Abstracts

摘要

We investigated a drying method that will enable leather to be dried under vacuum and stretch sequentially to improve area yield. Vacuum drying offers fast speed at a low temperature, which would be advantageous to heat-vulnerable chrome-free leather. Adding a toggle action after vacuum drying could significantly increase area yield. Using a statistical experimental design, we formulated regression models describing how drying variables affect mechanical properties and area yield of chrome-free leather tanned with glutaraldehyde An effort was also made to estimate the effects of conditioning, staking, and drum milling on the area retention gained by toggle stretching.