# 16mm motion picture projectors

*/Products/16mm_motion_picture_projectors*

Film projectors

## Product Bo M

**Input To**:
- [Film Projection](/Processes/Film_Projection)
- [Archival Screening](/Processes/Archival_Screening)
**Summary**: A 16mm motion picture projector, an electromechanical device that pulls 16-millimetre film past a lamp and lens with an intermittent claw mechanism and shutter to project moving images onto a screen while a sound head reads the optical track; it is assembled from a film transport, optical system, and lamp house and feeds into audiovisual equipment inventory up the chain.
**Output Of**:
- [Precision Assembly](/Processes/Precision_Assembly)
- [Optical Alignment](/Processes/Optical_Alignment)
**Components**:
- Name: Film Transport Mechanism · Quantity Note: sprockets, claw, and gate that advance the film · Required Input: 
- Name: Projection Lens · Quantity Note: focuses the image onto the screen · Required Input: Optical Glass
- Name: Lamp House · Quantity Note: light source and reflector · Required Input: Projection Lamp
- Name: Rotary Shutter · Quantity Note: blanks the light during film pull-down · Required Input: Sheet Metal
- Name: Sound Head · Quantity Note: reads the optical or magnetic soundtrack · Required Input: 
- Name: Drive Motor · Quantity Note: powers transport and shutter · Required Input: Copper Wire
**Packaged In**:
- [Foam Lined Carry Case](/Products/Foam_Lined_Carry_Case)
**By Product Of**:
- [Assembly Metal Scrap](/Products/Assembly_Metal_Scrap)
**Warranted By**:
- [Manufacturer Warranty Plan](/Services/Manufacturer_Warranty_Plan)
**Physical Good**: true
**Produced With**:
- [Precision Machining Center](/Products/Precision_Machining_Center)
- [Optical Grinding Machine](/Products/Optical_Grinding_Machine)
- [Assembly Bench](/Products/Assembly_Bench)
- [Optical Test Bench](/Products/Optical_Test_Bench)
**Assembled From**:
- [Film Transport Module](/Products/Film_Transport_Module)
- [Optical System](/Products/Optical_System)
- [Lamp House Module](/Products/Lamp_House_Module)
- [Sound Reproduction Module](/Products/Sound_Reproduction_Module)
**Consumes To Make**:
- [Sheet Metal](/Products/Sheet_Metal)
- [Optical Glass](/Products/Optical_Glass)
- [Electronic Components](/Products/Electronic_Components)
**Has Measurement**:
- [Light Output Lumens](/Metrics/Light_Output_Lumens)
- [Frame Rate](/Metrics/Frame_Rate)
- [Image Steadiness](/Metrics/Image_Steadiness)
- [Sound Track Fidelity](/Metrics/Sound_Track_Fidelity)
**Transforms Into**:
- [Audiovisual Equipment Inventory](/Products/Audiovisual_Equipment_Inventory)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Film projectors](/Products/Film_projectors) — parent · Products

### Siblings

- [8mm motion picture projectors](/Products/8mm_motion_picture_projectors) — siblings · Products
- [Motion picture projectors](/Products/Motion_picture_projectors) — siblings · Products
- [Portable motion picture projectors](/Products/Portable_motion_picture_projectors) — siblings · Products

### Related (uses tool)

- [Boutique Microcinema](/CompanyTypes/Boutique_Microcinema) — uses tool · CompanyTypes

### Who uses this

- [Motion Picture Projectionists](/Occupations/Motion_Picture_Projectionists) — uses · Occupations

### Warranted by

- [Manufacturer Product Warranty](/Services/Manufacturer_Product_Warranty) — warranted by · Services

### Input to

- [Film Screening Operations](/Processes/Film_Screening_Operations) — input to · Processes
- [Archival Screening](/Processes/Archival_Screening) — input to · Processes

### Assembled from

- [Embedded Sound Module](/Products/Embedded_Sound_Module) — assembled from · Products
- [Film Transport Assembly](/Products/Film_Transport_Assembly) — assembled from · Products
- [Lamp House Module](/Products/Lamp_House_Module) — assembled from · Products
- [Optical System](/Products/Optical_System) — assembled from · Products

### Requires input

- [Projection lamps](/Products/Projection_lamps) — requires input · Products
- [Copper wire](/Products/Copper_wire) — requires input · Products

### Packaged in

- [Foam Lined Case](/Products/Foam_Lined_Case) — packaged in · Products

### By product of

- [Assembly Line Metal Scrap](/Products/Assembly_Line_Metal_Scrap) — by product of · Products

### Rolled up to product class

- [Projectors and supplies](/Products/Projectors_and_supplies) — rolled up to product class · Products

### Composed of

- [Magnetic head](/Products/Magnetic_head) — composed of · Products
- [Projection lenses](/Products/Projection_lenses) — composed of · Products
- [Lamp housings](/Products/Lamp_housings) — composed of · Products
- [Drive Motor](/Products/Drive_Motor) — composed of · Products
- [Rotary Shutter](/Products/Rotary_Shutter) — composed of · Products
- [Film Transport Mechanism](/Products/Film_Transport_Mechanism) — composed of · Products

### Produced with

- [Precision CNC Machining Center](/Products/Precision_CNC_Machining_Center) — produced with · Products
- [Optical benches](/Products/Optical_benches) — produced with · Products
- [Lens grinding machines](/Products/Lens_grinding_machines) — produced with · Products
- [Assembly Bench](/Products/Assembly_Bench) — produced with · Products

### Consumes

- [Electronic Component](/Products/Electronic_Component) — consumes · Products
- [Optical Glass](/Products/Optical_Glass) — consumes · Products
- [Sheet Metal](/Products/Sheet_Metal) — consumes · Products

### Measured by

- [Brightness Lumens](/Metrics/Brightness_Lumens) — measured by · Metrics
- [Image Stability](/Metrics/Image_Stability) — measured by · Metrics
- [Sound Track Fidelity](/Metrics/Sound_Track_Fidelity) — measured by · Metrics
- [Frame Rate](/Metrics/Frame_Rate) — measured by · Metrics

### Output of

- [Optical Alignment](/Processes/Optical_Alignment) — output of · Processes
- [Precision Assembly](/Processes/Precision_Assembly) — output of · Processes

### Transforms into

- [Audiovisual Equipment Inventory](/Products/Audiovisual_Equipment_Inventory) — transforms into · Products