1、 ANSI E1.4-2014 Entertainment Technology Manual Counterweight Rigging Systems Rig/2013-2026r1 Blank pageANSI E1.4-2014 Entertainment Technology Manual Counterweight Rigging Systems Copyright 2014 PLASA North America. All rights reserved. Rig/2013-2026r1 Approved as an American National Standard by t
2、he ANSI Board of Standards Review on 24 January 2014. ANSI E1.4-2014, Entertainment TechnologyManual Counterweight Rigging Systems 2014 PLASA North America i Rig/2013-2026r1 NOTICE and DISCLAIMER PLASA does not approve, inspect, or certify any installations, procedures, equipment or materials for co
3、mpliance with codes, recommended practices or standards. Compliance with a PLASA standard or an American National Standard developed by PLASA is the sole and exclusive responsibility of the manufacturer or provider and is entirely within their control and discretion. Any markings, identification or
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7、onal in determining the exercise of reasonable care in any given circumstance. Note: Draft or proposed standards or recommended practices are subject to change. Conformance to a draft or proposed standard or recommended practice is no assurance that the product or service complies to the final appro
8、ved standard or practice or any other version thereof. Published by: PLASA North America 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 609 New York, NY 10036 USA Phone: 1-212-244-1505 Fax: 1-212-244-1502 standards.naplasa.org For additional copies of this document contact: The ESTA Foundation 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 609
9、New York, NY 10036 USA Phone: 1-212-244-1505 Fax: 1-212-244-1502 http:/www.estafoundation.orgANSI E1.4-2014, Entertainment TechnologyManual Counterweight Rigging Systems 2014 PLASA North America ii Rig/2013-2026r1 The PLASA Technical Standards Program The PLASA Technical Standards Program was create
10、d to serve the PLASA membership and the entertainment industry in technical standards related matters. The goal of the Program is to take a leading role regarding technology within the entertainment industry by creating recommended practices and standards, monitoring standards issues around the worl
11、d on behalf of our members, and improving communications and safety within the industry. PLASA works closely with the technical standards efforts of other organizations within our industry, including USITT and VPLT, as well as representing the interests of PLASA members to ANSI, UL, and the NFPA. Th
12、e Technical Standards Program is accredited by the American National Standards Institute. The Technical Standards Council (TSC) was established to oversee and coordinate the Technical Standards Program. Made up of individuals experienced in standards-making work from throughout our industry, the Cou
13、ncil approves all projects undertaken and assigns them to the appropriate working group. The Technical Standards Council employs a Technical Standards Manager to coordinate the work of the Council and its working groups as well as maintain a “Standards Watch” on behalf of members. Working groups inc
14、lude: Control Protocols, Electrical Power, Floors, Fog and Smoke, Followspot Position, Photometrics, Rigging, and Stage Lifts. PLASA encourages active participation in the Technical Standards Program. There are several ways to become involved. If you would like to become a member of an existing work
15、ing group, as have over four hundred people, you must complete an application which is available from the PLASA office. Your application is subject to approval by the working group and you will be required to actively participate in the work of the group. This includes responding to letter ballots a
16、nd attending meetings. Membership in PLASA is not a requirement. You can also become involved by requesting that the TSC develop a standard or a recommended practice in an area of concern to you. The Rigging Working Group, which authored this Standard, consists of a cross section of entertainment in
17、dustry professionals representing a diversity of interests. PLASA is committed to developing consensus-based standards and recommended practices in an open setting.ANSI E1.4-2014, Entertainment TechnologyManual Counterweight Rigging Systems 2014 PLASA North America iii Rig/2013-2026r1 Contact Inform
18、ation Technical Standards Manager Karl G. Ruling PLASA North America 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 609 New York, NY 10036 USA 1-212-244-1505 karl.rulingplasa.org Assistant Technical Standards Manager Erin Grabe PLASA North America 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 609 New York, NY 10036 USA 1-212-244-1505 erin.grab
19、eplasa.org Technical Standards Council Chairpersons Mike Garl Mike Garl Consulting LLC 836 Smoke Creek Rd. Knoxville, TN 37934 USA 1-865-389-4371 Mike Wood Mike Wood Consulting LLC 6401 Clairmont Drive Austin, TX 78749 USA 1-512-288-4916 Rigging Working Group Chairperson Bill Sapsis Sapsis Rigging
20、, Inc. 233 North Lansdowne Ave. Lansdowne, PA 19050 USA 1-215-228-0888 x206 billsapsis- ANSI E1.4-2014, Entertainment TechnologyManual Counterweight Rigging Systems 2014 PLASA North America iv Rig/2013-2026r1 Acknowledgments The Rigging Working Group members when this document was approved by the wo
21、rking group on 20 November 2013 are shown below. Voting members: Mike Adamovich; M.G. McLaren, P.C.; G Jesse Adams; Rose Brand; DR Mark Ager; Tait Towers Manufacturing LLC; CP Tray Allen; James Thomas Engineering, Inc.; MP Matthew Antonucci; Contract Services Adminstration Trust Fund; U Dana Barthol
22、omew; Tait Towers Manufacturing LLC; CP William Beautyman; Limelight Productions, Inc.; DR Nils Becker; Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.; MP Patrick Leigh Bettington; Tait Towers Manufacturing LLC; CP Keith Bohn; Milos Group; MP David Bond; Arcofab; U William Bradburn; Aerial Arts, Inc.; U Vincent
23、J. Cannavale; Motion Laboratories; CP David Carmack; Columbus McKinnon Corp.; MP Joseph Champelli; ZFX Flying Inc.; CP Stu Cox; ZFX Flying Inc; CP Dan Culhane; SECOA; CP Jonathan Deull; JSD Projects LLC; U Brad Dittmer; Stage Labor of the Ozarks; U Douglas M. Eldredge; LMG Inc.; DR Adrian Forbes-Bla
24、ck; Total Structures Inc.; MP Howard Forryan; Harting KGAA; G Mike Garl; Milos Group; MP Ed Garstkiewicz; Harting KGAA; G Ethan William Gilson; Advanced Lighting and Production Services; U William B. Gorlin; M.G. McLaren, P.C.; G Jerry Gorrell; Theatre Safety Programs; G Earle T. Greene; Walt Disney
25、 Company; U Joshua Grossman; Schuler Shook; DE Joel A Guerra; Texas Scenic Company; DR Rod Haney; I.A.T.S.E. Local 891; U Tim Hansen; Oasis Stage Werks; DR Pete Happe; Walt Disney Company; U Herb Hart; Columbus McKinnon Corp.; MP Peter Herrmann; Motion Laboratories; CP David Herrmann; Motion Laborat
26、ories; CP Donald Hoffend_III; Avista Designs, LLC; G Donald A. Hoffend_Jr.; Avista Designs, LLC; G Christine L. Kaiser; Syracuse Scenery DR Rodney F. Kaiser; Wenger Corp.; CP Theresa Kelley; Total Structures Inc.; MP S. Lars Klein; Arup; DE Edwin S. Kramer; I.A.T.S.E. Local 1; U Kyle Kusmer; Steven
27、Schaefer Associates; G Roger Lattin; I.A.T.S.E. Local 728; U Michael Lichter; Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.; MP Dan Lisowski; University of Wisconsin - Madison; U Joseph McGeough; Foy Inventerprises, Inc.; CP ANSI E1.4-2014, Entertainment TechnologyManual Counterweight Rigging Systems 2014 PLASA
28、 North America v Rig/2013-2026r1 Voting members contd: Orestes Mihaly; Production Resource Group; DR John (Jack) Miller; I Weiss; CP Jeff T. Miller; Walt Disney Company; U Rick Montgomery; R MP Reid Neslage; H MP Mark Newlin; Xtreme Structures and Fabrication; MP James Niesel; Arup; DE Richard J. Ni
29、x; Steven Schaefer Associates; G Jyle Nogee; Theatre Design Services, LLC; DE Shawn Nolan; Production Resource Group; DR Tracy Nunnally; Hall Associates Flying Effects; CP Kimberly Corbett Oates; Schuler Shook; DE Carlos Ortega; PSAV Presentation Services; U Edward A. (Ted) Paget; Daktronics Inc. ;
30、CP Miriam Paschetto; Geiger Engineers; G Rocky Paulson; Freeman Companies; DR Troy Post; R MP Woody Pyeatt; A V Pro, Inc.; DR Gregory Quinkert; Motion Laboratories; CP John Ringelman; Freeman Companies; DR Rick Rosas; Texas Scenic Company; DR Eric Rouse; Pennsylvania State University; U Shawn Sack;
31、Columbus McKinnon Corp.; MP Bill Sapsis; Sapsis Rigging, Inc.; U Peter A. Scheu; Scheu Consulting Services, Inc.; G Todd Spencer; PSAV Presentation Services; U Stephen G. Surratt; Texas Scenic Company; DR Peter V. Svitavsky; Wenger Corp.; CP Will Todd; Milos Group; MP Elmer Veith; Total Structures,
32、Inc.; MP Steve Walker; Steve A. Walker G Charlie Weiner; LMG Inc.; DR Michael Wells; Xtreme Structures and Fabrication; MP Marty Wesstrom; Mountain Productions Inc.; DR Jeff Wilkowski; Thern, Inc.; MP R. Duane Wilson; Amer. Society of Theatre Consultants; DE Robert Young; Arup; DE Art Zobal; Columbu
33、s McKinnon Corp.; MP Observer (non-voting) members: Frank Allison; G Brent Armstong; Brent Armstong; U William Ian Auld; Auld Entertainment; U Warren A. Bacon; Warren A. Bacon; U Rinus Bakker; Rhino Rigs B.V.; G Robert Barbagallo; Solotech Inc.; DR Roger Barrett; Star Events Group Ltd.; DR F. Robert
34、 Bauer; F.R. Bauer G Maria Bement; MGM Grand; U Roy Bickel; Roy Bickel; G Lee J. Bloch; Bloch Design Group, Inc.; G ANSI E1.4-2014, Entertainment TechnologyManual Counterweight Rigging Systems 2014 PLASA North America vi Rig/2013-2026r1 Observer (non-voting) members contd: Steve (BOZ) Bodzioch; LMG
35、Inc.; G Ron Bonner; PLASA EU; G Louis Bradfield; Louis Bradfield; U Buddy Braile; Bestek Lighting U Barry Brazell; U Andr Broucke; G David M. Campbell; Geiger Engineers; G Michael J. Carnaby; Mikan Theatricals; DR Daniel J. Clark; Clark-Reder Engineering, Inc.; G Benjamin Cohen; Reed Rigging, Inc.;
36、DR Ian Coles; Total Structures, Inc.; MP Gregory C. Collis; I.A.T.S.E. Local 16; G Bruce Darden; Rigging Innovators, Inc.; CP Randall W. A. Davidson; Risk International U Robert Dean; ZFX Flying Inc.; DR Franois Deffarges; Nexo; MP Cristina Delboni; Feeling Structures; MP Jim Digby; Linkin Park Tour
37、ing/The Collective; U Noga Eilon-Bahar; Eilon Engineering Industrial Weighing Systems; MP James B. Evans; Mountain Productions Inc.; DR Tim Franklin; Theta-Consulting; G Luca Galante; Alfa System Sas; CP Jay O. Glerum; Jay O. Glerum U Rand Goddard; W.E. Palmer Co.; CP Reuben Goldberg; Technic Servic
38、es; U Thomas M. Granucci; San Diego State University; U Pat Grenfell; Mainstage Theatrical Supply; DR Sean Harding; High Output, Inc.; G Greg Hareld; Kleege Industries; U Dean Hart; Freeman Companies; U Marc Hendriks; Prolyte; MP Ted Hickey; OAP Audio Products; MP Chris Higgs; Total Solutions Group;
39、 G Daniel Lynn Houser; Real Rigging Solutions, LLC; U Wes Jenkins; Down Stage Right Industries; CP Joseph Jeremy; Niscon Inc.; CP Peter Johns; Total Structures, Inc.; MP Ted Jones; Chicago Spotlight, Inc.; U Kent H. Jorgensen; IATSE Local 80; G Gary Justesen; Oasis Stage Werks; DR John Kaes; U JoAnn
40、a Kamorin-Lloyd; Vincent Lighting Systems; U Nevin Kleege; Kleege Industries; U Jerald Kraft; JTH Lighting Alliance; CP Ken Lager; Pook, Diemont DR Jon Lagerquist; South Coast Repertory; U Eugene Leitermann; Theatre Projects Consultants, Inc.; G Jon Lenard; Applied Electronics; MP Mylan Lester; Crea
41、tion Logics Ltd.; U Baer Long; Act 1 Rigging Inc.; G Dennis J. Lopez; Automatic Devices Co.; MP Jeff Lucas; Cirque Du Soleil, Inc.; G ANSI E1.4-2014, Entertainment TechnologyManual Counterweight Rigging Systems 2014 PLASA North America vii Rig/2013-2026r1 Observer (non-voting) members contd: Darren
42、Lucier; North Guard Fall protection Inc.; U Sam Lunetta; Michael Andrews; DR Gary Mardling; Kish Rigging; DR Chuck McClelland; Jeamar Winches Inc.; MP Richard C. Mecke; Texas Scenic Company; DR Hank Miller; W.E. Palmer Co.; CP Shaun Millington; SEW-Eurodrive, Inc.; MP Timothy Mills; Geiger Engineers
43、; G Scott Mohr; R G John “Andrew“ Munro; animaenagerie; U Bob Murphy; Occams Razor Technical Services; G Rikki Newman; U Michael Patterson; Pook Diemont CP Ben Peoples; Pittsburgh Hoist CP G. Anthony Phillips; I.A.T.S.E. Local 16; U Philip J. Pisczak; The National Telephone Supply Company; G Michael
44、 Powers; Central Lighting DR Kurt Pragman; Pragman Associates, LLC; G Michael Reed; Reed Rigging, Inc.; DR Mark Riddlesperger; LA ProPoint, Inc.; CP Timo Risku; Akumek; DE Michael L. ; Savage, Sr.; Middle Dept. Inspection Agency, Inc.; G Peter “Punch“ Christian Schmidtke ; Hollywood Lighting, Inc.;
45、DR Steven C. Shaw; Performance Rigging Systems, Inc.; MP Knut Skjonberg; Skjonberg Controls, Inc.; CP Monica Skjonberg; Skjonberg Controls, Inc.; CP William Scott Sloan; U John C. Snook; Thermotex Industries Inc.; CP Rob Stevenson; SEW-Eurodrive, Inc.; MP Andy Sutton; AFX UK Ltd.; U Joachim Stoecker
46、; CAMCO GmbH; MP John Van Arsdale; University of Wisconsin - Madison; U John Van Lennep; Theatrix Inc.; DR Stephen Vanciel; U Jiantong Wu; Beijing Special Engineering Design G Interest category codes: CP = custom-market producer DE = designer DR = dealer rental company G = general interest MP = mass
47、-market producer U = user ANSI E1.4-2014, Entertainment TechnologyManual Counterweight Rigging Systems 2014 PLASA North America viii Rig/2013-2026r1 CONTENTS NOTICE and DISCLAIMER i Contact Information . iii Acknowledgments iv FOREWORD . 1 REFERENCE STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS 2 1 Scope 3 1.1 General .
48、3 1.2 Annex note references 3 1.3 Exclusion 3 1.4 Intent . 3 1.5 Alternative materials, design and methods of construction and equipment . 3 2 Definitions . 3 3 Components* 7 3.1 General . 7 3.2 Head blocks 8 3.2.1 Construction . 8 3.2.2 Upright . 8 3.2.3 Underhung . 8 3.2.4 Tandem 8 3.2.5 Horizonta
49、l mounting . 8 3.2.6 Accessories 8 3.2.7 Mounting 9 3.3 Loft blocks 9 3.3.1 Construction . 9 3.3.2 Upright . 9 3.3.3 Underhung . 9 3.3.4 Mounting 9 3.4 Spot blocks . 9 3.4.1 General 9 3.4.2 Mounting 10 3.5 Mule blocks . 10 3.5.1 Construction . 10 3.5.2 Mounting 10 3.6 Sag bars . 10 3.6.1 Construction . 10 ANSI E1.4-2014, Entertainment TechnologyManual Counterweight Rigging Systems 2014 PLASA North America ix Rig/2013-2026r1 3.6.2 Mounting 10 3.7 Idler blocks . 10 3.8 Tension bloc
