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How Does Kodak Make Film? (Kodak Factory Tour Part 1 of 3) - Smarter Every Day 271

SmarterEveryDay · 3.8M views · 2022-03-19 · 56:51

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Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day tours a Kodak factory to show how photographic film is manufactured. This is part one of a three-part series covering the large-scale coating and production process.

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HN viewers find the film manufacturing process and the engineering behind it fascinating, especially the continuous roll changes.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2022–2022

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Manufacturing & industrial processesChemistryVisual arts, photography & architecture
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Mobius01 · 2022-10 · Recommendation

The Better Everyday channel has a 3-part visit at the Kodak facility, it’s a fascinating look at the process of film manufacturing: [VIDEO]

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gregmac · 2022-09 · Recommendation

Different technology, but Destin from Smarter every day did an interesting factory tour [1] of their film making process. Despite the factory being fairy old, there's an impressive level of engineering, automation and other tech involved. Things like their film coating machines having an isolated, heavy floor that's directly connected to bedrock, miles of drying machines that never physically touch the film, or the giant screw used to generate heat by friction to create the film base. The amount of process and technical knowledge and experience that went into this is absolutely impressive. [1] [VIDEO]

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punnerud · 2022-03 · Recommendation

How they manage to change the rolling without stoping the production is fascinating! 45min into the video: [VIDEO]

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