Back to Basics: A Framework for Leather Manufacture

Continuing this highly acclaimed series by award winning author Richard Daniels, and for this work joined by machinery export Walter Landmann, this is a set of carefully selected Essays which set down, for the first time, the structure within which the chemistry and mechanics of leather manufacture operate.

The chemistry of leather manufacture is well-documented, and can be readily measured and controlled. But the way that forces are both applied and accepted by hides and skins are largely unseen and cannot be measured. Moreover, The outcome of these events is significant both within chemical processing and machine operations, and affects the whole progression of manufacture. When changes occur they are frequently not obvious, but the outcome is often beyond the scope of chemical or machine amendment.

This is a complex subject but this work sets out a structure where the better-known aspects of leather chemistry and machine processing operate. With roots within the physics and craft of leather-making, it is hoped that technicians will find this publication of interest and value. It has been designed to explore leather-making from a somewhat different perspective.