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Author Topic: Lamp Question Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-04-2007 11:11 PM                     Is the spent tungsten elements recyclable? ..any recycle value with this material?  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-05-2007 08:28 AM                        Osram has not required bulb rotation for warranty purposes for over ten years. You are free to do so however. Tungsten probably is not worth collecting...yet. If you routinely break your old bulbs, it probably wouldn't hurt to consolidate your old tungsten for later years....your retirement fund if you are 25 now. Loluis  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-05-2007 01:09 PM                     Yes! Recycle your tungsten... Its is now being used as part of the armor on Army vehicles destined for Iraq . The price of Tungsten and recyclable metals in general has continually risen.... It may be worth more than you think. Some interesting stuff on Tungsten.... U.S.G.S. Paper On Recycling Tungsten International Tungsten Industrial Association  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-05-2007 08:01 PM                     Thx all on this...like the days of the clamor of coffee cans laying around in storage rooms in those old booths full of copper drippings.. ...makes me a bit sick though - when I used to work in a complex that ran 4 to 6 k bulbs, I gathered all of that tungsten from my bulb breaks and had a good hunderd plus pounds of tungsten ... then it got thrown away without me knowing about it.. - for I knew somehow that this material could possibly be recyclable...  |  IP: Logged Justin West Master Film Handler Posts: 271 From: Peoria, IL, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 05-06-2007 04:56 AM                     quote: Dan Reiter We at SQP have seen the specrum of lamp probems, and they can usually be traced to lamphouse issues. Jack/Dan: Thanks for the info...I get the picture: Keep your lamphouse happy and you will be happy! That is my goal every week!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-06-2007 08:37 AM                     quote: I get the picture: Keep your lamphouse happy and you will be happy! That is my goal every week! How... exactly do you do that Justin???  |  IP: Logged Justin West Master Film Handler Posts: 271 From: Peoria, IL, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 05-08-2007 02:11 AM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen How... exactly do you do that Justin??? Rub it right, eh, Mark?  |  IP: Logged Dennis J. Losco Film Handler Posts: 39 From: Phillipsburg, NJ, USA Registered: Jul 2002 posted 05-08-2007 01:41 PM                        About recycling of the tungsten: keep in mind most lamps utilize thorium mixed in with the tungsten. Not many recycler's will accept this material. One additional comment: when comparing manufacturers lamps, make sure you are comparing apples to apples. Manufacturers are coming out with shorter arc gap higher pressure lamps...don't compare longevity of these lamps to a standard lamp with lower pressure longer arc gap. Lamp life will be reduced with shorter arc lamps but you will have better initial brightness. Depending on what you need from the lamp, will determine what type lamp you should be purchasing. SQP initial standard design utilized slightly higher pressures giving nice light output, but not to the point were we had to reduce warranties.  |  IP: Logged

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