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THEORY GUIDES
Section 1: Introduction
Product Description
Product Safety
The Kodak K-Lab PROCESSOR for Kodachrome FILM, PROCESS K-14M, processes 35 mm
Kodachrome FILM using specially packaged chemicals.
The PROCESSOR is a white-light, continuous magazine feed, floor-standing machine, with 5 major
components:
• MAIN CONTROL COMPUTER (MCC)
• PROCESSOR
• REPLENISHER RACK
• CHILLER
• SPLICER (stand-alone, optional)
• FILLING STATION
A FEED MAGAZINE of exposed film is assembled at the SPLICER. After it is spliced onto a leader,
the FILM MAGAZINE contents are transported into the FEED ELEVATOR. Then the film transports
through a series of tanks containing the film processing solutions. After development, the film goes
through the DRYING CHAMBER and onto a REEL in the take-off section of the PROCESSOR. The
film is ready for mounting or finishing.
The Kodak K-Lab PROCESSOR for Kodachrome FILM, PROCESS K-14M provides:
• DEVELOPER TANKS that hold 17.5 - 18.5 liters of developer solution
• Air process to regenerate the bleach
• DEVELOPER TANKS with a tube-within-a-tube-style construction, with the inner-tube easily
removed for service
• MAGAZINE SHOE compatible with the 400 ft Source Two, Inc. MAGAZINE
• High-velocity impingement agitation in the developers
• "Demand" system, with a center pacer, DRIVE design:
1. Specification: 2% of set transport speed
2. Film tension: (0.5 - 1.0 lbs)
• CHILLER system that achieves temperature specifications within the DEVELOPER TANKS
• INTELLIFAUCETS that mix house water to provide 29.5 - 38°C (85 - 100°F ) water
• System of SWITCHES that monitor, alarm, and maintain the process
• Built-in push processing at three levels: 1 ⁄2 , 1 1 ⁄3 , and +2 stops
As a safety precaution, whenever the PROCESSOR is put in the Standby Mode, the HEATERS remain
de-energized until the “Heater Control” command is enabled by the CPU. The “Heater Control”
command enables the HEATER outputs unless a flow alarm condition occurs.
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