LAS VEGAS – Doughty Engineering, based in Ringwood, Hampshire, U.K> and Mount Juliet, TN, will be featuring its new Articulated Carriage at the LDI show this week. Visitors to stand 1946 will see the new product which Doughty has added to its Studio Rail 60 range and which has been designed with film, tv and theater in mind.
More details from Doughty ( www.doughty-engineering.co.uk):
Dan Phillips, project sales co-ordinator at Doughty, said: “We are extremely excited to give this Articulated Carriage an official debut – it’s an item I felt was missing from the Studio Rail 60 range, so I’ve spent time on the design to ensure it works seamlessly.
Doughty Engineering’s new Articulated Carriage will make its official debut at this year’s LDI show. Visitors to stand 1946 will see the new product which Doughty has added to its Studio Rail 60 range and which has been designed with film, tv and theater in mind. Dan Phillips, project sales co-ordinator at Doughty, said: “We are extremely excited to give this Articulated Carriage an official debut – it’s an item I felt was missing from the Studio Rail 60 range, so I’ve spent time on the design to ensure it works seamlessly.
“The Articulated Carriage means our curved Studio Rail can be used for many more applications, including its original use as a curtain track – as visitors to the stand will see, it works well with pieces of our Modular Rigging System, for example.” states Phillips.
The Articulated Carriage enables the Studio Rail perimeter tracks to be used for scenery and lighting – a significant benefit to both TV and theater applications. It consists of a laser profiled 0.2 inch back-bone chassis with independent bogies attached at each end. Both bogies are fitted with guide wheels which steer the carriage around the curves. One bogie is fitted with a large hook for pole operation while the other features a pole operated brake. The Three Point Receiver allows a spigot to rotate freely when corners are encountered, allowing two carriages to work in unison. “The action is similar to that of a train carriage”, explained Dan.
The Space Saver Clamp and Atom G Clamp will also make their first US appearance. The Space Saver Clamp is another unique product from Doughty, designed to help reduce the amount of wasted space that can be an issue when storing clamps, since they are awkward in shape and difficult to transport and store. The Space Saver Clamp folds down to a height of just 1.9 inches – saving 3.9 inches of space per clamp. Made from high tensile aluminum, it has a SWL of 220lbs and has been designed so that it does not have to be removed from the item it is attached to for storage.
Launched last month at PLASA, the Atom G Clamp is the ‘baby’ of Doughty’s popular Atom Clamp family and has been designed in response to a customer request for a clamp that is suitable for small architectural luminaires. Mark Chorley, design engineer at Doughty, commented: “As with a considerable number of our products, this item started life as a one-off for a well known lighting company which was looking for a neat and unobtrusive way to hang one of its architectural luminaires. We realized that other companies would also benefit from the design of this clamp which fits 0.4-0.9 inch diameter truss and has an 0.3 inch diameter fixing hole. We look forward to gaining some valuable feedback from our US customers at the show.”
