STAGE TECHNOLOGY
90 AUDITORIA 2019 VOLUME ONE
4m/s2 (13.1ft/s2), travel of 60m (196.9ft) and
a payload of 200kg (441 lb).
Show designers at the venue can use up to
seven 3D performer fly systems or a combination
of performer flying and point hoists using single
or multiple lifting points.
Ocean drive
The company has also created solutions for cruise
ships. For the Two70 venue on Royal Caribbean’s
Quantum-class cruise liners, robot arms from
ABB are integrated into the performance using
Waagner-Biro Stage Systems’ CAT controller.
The CAT control runs a sequence of movements
programmed by the robots, and monitors safety
functions for the robots and the moving gantry
on which they are located. Complex shows can
be run from a single CAT desk.
The company also says its CAT control system
responds to increasing demand for real-time
lighting and audio protocols to be integrated into
automation control systems. At the Copenhagen
Opera House in Denmark, CAT control provides
a streaming ACN (sACN) that delivers 3D
data of more than 200 control axis in real time,
enabling synchronization of lighting systems.
The tracking core in version five of CAT also
enables cue triggering and speed control, linked
to performers’ gestures.
As in all these projects, Waagner-Biro Stage
Systems continues to design solutions that enable
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“This ability to move opens up a multitude
of creative possibilities in an immersive
environment,” comments Ulrike Schuch, global
sales manager at Waagner-Biro Stage Systems.
“The audience can view the performance from
different viewpoints depending on the position
of the wagon and revolve.”
The speed and mass required of the seating
wagon and revolve presented engineering
challenges in terms of minimizing noise and
vibrations. The interface between the fixed and
rotating structures on the wagon also required
high tolerances to ensure that the audience could
move safely between these areas. A unique safety
case was developed to ensure audience safety in
the event of an emergency stop or power failure.
Acrobatic hoists
Other recent projects in China have seen the
company introduce a range of acrobatic hoists
and other solutions for high-speed performer
flying. The company says that its specially
developed motorized tension sheave can
maintain the tension of a high-tensile synthetic
rope under no load conditions. “In a multiline
configuration, this system can accelerate from
no load to full load at full speed, while
maintaining the safety of the performer and
monitoring the load on the ropes,” says Schuch.
The Dai Show in Xishuangbanna, China
(a water show) required 22 acrobatic hoists.
Working again in collaboration with Auerbach
Pollock Friedlander, Waagner Biro Austria
designed point hoists with an acceleration of
Above: Waagner-Biro
Stage Systems has recently
developed acrobatic hoists
for performer flying
Below: Robot arms are used
in Two70, a performance
venue on Royal Caribbean’s
Quantum-class cruise liners
Royal Caribbean Cruise Liner
Wanda Group
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