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Kodak film manufacturing process
Kodak film is slit into 35mm strips, perforated with sprocket holes, and then rolled into cans. The process involves precision machinery operating in darkness, with operators teaching engineers the nuances of the manufacturing line.
- 🎞️ The film backing is made from plastic pellets extruded and stretched into thin sheets.
- 💧 Light-sensitive coatings are applied using a laminar flow waterfall in complete darkness.
- 💨 Drying the film requires a mile of conveyance, moved by air and 90s-era robots.
- 📏 Slitting machines cut the wide film rolls into 35mm strips, with edges recycled.
- 🕳️ Perforation machines punch sprocket holes at speeds up to 3,000 feet per minute.
A man holding a roll of film points to a complex, fast-moving industrial machine with the text "IT'S STUPID FAST" overlaid.