16mm Film Dryer

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This is an air squeegee designed based on recommendations in Kodak's H-24 processing modules for motion picture film. (Module 2, page 5) The purpose of this print is to dry 16mm motion picture film as it passes through a processing machine, to reduce cross-contamination of chemical baths. The drying is accomplished by creating an "air knife" through which the film passes. Ideally these are installed in pairs, one for each side of the film. Later I will update this model to have some mounting features. Currently it has none because I haven't decided how to mount it in the processing machine. UPDATE: I've narrowed the exit passage and added a fillet to some internal edges. This is reflected in the airknife3.stl file with the "V2" mark on top. UPDATE2: I've added a new model file, for a bracket that'll make it easy to mount a pair of the blowers onto a punched flat bar frame with 3/4" spaced 3/8" diameter holes. The blowers should be glued onto the flat platform so that they have a narrow space in between. The bracket also holds film rollers that align the film with the dryer passage. The bracket was designed to fit these rollers by VEtienne.