The document provides details about the process of making leather shoes from start to finish at Red Chief, a shoe manufacturing company. It involves many steps: sampling, cutting materials, closing, lasting, sole attaching, finishing. Key processes include cutting leather and other materials using different machines, marking patterns, stitching and attaching stiffeners, molding the upper to the last, attaching the sole, and final polishing and packaging. The student concludes they gained valuable exposure to and understanding of the basics of shoe making through their industrial orientation at Red Chief.

1. STEP AHEAD
Presented By – Abhinay Gupta
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2. Preface
An industrial orientation was done on leather shoes in red chief. The presentation talks
about how a leather shoe is made right from scratch. It involves several processes which
cannot be determined when we take a glance at the shoes. There are several secondary
processes also like packaging, cleaning, etc. Shoe making is a very tedious task involving
an array of processes at each step which requires to be done perfectly in order to achieve
best results.
The presentation is an insight about its processes.

3. FMCG
Footwear
Wind Energy
LEAYAN GLOBAL PRIVATE LIMITED ( 1995)
Exports
Domestic
Red Chief (1997)
Real Estate
Dairy Products
 Rohit Surfactants private limited (RSPL)
Started in 1988
 Fast - moving consumer goods

4. RED CHIEF
Tannery & Manufacturing Units
1 Tannery in Unnao
2 Factories in Kanpur
1 Factory in Haridwar
Logo
E-commerce & store
36 Stores in
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Deals in
Men's Footwear
Main colors, Leathers & Sole
colors – Elephant Tan Leathers – Nubuck Soles – PU
Black, Brown
Oily
PVC
Rust
TPR
Tobacco
Production
5000/ day

5. DERBY SHOE
OXFORD SHOE
SLIP-ON SHOE
MOCCAINS
HIGH ANKLE
SHOE
BOOTS

6. Tongue
Eyelet
Lining
Eyelet facing
Plug
Vamp
Collar
Heel Counter
outsole
Logo
Quarter

7. Sampling Department
 Only one side is made
Tin pattern of approved design
 Cutting is done manually
 Skiving
 Marking & attaching components
 Closing
 Lasting
When one odd pair is made. They send it to retail department for approval and if it is
approved then they make sample for all sizes in even pair

8. CUTTING DEPARTMENT

9. Swing arm machine
Also called clicking machine
Works on hydraulic system
Both hand operated
Poly propylene board
Cutting die
Less wastage ( marker planning)
For cutting leather components &
lining
Goat lining, B/C lining, B/C tek
lining

10. Travelling head machine
Works on hydraulic system
Operated with both hands
32mm or 52mm die is used
For cutting In-sole, toe puff, foam
In-sole ( leather board )
Toe puff or stiffener ( cellulose
rubber board thickness 1.2mm )
Padding foam 20mm, 5mm
Eva ( ethylene- vinyl acetate) foam
1.5mm, 4mm

11. Fabric cutting machine
Straight blade fabric cutting is
used
For cutting vamp cloth, mesh
fabric & sugar coated cloth

12. Cutting Die
A
A. Single Edge Die
B. Double Edge Die
Size
B
19 mm
For Goat Leather ,
Sheep Leather &
Lining
32 mm
For Thick Leathers
52 mm
For Foam

13. Skiving
Folding Skive
( 11-12 mm )
Raw Edge Skive
( 35 Degree & 2/3 Thickness)
Underlay Skive
( 08-10 mm )

14. Splitting & Fusing
Thickness is reduced
Whole leather skin
Sugar coated drill cloth
Sugar coated cloth

15. CLOSING DEPARTMENT

16. Marking
MarkingMarking
& Component
Attaching
Crayon marking
Color is selected according to
leather color
Marking pattern is made of PVC (
Polyvinyl chloride ) sheet
Neoprene ( dendrite ) & Latex
rubber solution a
Hand hammer

17. Stitching & Stiffener
Attaching
Flat bed double needle stitching
machine
Post bed stitching machine
Zigzag stitching machine
Threads
3PLY ( needle no- 14,16,18 )
6PLY ( needle no- 19-21 )
9PLY ( needle no- 21,22 )
12PLY( needle no- 24,25 )
HS31 ( needle no- 24 )
Stiffener inserting

18. Thread Burning &
Upper Quality Check
Upper Checking
Burn extra threads from upper
It’s a kind of blower
Upper quality is checked
They see stitch lines

19. LASTING DEPARTMENT

20. Counter Molding
Stiffener is inserted
Machine has aluminum last
Upper is fixed
2 pairs of pincers are just placed
below the mold

21. Forepart Lasting
Last is set on the machine
pincers engage and grip the entire
fore part of the upper
No creases at the feather edge.
Lasting allowances are flat to the
insole
Upper stucked to the insole firmly.
Proper position of vamp on the
last

22. Seat & Side Lasting
Hot melt cement is deposited on
the unlasted waist of the insole
Back height to be correct
Back seam is placed centrally,
upright and straight
Seat and quarter portions are
molded nicely
No crease at the feather edge.
Top line correctly balanced

23. Wrinkle Chasing
Wrinkle chasing is done through
electric heaters
Its is done for giving smooth
surface
Roughing or Scoring
 Steel wire wheel
 Brass wire wheel
 Scouring paper

24. Sole Attaching
PU ( polyurethane) adhesive is
used
Heat setting

25. Sole Pressing
Sole is pressed manually on the
last
Then they keep it in sole pressing
machine
After that they send it to cooling
chamber

26. Removing last &
Finishing
Finishing is done through buffing
machine
Crape is used to remove extra
adhesive & marking lines
Polishing
Packaging

27. Conclusion
After doing the industrial orientation I have understood the basics of shoe making. This
orientation really helped in terms of gaining knowledge and exposure.
I really enjoyed my work there and also learned as how relations are maintained in a
professional world.
I would like to thank my faculties and everyone else who helped me to do my orientation
succesfully.