machinery has played a key role.
Waste tires have complex components, including natural rubber, synthetic rubber, carbon black and steel wire. To convert them into raw materials for dialysis tube production, they need to undergo a series of physical and chemical treatments such as crushing, desulfurization and activation. This requires strict adherence to the principles of material science and fine-tuning the tire microstructure to ensure that the performance of the dialysis tube meets the standards.
From the market point of view, the demand for dialysis tubes has soared due to the improvement of environmental protection standards. International data show that the global dialysis tube market has an average annual compound growth rate of 8.5% in the past five years, reaching US$3.27 billion in 2023. The annual demand for dialysis tubes in the sewage treatment field in developed countries in Europe and the United States exceeds 50 million meters. With the upgrading of sewage treatment facilities in emerging economies, the demand growth rate in the next five years will exceed 12%. This creates a broad prospect for recycling dialysis tubes from waste tires.
In terms of cost, waste tires have significant advantages. Its acquisition cost is about 40% - 50% lower than traditional raw materials such as new rubber polymers. Taking a standard one-meter dialysis tube as an example, the cost of waste tire rubber as raw material is about US$5, while traditional materials cost US$10, and the cost difference is more obvious when it is mass-produced. At the same time, improvements in recycling and processing technology can reduce costs by another 10% - 15%. Under the same performance, the price of waste tire-based dialysis tubes is about 30% lower than that of traditional materials, which is very competitive in the mid- and low-end markets.
In terms of product performance, dialysis tubes made from waste tires perform excellently. Its tensile strength is 25MPa, far exceeding the industry standard of 15MPa, and it has good compressive stability; its elongation at break is 500%, and it is not easy to break in complex environments. It has strong tolerance to acid and alkali solutions with a pH value of 2 - 12, and the corrosion rate is less than 0.01mm / year, which meets the requirements of sewage treatment and chemical wastewater treatment. The permeability can be precisely controlled between 1×10⁻⁶ - 1×10⁻⁵mol/(m²・s), ensuring efficient and selective dialysis. Therefore, the dialysis tube is widely used in urban sewage treatment plants and industrial wastewater treatment stations, and also performs well in special scenarios such as mine wastewater treatment and groundwater remediation, with an annual market share of about 15%.
Policy support also contributes to industrial development. Europe and the United States have reduced taxes on related companies by 30% - 40%, and there are special subsidies of US$2 per meter. Asian countries such as China and Japan require sewage treatment companies to give priority to environmentally friendly dialysis tubes through environmental protection regulations, and support waste tire recycling projects to promote industrial development.
Yongte Plastic Machinery has shown unique advantages in this industry. Its rubber tire recycling machine integrates components such as wire separators, tire cutters, shredders and crushers. The wire separator can accurately separate the wire, the tire cutter can accurately cut the tire, and the shredder and crusher work well together to process 500kg of waste tires per hour, producing high-quality rubber powder and flakes, providing high-quality raw materials for the production of dialysis tubes.
The rubber hose extrusion line is also very powerful. It can make 16-25mm rubber hoses (dialysis tube prototypes) from rubber powder and flakes, with an output of 60kg per hour. This process involves complex technology, but Yongte Plastic Machinery ensures accuracy in each link through an automated control system, ensuring the stability of the quality of the rubber hose. This integrated production process improves efficiency and avoids contamination and quality changes in the transportation and transfer of raw materials.
In terms of processing accuracy, Yongte Plastic Machinery's high-efficiency screw is a highlight. This is a key component designed specifically for waste rubber materials. The special thread structure and material can accurately pressurize and shear the rubber material. In production, it ensures a stable extrusion flow of the rubber material, so that the dialysis tube size accuracy reaches the millimeter level, and the wall thickness uniformity error is extremely small, far exceeding the industry standard. This avoids the problem of dialysis tube performance degradation caused by processing errors such as uneven wall thickness, making the product reliable in quality and stable in performance, and standing out in the market.
What is more worth mentioning is that Yongte Plastic Machinery provides a warranty period of up to 5 years, which is rare in the industry. Traditional equipment is prone to failure after long-term use, with high maintenance costs and long downtime, affecting production efficiency and benefits. Yongte Plastic Machinery has reduced these problems through strict quality inspection and selection of high-quality parts. During the warranty period, the company has no worries, and the after-sales team can also solve problems in time to ensure that the company can stably produce high-quality dialysis tubes.
The recycling of waste tires to produce dialysis tubes is in line with the concept of sustainable development, converting waste into high-value-added environmentally friendly products, and achieving the unity of economic, environmental and social benefits. With technological innovation, product quality will improve. With the increase in global environmental awareness and the development trend of the environmental protection industry, the market demand for dialysis tubes will expand and the application field will expand. Yongte Plastic Machinery will help the development of this industry, and it is expected to double the market value in the next ten years, injecting new vitality into social and economic development
