Movie & Entertainment Industry

Thermoset composites .....

..... create the world's lightest movie cameras.

Movie camera body
Thermoset provides a strong, lightweight enclosure, with fine tolerances and excellent reproduceability.

Movie Camera Body

Product requirements :

• Lightweight, high strength enclosure.
• Intricate design with flanges, rebates and apertures.
• Very fine tolerances.
• High impact resistance and strength.
• Must facilitate quiet operation of camera.

Solution :

A thermoset compression moulding from a multi part tool, allowing recesses and undercuts to be formed. Detail machining provides all the fixturing holes and cut outs.

1000ft movie magazine - thermoset enclosure - outside above and interior below.

Film Magazine

Product requirements :

• Lightweight enclosure
• Very flat surfaces with fine tolerances
• Must be absolutely lightproof
• High impact resistance and strength
• High quality surface finish
• Must facilitate quiet operation of camera

Solution :

A matched metal compression moulding provides fine moulded detail on both the inside and outside faces.

Foam cores and a mixture of carbon and glass result in structures that have very good sound deadening yet still retain lightness and stiffness.

SL film magazine - exterior casing on left, interior view above

Bladder moulded carbon thermoset with superb surface finish.

Tone Arm

Product requirements :

• Lightweight tone arm for top quality record deck
• Very stiff
• Attractive styling

Solution :

Carbon composite bladder moulding.

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