Automotive: tyre washing

Multinational company, world leader in the production and sale of tyres.

THE CLIENT

The Client is a multinational company, world leader in the production and sale of tyres. Worldwide, it counts around seventy plants manufacturing 180 million tyres each year that are sold in 170 countries.

THE CLIENT'S REQUEST

The Client's objective is the treatment of washing water from tyre production, with the aim of obtaining a quality distillate suitable for reuse, and to reduce the volume and cost of waste disposal.

THE SOLUTION

Evaporation technology: PC F 6
Construction material: AISI 316
Overall dimensions: 4.6 sqm

ANALYSIS OF MAIN PARAMETERS

PROCESS DIAGRAM

RESULTS

- Reused water: ∽97%
- Concentration factor: ∽15 times
- reduction of disposal volumes and costs
- re-use of 100% distillate as boiler make-up water (AQUADEM post-treatment consisting of activated carbon for organic residue removal and ion-exchange resins for finishing treatment)
Heat pump and forced circulation evaporators
Mechanical wastewater treatment