Theater Stage Rigging Inspections

ANSI E1.47 – 2020 Entertainment Technology, Recommended Guidelines for Entertainment Rigging System Inspections states that Manually Operated Equipment and Motorized Equipment should be inspected annually or immediately after equipment or components have been newly installed, altered or repaired.

We provide ANSI Level 1 & Level 2 theater stage rigging inspections by trained & experienced technicians that are ETCP certified riggers.

...All types of rigging
...Dead hung curtains and light bars
...Counter-weighted fly systems
...Electric winches
...All curtains/drapes
...Fire curtains
...Rooftop smoke vent hatches, doors
...Choral risers
...Acoustical shells
...Orchestra pits
...Catwalk areas
...Theater/stage areas

Block mount
Side pull pulley
Pulley mount
Bent Arbor 2
Dry cracked wood head block
Chain

* Inspection of rooftop smoke vent, hatches, doors
* Release & reset of rooftop smoke vent hatch/doors
* Installation of stage level of winch or pull handle for release of smoke vent hatch/door

Smoke vent Door Repairs & Inspections

We offer both ANSI Level 1 & Level 2  theater stage rigging inspections.
Visual and audible inspection of all accessible parts.
Inspection and NFPA flame test of curtains/drapes

Inspection of all structural components, including but not limited to:
mounts/hangers, welds (visual), tracks and structural bolts.
Functional inspections of overall operation, including but not limited to: winches,  bearings, couplings and pulleys/sheaves, deployment and reset of fire curtain & smoke doors.

Inspections of all other components, including but not limited to: head blocks, loft blocks, mule blocks, arbors, lock rails, fabric/panels, batten tubes and carriers.
Inspection of electrical component, including but not limited to: switches, key/control switches, limit switches and power cords/plugs.
We provide detailed reports in electronic version.

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