Hi Peter
Just a thought. Decontamination is very labor intensive. Wouldn't it be
cheaper to replace the equipment that is not rare with other machines?
Ebay maybe?
Cheers
Shai
בתאריך 04/03/14 5:17 PM, ציטוט lists:
> I am currently dealing with someone who had a fire in their building. The
> fire was in another part of the building and their facility was just subject
> to heavy smoke damage. The smoke was sufficient that running a finger over
> exposed surfaces for a few inches results in a visible, oily, black residue.
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> I can decontaminate the tapes but not the machinery. The facility had
> engineering consultants come in and examine their playback machines. The
> engineers strongly recommended that the machines be decontaminated or
> replaced as there was significant smoke contamination in the equipment
> (smoke residue can be extremely damaging to electronic parts and circuit
> boards over time). The consultants, however, did not have any
> recommendations for services that did AV machine decontamination (the
> facility has both audio and video equipment).
>
> Does anyone on the list know of a company that does AV machine
> cleaning/decontamination?
>
> I used to deal with a division of Siemans that did this kind of work but the
> plant doing the decontamination closed down (I think they might still offer
> the service but the division I was working with relocated to Germany at
> least 10 years ago).
>
> Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated. The need is not
> just for "standard" machine cleaning but someone who can decontaminate
> circuit boards.
>
> Thanks.
>
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