Zuggrain Leather

Abstract

Zuggrain leather is a type of upper leather made out of heavy hides by printing in a Hydraulic Press with Zuggrain Print. The printed leather is called zuggrain leather due to its zuggrain print on the grains side of the finished leather. Zuggrain leather is an important rawmaterial of protective apparel for workers/staff of Mines/Industry/Defence/Para Military Forces etc. Zuggrain leather is mainly used for manufacturing various types of Safety Shoes and Boots. As the zuggrain leather is used for making the upper for safety shoes & boots, so this type of leather should have good tensile strenth and proper resistance to heat and chemical. Generally, the zuggrain leather is made from thicker low quality buffalo cow/hides by chrome tanning process. The zuggrain leather from buffalo hides is mainly manufactured in Northern Region of our country, because of huge availability of Heavy Buffalo/cow hides in these regions. However, the zuggrain leather is also manufactured at Kolkata tanneries by the Chinese and the some local tanneries. The final thickness of the zuggrain leather which is used for manufacturing safety shoes/boot upper generally varies between 1.8 to 2.2 mm. Here the project has been prepared based on low quality thick buffalo hides.