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Author Topic: Water cooling V5 curved gate Thomas Jonsson Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Bromolla, Sweden Registered: Sep 2003 posted 08-23-2004 09:32 AM                       The water cooling pipes for the straight gate of the Cinemeccanica Victoria 5 is incorporated in the gate assembly. But the water cooling for the curved gate is a separate unit, mounted behind the gate, with no direct contact. I don´t know if this makes a big difference or not, but to me it seems direct contact would be more efficient. I run 4 kW with the curved gate and no water- cooling. Would adding this "non-contact" cooling be a waste of money at this power? Thomas  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 08-23-2004 10:46 AM                        To whomever answers that, I'd also add the comparison between the Simplex and Century coolers. Century's is direct contact with larger diameter piping than Somplex's, which just replaces a baffle. Given the same tank and pump, the Century seems to run cooler.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-25-2004 01:42 PM                     Cetainly the cooling pipes being in contact with the trap would be the more efficient route to go but it is difficult to do this with some designs. The Simplex's is just a baffle and it is in contact with the apreature plate only and barely cools the apreature at that. The Century cooling loop is in the dovetail mount for the entire trap assy. This dovetail mounts to the mainframe of the projector affording some cooling to the frame and does provide much more effective cooling than the Simplex does. The older V-10 and V-8 Cinemecannicas had really good water and air cooling combined. Probably the best is the DP-70 and its cooling plate method which has been the most efficient that I've worked with. Mark  |  IP: Logged

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