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Cover Story:
Boat Show Exhibit Uses XeTRON Light for Rear 16mm Projection
\l \\ YORK — The rear projection system designed to show 16mm movies with the XeTRON lamp was demonstrated here at the National Boat Show, an important part of the Johnson Motor Co. exhibit.
The Gardner Display Co. of Chicago, built a display to house the equipment and included a shadowbox arrangement to reduce washout of the picture due to high ambient lighting.
\l. E. Pickrell of the XeTRON Division, Carbons, Inc., Boonton, N. J., supervised the installation and instructed the operators to its use.
I he result were considered sensational and attracted man) people to the Johnson display area, where
for the first time an excellent picture about 10 ft. wide was being projected in an area where 15 to 20 foot candles of ambient lighting could be measured. Due to the nature of the new light, ambient washout was no problem.
Bv using a special wide-angle lens it »;h possible to make a picture III Feel wide with a projection distance of only 1<* feet.
The equipmenl operated 12 hours a day lor lit days under the super\ ision of Stanley Goldstein, of 1 \ New ^ork Local 306. Goldstein was impressed wiih the reliability of the equipmenl and the result obtained. I See cover, i
I he demonstration was -how n to be approximately three time .1
Edvvard Lachman, President of Carbons, Inc., observing the operation of the Johnson Motor film.
Even when viewed from a considerable angle the brightness is very outstanding as is the Johnson Motor Model, Miss Sigrid Nelsson.
much as screen brightness.
This equipment will be in operalion at other boat shows, also for the boat shows in San Francisco, Los \ni;eles boat show, the Denver boat -how. and Chicago boat show. iP
An amazing demonstration of background projection in an area having high (15 to 20FC) ambient lighting. The picture is 10 feet wide.
Union Carbide Corp. To Build New Technical Facilities in Cleveland
Lnion Carbide Corporation will establish a technical center in the Cleveland. Ohio, area to consolidate its technical and development activities in the carbon and graphite fields. it was announced by Birny Mason.
Jr.. president. Motor and generator brushes and mechanical seal rings, now manufactured in Cleveland, will be produced in a new plant in Greenville. S. C.
Union Carbide's Carbon Products
International Projectionist February, 1964
Division will operate both of the facilities. J. R. Johnstone, president of the division, said that the technical center should be in full operation by the end of 1965. Work on the Greenville plant will begin in June, 1964, with completion scheduled for mid1965.
The technical center will consolidate the activities of three Carbon (Please turn to page 14)
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