Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum offers Leather Drying Technology

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum has been a trail blazer for more than 160 years in the field of Vacuum Technologies. Oerlikon Vacuum delivers pumps, systems, standardized and tailor-made vacuum solutions, accessories and services for numerous branches as your reliable partner, globally. And now Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum offers optimized solutions also for applications for Leather Vacuum Drying Technology.

Economic and Environmental Impact
One of the important operations in the leather-making process is the removal of excess water from leather-drying. Leather acquires its final texture, consistency and flexibility in the drying operations. Leather Vacuum Drying is key to augmenting the surface properties of leather. It enables modification of the quality of leather, correction of textural faults and inconsistencies, and increases its lifecycle significantly.

Vacuum Drying involves leather being placed on a hot plate within an insulated chamber and its water content being removed by creating a vacuum inside the chamber. Vacuum technology is superior simply because moisture evaporates more quickly under vacuum and reduces waste water.

The impact on our environment is a critical factor for businesses these days. The Indian leather industry, which is dependent on exports to a very large extent, is sensitive to this. Moreover, the older technology involving Liquid Ring Pumps requires post water treatment, which adds to the cost as well as reduces efficiency.

Clean and Efficient Technology with Superior Products
Dry Screw Vacuum pumps offer maintenance free performance for long periods as these pumps are capable of handling ingress of water vapor and organic vapors. While offering good suction speed and end pressure, Dry Screw Vacuum Pumps are energy efficient and provide a clean technology, which makes them ideal for the leather industry.

The DRYVAC pumps are a new family of dry compressing vacuum pumps. Depending on the application the pumps are available with various equipment components. The DRYVAC series has been specifically developed for process industry applications. All versions of the DRYVAC family are water cooled, very compact and can simply be mounted to various vacuum systems.

Oerlikon (SWX: OERL) is among the world's most successful industrial high-tech companies focusing on machine and systems engineering. Oerlikon stands for leading industrial solutions and cutting-edge tech- nology in textile production, thin-film solar, thin film coating, propulsion, precision and vacuum technolo- gy. As a company with Swiss roots and over 17,000 employees at 150 locations in 38 countries, Oerlikon has evolved into a global player today with sales amounting to CHF 4.2 billion in 2011. In 2011, the com- pany invested CHF 213 Mio. in research and development. More than 1,200 specialists create products and services for tomorrow. The group is ranked first or second in each of its respective markets.

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum offers a broad range of advanced vacuum solutions for use in manufacturing and analytical processes, as well as for research purposes. The Segment’s core capabilities centre on the development of application- and customer-specific systems for the creation of vacuums and extraction of processing gases. Fields of application are coating technologies, thin films and data storage, analytical instruments and classic industrial processes.

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum GmbH
Christina Steigler
Marketing & Communications
Bonner Straße 498
50968 Köln
Tel.: 0221 - 347 1261
christina.steigler@oerlikon.com
www.oerlikon.com

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