On the other hand, if not correctly operated there is a potential risk involved using chromium for tanning in terms of toxicity relating to hexavalent chrome. Since leather is a component in many consumer articles, and unfortunately still by-products and waste is generated in the leather manufacturing process, it is an important responsibility of the leather industry to manage and fully control...

The leather nesting problem is a cutting and packing optimization problem that consists in finding the best layout for a set of irregular pieces within a natural leather hide with an irregular surface and contour. In this paper, we address a real application of this problem related to the production of car seats in the automotive industry. The high quality requirements imposed on these products...

This article reviews the various aspects of tannin, which is finding varied uses in leather industry and pharmaceutics.

The purposes of this research were to develop and to monitor the antecedent factors which directly affected the success rate of new product development. This was a case study of the leather industry in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 350 leather factories were used as a sample group. The findings revealed that the new product development model was harmonized with the empirical data at the accepta...

The development of antimicrobial coatings for footwear components is of great interest both from industry and consumer's point of view. In this work, antimicrobial leather materials were developed taking advantage of chitosan intrinsic antimicrobial activity and film forming capacity. Considering the specificities of the leather tanning industry, different coating technologies, namely drum, cal...

The disposal and treatment of wastes generated in the leather industry has been the focus of several studies around the world. They intend to meet environmental legislation and make the process environmentally and economically viable. The anaerobic digestion process, which occurs in steps that involve acid and methane forming bacteria, can be an alternative since it turns the waste into renewab...

The mortality of 833 male tannery workers known to have been employed in the industry in 1939 and who were followed up to the end of 1982 was studied. A total of 573 men had been employed in making leather tanned by vegetable extracts for soles and heels, and 260 men had used chrome tanning to make leather for the upper parts of shoes. No significant excesses of deaths were found for any of the...

Belgium the spreading of the moulds, 6 min for the cutting and 6 ~h~ leather industry is one that is certainly in need of min to sort the cut parts: About 75 % of the total area of automation. As an example we will deal in this paper with the leather hide is wed. the production of leather seats. Many steps in that proThese steps are certainly good candidates for automaduction process are subjec...

Archaeological studies have shown that hides and skins have been used since antiquity as clothes, vessels, bedding, and possibly structurally in ancient dwelling places. At present, leather is used in various applications. Hides and skins, raw materials for the tanning industry, are renewable and easily perishable resources (Arugna, 1995). Their production is dependent on the rearing, managemen...