Process for making milled grain side leather from buffalo hides

Application/Use :

For travel goods, ladies hand bags, uppers etc.

Salient Features of Process/Technology

The process consists of liming of hide to open up the fibrous structure; lime splitting; special treatment for milled grain chrome tanning effect with minimum chrome; levelling of substance treating with chrome syntan; application of fatliquors and dyes to achieve proper lubrication and light fastness properties; finishing with binders; dry milling.

Status of Commercialisation

Commercialised.

Minimum Economic Unit Size :

250 sq m/day.

Indicative investment :

Rs.50 lakhs.

Equipment and Machinery :

Usual tannery equipment.

Raw Materials :

Buffalo hides, lime, chrome syntan, fatliquors, dye, binders.

Contact for more information:

The Director,
Central Leather Research
Institute (CLRI), Adyar,
Chennai-600020