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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Film Ferrania Starts Towards Making the Rewards

The Film Ferrania team is making progress to produce the rewards, that is actual film. The first step is to clean the precision film coater, Little Boy. The coater has been idle for nearly a decade, so is in need of a thorough cleaning. A special soap is required to clean the machine, as no trace of residue is acceptable. As little as 1 part per million (ppm) of lead or mercury contaminiation is enough to ruin the emulsion. It is cold in the building, so work is slow. Good luck to the team!