Pete Brotzman's Crystal Pro Audio sales company has also supplied two DM8s to the Croation production company Lite-Prom to manage direct control CM hoists used for PA and general rigging purposes, while in the UK A.C. Lighting reports positive client feedback on the four-channel DM4 which the company has recently started selling, following substantial sales this year of six-channel CM6 low-voltage hoist controllers.
Low-voltage control CM-Series re-seller business includes 12-channel CM12s with splitter boxes and remote handsets to Elstree Light & Power (ELP) as part of an extensive rigging refurbishment for London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, plus various quantities of CM4 units via Tomcat in the UK, Spanish distributor Pro-Lighting SL and Swedish distributor Intersonic. UK rigging company Vertigo has also just purchased a pair of CM12 units to add to its extensive rental inventory of Out Board CM controllers.
The Out Board CM-Series low-voltage controllers for CM Lodestar hoists are available in compact 4-, 6-, and 12- channel variants, along with various remote handcontroller options and truss-mounting Socapex/C-Form splitter boxes. The all-new DM-Series of chain hoist rigging motor controllers are configured in 4- and 8- channel versions to manage Direct Control hoists such as Verlinde, Chainmaster and the new Columbus McKinnon direct control hoists.
(Lee Baldock)
