Development of Textile-Rubber Composite Materials Using Recycled Rubber and Textiles With Applications in Industry

Abstract

This paper study methods to obtain composite materials based on recycled rubber from End-of-Life tires and scrap textile. Rubber particles was obtained by industrial shredding procedures and separated by dimension, using sieves. Recycled cotton weave was obtained from scrap cotton textiles. The composite material was produced mixing the recycled rubber powder with a solution of acrylate rubber (AR), (NipolR AR 51) in acetone/ethyl acetate, then coating that composition on a 100% recycled cotton weave. After application, the composite was dried in a dryer with ventilation. The final composite material will be chemical characterized. Attempts will be made to determine whether the composite can be used as isolation material with temperature dissipation characteristics.