Cinetech Albatross Dolly - Page 6

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Albatros is a dolly engineered and desi-
gned using the latest modern technology
in structural materials and surface ni-
shes built to meet all the needs of profes-
sionals in the world of cinema.
All parts of the Albatross dolly are made
of stainless steel and light aluminum al-
loy. Vertical movements as well as starts
and stops are uid and repeatable.
The Albatross design is extremely robust
and guarantees excellent performance
in all weather conditions. All the com-
ponents are designed and manufactured
in the Cinetech Italiana factory based in
Rome.
It is possible to choose the following stee-
ring modes:
CRAB: all the wheels are turning at the
same angle, allowing the dolly to have
the longitudinal, transversal and oblique
movements without turning;
ROUND: all the whells are positioned
at dierent angles, thus allowing the
dolly to make the round 360° movement
around its own axis or make the precise
turnaround with an established radius
without the use of the track;
CONV: conventional mode with two rear
wheels steering, so the operator makes a
turn while tracking.
Steering mode change can be made by
simply twisting the steering handle.
Steering system is composed by the hi-
ghly-precise gears and is based between
the rear wheels to facilitate the guidance,
thus avoiding friction.
Dolly is equipped with premiere bi-com-
ponent wheels, where the inner rim has
a 90 shore hardness for beer gyration
on tracks, incredible stability and smo-
othness, while the outer rim has 70 sho-
re hardness for improved steering and
traction on any surface. This feature me-
ans more elasticity and crush-proofness,
a concept aiming to eliminate traditional
pneumatic wheels that frequently do
not maintain a proper ination pressure
and consequently stress the entire dolly
structure. Dolly can be equipped with
pneumatic wheels on demand.
A new ow regulation valve allows the
arm to go faster and without vibrations.
The dolly is equipped with a new piston
that inbodies an end run “dashpot”
A new steering lock allows the dolly
grip to make precise straight moves wi-
thout any extraneous movement of the
wheels, even without using the tracks.
User Guide