Diseño de un proceso de producción basado en la trituración mecánica para el aprovechamiento de las llantas fuera de uso en Santiago de Cali

Abstract

The general objective of the present study is to design a production process based on the mechanical trituration that allows to take advantage of the tires out of use of the city of Cali. To reach this objective, it was necessary to study the behavior of the market to determine the number of tires used in the city, determine the production capacity and optimum location of the project, perform a technical study or process engineering and validate its financial viability. This study is exploratory with a mixed approach. The information was obtained from primary sources such as interviews with experts, visits to responsible entities (Cali City Hall, DAGMA, CVC, GoodYear, servitecas, exchange centers); And secondary sources such as documents and reports of FENALCO, ANDI, DANE, among others. With the information obtained, statistical regressions were carried out in order to forecast the generation of tires used for the year 2022, which allows defining the necessary production capacity of the process. Considering that 73% of the tires are not used in Cali, it is expected to contribute 30% by designing a mechanical crushing plant with the capacity to crush 265.032 tires. The location was defined by the point qualification method and the municipality of Yumbo was defined as the optimal site. On the other hand, the SLP and Gruechet methods were applied to optimize the spaces and determine the proper distribution of the process. It is found that the process is profitable, through the evaluation of information on costs, income and expenses, in a financial evaluation that would entail the development of the project.