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Topic: Kinetronics and film scratchs
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Antonio Marcheselli
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1260
From: Florence, Italy
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 04-26-2002 04:46 PM
Hi everyone.In one of our theater we have a Kinoton Endless loop platter with a kinetronic vaacum film cleaner. From few weeks vertical scratches on the prints appeared... in the middle of the images. Since nothing is touching the print on the middle, I was thinking that the film cleaner (that uses soft brushes to remove the dust) is the cause of the scratches. We are now playing the movie without the cleaner to see what happens. In the meantime I completely disassembled the cleaner and I clean it deeply. I've noticed that the brushed are like "blowed" where the print passed. Could be the brushes became "harder" in that area so that they are scratching the print? Is there anyone with a kinetronics cleaner? Should the brushes have to be changed periodically? Thanks for your help Antonio
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Ken Lackner
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1907
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 04-27-2002 09:15 AM
Dave,I don't know what cleaner you're referring to, but that's not the Kintetronics. This is the one Antonio is talking about. ------------------ This one time, at Projection Camp, I stuck a xenon bulb....
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Antonio Marcheselli
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1260
From: Florence, Italy
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 04-27-2002 12:12 PM
Yes, that is my cleaner.I found out that the scratch is there also without the cleaner... WHAT can scratch the print IN THE MIDDLE of the frame? It is not a continue scratch, it is intermittent... I'm become crazy. Antonio
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