"This year at LDI we were honoured to receive both awards on top of the extraordinary feedback from attendees on the show floor. We were very happy with the response at the show before Saturday night's awards, but we were really happy on Sunday morning," says Tom Young, vice president of marketing for JR Clancy. "We're particularly pleased by these awards because the LDI award is from judges who are end users and specifiers of the product and the ESTA award is from dealers, who we consider our partners."
The PowerAssist allows the user to automate existing counterweight rigging sets, as well as add motorised rigging to new projects in a cost-effective manner. It eliminates the need to handle counterweights to keep sets in balance and reduces the risk associated with out of balance sets.
PowerAssist replaces the floor block and rope lock. The winch makes use of existing arbors, guides, and blocks, minimising the cost of automation. There are fixed and variable speed units, with speeds up to 175 fpm and set capacities up to 2,000 lbs. Control choices range from local pushbuttons on the PowerAssist to the Clancy SceneControl 500.
(Jim Evans)
