Sensor Technology Systems Bring Safety to Theatres

Sensor Technology is developing technology that is aimed to ensure safety in theatres. In such environments, many stage props and almost all of the backdrops are lowered onto the stage from the fly tower just behind it. Usually this is done quickly between scenes, but sometimes it is during - and as part of - the actual performance. Either way, safety and reliability are essential.

Sensor Technology is achieving this using real-time load signals from each winch. The data is monitored by a computer in the control room so that instant action can be taken if any loads move out of tolerance. Each Loadsense has an onboard radio-frequency transmitter that sends signals to the control-room computer.

The transmitter has to be physically robust to cope with the environment it finds itself in and capable of maintaining its signal integrity through the most corrupting of harmonic conditions. Loadsense is proving so sensitive that it can provide a feedback signal to close the control loop on a vector drive controlling the winch.

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