N I P~a f u s c o~u o 1 . c o m . br . BRAZIL Nowadays Brazil is the world largest producer of cattle leather and the total exportations in 2002 were around 19 million ofpieces or 930 million dollars. In the other hand, the low performance of domestic tanningplants, has compromised the final numbers and as a result the product remains considered as a mere commodity in the international market. The semi-Jnished products obtained in the very first stages from the process, with low level of value

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... ggregation, represent circa of 60% of exportations. This paper is a summary of the findings obtained from a research done and aims to present an automated inspection system to classEfL the wet blue leather, using image processing and under a quality control system guiding rules..