Finished Leather from Wet Blue Chrome

Product:

Production of finished leather from wet blue chrome.

Application:

Making various leather products e.g. footwear, leather garments and leather goods by small scale tanners

Feature:

The process involves shaving to required thickness, post tanning wet operations like neutralisation, retanning, dyeing and fatliquoring, sammying, setting, drying & conditioning, staking, buffing, dusting and finishing. It requires 40 kL water and 450 kWh power/day.

Commercialisation:

Commercialised

Economy:

250 m2/day

Investment:

Rs. 50 lakh

Equipment:

Shaving machine, drum, sammying machine, setting machine, staking machine, drying chamber, buffing machine, hydraulic press, spray booth etc.

Raw materials:

Wet Blue

Institute:

Central Leather Research Institute.