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Model 532
1/4-Inch Magnetic Tape Conditioner

     FEATURES

• Efficiently cleans and conditions 1/4-inch magnetic tape

• Four automatically advancing cleaning tissue stations clean both sides of the tape

• Easy Operation

• Handles 7-inch to 10.5-inch tapes

• NAB, CINE and AEG (pancake) hubs available

• Hub Field Conversion Kits available

The BOW Model 532 was created to combine an efficient, safe cleaning operation with fast precision stacking of 1/4-inch tape on a wide variety of reels. The 532 was designed to handle reel sizes from 7-inches to 10 1/2-inches in diameter for NAB, CINE or AEG (pancake) reel hubs. Field conversion kits are also available if more than on hub style is needed. 

Tissue cleaning stations and a sapphire blade, proven time and again to be the most effective cleaning method, remove debris from both sides of the tape. Downstream, a uniquely designed packwheel delivers a straight, perfectly centered stack on both plastic and metal reels. 

Tape speed it typically 200 ips (inches per second). However if tape stiction is an issue, we now offer the Selectable Speed Modification (SSM) option that allows the tape speed to be lowered and selectable between 60 ips and 120 ips.    

Reel Capacity

1/4-inch on 7 to 10.5-inches diameter reels. CINE, NAB and CCIR reel hubs available. Conversion kits available (see options below)

Tape Tension

Constant, adjustable from 3 to 5 ounces

Tape Speed

200 ips (inches per second) " .5%. SSM Option: 60 or 120 ips selectable

Hubs & Guides

Precision locating and positive locking, and maintenance free guides, rotating on ultra precision bearings to provide minimum tape wrap and maximum guiding.

Footage Counter

4 digit LED, 1% accuracy, 1 ft. resolution.

Controls

POWER, FORWARD, STOP and CYCLE

Indicators

FORWARD, STOP, CYCLE, FOOTAGE COUNTER display, BLADE LIFE indicators (NEW, 1/3, REPLACE), REPLACE BATTERY indicator

Brakes

Failsafe electronic

Pack Roller

Precision disc that precisely guides and presses air from tape layers to provide a uniform stack on the take-up reel (wind direction)

Stack Quality

Precision stack that meets requirements of NSA L14-2. Accomplished by a large diameter packwheel (pack roller) with 180° wrap

Tape Low Sensing

Automatically determines hub diameter and stops tape with a selectable amount of tape left on the supply reel

Tape Absence Sensing

Stops tape drive when tape is not present in tape path

Model 532

Cleaner/Winder for 1/4-inch tape.

CKA

Conversion Kit to Precision NAB hubs

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