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Topic: Grip Tape On Platters ?
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Glenn Conatser
Film Handler
Posts: 73
From: Northern California
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 02-03-2002 01:00 PM
We are using a grip tape like you would find on the bottom of a bathtub to prevent prints from being thrown. This has eliminated this problem all together. Several other theatres in our chain are using this and are reporting the same great results.We do this on the top two platters and leave the bottom one for make up. Does anyone have any comments on the pros and cons of doing this. It has saved us from alot of thrown prints and grief. The film doesent seem to drag as much and flows through the brain much better. Thanks
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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 02-04-2002 02:22 AM
I think that most of the CFS, Strong, Potts, and Xetron recommend one revolution every 3 seconds with the switch in the pay-out mode, with no load and the dancer pinned. I don't know about the rest of them.The only problem I have had with a platter maybe wanting to throw a print was when I was running "Shindler's List". The Strong, Potts, and CFS Platters using micro-switches had alot of under-shoot and over-shoot due to inertia during pay-out. Of course, I mounted the entire print on a 54 inch platter, so the tail was only about 1 inch away from the platter edge. Being concerned with the over and under-shoot, I used a whole bunch of preview cores taped with inside-out masking tape, and plunked them on the platter, just in case the platter had other plans about what it wanted to do with my print...... Normally, if your platters are throwing prints or thinking of throwing prints, it would be in the best interests to have them tuned up a little. Platters might look like sloppy engineering, but actually, they are not....and they can stand up to a lot of abuse and still run. Like any other good machinery, nothing will beat proper care, cleanliness, and maintenance.
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-04-2002 10:58 AM
The "Non Skid Platter Disk", a product made by Projection Technology Inc., uses non-slip floor tread material to keep the print from sliding and help separate sticking laps. This unique invention by projectionists Stuart Boritz, Edmund Nardone, and Andrew Fetherman is available on the web:
http://www.projectiontechnology.com AFAIK, the inventors applied for a patent. Certainly factors such as platter timing, platter surface condition, proper restraint of the outside of prints, etc. should be addressed first. ------------------
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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