The NEC Birmingham encompasses 19 halls of premium conference and exhibition space along with the LG Arena venue.
The sale involves eight flight cased Out Board DV8 8-channel direct motor controllers and three RC16 remote control handsets with 50m extensions, which are cased up as three 16-way racks and two eight-way single racks - all in Five Star Cases' Industrial grade rack sleeves. It was co-ordinated between the NEC's resource manager for rigging, Rob O'Donnell, and A.C. Rigging's Matt Millward in the Leeds office.
This latest investment is part of an ongoing upgrade to all the rigging department's existing stock, which includes moving to a more flexible control solution.
Also supplied as part of the package were 10 portable three-phase 63A rubber enclosure electrical distribution units to be used in conjunction with the controllers.
With over 130 Columbus McKinnon 1T entertainment Lodestar hoists - for which AC-ET is also an official distributor - at their disposal for facilitating clients' needs, the NEC's constantly busy Rigging department wanted a new straightforward, user-friendly motor control solution that could be moved between halls and venues, also including the ICC and NIA venues in central Birmingham.
(Jim Evans)
