Raw hide		Soaking
basic material for the manufacturing of leather		wetting back and cleaning of the raw hide
Liming		Unhairing
opening up of the fibres, depilation and removing of the ingredients that are not suitable for the manufacturing of leather		mechanical removing of remaining hairs and hair roots
Fleshing		Splitting
mechanical removing of flesh, fat tissue and subcutaneous connective tissue		mechanical splitting of the hide over the entire surface into a grain and a flesh split
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