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Automate your Counterweight Sets!
Existing counterweight sets can be automated simply and economically using J. R. Clancy’s PowerAssist winch. Specifically designed for retrofitting existing counterweight rigging systems, the PowerAssist can be used to automate just a few sets or a complete rigging system. This eliminates both the need to handle counterweights and the concerns associated with out of balance sets.
Fixed speed units are available for motorizing lighting sets, shell ceilings and other utility sets. Variable speed units allow automation of scenery sets, providing a complete range of dynamic movement.
Since PowerAssist upgrades existing sets, the cost is as little as half the cost of replacing sets with conventional winches, yet provides the same versatility as a new motorized rigging system – at a tremendous savings.
For smaller systems, basic pushbutton controls are included on the face of the winch. Or, to take full advantage of automated rigging, the SceneControl 500 console offers the ability to program cues to control your rigging movement.
PowerAssist replaces the floor block, rope lock, and hand line of an existing set, and reuses the remaining components. It uses a fixed counterweight to assist the winch motor, giving it a greater capacity range with an economical motor.
Installation is simple, as the existing blocks and rigging can be reused, if they are in good condition. Since existing sets are being upgraded, the cost is as little as half of the cost of replacing sets with conventional winches yet offers the same versatility as a new motorized rigging system.
The PowerAssist winch was introduced by J. R. Clancy during this year’s USITT Stage Expo in Louisville, Kentucky.
10th April 2006
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