Abstract

This project aims to develop specific equipment to carry out thermal treatments in multidirectionaly streched leather pieces. Activities include:

• Design and development of a specific piece of equipment for the treatment of circular leather pieces.
• Design and development of the appropriate sensing equipment for applying multidirectional stretch rates and measuring the developed tension during the different treatments.
• Design and development of the computer interface required for storing and processing all the acquired data
• Checking of the optimum treatment conditions found during the previous workpackage

Activities will be based on previous results obtained concerning the on unidirectional behaviour of leather pieces and know how about sensing and signal processing systems. The project will deliver:

• Equipment for multidirectional deformation trials on circular leather pieces
• Information about the behaviour of different types of leather in conditions very close to those found in the industrial process:
• Information on the influence of the selected treatments on the macroscopic properties of different types of leather.

Contacts

Coordinator

• Francisco GANDIA CAMPOS / Curtidos Mare Nostrum S.L. SPAIN

Participant

• Douglas CRACK / Charles F. Stead & Co Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
• Josep GREDORI / Curtidos Gregori S.A. SPAIN
• Alan Brian JONES / Fenland Sheepskin Co. Limited UNITED KINGDOM
• Jesus T PASTOR CIURANA / Food Technology Department SPAIN
• Joan Luigi CARLESSI / Fratelli Carlessi Spa ITALY
• Juan Carlos CAMPOS FABREGAT / Jacobo Gomez E Hijos S.A. SPAIN
• Michael QUINN / University College Northampton British School of Leather Technology / UNITED KINGDOM