TANNING
 

How does the pressure tanner system work? “Contact force” is the key concept. The objective of any tanning process is to use osmosis and saturate hide fibers (molecules) with tanning agents. With saturation as the goal, the pressure tanning system increases the percentage of tanning molecules per cubic inch. The result is that the “osmotic interaction” of tanning agents in hide molecules is increased. Osmotic interaction is simply the replacement of organic material within the molecules of a hide with tanning/preserving agents.

PRESSURE IS THE KEY. At 30,000 feet...

...Continued in the Fall/Winter 2005 Issue of Breakthrough.

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