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Topic: Kinoton Film Cleaner - Opinions
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Grant Davies
Film Handler
Posts: 7
From: Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-24-2001 12:31 AM
We are currently looking at fitting all four kinoton FP 30E projectors with Kinoton Ionisation cleaners. After contacting our supplier for a list of people in Australia who have them (To go look at, see and ask how well they work or don't) they said that they don't know of anyone in Australia who has one yet. So I ask the might of the forum for any opinions on the ability of the cleaning system. We only have a particle problem that you would normally associate with nylon bands and gates, the occasional outside fibre etc and just plain dirty prints. Being as we are down the chain a little. Grant
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 12-24-2001 08:29 AM
The Kinoton cleaner is the Kinetronics cleaner with Kinoton's badge on it.As a maintanence cleaner, they are just fine. They will keep the dust off. In addition to the electrostatic dischage, they have a blower and filter to draw the dirt off to which it gets trapped in the filter (changable). As Richard states, they won't do you much good on oily dirt nor heavy dirt. They merely keep things nice from the get-go. Malco theatres in the US uses them and likes them. We had one customer try it and liked it. They DO NOT cure static problems on prints...before the film gets back to the platter it will have picked up the static charge again for the next show. Where I would like them is on reel-to-reel operations (or for archival films that can't have chemicals added) but other than that, the media cleaner with Film-Guard can't be beat. Steve ------------------
"Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 12-27-2001 01:40 PM
The ionization is usually provided by a high voltage AC corona discharge or by a radioactive material like Polonium. Creating positive and negative air ions temporarily makes the air conductive, allowing any charge on the film to dissipate and not hold dust:
http://www.photo-services.com/kinetronics%202.html
http://simco-static.com/simco/applications.asp
http://www.2spi.com/catalog/photo/statmaster.html As noted, these cleaners can be effective in removing loose dirt particles, but won't remove embedded or oily dirt. ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
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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