SOCHI, Russia — The hand-held torch wasn’t the only source of illumination lighting a path from Moscow to Sochi, Russia over the course of 123 days prior to the Feb. 7, 2014 start for the XXII Olympic Winter Games. RED Lighting’s Quadro 24 fixture, sourced via Art Performance Technology, was also used for torch-related ceremonies.
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RED Lighting projector QUADRO 24 illuminates the journey of the Olympic Torch across Russia. The final destination is Sochi, the host city of next Olympic Winter Games
About two months before the start of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, Italy already brings home a medal. This is exactly what the performance of RED Lighting projector QUADRO 24 represents.
The fixture, distributed in Russia by Art Performance Technology as all RED Lighting products, has successfully passed all resistance tests during the long relay of the Olympic Torch from Moscow to Sochi, that will host Russia’s first Olympics from February 7 to 23, 2014.
These tests are particularly meaningful because of the extreme weather conditions in which they have been conducted. During the solemn ceremony organized for the arrival of the Olympic Torch in Gatchina, in the Leningrad region, the freezing temperatures have even exalted the performances of QUADRO 24.
The high frost resistance and humidity tolerance of the Italian LED projector have convinced everybody – the degree of protection IP65, that allows the outdoor application of the fixture, has been largely confirmed.
Even more relevant is the combination of these resistance characteristics with uncommon design and color rendition qualities. COB (Chip on Board) is the acronym for the technology which makes so special the selected sources and allows to mount them directly on a flat circuit board at an imperceptible distance from each other.
This evokes the impression of one common light source: the effect is incredibly homogeneous, the colors are bold and deep as never before. Even many degrees below zero!
