Abstract: An installation for crushing vehicle tires and the like and for separating the metal parts from the nonmetal parts comprises in combination: a first crusher unit (1); a first screening assembly (27) associated with said first crusher unit (1), to divide the granules into at least two groups, depending on their size; a separation section (35) to separate the metallic material from the larger granules originating from said first screening assembly (27) and to recirculate the nonmetallic material; a second crusher unit (71) which receives the granules of smaller size originating from the first screening assembly and the granules of nonmetallic material originating from said separation section (35); and downstream from said second crusher unit, a first separator means (83) to separate the metal parts from the nonmetal parts.

Abstract: A conveyor on which tires are suspended, with sufficient travel to ensure that they dry out following treatment, for conveying them through a distribution chamber for the solution, equipped with devices for discharging jets of the solution; a movable arm is inserted in between two adjacent tires and temporarily lifts off at least one of them in order to rotate it in front of the discharge devices.

Abstract: From a different stock of tires each time a conveyor belt has a tire placed onto it and centered by a transverse positioning device; in alignment with a vulcanization press or an iron hand or a collecting arm, a number of sensors, particularly photocell sensors, monitor the incoming tire and stop it in the correct position for it to be collected by the iron hand or collecting arm.