E-mail sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and ask about their Sergeant shrinktunnel machines. Audion has a Web site, but it's not worth looking at. We've had a Sergeant for about eight years and it has performed well. Here are quotes on two machines I got from Alex at Audion last July: ED, PER YOUR REQUEST QUOTES ON A COUPLE OF TUNNELS, THE 920 ONLY COMES IN A RUBBER BELT MODEL ALSO THE 120 VOLT MODEL IS 2,150. 2 WEEK LEAD TIME ON 920'S,3 WEEKS ON 930'S. THANKS, ANY QUESTIONS GIVE ME A CALL. ALEX AVILES 972-389-0777 EXT.113 <file://c:\eudora\attach\QUOTE%20121.doc>3778d620.jpg<file://c:\eudora\attach\QUOTE%20121.doc> QUOTE 121.doc <file://c:\eudora\attach\QUOTE%20122.doc>3778d71b.jpg<file://c:\eudora\attach\QUOTE%20122.doc> QUOTE 122.doc Ed At 05:51 PM 02/13/2003 -0600, you wrote: Andy, We plan to begin a shrink-wrapping program here at Northwestern so I've been thinking about this same issue. Here are three ideas: 1) music CD opener, 2) ask the shrink wrap machine companies if they sell or recommend something 3) I received a little gizmo as a promotional item a few years ago---it was a plastic, snail-shaped, letter (or shrink wrap) opener---fit in the palm of my hand. It had a flat plastic "shovel" on the leading edge (the head of the snail) to slide under the wrapper and then a small blade was tucked inside---so it wouldn't cut anything it wasn't supposed to. I think they might be made to cut shrink wrap (we used to use them to slit Mylar) and I'll bet you could find them in office supply stores. Maybe if you find something that works you could let us know. Since we're on the subject---can anyone recommend a good shrink wrap machine---$3,000 or less. Cheers, Tyra Grant At 05:12 PM 2/13/2003 -0500, you wrote: Staff in our acquisitions department are looking for a good way to quickly remove shrink wrap from books without causing damage. They're receiving a growing number of books that are individually shrink-wrapped and having trouble unwrapping them. This is especially true for paperbacks, which don't have the square of a hard cover to create some air space under the wrap. Has this come up at other libraries? I don't have any particularly good ideas (beyond "don't make reckless use of box cutters," which they wouldn't do anyway), so I'm interested in any suggestions you can offer. Thanks, Andy -- ================================================== Andrew Hart, Preservation Librarian University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB#3910, Davis Library Chapel Hill, NC 27514 tel: (919) 962-8047 fax: (919) 962-4450 email: ashart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ================================================== **************************************** Ed Rosenfeld Head of Support Services and Coordinator of Facilities Projects; Interim Head of Preservation The Sheridan Libraries Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-5486 Fax (410) 516-4355 ***************************************** Attachment: 3778d620.jpg Description: Binary data Attachment:
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