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Topic: loose nuts on strong platters
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Josh Jones
Redhat
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From: Plano, TX
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 04-16-2001 11:05 PM
loose nuts? sounds like a personel problem  sorry, I couldn't resist Josh
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
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From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 04-16-2001 11:45 PM
Loose nuts again? What next? Quite frankly, I get tired of buying new equipment that is worse shape than the old worn-out junk it is supposed to replace. Sounds like a quality control issue. Advise the maunfacturer your nuts are coming loose, so they can take steps to correct it before it leaves the factory. I am certainly glad the theater equipment manufacturers are not building airplanes.
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Pat Moore
Master Film Handler
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Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 04-17-2001 12:37 AM
Gotta say it (and truthfully, too) -- I haven't heard of this one before with our platters.I assume you're talking about the nuts securing the platter disk to the hub and spokes, right? Have others seen this problem out there? Let me know, if you would, and thanks in advance. I'll refer this on to the powers that be and see if it's a problem we've had before. Pat PS: Josh, you're forgiven.
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 04-17-2001 06:45 PM
Actually, John, once the nuts are tightened, they usually cause no further grief, unless the equipment is obused. I agree about the film clamps causing damage to the decks themselves. I don't like them either.I have carried the whole platter deck with the film on it, and as long as it is picked straight up, there is no problem. The problem is, when two people lift the platter off the spindle and allow it to cock, it'll jam the spindle, and when it is wobbled to get it off the spindle, then things start going goofy. Same holds true when the platter is placed on the spindle. People do not realize that 10 pounds cocking pressure 54 inches away from the spindle represents one hell of a pinching force on the spindle itself! Ever see those 6 foot pry-bars with the fulcrum 1 inch away from the end move a rail car? Piece of cake with very little effort! Now you have the answer.
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John Pytlak
Film God
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 04-18-2001 09:17 AM
I recall that both Kelmar and Speco have platter mat/disk accessories that can aid in the moving of print and also have conductive and/or non-slip surfaces. In effect, they are an upgraded "donut" that is put on the platter surface, with the film roll being taken up on top of it. When moving the film safely to another platter, two people can easily lift and carry it.------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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