Stropping Disc Leather

Introduction

Stropping disc leather finds application in sharpening of rager blades. The processing of the leather involves use of minimum fatliquor and it is characterised by more charome content in the resulting leather. The unique feature of the technology is that it provides much cheaper option to make the stropping disc leather, thereby ensuring import substitution for the product.

Industry classification

Primary : Leather Processing
Secondary : Chemico-mechanical

Product type : Commercial

Manufacturing

a) process used
Primary : Chemical
Secondary : Mechanical

b) Major machinery used : Existing conventional machinery in a commercial tannery

Status : Licensed

i) Year first Licensed : 1995
ii) No. Of License : One
iii) Whether in Production : Yes

Economic Information:

Not applicable, because it is actually an improved technology to be used in an existing leather processing unit.

Minimum Economic size: Same as above
Optimum Investment : Same as above

Major Raw Materials Required :

Wet Blue Cow hides of thickness more than 4 mm

Patent Information

If Patented : No

Contact for more information:

Dr. T. Ramasami,
Director, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI),
Chennai -600 020, India
Tel: +91-(0)44-4910846
Fax: +91-(0)44-4912150
Email: clrimd@md2.vsnl.net.in