Wet Blue Chrome Tanning

Product:

Process for wet blue chrome tanning of bovine hides.

Application:

For processing into finished chrome leather.

Feature:

Wet salted hides are soaked, limed, delimed, pickled and chrome tanned. The process reduces drudgery and results in upgraded product quality. The hides thus tanned can be further processed into chrome tanned leather. It requires 140 kL water and 150 kWH power/day.

Commercialisation:

Commercialised.

Economy:

500 m2/day

Investment:

Rs. 100 lakh

Equipment:

Pits, paddles, fleshing machine and drums.

Raw materials:

Wet salted bovine hides.

Institute:

Central Leather Research Institute.