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Brochure hoists are stage lifting devices with a load-bearing device, usually a tubular steel load bar, and several suspension ropes, which are used to lift and lower brochures, for example.
Flybar hoists are often designed as winch hoists, in which case all the suspension ropes are wound onto one rope drum. It is also possible to design them as line shaft hoists, where each rope has its own rope drum. Common to both is the storage of the coiled suspension ropes in a single-layer rope groove next to each other.
In a bobbin hoist, each rope is stored in its own chamber one above the other by means of multi-layer winding.
If an illuminator frame is used as a load suspension device for floodlights instead of a load rod, the hoist becomes an illumination hoist.
In addition to electric motor-driven machine hoists, manually operated solutions are also possible. This can be done with the aid of manual winches or as manual counterweight hoists, where the load to be moved is largely balanced by counterweights.
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A point hoist is designed like a flybar hoist, but it is only equipped with a single suspension rope for moving point-shaped loads.
Point hoist winches can be installed in a fixed location or used as a mobile unit.
Mobile solutions can be moved to a wide variety of rope departure positions on the lacing floor level. In the case of permanently installed point hoist winches, the rope departure point can be adjusted by means of rope tensioning, so that variable use is also possible here in line with requirements.
Using a suitable control system, several point hoists can be combined to form a virtual, electronically synchronized flybar hoist.
Also available on the market are point hoists with chains or steel straps instead of wire rope as the load-bearing means. These are not part of our core production program, but on request we can supply you with corresponding products that we adapt for the respective application to complete your system.
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The classic peep-box stage is closed off from the auditorium by the main curtain located in the portal area. The curtain hangs in a track system that enables the opening and closing of curtains divided in the middle (“Greek opening”). The curtain can be moved manually or mechanically.
If the curtain is to be lowered for maintenance purposes or moved upwards out of the field of vision for the “German opening”, the curtain system is hung in a flybar hoist. Special forms of opening, e.g. for Roman and Viennese curtains, are also possible.
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Lifting doors and lifting walls are used in both stage and auditorium areas. In the audience area, lifting walls are used as vertically movable wall surfaces, for example, to flexibly divide a large room into several individual rooms.
In the stage area, lifting doors are used to separate side and rear stages from the main stage area. These side and backstage doors can be designed with a special wall structure as soundproof doors. If they are to form a fire barrier between the different stage areas, the lifting doors correspond to the iron safety curtain in terms of their design and drive technology.
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Flight systems can be used to move individual performers in freely configurable two-dimensional trajectories in the area of the upper stage. They are attached to the flight system using a suitable belt.
The flight system itself is a special point hoist winch that can be attached to one or more load bars of flybar hoists. Both the lift and the transverse travel along the load bar are realized by the flight system. In simpler versions, the lift can be realized via the flybar hoists, the flight system is then only responsible for the transverse travel.
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TTS realizes all possible forms of lowering systems for you, from large, multi-storey stage platforms to small stage trap elevators. The drive concepts best suited to your specific application are used. Our portfolio also includes height-independent lower machinery such as revolving platforms and turntables as well as stage wagons. Each part of the system is optimally designed to suit your structural conditions.
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As vertically movable lowering devices, podiums are components of horizontal or inclined or tilted stage, scene or auditorium areas. As a rule, both directions of movement (i.e. upwards and downwards) are possible.
In the case of stage platforms, single or multi-storey steel platforms form part of the floor when not in use and can be moved mechanically if required for the stage or for transportation purposes. If there are several stage platforms, they can be moved together by synchronized movement. However, it is also possible to move them in opposite directions.
The lifting process of the stage platforms can be realized electromechanically with different drive systems:
If the top steel construction level is designed in such a way that the platform elements supporting the stage floor can be mechanically tilted against the horizontal in order to create sloping playing surfaces, this is referred to as tilting decks.
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Orchestra podiums are podiums that are located between the main stage and the auditorium. Together with their platform, they form a height-adjustable orchestra pit.
Orchestra podiums can be raised to the level of the auditorium so that additional rows of seats can be set up on them. Alternatively, the podium surface can be positioned flush with the stage level to enlarge the playing area.
The movable total area of the orchestra pit is often divided into two or more sub-areas with their own drive systems, so that several orchestra platforms can be used to adapt to different orchestras with different space requirements.
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The revolving stage is a classic element for performing quick stage transformations. Several stage sets can be prepared and constructed on it, and the desired sections can be moved into the spectator’s field of vision by rotating them.
A revolving stage is sometimes a multi-storey structure into which additional stage equipment such as stage platforms or inclinable platforms can be installed if required.
In contrast to a revolving stage, a turntable is a relatively flat construction. It can either be a permanent part of the stage floor as a fixed installation, or it can be placed on the stage surface as required.
A turntable can also be integrated into single or multi-part stage wagons.
The surface of a turntable/stage can be divided into an outer and inner area that can be rotated independently of each other (e.g. outer ring and core).
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A stage trap elevator is a lowering device with a relatively small platform. It is used to transport one or more people from the lower stage to the playing area or to make them “disappear” from there.
A stage trap elevator can be permanently installed in the stage system. As a rule, however, it can be moved freely underneath the playing area in the lower stage via trolleys, e.g. on the lower platform of a stage podium.
The play area is equipped with at least one lowering flap, but often a number of them. The dimensions of the flap correspond to the size of the movable platform of the stage trap elevator, allowing passage. Retractable hatches can be opened manually or mechanically.
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Stage wagons are platforms that can be moved horizontally on the stage and are used to transport scenery between the main and side stages. They are usually mechanically guided on rails. However, freely movable versions can also be realized in which predefined travel paths are implemented using inductive or optical track guidance systems.
The drive components of stage wagons can travel on the wagon, e.g. in the case of friction wheel drives or rack and pinion solutions (pinion on the wagon).
Alternatively, the drive can be permanently installed underneath the stage floor or near the stage wall, making the wagon passive in terms of drive technology. Rope and chain drives as well as inverted rack and pinion solutions (rack on the carriage) have proven themselves here.
If the size of stage wagons is chosen to match the dimensions of existing stage platforms, they can be lowered to the same height level as the rest of the playing area together with the decorations set up on them.
