Theatre Design & Technology - Dec 1973 - 30

ASTRAL DIMMER FROM SKIRPAN
Skirpan Lighting Control Corporation, Long Island
City, N.Y., has introduced a new line of solid state
dimmers for stage and studio lighting control under the
trade name ASTRAL. Available in power capacities of 2
kw, 3 kw, 6 kw and 12 kw, the new ASTRAL dimmers
feature relay rack format design, minimizing installation
time and cost while guaranteeing system expandability.
The ASTRAL 2 (2 kw) requires only 1 3/4 inches of rack
space and weighs on Iy 7 pounds. Other features include
quiet operation (less than 35 db), RFl noise reduction
(less than 10 quasi-peak micro-volts), adjustable transfer
characteristics and a plug-in, printed circuit logicard. For
further information write: Skirpan Lighting Control
Corporation, 41-43 24th Street, Long Island City, N.Y.
11101.
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AUTOCUE FULL DISPLAY
LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM
Skirpan Lighting Control has announced the availability
of Autocue memory I ighting control. The system features
compact control of almost unlimited lighting circuits with
intensity values of all channels displayed at all times, even
during fades.
The display is presented on a video monitor which also
displays cue assignments and fade progress and serves as a
part of the control system when used with a light pen for
set up. See Skirpan ad, p. 59, TD&T, May, 1973. [Ed.)
The basic video information is readily available for monitoring at as many locations as desired.

Autocue's Compact Computer Unit.

Teflon
Delrin
Nylon
High Pressure Laminates
PVC (PolyVinyIChloride)
Polyurethanes

Performance control is by means of conventional fader
handles and simple keyboard switch matrix.
Memory and display control are handled by a general
purpose programmable computer with expandable core
for any desired cue capacity. Future application to other
theatrical systems are under consideration.

For further information contact Cadillac Plastic and
Chemical Co., POBox 810, Detroit, MICH 48232.

A brochure, ACU-173, is avai:able from Skirpan Lighting Control Corporation, 41-43 24th. St., Long Island
City, New York 11101 upon request.
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THE CADI LLAC PLASTIC BUYER'S GUIDE

The new Cadillac Plastic Buyer's Guide is now available
from Cadillac Plastic and Chemical Company. This fully
CADI LLAC PLASTIC INFO-TECH FORUM CASSETTES illustrated volume is the first of its kind, covering every
major area of the plastics world.
Info-Tech Forum product information tape cassettes
The Guide is indexed by market as well as by product,
produced by Cadillac Plastic and Chemical Co. are now
being offered to general industry for the first time.
and is organized into sections catering to consumer, architectural, industrial, institutional, security and graphic arts
The collection consists of 12 tapes which contain all of
needs. To fill these needs, Cadillac Plastic has added an
the properties, characteristics, and applications of 12
entire
line of finished products to its vast inventory of
major plastics and their product lines.
sheet, rods, tubes, films and tapes. As a nevv service of
The casette titles are:
CPC, all of the consumer products and many additional
items can be mail ordered through the Buyer's Guide. The
Oilon Pv 80
Guide may be ordered by mail or purchased at any Cadco
Cadco Cast Nylon
Service Center. To obtain a copy of the Buyer's Guide by
Flame-Stop/Flame Seal
mail, send $1.00 plus 25t for postage and handling to:
Acrylics (including Plexiglas)
Cadillac

Polycarbonates (including Lexan)
Polyethylene (including HMW 1900)

Plastic

and

Chemical Company, Mail Order

Center, POBox 03000, Detroit, Michi~an 48203.

THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

DECEMBER, 1973

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