Product Information

PELTEC® BH

Anionic, bactericidal soaking and liming auxiliary

Preliminary product information

Product data
Chemical composition: mixture of nonionic and anionic surfactants and bactericides
Appearance: brownish liquid
Active ingredient, approx. 15
[%]:
pH - value, approx.: 8.0
Charge: slightly anionic
Notes on safety and storage: Information on handling and storage, ecological and toxicological behavior is
contained in the safety data sheet. These specified indications shall be
followed.
Safety data sheet No: 04249267

Properties
PELTEC® BH is a slightly anionic soaking auxiliary with good wetting and fat emulsifying properties.

Soaking

Because of its good wetting action and its ability to efficiently dissolve soil and emulsify grease, PELTEC® BH
accelerates the soaking process and ensures a good, uniform plumping of the skins during soaking.
Owing to its characteristic properties, PELTEC® BH protects the raw material against soaking damage. It
prevents loss of hide substance and putrefaction stains, thus helping to avoid loose grain.

The use of PELTEC® BH permits soaking of dried, hard natured raw materials without any risks in soaking at
elevated temperatures of 30 - 35°C, which considerably facilitates full penetration of the caked collagen fiber
structure.

This makes the product also suitable for soaking under tropical conditions. It has excellent resistance to hard
water, which means that there is no risk of precipitation of the soaking agent in the soak due to reaction with
the substances causing water hardness. In the treatment of salted and dried raw material, the addition of
PELTEC® BH produces cleaner pelts, facilitates removal of the fine hair, reduces the soaking time, and
protects the hide substance.

Liming

PELTEC® BH ensures a rapid and uniform penetration of the liming agent, and an improved loosening of the
scud facilitates the beamhouse work.

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PELTEC® BH

Application
PELTEC® BH is diluted at a ratio of 1:3 to 1:5 and added into the float. To ensure a good wetting back effect
of the hides a float length of at least 100 % in the process is necessary.

The use of PELTEC® BH is not restricted to certain pH-values. When treating extremely hard raw material,
the soak may therefore be additionally sharpened with an appropriate amount of alkali. These sharpening
agents should preferably be added into the float, already containing PELTEC® BH.
We cannot rule out the possibility of the forming of minor sedimentation. However, if this occurs, it does not
affect the product quality.

Recommended application amounts:

(% based on corresponding reference weight)

0.5 - 1.0 % • Soaking of fresh and salted hides

3.0 - 4.0 g/l • Soaking of dried hides
0.1 - 0.2 % • Liming process
PELTEC®
is a registered trademark of LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, 51369 Leverkusen / Germany

This is a trial product. Further information, including amended or supplementary data on hazards associated with its LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
use, may be compiled in the future. For this reason no assurances are given as to type conformity, processability, Business Unit Leather
long term performance characteristics or other production or application parameters. Therefore, the purchaser / 51369 Leverkusen, Germany
user uses the product entirely at his own risk without having been given any warranty or guarantee and agrees that Fax +49 214 30 - 7 12 06
the supplier shall not be liable for any damage, of whatever nature, arising out of such use. Commercialization and leather@lanxess.com
continued supply of this material are not assured. Its supply may be discontinued at any time. www.lanxessleather.com
This information and our technical advice – whether verbal, in writing or by way of trials – are given in good faith but
without warranty, and this also applies where proprietary rights of third parties are involved. Our advice does not
release you from the obligation to check its validity and to test our products as to their suitability for the intended
processes and uses. The application, use and processing of our products and the products manufactured by you on
the basis of our technical advice are beyond our control and, therefore, entirely your own responsibility. Our
products are sold in accordance with the current version of our General Conditions of Sale and Delivery.

Edition: 2013-08-22

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