Production technology and quality assessment of ostrich skins

The article deals with the development and industrial testing of production technology and quality assessment of ostrich skins. The technology of dressing ostrich skins in the cycles of soaking - ash, tanning and dyeing - fat processes has been worked out in production conditions. The evaluation of the quality of execution and the choice of rational technology of dyeing and fat processing processes of semi - finished products from ostrich skins was carried out. The physical - mechanical properties of the leather produced from ostrich skins were investigated for their technological suitability and compliance with the requirements of regulatory and technical documentation, their comparative analysis with the properties of leather produced from cattle skins by similar processing technology was performed. It is discovered that the processing of ostrich skins according to the tested technology provides the necessary quality of the dye - fat processes and allows you to obtain leather that is not inferior in physical and mechanical properties to leather from traditional raw materials. The industrial use of the technology for the production of ostrich leather will contribute to the diversification of production, including the production of leather from non - traditional types of leather raw materials, and will allow making additional profit from the production and sale of new products that are in demand on the market.