PROBLEMS WITH (Sanitized) 1540 LIGHT TABLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05171A000400030084-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2005
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: November 2, 1970
• Content Type: MF

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IEG/OD/TIB-12970
2 November 1.970
AEMORANDUM FOR: Chief., Operations Division, IEG
SUBJECT Problems with I1540 Light Table
1? telephoned from Los Angeles this morning to
report that the pre-.production 51-I-0 light table which he and
mined the table from the engineering point of view,
unacceptable.
problem. Several motors were excessively noisy.
were testing at is unacceptable. said
travel of the microstereoscope carriage was jerky, slipped, and made
following features on the film difficult. Fun tracking was also a
2. 0 said =had queried some of its vendors regarding
the tracking problem. He believed if redesign were required, delivery of
the table might be delayed. He thought that = was not ready for testing
of the pre-production table. However, he was confident the company
could correct the unacceptable features.
3. 0 and others from =had intended to return-to Washington
Saturday. He said they worked with the table until 9 p.m. Saturday night.
They will return to Washington later tonight or tomorrow and will be back
at work here Wednesday. I Iwould telephone his branch
chief, later today with full-details of what was taking place.
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Chief, Technic -3 Planning Branch
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