"The Euro Code 9 standards gave us pause to re-examine our entire product line; eighteen months later we have OV Truss up and ready to go. Currently available in two forms, OV Truss is a square truss with either 30 or 40 centimetre chord centres. Where is differs is in the web, we have developed a special extrusion for the web that gives a strength gain of +15% above the Code 9 standard. Length for length it's also lighter than anything comparable, and faster to fabricate, which is where the costs savings are made. Developing OV has allowed TSG to re-examine all the many applications to which truss is used in the modern entertainment world; by pitching the material specification to give maximum strength whatever orientation it's suspended, we have achieved structural gains in strength while maintaining a competitive price."
TSG will supply OV into the European, Middle Eastern and Asian markets, while Stage Audio Works in South Africa will be manufacturing the same product under licence for customers on the African continent.
OV is just the first development in what is an on-going programme of reappraising the full TSG product line. Hall continues: "The lessons we have learned developing OV are quite profound in engineering terms. You can be sure they will be applied to all future offerings."
(Claire Beeson)
