USE OF SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS FOR TREATING RAW SKINS, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD AND TREATED SKINS

摘要

The invention concerns the use of superabsorbent (co)polymers or SAP as treating agent for preserving animal skins. The SAP is used by itself after a step which consists in a treatment with salt NaCl or another hygroscopic agent, according to the following steps: a) fleshing the skin; b) placing the skin in a kicker machine, with an appropriate amount of the hydrophilic agent used; c) rotating the kicker machine for an appropriate time interval; d) evacuating the liquid absorbed by the hydrophilic agent and part of the salt still in granular form; e) then introducing an appropriate amount of SAP's and rotating anew the kicker machine for an appropriate time interval; f) removing the skins.