Tire Feed System

Balcones Plant (Cemex) – New Braunfels, TX (2002) – AFS provided a turnkey, fully-automated whole tire feeding system for a 4-stage preheater kiln. This system included a trailer tipper, live bottom hopper, tire separator, tire separation refinement system, tire inspection and rejection system, 290’ inclined trussed-framed belt conveyor, support steel and platforms in preheater building, accumulation conveyors, tire weighing system with feed rate control, airlock valve, mechanical, electrical, and civil installation, along with all PLC programming and system commissioning.