rattan processing

Rattan cannot be direct use after harvested.After harvesting need a several processes step just can manufacture to our dairy use products.

The first step in the rattan product development process is harvesting. This is labor-intensive and is typically carried out by teams of villagers, who take turns harvesting their rattan gardens with other local farmers helping out. To watch the farmers cut and strip the rattan of its thorny outer layer is pretty amazing. These guys climb the trees, get out their machetes and then start hacking away – only its not really hacking. It requires great skill to first cut the rattan and then, with a secondary blow, split off the outer layer and peel out the core rattan.
Once the rattan has been harvested, it has to be prepared before it can be used in weaving for rattan-based craft. The first step is to wash the rattan in the river to remove any stains and clean the product, stripping away the layer of silica that tends to coat the core rattan.

The next step is to cure the rattan, turning its color from a pale green into the yellow that most people are familiar with by smoking it. The raw, washed rattan is loaded into what looks like a wood-framed tent that has its floor about a foot off the ground. Many “bushels” of raw rattan are piled on top of one another until the wooden frame is full. The frame is then covered with tarpaulin, which is secured to the ground using stone weights. The charcoal is ignited and placed under the tent, and the smoking process begins. It usually takes about a day or so to complete this curing and smoking process.

After curing, the rattan has to be dried to remove excess moisture and make the product suitable for use. This is done outside under the hot equatorial sun, and takes perhaps another two or three days to complete.

After drying, the rattan is ready for use. It is then  further  processed into peel for weaving, or core products that are flexible and can be used used for binding to create the baskets and home accessories at our factory.

藤在收获后可不能直接被拿来使用。它是经过几个阶段的加工后才能用来制造成各种日用品。

在藤产品开发过程的第一步是收获。这是劳动体力活由当地的原著民轮流收割藤。观看农民切剥藤的棘手外层是相当惊人的。这些家伙爬上树，拿出自己的弯刀，然后开始劈砍而去。砍下手的第一步需要很高的技巧，然后，用二次砍击来分裂出去藤的外层和剥离出藤的核心。

一旦藤已经收获，第一步是清洗藤，以消除任何污渍和剥离二氧化硅趋于外套核心藤层。

下一步是护养藤，从淡绿色转动它的颜色变成黄色，大多数人都熟悉的烟熏，藤洗净装入个约离地面一英尺高的类似一个木框帐篷里。藤被堆积在彼此顶部，直到木框已满。该框架是再覆盖篷布，它是用石头的重量固定在地面上。木炭点燃在帐篷下放置，开始烟熏过程。它通常需要大约一天左右才能完成这种固化和烟熏过程。

固化后，藤，必须干燥以除去多余的水分，使产品适合使用。这是炎热的赤道阳光下之外进行，并采取或许再过两三天完成。

干燥后，藤已经准备好被使用。这是再进一步加工成皮织造，或者说是灵活的，可用于用于绑定在我们工厂来创建篮子和各种家具用品

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