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Rubber reclamation. Old rubber goes back to work. An automatic rotary knife removes the wire band portion of a scrap tire. The tire body is then ready to pass through various stages of the xylos reclamation process at a well-known rubber plant. The wire band portion, imcluding a very small amount of
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Credit lineRubber reclamation. Old rubber goes back to work. An automatic rotary knife removes the wire band portion of a scrap tire. The tire body is then ready to pass through various stages of the xylos recla. 1941-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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