Training of Tannery Technicians/Key operators on Leather Finishing
The Tanning clinic training was conducted by an International leather expert from United chemicals ltd (one of the ALLPI Global Collaborating Partners) from Turkey assisted by Harrison Mungai ALLPI Tannery Expert. The Training was conducted at Leatherland at Masaka on 9th and 10th April 2018. Seven tannery technicians from Leatherland ltd 5 (host), SWT tannery 1 and 1 from Kyambogo University were trained.
The Training focussed on footwear (upper) leather production from raw hides/skins to crust putting more emphasis on process control to avoid chemical wastage and achieving the required end product (leather).
Area covered included the following:
- Selection of raw material bearing in mind the type of leather to be produced,
- Beam house operation (Pre-soaking/soaking, liming, de-liming, bating and pickling) and corrective measures to be taken in case of troubleshooting along the production chain,
- Tanning operation including handling and application during tanning as most of them are hazardous to human health if the dust or fumes is inhaled,
- All mechanical operations which follows after tanning and before post tanning operations,
- Post tanning process (Neutralization, retanning, dyeing and fatliqouring) their advantages and disadvantages.