This listing signifies that PowerLift meets the safety requirements of the world's most trusted source for product compliance, illustrating Clancy's ongoing commitment to backstage safety.
"This is an important step forward, as most of the theatrical hoists installed in the U.S. are not listed by any agency," said Tom Young, Clancy vice-president of marketing. "By complying with the most rigorous standards in the industry, we're helping to reduce the risks backstage. Now it's clear that PowerLifts can help the show go on - safely."
To be listed, the product must undergo extensive testing: normal operation tests, a strength test of 250% of the rated load, grounding, starting current, temperature, power failure, and short-circuit testing.
"Watching an independent lab come and put these hoists through such rigorous tests gives me even more confidence that our equipment is designed and fabricated to extremely high standards," said Craig Eagleson, Clancy's engineer in charge of listing the hoists.
"Like the ISO 9001 certification of our Quality Management System, UL and ETL listing is a way that we can help our customers get the best products," Young observed. "Working to achieve national and international quality and safety certifications shows our customers that we care about their health and safety, and we're willing to put our products on the line to prove it."
(Claire Beeson)
