Leather and Footwear Journal

Volume 5, no 3

Making and Testing Leather and Furs Intended for Medical Use
- Carmen GAIDĂU, Lucreţia MIU, Victoria BRĂTULESCU, Dragoş ŞCHIOPU, Oana DIMA
  
  ABSTRACT. Hides, skins and woolen skins are valuable natural materials which can be processed to be biocompatible, non-toxic, long-lasting end products intended for anti-sore devices used in post-surgical treatment, and linings in the orthopedic shoes. The products resulted from environmentally friendly processes were tested for their physicalmechanical characteristics and residues of toxic substances, and the results complied with EU regulations in force. They were tested in making medicinal devices and orthopedic shoes, and also in hospitals.
  
  KEY WORDS: leather, furs, natural materials, bio-compatible, non-toxic, long-lasting, orthopedic shoes
Tissue Substitutes Made of Inserted Collagen Membranes
- Viorica TRANDAFIR, Victoria BRĂTULESCU, Mădălina ALBU
  
  ABSTRACT. The paper presents how some inserted collagen biomaterials (membranes) are obtained, their physicalmechanical and biological characteristics, and the results of in vivo tests performed with them. The resulted products are intended for medicinal use, in accidents of blood-vascular and osseous systems.
  
  KEY WORDS: collagen, biomaterials (membranes), physical-mechanical and biological characteristics
Development of Military Footwear Resisting in Desert Areas
- Maria VIDRU
  - INCDTP - Division ICPI, 93 Ion Minulescu St., Bucharest, icpi@icpi.ro
  ABSTRACT. The research work was aimed to make some types of military footwear resisting in particular weather conditions such as desert weather. In addition, the footwear has to comply with the NATO requirements on this kind of footwear because of the new position of Romania. The materials used in the manufacture the above footwear were mostly made in Romania and selected by specific methods to resist in hard weathering conditions. These products were designed and made so that to preserve their original performances over time.
  
  KEY WORDS: military footwear, desert, conditions, NATO requirements, specific methods
Use of Cured Butadiene Styrene Rubber Powder in Preparing Polymer Composites
- Daniela ZUGA
  - INCDTP - Division ICPI, 93 Ion Minulescu St., Bucharest, icpi@icpi.ro
  ABSTRACT. The paper presents some methods for recycling rubber wastes in preparing some composite elastomer materials. The resulted composite materials are subsequently used in the manufacture of various rubber goods like as: hoses, joint packing, slab pavements in sport halls, etc.
  
  KEY WORDS: methods, recycling rubber wastes, hoses, joint packing