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Products for stage machinery and auditorium

Find the right motion plastics product for your moving application

For an event to be a success without technical breakdowns, machine components that work reliably and quietly are needed. Our energy supply systems and plain bearing products do exactly that and are also maintenance-free and lightweight.

We have special energy chain solutions ready for any type of movement, but especially vertical movements, such as those for lighting hoists and holding devices, movable gantry bridges, video screens, stage podiums, and loudspeakers. Our energy chains safely guide cables for the stage lighting, sound, video, building services, and drive technology.

igus products in the theatre

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e-spool and zig-zag systems in stage machinery

Vertical lighting hoist, portal bridges, and video cube movement

If lighting hoists, video walls, projectors, chandeliers, or loudspeakers move vertically on the stage or in the auditorium, the cable package must also be guided safely. If the system is not to be seen or if its weight prevents it from being transported, our e-spool cable drum without a slip ring is ideal. Otherwise, the zig-zag system is a good alternative.

Stage podium

Vertical stage podium movement

If stage podiums move up and down, all associated cables for the drive, media, and lighting technology must move with them. The e-spool allows energy chain deflections. The zig-zag system is used to supply the follow-up podium with the necessary cables. Maintenance-free iglidur Q3E heavy-duty plain bearings and drylin W linear guides are used for scissor lift podiums.

Vertical energy supply in stage technology – six tips

Free white paper

This white paper shows what needs to be considered during selection and design of vertical energy supply systems for theatre and stage technology. And it introduces a cable guide system that has been specifically developed for the requirements of this application area.

Stage technology white paper

e-chains for mobile portal tower

Horizontally moving portal towers

In order to change the portal section, the portal towers in theatres can often be moved. Since the towers are equipped with technology, safe energy supply is necessary. This is where our E4.1-series e-chains come in. The chain either moves in a trough below the work gallery or hangs freely in a U-shape on the tower.

Curtain scissor hoist

Curtain scissor hoist

Scissor hoists are used to open and close curtains evenly, especially with heavy fabrics. iglidur G plain bearings and thrust washers are used in the joints. If the drives for horizontal opening also move, the zig-zag system is a good solution for safely guiding the cables.

Cable drum with igus products

Linear guidance of the cable drum or deflection rollers in drive systems

If the cable drum for stage machinery winches is very close to the first guide roller, the cable drum or guide roller must be moved in parallel. This ensures that the steel cables are always safely guided when they are wound on and off the drum. Our lubrication-free drylin W and drylin R linear guides or a drylin linear axis with lead screw drive are usually used here. When they are moving, the cables are also securely guided in an E2.1 energy chain. xiros conveyor rollers guide the cables on the drum.

e-chains on the stage trolley

Horizontal stage trolley movement

Energy chains ensure a safe power supply for moving horizontal elements on the stage such as stage trolleys and LED video walls. Our noise-reducing E6-series e-chains or the e-spool cable drum are suitable for this application.

Telescoping galleries

Telescoping galleries

In telescoping spectator galleries, cables for the step lighting must be moved by such means as E2.1 or E4Q e-chains . Our maintenance-free plastic slide bushes made from iglidur G or iglidur J are ideal for the bearing points in the seat tilting mechanism.

Products for camera technology

Our lubrication-free plain bearings and linear technology components in combination with energy chains for linear and 3D movements ensure that camera dollies, camera sliders, and camera cranes move quietly and without vibration and that cables are guided compactly and safely.

igus products in camera technology

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