Counter Weight System Theatre

If the rigging performs its function the operators do not think about it.

Counter weight system theatre.

Its purpose is to make lifting the load more efficient which saves energy and is less taxing on the lifting machine. Video created by jadyn peterson oliver streck rachael pippen and will ebert. A set of 1 4 steel cables lift lines run from the 1 1 2 steel pipe or batten up to the loft blocks across to the head block and down to the top of the counterweight arbor. A fly system or theatrical rigging system is a system of rope lines blocks counterweights and related devices within a theater that enables a stage crew to fly hoist quickly quietly and safely components such as curtains lights scenery stage effects and sometimes people systems are typically designed to fly components between clear view of the audience and out of view into the.

Counterweights are often used in traction lifts elevators cranes and funfair rides. A counterweight is a weight that by exerting an opposite force provides balance and stability of a mechanical system. A counterweight rigging system operates so that it is not normally seen by the audience. A counterweight system is easier and safer to use.

A 3 4 rope haul line runs from the top of the arbor up to the head block down through the lock rail around the tension pulley and back up to the bottom of the arbor. Clancy counterweight rigging systems equipment is engineered for reliability and built to last and can be combined with automated equipment to give theatres maximum flexibility. Counterweight rigging systems manual rigging is a practical cost effective solution for theatres of all sizes.