Albes leather production - Tanning -
The central flow of work during leather fabrication is the tanning, which takes about 20 hours and follows a special formula carried out in a drum. Until it is tanned, the hide is perishable. Only by tanning is the hide preserved and made durable. This process is made up of five steps, which take place one after another in the tanning drum: deliming, bating, pickling, tanning, and basification.