Products ideal for above-stage machinery

In above-stage equipment, cables leading to trusses and stage lighting systems must be guided safely and reliably while remaining inconspicuous. igus® energy chains and highly flexible chainflex® cables help you optimise your technology while cutting costs. Our e-chains® are suitable for use where space is at a premium.
Benefits of igus® products, Guide data and energy safely and reliably, quiet and low-vibration and are robust and easy to install

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Suitable products

Zig-zag system

Robust and quiet
Cost-effective, space-saving solution
Vertical hanging applications
Stroke heights of up to 40m are possible

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e-spool

Different media and diameters possible in one drum
Would you like to use the overhead e-spool in public spaces? Contact us!

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chainflex® control cables

For flexing applications
Flame-retardant
Halogen-free
Including a commonly used connector

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Customer projects

Sydney Opera House upper stage machinery

Energy chains in stage technology

From the Berlin State Opera to the Sydney Opera House
To move acoustic and lighting systems, stage sets, and entire stage platforms, Waagner-Biro stage technology uses our cables and cable guidance systems. For moving high loads, strong systems are needed that are visually inconspicuous and quiet and use little installation space.

Multimedia installation in event hall

Cable guidance systems in the prestigious GES-2 auditorium
Safely install and move state-of-the-art equipment in a modern event hall. The stage technology specialist, Alfa System Sas, was entrusted with this task. To ensure that the complex and specific cabling can be safely moved over long travels up to the hall ceiling, it is moved in a plastic energy chain that is wound and unwound on an e-spool HD.

Lighting systems

Flexible design of the mobile grandstand
HD e-spool systems and chainflex control cables are deployed in the lighting systems at the Cultural and Congress Centre in Toruń. They make it possible to guarantee the required flexibility for every given space.

Crossbeams

Quiet and cost-effective
The e-spool is used in trusses. The system is extremely compact and is able to guide a large number of different power, data, audio or pneumatic cables in very confined spaces. Protection from external influences, wear and tensile strain significantly increases the service life of the cables.

e-spool in the fly loft

Trouble-free operation in lighting equipment
Ten e-spool systems have been installed on the fly walk in the mobile gallery at the Cultural and Congress Centre in Toruń. They provide the necessary flexibility for the given space in every case.

Stage portal

Energy, data and hydraulics guided safely and reliably
Zig-zag e-chains are used in stage portals. Energy and data cables and hydraulic hoses are safely and reliably guided in a single system.

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igus online tools
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Theatre and stage technology
Discover products for other stage equipment applications by visiting the overview page

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