TENTATIVE EQUIPMENT EVALUATION FORM

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11 March 1965
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director, NPIC
SUBJECT Overrun on Contract or Variable Width
Film Reader
REFERENCE . NPIC/D-8-65, same subject, dated 14+ January 1965
1. The policy of trial and sentencing of the Plans and Development
Staff without defense, implied by the referenced memorandum can result in
serious delays to the NPIC development program if continued. Delays will
accrue, (1) from more thorough contract administration in addition to
regular technical inspection and (2) more thorough and formal documentation
of monitoring activities, in order to form the protective bulwark
necessary to defend the criticisms generated by such a policy.
2. It has been the policy of the Plans and Development Staff to
present to the Technical Development Committee for approval only overruns
requested by the contractor. Indications of overruns, prior to a formal
request from the contractor, have been reported in Contract Inspection
Reports for the use of the contract administration officers in the
Office of Logistics when, in the judgment of the contract monitor,
overruns seem to be in the making.
3. There has always been a clear-cut division between contract
administration and technical monitorship of contracts. This principle is
supported throughout the Office of Logistics' Procurement Handbook, HEB-4-9-3.
This document does not cover overrun actions since no one is willing to
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admit that such actions are predictable. In veiw of the spirit and con-
tent of the Procurement Handbook, it has been the opinion of the Plans
and Development Staff that the contract monitor's function had been
adequately performed when the contract administration officers had been
informed of problem areas observed during technical inspections of the
contract.
4. Contract overruns are not readily predictable without benefit of
elaborate accounting and auditing procedures which are not within the
skills of the usual technical monitor. Most frequently, predicted
overruns represent no more than the intuition of the technical monitor
derived from extensive experience and past observation of company per-
formance. The intuition of a technical monitor is hardly a basis for
recommending formal TDC actions.
5. The usual practice is to require a contractor as part of the
contract, to report an impending overrun tolfhe contract administrator
(contracting officer) when the contract reaches the 75 percent expenditure
level. The Office of Logistics, through the contracting officer, then
undertakes to determine the cause and the amount of the overrun, and in
consultation with the technical monitor concerned, make a decision on
whether to continue, redirect, or terminate the contract. The advice of
the technical monitor in such cases contributes heavily to the decision,
but the decision and the formal action is the prerogative of the contracting
officer. When the contractor does not meet his contractual obligation
in reporting an overrun he can be held legally responsible for those
expenditures beyond the 75 percent level,even though the development is
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brought to a successful conclusion.
6. The contract monitor for the subject contract has been asked to
prepare a brief summary of events leading to the TDC action of 10 December
1964. From the information provided in the attached Memorandum for the
Record, it becomes readily evident that the contract monitor and the
Plans and Development Staff fulfilled their obligations under the policies
and regulations then in effect. The real difficulty lies in two areas:
(1) insufficient contract administrative action and (2) inadequate
presentation of predicted overruns to the approval channel (TDC) by the
Plans and Development Staff. The latter difficulty has recently been
corrected, although little is being accomplished through the announcement
of overruns to the TDC, other than to inform the Committee that approval
action may be requested at some time in the future, if, and when, the
company requests additional funds. The former difficulty is beyond the
control of the Plans and Development Staff. The best that this staff can
do is to continue to remind the contract administrative officers in the
Office of Logistics that action on their part is delinquent.
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NPIC/P&DS/D/6-T13
11 January 1966
MM40RANDUII FOR: Assistant for Photographic Analysis
25X1A SUBJECT; -Variable Width Film Reader
25X1A 1. Variable Width Film Reader was
25X1A recently checked out and P&D5 personnel and has been accepted as a
working prototype rear projection reader. In order for the Development
Branch to improve on the design and further the state-of-the-art of rear
projection readers, it is necessary that the present prototype be used
and evaluated as a functional piece of equipment.
2. This equipment is a prototype and we realize that there may be
undesirable fanfares, inconveniences ap r_ intenanee problems associated
with its operation. However, unless the prototype is treated as a piece
of production equipment, basis for future designs and advancements will
be hampered. Your constructive suggestions leading to improvements are
needed and are welcome at any time.
25X1A 3. f the Development Branch is available for:discusaion
of any matters regarding the use of this machine.
AssistanI for Plans and Development
Distribution:
Original and 1 - Addressee
1 - Project File/DB (#997053)
1 - Chrono/DB
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SUBJECT VWFR COPIES
contacted on Wednesday, 25 August. At that
time, Jerry had not made the adjustments previously recommended by Dave
to correct the 165 film drive. He intended to make the adjustments and
advise us of the results.
We discussed the tentative trip for maintenance, and because of Jerry's
vacation, we agreed on 20 September. However, if Jerry is unable to
correct the 165 problem, we may go back earlier.
I will be forwarding to on Monday, the technical write-up on
the Xenon-Mercury lamp replacement for the 104 machine. He is awaiting
this information to complete his request to their contracts division.
I hope you had a nice vacation.
BCJ/clt
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DATE 27 August 1965
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I September, progress on the r
Variable Width Film Readers and Variscan Viewers was reviewed at
In addition was'given a complete
review of the work as doing in the stellar comparator field.
The first six production Varyscans?had just been dleivered prior
to my visit, and none of the machines under construction were in operating
condition, so I was unable to evaluate a working model. The major changes
in the production model over the prototype were a completely redesigned
cabinet of far greater rigidity, and substitution of a mechanical
platen clamp instead of the vacuum platen. This platen differs from the
platens in that both glasses move instead of one and the total
opening is 5/8", which allows complete freedom of the film during
scanning and slewing. The-platere are so adjusted that whhn closed, they
cause a minimum of focus shift. In g eneral, I was impressed with the
production engineering results which make the Varyscan production model
more functional then the prototype. Delivery of the EPIC Viewer is
scheduled for the latter part of October.
As for the Film Reader, there were a number of minor deficiencies
which require correction and two major problems areas.
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There was considerable vibration of the image as projected on the screen,
and the freon was not completely dried from the film when rewound at
at high speed. In addition another major problem exists in providing
an acceptable toxic vent. I have since been informed that they feel
they have solved the vibration problem by reinforcing the cabinet. At
present they are still working on solving the film drying and venting
problems. It is possible that both of these problems could be solved
eye simutaneously if we were willing to accept a higher freori loss.
No film reeolution readings or light intensity values were taken due
to the vibration and uncomplete optical alignment. The 48x lens presently
in the machine was considered unacceptable band en order
has been p.aced for a new lens.
In general, the reader has the highest quality projection image viewed
this far by the undersigned. Resolution appeared good as far as could
be determined and their was an absolute minimum of color fringing
apparent. The liquid gate appeared to function well and their was not
apparent flutter of the image. The transport worked well, however, several
of the minor correction requested were in the transport controls. The
estimated completion date is presently'the end of October unless additional
problems are encountered in the venting aspect.
Financiall_has overrun the contract price. They have been requested
to prepare a report totthe contracting officer on the actual costs involved
and the reason for not reporting at the 80% mark. This should be forthcoming
shorthly.
In addition as given a complete briefing on the work
is doing in the stellar comparator and automatic image centering field.
I did Rl$rBv~d bPPe$~gM2 I12I?'PT89D%VAMW0i 2l
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This company is making the condenser lenses for the
aeur rk projectors They have had some diff~
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required. First time around the element unders,
too thin. Second time around they broke the blan~ .be They
are now working on the third time anddthe rent torn
following up on them pretty ~
happy to have somebody else. come in.
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The company was founded b
nears ago. Re formerly was production manager for
and decided to str e
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Their principal activity s manufacture of optics for
the aerospace industry. The are apparently pretty capable
Id,
and competitive in their field Thhave no ey product line
of their own and do not do design of any comple-
They have been in mtheir odern eseit plant They have
about 30 and peopopleain a 16,000 sq. ft. plant.
They have at least ten banks of quadruple arm polishing
machines, three Blanchard grinders, a Blanchardegand
three vacuum coating ars, a curve generating grinder, three
a machine shop with Mills, lathes, drill presses, etc.
They have separate air-conditioned test fa illities nwit th
flats, beam splitters, collimators, etc. They he
automatic high-speed production equipment.
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I think their problem is a transient one and it is
common and peculiar to optics shops. For the past 9
months they have suffered from the local slump in aerospace.
Business has recently picked up and they are trying to
expand a bit..
The optical grinding and polishing labor market is
1 and very specialized. An opticalg. shop can't afford
to keep its full force on during slack periods, and then
during full periods it has trouble getting the good people
.back., While generally the same is true in any business,
it seems to be more acute in optics shops.
aspect they had some people on the routine part of
the condensers who were a little less experienced than
they e e thought to be.
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STATINTL -Variable Width Film Reader File
The condenser system subcontract was with:
The applications called for 1% tolerance. Five (5) of
the elements varied with anywhere from 2% to 8% error.
evelopment Branch, P&DS
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Variable width Film Bads
Since I was going to visit
sated I come up a a c. ra. so v S3.
is was good timing because ad
use finished a general purpose rear pr~ojectio~wer
and it was on display at their place.
This new viewer was a crash program with them They
had designed and built it in less than 4 weeks in re..
spnaes to a SAC requirement, The viewer was excellently
conceived and generally well executed. ~ indicated
there were some details they were not sasatisfied with
and would be improved. 'Mie cable routing was obvious-
ly incomplete and they said the adjustment of the
condenser optics was not right, with an open gate we
could observe some color fringing at the high magni-
fications. This was one of the best general purpose
viewers I have seen..
The var. iable width film viewer was on the assembly
floor partially assembled. It was not being worked on
and I suspect the new viewer crash program had soaked
up all their manpower. said they were waiting
for delivery of condenser lenses which had to be in.
talked and adjusted before they could proceed,. It
appeared as though all the major mechanical parts were
on hand.
The power supply for the 5 grw light source is in a
separate cabinet It was line noise from this power
supply which was giving them trouble with the Computer
Measurements counter, This has been corrected now,,
although they did not go into details.
Probably the only draw back of any significance to the
machines is that there must be access to the rear
he machines for loading film rolls, m personal
opinion is that the reduction in the number of mirrors
which this makes possible, more than offsets this
drawback.
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April 1, 1964
Dear John:
Subject: Azimuth Indication - Job 165
The job 165 rotation system is designed for operator convenience only.
Its rotational speed is about 90 per second. If the operator has a physi-
cal reflex time of perhaps 1/3 second, the setting accuracy will be on
the order of 2 or 3 degrees. In order for an indication of 0. 10 tO be
meaningful, the tray would have to be capable of being set to the same
accuracy. To obtain that accuracy, a different motor and control cir-
cuitr would be needed. At least 50 hours of engineering plus probably
in parts would be required. Indication of the angular position
s ou d be taken from the granite doughnut. Several approaches have
been discussed:
a. A flexible shaft to a Veeder Root counter on the console.
b. A flexible shaft to clock type readout.
C. Encoder geared to ring gear with up and down counters displayed
on the panel.
d. A shaft position encoder with 3600 increments for directly wiring
to Nixie readout on the console.
e. Putting an azimuth ring on the joystick as planned. This will pro-
vide the lowest cost solution but is accurate only to about 1 or 2
degrees.
f. Scale marks directly on the granite with an optical readout.
g. Substitution of synchros for the mechanical couplings suggested
above.
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The cost of materials for this requirement would run from a minimum of
or the least accurate (e) up to for the more accurate (c or d).
We would not want to recommend a system unless we were a little clearer
in our own minds as to what the end use would be, since there may be
ways of achieving the same end for considerably less money. Certainly,
if it is to be incorporated into the existing machine, we should take steps
to do it immediately.
Very trily yours,
WHM:jb
erector of Operations
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MEMORANDUM FOR T.FIE RECORD
SUB~TECT: Trip Report tol
1. On the 6th of March the undersigned accompanied by
visited
Variable i z Bader, to review the progress e
given to SAC personnel on a new fidlm.tviewerewhichin on a presentation
an in-house project. ~s developing as
2 ? Due to the recent discre-na.r,~,r ; r ,.
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of both parties that~now has sufficient security clearanceseeitheron
approved or in processing.
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most of the day and I had the o ?ptical consultant, was on board for
system which he designed and alsoobriefly discuss thetresul- is obtaine
on the DSMP for which he also did much of the optical ~R optical
the more important considerations discussed were: d
design. Some of
~~. Advantages of the Old Delft versus Polocoat screens.
b' equested data on screen intensities achieved
on the DSMP to aid him in his analysis of the design._had some
data available and I will take additional foot candle readings when
time permits.
c, stated that full lam
the pro~ec ion lenses on the p intensity must not reach
(open gate, full lam VG~'R for any extended period of time
taken to p intensity). Normal precautions are being
guard against this.
d? The only filter planned for the optical system is the 8 "Xg"
Diachroic mirror. This will have a act, or ~+~ cutoff.
e. Corrector elements have been designed and ordered for the
2~+X and ~+8X lenses. The function of these elements is basicly that
of afield flamer and they will be attached to the front of the
lens barrel.
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data on the eliptical reflector h
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for clearance so that we may discusskthis data directly andouselhis
services again if required.
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4. The readout electronic counter l~rohlPm~ indicated in the last
Lions. They have successfully operated thewcountersvand1feel itfillisilaca-
matter of properly connecting them. 7`f;5 d,ss si?c.c b~~? c1a,,,{`d, Tarr ~,.G,,~,/e.,i
5. The control panel was reviewed by nd several small
changes were made in the physical location o e o~ he controls. I
requested that the transport mode switch be deleted from the panel and
the functions interlocked directly with the controls. I also requested
that they not delete the speed range selection controlled by magnification
selection as they indicated in their last report.
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a. ~"x~" maximum aperture at 3X, with 6X, 12X and 30X pro-
jection on a 30"x30}' screen.
b. Overall dimension of 87" long, 342" wide, 68" high with an
estimated weight of 2400 pounds.
c. Light source - a 1500 watt tungsten lamp with screen bright-
ness spread of + 10?~. No figure was given as to the nominal bright-
ness achieved.
d. The projection optics and transport are to be a removable
subassembly for ease of maintenance.
7. Delivery of the lst unit would be four months from receipt of
order with additional units of approximately two a week thereafter. Much
of this roduction schedule is based on roducin most of the units at
the
A Brea oar prin e circus mo or ranspor was isp aye or ose
present. The smoothness and handling qualities appeared far superior to
anything we now have in-house. The design of the viewer is an in-house
effort utilizing the experience and knowledge gained on the VWFR, MPS and
similar measuring projectors with critical transport and optical problems.
evelopment Branch, P&DS
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Dear john:
At your request, we are going to reincorporate speed range
selection with the magnification selection.
Joystick placement will have to be on the right of the hand-
wheels, because of physical restrictions of synchro trans-
mitters inside the console. Console dimensions are being
minimized. To this end, the synchro transmitters are being
mounted perpendicular to the panel.
We are considering the implications of separating different
items from the machine far placement elsewhere to eliminate
heat, vibration and maintenance problems.
Otherwise, nothing much to report since the last letter and
your visit March 6, except that the hardware is continuing
to take shape in satisfactory fashion.
arc 1 1964
Very truly yours ,
WHM:jb
cc: Contracting Officer
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JG~s ~ItiS Ramoval of GomponEnts Fr~rn Frame to Outside Location
1. A~) c.~o~;linc~ of pr`sent heat exchanc~r~r cannot be acc~rnplish~:d }~y moving
it o~e.tsid., with Eimlai~~nt t:.~mper?t:.!r~__ s abovr~ 7i_ia F. usinc:? Fr~;aa1~ -- tNith
? ~,;nuif~nt trrnp;;:ratur,~ ~3t 100? F. Frf on will boil and no heat ~:xchanc~er car. ;~e
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~?.} (1), A possible solution would be to circulate water thr~~ugh Tamp housing
insf~~ad of Fr!:on. This is 5 times as effici~:nt but requires 2 smaller pumps
and 2 sc:parat~ liquid circuits.
(~?). Tap water could ltie used which would eliminate one puA~pQ No probl~:m
with a?ga~ since, water doesn't pass through light patho
2.
Tank. No pra:7lem movin~~ out, ~~ut must rrovide a min. of 2-1~2 - 3 fto drop
1i~~ lfval for gravity drain
~;ompressoro No problem Find out distance from compressor to outside
lOC:atiOn,
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Reduction of STU's in Room
S KV'J for ,light 4 KW Removed, veto
1 KVi~ Pump and c;;ompressor 1 KW Removed, onto
l KW El~,.ctronics
.5 KVti~ Ushio Power Supply
7. 5 KW Tata 1
Laves 2.5 KW in Room Instead of Estimated 70
7 KUr = 56.8 x 7 x 64 = 25, 000 BTU/Hr. approx. ?
KW - 56.8 x 2 x 60 = 6, 81G BTU~'I-lr~ approx. Left
5. Power supply (Ushio). How far away from !3nit is new location"? 10 ft. would
be permissible. -- Involves wiring, conduits or such, 2 heavy Leads to laa~np,
f,-~ leads fir controls.
. Raasr~nsr Ear niovinq:
A). Heat 5U;i W,
B), Fa.n Vibration
:;}~ P~3ssible Electrical noise.
Humidity, barometric prti:?ssur~ changes won't affect perfort~~iance of eith~;r
u~np(s) ~~r power supply. -- lnain concern is ambient temp? u=hen ab=_,ve 70`oF.
Room temp. of machine should still remain as specified.
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Dear John:
Subject: questions .Regarding DSMP and VWFR
1 . DSMP -Mercury Vapor Lamp
We have discussed with the ma:.~.~facturer of the lamp the necessary
precautions in handling, storing and disposal. In all respects, they
recommend treating this .lamp exactly as you would an ordinary fluo-
rescent tube . I would add that when a lamp is being discarded, it
should be wrapped in cloth, placed in a trash can and broken .
These is not enough rnercury in this lamp to create any toxic effects if
it explodes. This is the worst condition.
In handling the lamp while it is still in operable condition, avoid con-
tacting the glass with your skin so that no perspiration or skin oils will
be deposited on the glass.
The lamp should be stored as you store any other glass vessel which is
fragile and pressurized. Several layers of cardboard surrounding it, the
whole in turn being placed in a fairly strong container, is sufficient,
Z . DSMP -Lamp Housing
Our disassembly of the lamp housing indicates that the deposits you
observed are primarily inorganic salts resulting from electro-chemica~
action. To avoid this in the future, we have plated the entire assembly
with a kanigen nickle plate which should provide protection against this
type of action in the future . It m'ght be a wise idea to check the pH :~
your U.=~ter supply and to treat t he water to be slightly alkaline or neural
if try:; is possible. The heat glasses have been replaced and new
have _~;,en incur orated ir.:',_~ ga-~'~ets
p _ system. The housing was pressure che;:ked
with v~rater at lu ps.i, a sr_~araopart
saw. optie~. elemesr6? eha31 ~ eawf suataiterieast s~i~1.~ to i~opurer ttsrerp~. .
3??.St ',~ et>ruatut~a7. a?3,giQitg oat` the rie+rar eha~il be sutiieietrt to ?ixiswre
that 13gbt taps on the aantripl patworl or aWser aec~iana of thee cebiaet does
umsi8ed eye. ~~ vibaceitiaa or imp on the sorae~- as view+~tE with the
3-?.3 '~ viers s bee equipped with 5",diem~eteer casters for esagQ-
arelo~tioa trithia an oaFfice bu~ld3r~g. In eAd3,t~on J~w+elfag ~+~chs .shall be
pravided aPoar eat-ao~~t Wises.
3.7.E Pro,~sotioa sad. uverfrhsngiag eRQge~a ~#eb ~taa~u]rd- Sni~urMS ayarator
os ~3aorte~eince personnel gill be reQuced ar elimt~~Ced ~her+e paseiible.
AU. e:dg~es ate. ~ corners of the cebiaat 'ci.1.l be r~d~a8. .
3'r~'..~ Special saasidsrrartiao~ .ail. be given, to ~$~ tOr ease aaP
m93nten~Ces. Access daor$, ~eatls,, oar- edrtreare: be parovided for ea~aq
a+veess to parts reytutr3e~6 period~e aaaee~s. .
~.~a.
3?T?~ A].l apaaretiag aorwt>col~~ rarihal.l be cgad~ven3enLlg located, t-tthin
the reach of a comfor'~b3~ seat -operator. Cooat>co~s Yli be gfiauped by
fu~natio~t and suite~bly ideati3"~e~t. operation oar dantro3s~ dill ;rol]~as~
este~].ishr~3 a:osaveat$ons, such ors aloa~CVise for ise:, eta,
3??=? A~1 hax~8rrere tsci?8!ai~, bolts, eta. y t~t3. bar of llarrican Steadd=
are sizo~ t~ith a ~~ oar ~ sizes used. ~~' sYyr ~$peaiel tools are
stsqu3~d for d3sssse~bla- or~ ags~Aly, ors3 aach ~he1.1 be lt;raished vit,L esch
maahins.. Sheet >amtal or felt tap~tng screws ~l adt be u~aeEt. Aesesbl~r
ire shall be raplacable byt A8 etru~lard. ssse~bly bra.
3.?.8 ALt surfaces s~ta33. be of a cornasio~ reaimtsat tlrpe or vill be
suitab3,y treated to protect a~3Aet corrosioa. SPecial. aocaaideration fs
to ba g~..vem to ,a+eld Pointe for a~raaion aresiata~? Fainted surfaces
t3t~.71 be3 >~. '~ oe-~1 sbs1.1 tra ~1.led ~Eo
w3fh ~'P ~ g~y~ctesins, the .1ete~} voltage ` be bs~ou to 11.7 v~olti3 bas ireeaasrtesd
1+easi: 10 ffi.sutes; the probate es~' the thereeo-meter (~'h ab~re~ shall . t2~=i
gust exites o!' t~ eonex4att~fisd L1,~,t b~ es~ a3 tez:~exstti'~ readia~ ~ebd2.l bas
taken.
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~.2 With an snlbi+93~t ~"OOm te~orafux~a of BDgP $~ teal~mcattu~e of the
~~~ tsbuell 13ot exCade 13t~'~'?
~j. ~ '
s.l 9~e ~admst:~tea7. aeriter at the vien~tiag acreez~ al~~. be located by
tosaevsi: ~ shall be merlaed br china mores ~ tom.': -i~~,bLo
~~ suitable tucoss heir taacget .sbeSl be plowed #~- the platen ~ eacb of the
lensaat~ Bhs11 be ~u~sted in R affi Y to .bring the Dross Bair is register W3tb ths.
c~eiat,~r s~I~.ng of the ecteei-. .. .
' ~?~~ ,',~ giaten stter~ing shall be aetteited s~ tdhile i~ofi~-ting tLe pleteru Silt
~~, degrees . to the rift a~ to tl+e 3~t the eem~ter s~x- aiaacleiag ril.1. '~
olaseiti'ed to follatt the cs~osa lia3r, i#'' it ahouL~ not da so der ~~;?~-
the leas >ehall be med+~ until. the eamt~r scxeen ?arking =cail~st 'the eiroaea~ ~s~:r~t
for -.all Lames. ~ , .:.r' .,
~~~ , With ,grid target t~f abow~e~. in the plat?a eaa ],esmas tng bean
ogtitiy centtered se above - tic distortion ~l be r~ on the sareea
alto ;a , mlu.er sea-1.e, elwul~ the ~stortion ~ l/zo ~ cne par~oet at
,aeQr point on _ careen tls~ mirrors to31.7. be e~dlust~ '~ radtbce it to this ralua.
. ~:~ ~ et ~ firms it is hec?asat~y to a83uet the n3.rrare the aptiast
teriac~ of leases re~iaced is "5" Rboro~a aheSl be repeated.
?.~ ?~eCit fbr f~^Ne phpr in the :ai'Ls~or mounts shell be me8e by a~7~
pre~su~ to the coraea~s of thcs mo~a, with the grid target t8! above iu the
glrste~t, after re]~se of flue mtsroar t~ disple~cet~xtt of the target $he-11 oat
e7ccesd! 1/l.+d of one percant ort- tb-e sareaa.
a~ust~:d ms in "3 es~d ~ ebartre", the lamp
~ ]
.enFSes
61 ~lith this lamp
volfe sha3.]. be adjusted to 1,17 ~aSts by mans of tl~ 1rste~t ~2i abon-e)
still , sera br3~htn~:sss spot meter ~2a above) shall bee focused oa the vieuiiag
$tre~ezq with s~ film in the pl:atea.
6a. S~a~d3ngs sha,3,.t be telren at al]. test ioaetio~a shc~'n is t~wce $~ of
~a.g.l~.~ of eha~e 1 to ~150a?e~ccept, for the ~ aorel~c positions
"~". `:tie sh?~1]. be repeated fYsx sli leases ata~l/car megn3~.'iae-tioas.
6.3 Th+* m3a3snm ~ slut3l be not Jlesa. rhea ~ ~tbot ]a~berts hoeever,
bett~en ~ tuo po3~s as the ecx~*3en the li.~-t inteaeity shell not much by mrer
thaxt ly percent.
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7.1 Edith the optfaal agata:rt aliu~ed as required aborV+a, the leno~ea at one stop
lees than hair ~ opaaiz~g a~ vith thhcs ]rs~ voltage at 11? volts the
resolutiaa target (~d above} ~hat1. be Snsa~rted iz~ t'he pl~ataas and vith the platen
atoned road lutiau ~ is liana pc~r mi].].3mater shalt ba tettisa of the sc~e~n
image with tote aid of a 1ff7C z3iYer t2a abaare~.
'.2 Resolutiaa ~ sha11 be tekRw. at all target positions sham 3a
f3gt~e 8 of pQr S.i.i.12.3, 2 to ~t['L-3rD-].yt~t except, for t3~e Mme
aoa~ear positions '$". At the b3g~ber magnii'~aatiozas the aenher target shall
be moved to ~ocQUp~ the i~3cated positions for a~+sed3.ag.
Z.3 ~s oa axis ra~d3aag sba11 dot be land thea ~ 33ass par >atll~ter parr
r. ~ rasosutic~at at the oat' axis . positic~a shaJ.l iaa all cases be at least
~pQ]CCalet 41' the o~13 delis V8has8.
7.$ Rae raeulting ef:~sot of axe astigtsatis~, lateral. chromatic aberration
or solar f~.xtgiag t+~.ch anuses a 83ttexenre #.n the re+eo].utioa readings for
the radial dad that tangential liana, oc~ moare than 2C percent, shall be
aonstruted as xwt meeting the re~quirereents of psr 3.2..2 of the above v3eenar
apecifiaat:ia~a.
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l9 Apx'i~. ~.~3
t~R. Aaeie~tant far Pl~uis anc~, 33evelop~ent
Executive Secretary, 'i'T3
~
~.~.. ~E~rl3l.~.t '~Q 121E'~t Qllr increat~ing resc~~.ution regtifremexkts?
25X1A
25X1A
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i
25X1A
25X1A
25X1A
.
~:urrentl.y ha.s a contx~.ct with the- i'or the
t
Prc~cux~~ent o~ a High Qual~:ty ~'i3.m ~te~xder
evelQp the highest quality ~`33~n Deader that the present state of the
o
ec~netruction oi' 6 ~'lsn Readers. a ~ ~
2'7' JunE 196.. The or,gine.~. ccmtract wee for crib'-line apera~tion
hype outp~zt whit
the ate' of 192. ~c~ that
Reader and digitising system for e
Qe~igt~.ing ~ri1.~. consist cal' the ba$i
f`3.Im tra~n.epart a~ heavier i`ra~e an
the ~ ar lane system. Attach
the... valuation o~
es en , . t syst~'n, and
as criter~ ~oac new pr~posas.
i,3sr~ Viewer in terms
shed the ma~aufacturers
4I~ t?~` '.tom FACTS:
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prQ~ess inter the eontra~:t ha.s been ex~:reaneZ.y
poor due- tp a nur~ber og f'aetors~ '~ a ma. ar ~e a ng 3aaci~ off` reasanabie eaZiber
teciane:e~.l persgzuael, Cbaerue-~iax~s within the ~.st l$ months indicate they do
not have a su~'~'icien~E nuz~zzber o~ either technical rrr pre~i.uction personnel to
~aati~~ctori?.y e~glete their ccmanitmente and have heal e. high turnovesr o~ design
per~t~nx~el. ~:ssi~aed to work on the read..er. Quality control has never been ade-
quately applied nc~x? h?~s any grogram achedul.ing been attptec~, These observa-
bone hav~:'been concurred with by ve~rious outside personnel visit
^ tan our beha.l~,
the st nine mt~nths the harp 'been studying the
~..
a ~ x~rt ~~ e $ ua~ted the latest ~sod.el
tion rv'hl
.
~i~. ~iswer pro~.uce~. ~' detailed report on this evaluation ha:e
been included. ~3~ ~porfes~ce s e feet that the results obtained an the
viewer are very el:taee to xhat we can anticipate for the lPil~at Pt~der. The be?~ia
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~~.
been unable tt~ provide a prototype
*i'he ~i1m Ree;d.er they are now
iltn: Ve'Crer With a digitl.sed
chime i~a ca~stemplated i.n
t?~ enclosures are copies of
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~uose of ~ ~ontra~t h~a~v~r ~ 1io dee~,~a the be~+t se#.bls i].~.um:i.n=
atioa~ ayat. ~~~ rear pr~~ectia~z devf,o~~f his study h~a gx~cg~reeaed enau
tc3 ~7r?~'~ide iaa~ut ~~ ~. t~ m~adel, ~~.~ ~~. '.~ teachnque they hs~v+~ ?leveloped
~~ b~eica.~~y~ pane of brute Korea,, at~~: coneiat~a t~f ].~.c~uid cgo2ing . ~ ~cu3,ti~~.e
Vr~.BW, ~~:' tYle
~a~a.~ ~ resquix~3n~ cla.rii'icat~;an,
c~lioited fx~c~ dour carp-
+~.dditia~al. eQ~~~.d;eratiaxz ie tb~.t the x'~ader i~ tt~ d.eai to in~or-~
,paste a ~ h,h gtaa3.ty I?rna ~t a later date. These lez~aes ewe tQ ~~ c3r~g~,~ed.
utt
~
~ -
er a oaxitx
a~t z~a;~ bed ne~c~tieted with
d~.g~.ta.~ aeo~mutor +~r re.taut l~ nat to be iual~~ as part o~ this
~etntract but #.~.~. be purchased ~s a separate item aaad i"u:cnished to the reader
ntti'a~turer far i~cc~r~rat~r~ in the reader. It X111 be the a adout
systems a.s used. ~n the chip caaratar for ~-line use.
t tix~x t~luu~.tio~ ~s evalu~.ted
tt~ have th
.
e
tech~i.ea3. appr+~ch base ati ~r e~lerctrc-amechataical deei
~ ca
al
il
it
~
p
.
a
y.
:~ ma~.gent vc~lurttesred ts~ ut~.I.~.se ma.~,emesxt procedurerr ~rhich will
~y ~~ ~~g9~rr~ gyp ,,~~" }~{,, g.~ y, p T-~r ~y - fr' _ _ w r ._.},,/y...Tfyry.~..p. ....s ,{w,.yw~..,.y~q+~~a.+a wVil. iti ~4 i~Li" a
~~ CF.P.R~' 1AdiCatet3. ~.iL~~ ~j4 ~~LL`8T~ Pf ~.{.~~.'~'~~ [IV TiMi~ ~~1s~.1 Lil~i
~l the illu~~.t~.t~tr scarce.
~+ N~~Ww~L ~V3Y~Y
fMR11 Y'Y~t~~~"~ fJi 4A`ii~~A- ~{'~{~y~MF
b~.~.~.t1~~ W~~~: atudie8. a~sd.
1"~t]~G~ e?Xit~ tale
u~ ~?~~` 2xe~' '1..7zt~ Reae~.er. i2u-
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~9 ~ipx~fl ~~
~ ~t~r~x~ti~.a~oe Wit. Xou~ regtt~~t, a+aole+~~d a.r fity~ ~s~ple~ of
~~r `~~ Pr~,al I. I+1. ~~-Z, R~e~rSsio~ .A, t~it~ed ~'Ya.~ib8~s
1tYt~i.aaL was-
:IRdM~i t!
Alaa- ~scla~e~ ~~ a brm ~ ~?~
~~ c~~~~ xe~~ ~cce~xzxp~~~ix~g a at~ctv~.
~ ~vteh ~~~~ to yt~ux ~Lt~~tiox~ that ~~~ ~h~~ h at~z ~ r~a~~~l
fe~~~xc3~?~ ~a'l~x~~te~i i~a~r~alla~isa ~~ ~ ~ ~:~~ ~~rv ~~ caur
t~s~ ~~t~:grr~~st~~ a ~a:~re t ~c~.~,de~ aa~r tx~a~r+a~ ~~ste cox ~e~x ee
c-~ ~uu~t~.l~t4c~~.
~-+~~ftat+~
'~'~xy fi~~l~ yc+u~m
D33A x
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Apr## ~~~
~ubjacts #.l'~. ~~+
aat#~
prmp~s~-# ~t~2 A for dee#gn~ d+av+rta~sa~rr~t, and fsbricat#~+mm ~~ a prototype
''Ya~r~abte VVt'#dt~ Fitm ?~e+tde~r. t' Thie ie a revie#r~x~ rte oaxr +~sr#ier
prt~p+~~tat ~?6~ e~~ #aetud#~rg the- der#x-ed rev#~s#am~t e+xch as guaarte hod#ae,
__ hae~ed ~tpc~n ~ CIP~"F` ~aatract. Gc+m let#c-z~ a~f tha o~ot#rp~ t
STATINTL tt#tte mc~nth~ A~tt?. ~`? fit. b.
rhea ,~n~cee~~ih~ comn-~+~t#+as of th#e F~,~a~t vv#tt x~egt~#re tasa cQC~rdi~u-ti+an
[ETA TIf~ITI ~9?#~h tt~a pR~r~haaer. iltt~ W#th ,~rv~gs eag,~gad #a d+r~a~.tl~E~lll3t ilv
STATINTL ~r prepared to c?~operste ?a~lty fo #ncrsarpt~'
ec qu+~e and a# is#og any data eva#tabt~m to us. As +a~p+~riaaced
dss#~aerr iad ba#tdere~ ~~ pr+~cir#+~n opta~-n~e+~ha~tfcal d~tv#ces, vrr+~ beat#evre~
~-e sra a~~sc#[y tfir1~## parapeted to apprec#ate aa~ tt~et the ~-o~~reL adv~oce~t
t~# rapt#ca~l aad aar>ta~hsaa#~al techo~-to~y.
C~?ctr Qat #~ aa~ aad }~aroduct. a parrrt~-type vvhic>!x v~#tt pe~arfform to tl~ ~#v+~o
ape~i#cat#asa~s, wh#ch #t# bey a rat#ably fa;>~~t#c+n#a~g #taam- off' ta.boara~tt~ry
~u#par~att~t, aa~d vrrb#ch er###. as tsar ats poaa~btet, spprca~ch a "prodcec##~ara-
eaag#oaearad" #a~starttma~t #a cflea~tara~~t#~-a a~;d ams,~ of ap~aeat#c-a~. ~'ha doer#ga
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STATI NTL
~' .1~pri~ Z~b3
+~?tE, ttereev+~t~ pr~sstbie, rake aEtov~a~ces ~c+r fut~.~e ~madift~a-t,~a
amd ~+~~` a+dd#ng cor~curratatty de~r~z~ad spec#at el~rza~nte. .~iuman
e~g~t~aerfa~g aapacte t~f t~fe equipment w#it be subna~tte~d t~ the purchaa~x
is ampte time tvr hfr ca~refu! evacuation.
wc;cl bey goad tc~ discuss further ~tz~y
,x ~c wa rzla tars r~rcating to #his proposac. Our pcaat
un+d pazar~rn~s+at ~a secret - cleared faeccit~} w~+tcorx~e ymur iaspectic~n.
additionac infQrmatic+xx is regufred fnr yQUr evacuation, ~ ~-ilc be
pcease~d ~~ dive .any quasti4ns ~y irnrnediste p~errona~c at#a~atiQx~.
Very trucy yau~~r,
J/,i7.d'S i ~~~
Ve~il~2`al i~taz~tgeg
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 STATOTHR
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IoNo 462, Rev. A
TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
I . N . 4 62 -Revision R
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TP,BLE OF C ONTEr TS
Introduction
Technical Proposal
Dr~~wings
Section
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Section I
IIVTRODUCTI?N
This proposal includes revisions and changes made in the Variable
Width Film Reader specifications up to 5 April 1963, These changes
relate to the overall size of the machine, the illumination source,
and the film transport mechanism. Drawings F145A (figure 1} and
$931A (figure 2} are changed to show the new requirements. In other
major features -such as film measurement, rotation, lens selection -
it remains the same as described in th~proposal dated
15 February 1.963.
The instrument described in the following sections is an operating
engineering prototype, but throughout its design and construction
every effort will be made to include the refinements necessary to a
production model.
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Section II
TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
INTRODUCTION
This technical proposal outlines a system which will have the operating
features specified in "Design Requirements for a Variable Film Width
Reader' and revisions . Image rotation, high resolution,-...illumination and
high-speed film transport are the major design problems.
Preliminary study by~as resulted in an outline proposal for a system
to meet all the operational specifications for the Variable Width Film
Reader. In this discussion, we will present design and support data far
each necessary subsystem, along with the performance that can be
expected from optimized components .
The equipment configuration shown in the specification drawing will be
followed, in general, in the layout of the final measuring machine . An
overall height of fi4" and length of 108" should be sufficient to contain
all necessary components The width at the front of the machine will not
exceed 34 inches o As will be explained, the design process must begin
with the requirement for high intensity illumination, which demands a
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liquid cooling system. This in turn aff4cts the film drive design,
and the complete film transport dictates characteristics of the
rotating mechanism
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1. FILM CCOLIi~G
The n:a}or p--oblen~ in the specifivation is the intense illurnir~ation
required ore the sc,reon. For nzrt+_rr.ii fiirn clr~ive, the film can not b~:
in cUntact with a glass pl~~ten . i_aov~;rnmer_t sponsor~-i res~:~~r~h
is now in progress on .~ ii~~uici Friar. film: gtzte, in which the film is
suspr~nded betvvc:en hori ~ontzl I;1 tines of l~.zrr~inar flow in a str~~~.rm of
liquid Fr~~+~n, see figure 1) . Talc-,: Freor: flv~ws betwEen porallF~l
g~t.ss plates, whit'h four, a platen corztair_ing the filrr_ and honing it
in the viewin~y pl