Introducing ADOX CAPTURA dust binding technology

[ADOX Fotoimpex]

We started ramping up the powder production in our new factory. This gave us the opportunity to finally introduce our long researched and prepared ADOX CAPTURA dust binding technology.
The above image is without and shows how much powder chemistry is dusting upon mixture.
CAPTURA releases the photographer from having to smell and inhale chemical powders while mixing up photo chemistry from powder packaging.
The powder now looks and feels "wet" when it comes from the packaging but it is not. It also keeps the powders from clogging up.
CAPTURA is water solvent, biodegradable and has no impact on photochemistry.
We will be upgrading all powder products to the new technology and we are also preparing more powder chemicals.

See how it works here:

 

[AgX]

Adox' reply on Tetenal's tablets.


But... how is longevity of these bound powders? I guess as long as still sealed there will be no difference to the plain version.

 

[Vaughn]

Cool!

 

[ADOX Fotoimpex]

Adox' reply on Tetenal's tablets.


But... how is longevity of these bound powders? I guess as long as still sealed there will be no difference to the plain version.

You mean after opening?
I´d have to look if we R&D´ed this. Usually you mix up a powder bag after you open it. Storage in sealed bags was fine over 5 years.

 

[trendland]

You mean after opening?
I´d have to look if we R&D´ed this. Usually you mix up a powder bag after you open it. Storage in sealed bags was fine over 5 years.

You mentioned 5 years (guaranteed)?

with regards

PS : If your guarantee would be 5 years it could be fine for more 5years!
PPS : Trust yourself to guarantee 5 years!

 

[ADOX Fotoimpex]

You mentioned 5 years (guaranteed)?

with regards

PS : If your guarantee would be 5 years it could be fine for more 5years!
PPS : Trust yourself to guarantee 5 years!

This means we stored it over 5 years and found it to be still working. We do not guarantee any product longer than 2 years but this does not mean it can´t be used after 5 years.

 

[AgX]

You mean after opening?
I´d have to look if we R&D´ed this. Usually you mix up a powder bag after you open it. Storage in sealed bags was fine over 5 years.

I admit, it was a academic question...

 

[mohmad khatab]

This means we stored it over 5 years and found it to be still working. We do not guarantee any product longer than 2 years but this does not mean it can´t be used after 5 years.

Can restart operation AP 70
To life again with some update and development?
So is the AP44 process
I do not know whether my question is an idiotic question or a question in its place.
I feel that you are the legitimate heir of the beloved brand Agfa
- Perhaps in practice and speaking my words is wrong - but psychologically, this is my personal feeling.

 

[pentaxuser]

Presumably not every powder ingredient needs to be Captura treated but in those that do such as very fine powder( fine in the sense of not coarse) it might be a real benefit. In the case of, for instance, Kodak Xtol or IIford ID11 I have never noticed a problem.

I wonder what it adds to the cost of production. Can the user expect to pay more for the powder treated with Captura compared to non Captura treated powder?

pentaxuser

 

[mshchem]

You mean after opening?
I´d have to look if we R&D´ed this. Usually you mix up a powder bag after you open it. Storage in sealed bags was fine over 5 years.

Is the product still a mixture of ingredients? Or have the ingredients been bound into a homogeneous compound?

 

[ADOX Fotoimpex]

Can restart operation AP 70
To life again with some update and development?
So is the AP44 process
I do not know whether my question is an idiotic question or a question in its place.
I feel that you are the legitimate heir of the beloved brand Agfa
- Perhaps in practice and speaking my words is wrong - but psychologically, this is my personal feeling.

We can (theoretically) restart this but other manufacturers prices are superb and we are a smaller factory. So we could DO it but we could not compete ;-)

 

[ADOX Fotoimpex]

Presumably not every powder ingredient needs to be Captura treated but in those that do such as very fine powder( fine in the sense of not coarse) it might be a real benefit. In the case of, for instance, Kodak Xtol or IIford ID11 I have never noticed a problem.

I wonder what it adds to the cost of production. Can the user expect to pay more for the powder treated with Captura compared to non Captura treated powder?

pentaxuser

Not so much. Maybe 50 cents.

 

[ADOX Fotoimpex]

Is the product still a mixture of ingredients? Or have the ingredients been bound into a homogeneous compound?

It´s still a mixture but the entire mixing is bound by CAPTURA.

 

[mshchem]

It´s still a mixture but the entire mixing is bound by CAPTURA.

It sounds like the bulk blend could offer excellent consistency from "pouch to pouch " . Definitely an improvement. I like using powders. I have exhaust system to mitigate the dust, but I still am very careful. Better all around to be able to control the dust.

Does this aid in dissolving the powder?

 

[ADOX Fotoimpex]

It sounds like the bulk blend could offer excellent consistency from "pouch to pouch " . Definitely an improvement. I like using powders. I have exhaust system to mitigate the dust, but I still am very careful. Better all around to be able to control the dust.

Does this aid in dissolving the powder?

We did not test this. We only tested if it did not make dissolving the powder worse. If it aids at all the effect is small.

 

[mohmad khatab]

We can (theoretically) restart this but other manufacturers prices are superb and we are a smaller factory. So we could DO it but we could not compete ;-)

I am very sad to hear those defeatist words.
- I do not know what to say !
I really am shocked.
- The analog imaging community was still waiting (the legitimate heir to the AGFA Foundation) - and eventually - turned out to be a person (scared, hesitant, shaky).
Oh my God -
- It seems that we were waiting for mirage.
- Who competes with. !
Do you reflect the world and we are walking on the sky? !!!!
- Competitors should be afraid of you, not vice versa.
- You are not weak - you have a mighty weapon that perhaps is not available to competitors, is the weapon of love, yes love analog photography.
- Your Small Business - Why Take Successful Steps?
The reason for success is love and not money and business.
- Love caused God to send you support - get AGFA machine, that small machine at this reasonable price (this is a grant from God) because you deserve that grant because you are working for love.
- I am the oldest man on earth I am from Egypt and I will advise you for free advice - if you give up love you will not succeed.
- In practical and purely economic terms, if you look at the successes that you have achieved with great concentration, you will find that the hand of God intervened to make you succeed.
- Do not worry about competitors, they should worry about you.
You must invest the weapon of love and do not be afraid. You are supported by God and trust me.

 

[pentaxuser]

I am very sad to hear those defeatist words.
- I do not know what to say !
I really am shocked.
- The analog imaging community was still waiting (the legitimate heir to the AGFA Foundation) - and eventually - turned out to be a person (scared, hesitant, shaky).
Oh my God -
- It seems that we were waiting for mirage.
- Who competes with. !
Do you reflect the world and we are walking on the sky? !!!!
- Competitors should be afraid of you, not vice versa.
- You are not weak - you have a mighty weapon that perhaps is not available to competitors, is the weapon of love, yes love analog photography.
- Your Small Business - Why Take Successful Steps?
The reason for success is love and not money and business.
- Love caused God to send you support - get AGFA machine, that small machine at this reasonable price (this is a grant from God) because you deserve that grant because you are working for love.
- I am the oldest man on earth I am from Egypt and I will advise you for free advice - if you give up love you will not succeed.
- In practical and purely economic terms, if you look at the successes that you have achieved with great concentration, you will find that the hand of God intervened to make you succeed.
- Do not worry about competitors, they should worry about you.
You must invest the weapon of love and do not be afraid. You are supported by God and trust me.

I am not clear what your post has to do with what Adox has announced. Can you explain? Thanks

pentaxuser

 

[removed account4]

ADOX
you folks are great !

Thank you !

John

 

[mshchem]

Whoa Nellie! We seemed to have strayed a bit from low dust powders.
Best Regards to All.

 

[mohmad khatab]

I am not clear what your post has to do with what Adox has announced. Can you explain? Thanks

pentaxuser

I am not clear what your post has to do with what Adox has announced. Can you explain? Thanks

pentaxuser

I apologize to you - my English is weak.
I hope you will forgive me.
I generally dream that all AGFA products will be offered,
The Ap70 - as well as the AP44 - for home use,
I hope that the production of these products will be accompanied by the production of color films (positive and negative).
And that these wishes are achievable and I also think that you will not find anyone to compete with you in this field. You will succeed unrivaled.

 

[cmacd123]

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I generally dream that all AGFA products will be offered,
The Ap70 - as well as the AP44 - for home use,

I think what the folks from ADOX are saying is that the currently marketed products for those equivalent processes are still available and produced in large enough quantities that there is not a market for them to produce a competitive product. ADOX is focused on producing what they can that is a complemet to what others sell, while assuring themselves that they have access to the technology needed to fill gaps.

if the process becomes unavailable- then they would consider making a replacement, assuming their is any film to process.

 

[AgX]

Is the product still a mixture of ingredients? Or have the ingredients been bound into a homogeneous compound?

As Mirko indicated the substances are blended and then treated with a binder, by this enlarging particle size (or at least changing particle size spread) and eliminating dust.

Next step would be pressing it to a tablet. But handling difference (throwing in a tablet vs. pouring out a sachet) is small.

 

[baachitraka]

Small tablets can be handy like, just one small pill for fixing the film ;-) if not developing the same.

 

[trendland]

[QUOTE="ADOX Fotoimpex, post: 2176966, but this does not mean it can´t be used after 5 years.[/QUOTE]
I agree 100%!
with regards

 

[pentaxuser]

Small tablets can be handy like, just one small pill for fixing the film ;-) if not developing the same.

Yes a big prize awaits anyone who can make a developer pill and/or fixer pill that in tablet form last forever or a very long time, can be kept in a small container like headache pills are and simply added to water when the user is ready to develop a film.

pentaxuser