| Wfi Caterpillar Ram Cage Tunnel Machine | ||
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| Catalog #: | 371436 | |
| Clip Number: | 371436-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | FFS-AA1291 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Mishawaka, IN | |
| Year Shot: | 1978 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Engines | |
| Description: | A special Wheelabrator blast unit used by Caterpillar Tractors.
"This is ORIGINAL ECO film. Open with WFI logo. LS Caterpillar plant with Wheelabrator ram-tunnle machine. Close in on operating machine. Side view CU as yellow engine block goes into cabinet. Cut ot front view engine block; it's picked up and transported on conveyor belt. The block enters the cabinet. Low shot conveyor mechanism under block. CU elevation of block. Side view block moving. End view blocks on conveyor. View of the unit. Camera pans the line. View of cabinet EXT. CU piston action. INT red cabinet where blocks are blasted. Blocks are pushed through the tunnel. View of hydraulic tubes. LS electrical panel, pan workman with plans. LS engine blocks in line. Engineer adjusts controls. High shot, pan mechanism. INT shot of blocks rotating in blast chamber; blocks are pushed through; CU rotation and engine blocks. Note openings for shot blasting. Huge fork draws engine block out ond onto a conveyor. Pan INT as claw removes another block. Pan hydraulics. Low view of claw. Overhead shot as operator removes block from conveyor. Second take and pan to blocks coming onto machine. Tilt u to Wheelabrator sign. Block is spun. LS of machine. Camera follows twisting hydraulic tubes. Engine block is rotated and moves out to claw ejector. Repeat shot as block is ejected, moves to claw, and is pushed to conveyor belt. WFI logo." Frink (FFV 3) has no print of this... this is the original... Frink does have outtakes, and FFS-AA1220, FFS-AA1285 and FFS-AA1296 are also of this operation, in intial testing setup in Mishawaka and in final operation in the Caterpillar plant. Some of those also show RAM CAGE operation. | |
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