analog instant film in the making June 1, 2011
Last month I enjoyed a tour of the impossible project’s factory in enschede, where they manufacture all of their instant films. These are picturs I took on the tour.
the factory from outside
the error disaply of the picture assembly line. If one of these is lit up, something needs to be fixed.
finished chemistry pods waiting to be attached to the negative sheets
empty film backs on their way
springs for pushing up the stack of pictures before assembly
to be cut darkeslide paper, wich will prevent the upper most picture in a pack to be pre-exposed
finished film packs being sealed
a buffer for the light protected part of the line.
negative sheets being laminated together with other layers (this normally happens in total darkness)
negative sheets during lamination
stacks of pictures and a darkslide being pushed into a film pack
finished film packs getting sealed
the battery tester
rejects. a lot of rejects.
chemical pods in a web, before being cut
chemistry pods are checked for sealing problems
experimental chemistry mixed together in the lab
test shots in the chemistry lab
the official test camera :D
finished packs on their way to packaging
outer packaging material
finished packaged film packs, ready to be sold
