Chain Motor & Steel Band Hoists
The ubiquitous loud and clunky chain hoists used by the production industry for decades are making way for a new genre of equipment that prescribes to the modern industry requirements of safe, quieter, faster more robust and programmable lifting methods.
The need to move loads during a show into an exact pre-prescribed position for effect purposes; over an audience or invisibly to enhance production values has driven the need for these products. The dramatic increase in safety required by these requirements has driven the need for a totally new approach to equipment safety specification.
Chain Motor & Steel Band Hoist Brands:
…lets move it! Innovative & dependable chain motors & steel band hoists.
ASM Steuerungstechnik ('control engineering') manufactures a range of innovative products for use in the entertainment industry. This range includes C1 compliant Chain Hoists, Steel Band Hoists, and a family of controllers.
ASM hoists are certified by TUV in Germany to the German safety code BGV C1. BVG C1 allows for holding and movement of loads above people. Where people are below a load, this allows for assembly, disassembly, and setup, load holding, and staging processes involving movement. (Be aware that specific local regulations may not allow these uses. Always check with your local authorities.) The codes that cover the design and testing of hoists to allow BGV C1 certification exceed the requirements of AS1418.
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