Shaving
From www.leather-dictionary.com - The Leather Dictionary
The leather has to reach the desired thickness in the tannery. To achieve this, the skin is first split. Next a shaving machine, comprising knives arranged in a spiral formation, shaves the flesh side of the leather until the appropriate thickness is obtained. The fibres are cut to an even thickness. The splitting machine does the first part and the shaving machine helps achieve the desired thickness of the leather.
The shaved leather fibres are then pressed and undergo a waste treatment process e.g. incineration. In some cases, shaved leather fibres are also used to produce bonded leather.
Shaving. Checking the thickness.
Leather fibres are shaved.
Video about the leather production
The leather production in a modern tannery.
Additional information
| Process steps in the leather production |
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| storage - soaking - liming - fleshing - splitting - pickling - tanning - neutralising - withering - sorting - shaving - dyeing (through colouring) and fatliquoring - drying - finish - softening - final check |
| Tanning methods |
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| Chrome tanning - Vegetable-tanned leather - Synthetic tanning - Tanning with fats and oils |
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