Product/Process: Process for wet blue chrome tanning of bovine hides.

Application/Use: For processing into finished chrome leather

Salient Features of Process/Technology

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.

Status of Commercialisation: Commercialised.

Minimum Economic Unit Size: 500 sq.m/day

Indicative investment: Rs.100 lakh

Equipment and Machinery: Pits, paddles, fleshing machine and drums.

Raw Materials: Wet salted bovine hides.

For further information. please contact:

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