Tag: RITM technologies

Annotation: A real-time active online monitoring system for leather manufacturing processes is presented, fully tailored to the specific requirements of the leather industry. The system employs contactless resonance sensors as a key component, integrated across all stages of hide processing—from soaking (used to remove preservatives, dirt, and blood), liming, hair removal, and deliming to tanning (including vegetable tanning), dyeing, fatliquoring, drying, and finishing. The importance of continuous parameter monitoring in the "dead zones" of technological tanks is highlighted, along with the design of the sensor module (a sleeve with a solenoid coil) and its manufacturing methods, including the application of RITM technologies. The paper outlines approaches to integrating the sensors into the production line and discusses the anticipated benefits: improved uniformity of hide processing and final leather quality, reduced defect rates through timely detection of deviations, and automatic real-time adjustment of processing modes according to raw material properties.