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Developed a rubber floor that shelters in the rain

The formula uses water as a catalyst that forms a grout in the cracks, regenerating the rubber floor every time it rains.

November 9, 2019
Gianluca RiccioGianluca Riccio
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A Mexican university student created a new rubber flooring made from recycled tires that regenerates itself every time it rains.

Israel Antonio Briseño Carmona, a civil engineering student at Coahuila Autonomous University in Torreón, Mexico, created a self-healing rubber floor as a means of addressing the problem of potholes and damaged sidewalks in rainy Mexican cities.

The new invention could save billions of dollars on infrastructure costs for governments and construction companies around the world.

For Briseño the first rewards have already arrived: his invention won the James Dyson Award 2019 for Mexico.

Rubber floor

How does the rubber floor repair itself?

The rain filters through the pavement and reaches its base, "digging" deep and eventually creating small cracks. The passage of cars and pedestrians progressively worsens the picture, until the road collapses.

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Given this premise, the goal has been to transform the primary material that deteriorates into one that can recover. This project transforms water from a cause of problems to a factor of maintenance.

The material, obtained from recycled tires combined with some additives, was patented in April with the commercial name of Paflec.

According to the James Dyson Award website, rainwater allows rubber and various additives to become a grout-like substance whenever it rains, allowing the floor to "regenerate" and physico-chemical enhancement.

Rubber floor

Funders are needed

Briseño hopes to partner with a construction company in exchange for a 5% commission on profits from using the invention, but has yet to find companies willing to do so.

To overcome this obstacle, he devised a three-step plan that will allow him to turn his concept into reality.

Primo, will submit the project to an engineer to improve its marketability.

Second, will build a small strip of road to use as a test.

Third, will obtain certification from national authorities so that they can authorize any contract using self-generating flooring.

"At the moment there are already types of flooring that can regenerate, but they are not made from recycled material and nobody uses water as a means of regeneration," says Briseño. And he's right.

In Mexico, 80% of the pavement is asphalt and 20% concrete: on balance, poor and expensive materials when considering the importance of roads as crucial infrastructures.

Self-healing rubber flooring could solve several problems: road maintenance and tire recycling, for example.

Of course, the healthiest solution for the longevity of roads (and people) is to stop using tires, which disperse microplastics in theenvironment.

But that's another story, right?

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