For the photographic films an excellent image quality is demanded. This image quality may not be detoriated because of inferior physical properties. Another important aspect for the near future, is to reduce the environmental impact of industrial radiography.

In a large number of practical circumstances, different film types are used and consecutively processed in the same automatic processing machine. Differences in film speed are realised by different coating amounts of silver and gelatine. This requires a change of the drying capacity of the drying station for each film apart during its processing cycle, to avoid drying and sticking problems. For the customer, the efficiency will be improved when the different film types can be processed at the same adjustment of the processor, and with shorter processing cycles.

To realise all the above mentioned characteristics in a faultless performing system, the newest technologies have to be combined. In this enhanced system, the Agfa technology of infrared drying in the automatic processing machine, the Agfa cubic grain technology, special cross-linking binders for optimal physical properties, make it possible to realise a future oriented system.

With this enhanced film-system technology, a complete assortment of films differing in speed can be processed in the automatic processing machine, even in hardener-free processing solutions.