Final Meeting
INESCOP
PROJECT PROGRESS
AND DISSEMINATION
ACTIVITIES
LIFE 10 ENV/IT/364
Pisa (Alicante)
ICCOM-CNR
11th December 2013
Mercedes Roig
Joaquín Ferrer
INESCOP
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INESCOP Project Progress_1
ACTION
STATUS
Action 2. Study on the fatliquoring agents environmental impact
Completed
Action 4. Environmental demonstration of natural products at
laboratory level
Completed
Action 5. Fatliquoring at a semi-industrial level with natural products
Completed
Action 6. Environmental demonstration at pre-industrial level
Completed
Action 7. Environmental demonstration of hides fatted with natural
products
Completed
Action 8. Study of the demonstration about the environmental
benefits from the natural fatting products (INESCOP’s contribution)
In progress
Action 9. Quality assessment of leather products production
Completed
Action 10. Demonstration of technical – economic viability
(INESCOP’s contribution)
In progress
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INESCOP Project Progress_2
ACTION
STATUS
Action 11. Natural products fatting manual
In progress
Action 12. Leather sample books (INESCOP’s contribution)
Completed
Action 16. Training course for Spanish tanneries (June 2013)
Completed
Action 18. Demonstration workshop in Spain (November 2013)
Completed
Action 19. Dissemination in fairs and other events
Continuous
Action 20. Digital supports for international diffusion
(INESCOP’s contribution)
Completed
Action 21. Contribution to the updating of the project website
Continuous
Action 23. Project management
Continuous
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Action 2. Environmental impact of fatliquoring agents
Objective: To assess the environmental impact of different commercial
fatliquoring agents
Results:
• There are no relevant differences in the appearance of the leathers
• The polluting load of all baths was quite similar
• All physical properties tested are above recommended thresholds for
their use in shoe uppers, leather goods, upholstery and garments
• None of the families assessed stand out for their lower
environmental impact on wastewater or for their better quality in all
the parameters – we will employ average values as a reference
values
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Action 4-6. Environmental impact of natural products
Objective: To assess the environmental impact of natural fatliquoring
products comparing with commercial products (Action 2)
Results:
• Leathers have an acceptable appearance, full and firm, with a soft
and pleasant feel with no significant differences between of the
natural fatliquoring tested
• Natural fatliquoring products were less than the As, Cd and Pb limits
• Comparing between synthetic and natural products with the same
treatment, there was an improvement by:
– 30% in the biodegradability on chlorinated products (FAME vs CLP)
– 42% on sulpho-chlorinated products (FAME_S vs CLP_S )
• The physical and chemical parameters of the leathers are according
to the limits required for footwear manufacture
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Fogging Test_1
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Fogging refers to the condensation of evaporated, volatile components
of the interior automobile trim materials on the glass plates.
The aim of this test is to increase driving safety, since certain
fatliquorings and plasticisers released from leather can evaporate and
condense on the windshield (due to the difference in temperature
between the inside and the outside of the car) thus forming an opaque
condensate that causes poor visibility.
Fogging test has been carried out according to the European standard
test method for the determination of fogging characteristics for
automotive leathers UNE-EN ISO 17071:2011.
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Fogging Test_2
Reference
Condensed volatile
compounds
(mg)
Chlorinated paraffin
(44 % Cl)
33,5
FAME
Chlorinated vegetable fatty acid methyl ester
(48.6 % Cl)
19,2
CLP_S
Sulpho-chlorinated paraffin
(44 % Cl)
95,7
Sulpho-chlorinated vegetable fatty acid methyl ester
(38 % Cl- 8.6 % S)
24,1
CLP
FAME_S
Recommended values
<5
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Leather biodegradability test_1
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Test procedure developed by INESCOP
Tests carried out on a prototype designed and built by INESCOP
Based on a standard test of plastic materials biodegradability
Comparative evaluation of biodegradability of different leather
samples regarding to the impact of the leather waste
Prototype developed by INESCOP for evaluation of
biodegradability of leather samples (IR quantification)
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LIFE ECOFATTING:
ENSAYOS DE BIODEGRADABILIDAD DE PIELES ENGRASADAS
Leather biodegradability test_2
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FAME_S 13,4 %
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CLP_S: 11,2 %
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FAME: 10,5 %
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CLP: 7,7 %
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4
2
546
518
532
504
476
490
462
434
448
420
392
406
364
378
350
322
336
308
280
294
266
238
252
224
196
210
168
182
154
126
140
112
84
98
70
42
56
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28
0
0
% Biodegradabilidad
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Tiempo(h)
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Action 7. Footwear manufacture
No differences were observed in the manufacturing process and
in the final appearance of footwear
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Action 11. Natural products fatting Manual
Topic
Content
Responsible
1. Introduction
Brief description of the object of the manual and its contents
INESCOP
2. Description of the tanning
process
Overview of the tanning process and the four main stages: Beamhouse,
Tanning, Retanning/dyeing/fatliquoring and Finishing
INESCOP
3. Conventional leather
fatliquoring process
1. Scope and description of the process of leather fatliquoring
2. Fatliquoring products: raw materials, characteristics and action
on the leather
3. Practice of fatliquoring with conventional products
4. Problems in the fatliquoring operation and leather defects
5. Environmental impact of the fatliquoring process
INESCOP
4. Environmentally friendly
natural fatliquoring process
1. Natural products developed
- Raw materials
- Obtaining process
- Characteristics and properties
2. Practice of fatliquoring with alternative products
- Description
- Basic safety and health guidelines for the environmentally friendly
natural fatliquoring process
- Technical and environmental validation of the process
- Technical validation of leather
COLORTEX
(supported by
SERICHIM)
5. Bibliografia
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Action 12. Leather sample books
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Action 16. Training course for Spanish tanneries
ECOFATTING
Training Course
20th June 2013
Elda - Alicante
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Action 18. Demonstration workshop in Spain
ECOFATTING Workshop
7th November 2013
Valencia
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INESCOP’s Newsletters
• INESCOP Environment Newsletter Jan’12
• INESCOP Environment Newsletter Feb’12
• INESCOP Environment Newsletter April’12
• INESCOP Environment Newsletter Jun’12
• INESCOP Environment Newsletter Jul’12
• INESCOP News Jun’12
• INESCOP Environment Newsletter Dec’12
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INESCOP’s dissemination at Congresses
• Conference in Green Week 2012, Brussels (Belgium)
• 1st Water, Waste and Energy Management Congress, Salamanca
(Spain)
• Industrial Technologies Congress 2012, Aarhus (Denmark)
• 18th Congress of the Latin American Federation of Leather
Technologists and Chemists (FLAQTIC 2012), Montevideo (Uruguay)
• 62nd Congress of the Spanish Leather Chemists Association
(AQEIC 2013), Lorca – Murcia (Spain)
• LIFE+ Networking Event, Valencia (Spain)
LIFE+ Networking Event
May 2013
Valencia - Spain
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International conferences and fairs
SIMAC-TANNING TECH–LINEAPELLE
8th to 10th October 2013
Bologna (Italy)
Ferias del Medio Ambiente y Energías
13th to 15th November 2013
Valencia (Spain)
Futurmoda
23rd-24th October 2013
Alicante (Spain)
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Technical article
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Updating the project website
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INESCOP´s final steps
ACTION
STATUS
Action 8. Study of the demonstration about the environmental
benefits from the natural fatting products: ICCOM_CNR
(INESCOP’s contribution: Deliverables Action 4 – 5 - 6)
In progress
Action 10. Demonstration of technical – economic viability: ENEA
(INESCOP’s contribution)
In progress
Action 11. Natural products fatting manual:
INESCOP + COLORTEX + SERICHIM)
In progress
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Thanks for your attention
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