Leather Industry Enzymes
The world capacity of leather processing is 15 million tons of hides and skins per year. The average wastewater discharge, solid waste generation, and sludge and effluent is in millions of tons per day. The amount and type of waste generated during leather production are variable but it is a major issue.
In the last few decades, research on eco-friendly methods has increased substantially with the growing environmental awareness. Enzymatic technologies eliminate or reduce the dependence on harmful chemicals such as sulfide, lime, and amines, and they are cost-effective and environment friendly.
Enzymes are used in various stages of Leather treatment processes like soaking, bating, dehairing, dyeing, degreasing etc. and we have the best combination of enzymes for each application.
Benefits of Leather Industry Enzymes
- 1 Eco-friendly and biodegradable.
- 2 Efficient and specific in action.
- 3 Reduces process time and enhances the efficiency of subsequent processes.
- 4 Reduces process time and provides efficient cleaning and re-hydration.
- 5 Gives full and supple grain with fewer wrinkles.
- 6 Enhances efficiency of subsequent processes.
Soakzyme is a leather soaking enzyme specially designed for soaking in skins and hides to be used in leather beam-house processes. It contains Protease and Lipase enzymes.
- 1Soakzyme is great for soaking and assisting in the easy removal of hair and scud.
- 2It reduces chemical consumption and water effluent problems.
- 3With Soakzyme, wetting agents and detergents can be avoided.
- 4It provides efficient cleaning and re-hydration.
- 5It improves softness, pliability, and fine grain with maximum stretch.
- 6It increases area and tears strength.
- 7It gives full and supple grain with fewer wrinkles.
Dehairzyme is a bacterial alkaline protease leather unhairing enzyme that will hydrolyze proteins to be used in leather beam house processes.
- 1It produces flat leather without wrinkles and growth marks.
- 2It also reduces chemical consumption and water effluent problems.
- 3With dehairzyme, wetting agents and detergents can be avoided.
- 4Assists in easy hair removal and scud removal.
- 5It is compatible with sulfide free / assisted unhairing.
- 6It Improves feel, pliability, and fine grain with maximum stretch.
Degreasezyme is a leather degreasing enzyme specially designed for degreasing of skins and hides. The lipase enzyme specifically removes insoluble fatty substances.
- 1It can be used either in soaking, liming, and before or after bating.
- 2It reduces chemical consumption and water effluent problems.
- 3It can reduce or even eliminate the need for surfactants or solvents.
- 4It improves fat dispersion and removal
- 5It improves dye uptake and gives a uniform color.
- 6It also increases the tear and tensile strength of the finished leather.
Batezyme-AL is a bacterial alkaline protease leather bating enzyme specially designed for bating of limed and partially de-limed pelts, which are still to be tanned.
- 1It is mainly used in leather bating.
- 2It gives air permeability and a smooth texture.
- 3It opens the collagen structure giving uniforms leather bating.
- 4It helps in the penetration of tanning materials and processing chemicals.
- 5It ensures maximum removal of scud and natural dirt.
Batezyme-AC is a fungal acid protease leather bating enzyme specially designed for bating of hides and skins already pickled or tanned by either chrome or vegetable-synthetic methods.
- 1It is used in bating partially chrome-tanned leather for the manufacturing of good quality garment leather.
- 2It removes folds and creases in the pickled or tanned stocks.
- 3It is used for bating of carbon dioxide de-limed pelt or pelts limed in acidic conditions with oxidizing agents.
- 4It is useful for delimbing, bating, pickling, and chrome tanning are to be carried out in the same drum. This saves operational costs considerably.
- 5It provides increased pliability, tight but smooth grain, and uniformity in dyeing.