Oman convention centre installs ProLyft hoists
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With over 22,000sq.m of column-free space, the venue offers a wide array of meeting and exhibition spaces with the very latest in communications and audio-visual technology to meet the demands of the most discerning global event organisers.
To meet their customers’ demands, the venue operator, AEG Ogden, was looking for a flexible solution for the venue’s rigging facilities. Adhering to the highest quality standards and service excellence, they were looking for high-end rigging solutions, supported by the best service and knowledge.
Meeting OCEC’s brief, Prolyte Group was selected to present a proposal. Based on the quality of the proposal and the technical support they experienced during this phase, they were happy to give the green light.
All the separate venues within the OCEC are supplied through the venue operators’ office. Based on the incoming rigging plans for the upcoming projects, they assign the required equipment for the shows and exhibitions. This means the equipment needs to be as flexible as possible and suited for all types of applications.
Prolyte supplied a large batch of Aetos hoists with a lifting capacity of 1000kg and a lifting height of 20m. All hoists are equipped with limit switches, incremental encoders, double brakes and load cells. These extended specifications were all specifically required by the OCEC, since they wanted this installation to be not only flexible, but also to offer full safety characteristics in use. Furthermore, giving the user tool like positioning, load monitoring and integrated limit switches.
Supplying the complete system, including hoists, encoders and cabling, flight cases and storage bins, Prolyte chose the Kynesis Libra system for load-monitoring and controls to match the tender requirements.
The time frame to deliver the complete system proved to be quite a challenge for the ProLyft department. Not only did the ProLyft team equip all the hoists bodies with double brakes, encodes and extra fittings for the load monitoring cables, all hoists were individually tested and certified before shipment.
Prolyte delivered a basic training programme before handing the equipment over to the venue’s supervisor and further training to the complete OCEC technical team.
(Jim Evans)
