The Lomonosov Moscow State University has also invested in equipment from ChainMaster, including four D8 Jumbo Lifts (the 6-tonne model) to manoeuvre the university's heavyweight video cube into position and a D8 manual control for installation work also involving the video cube.
Also in Moscow, four VarioLift 500 hoists and four VarioTrolleys - electric running gear with integrated frequency converters and positioning units - have gone to the LiveSound Rental Company.
Equipment from ChainMaster has also been deployed in St Petersburg, where eight 500kg VarioLifts have been installed in the Mariinsky Theatre as well as a mobile PC control system with the new XYZ Controller. A similar control system, an XYZ, is available for hire from EuroShow Rental Company along with eight 500kg VarioLifts and four VarioTrolleys. Other users of ChainMaster chain-hoist systems in St Petersburg include the Ice Palace, which boasts four 6,000kg Jumbo Lifts as well as a C1 manual controller for installation work with the video cube.
For the Sport Palace in Nizhniy Novgorod (Russia), ChainMaster supplied a PC control system with four 1,250kg VarioLifts for installation work with the arena's video cube.
For the newly reconstructed Forum Hall in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, ChainMaster supplied two mobile manual control systems. These have already been deployed at a variety of events in the Forum Hall Metropole on the Caspian Sea.
(Jim Evans)
