Electro-Voice manual XLC Rigging Hardware

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Button Bar Knob
Front Rigging Tube
Hole in Rigging Tube for Locking Button
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Front Button Bar

Specifically, this means that when the enclosures are suspended, the back of the bottom enclosure will rotate down until the pin is stopped at the end of the slot in the swing arm. This one pin will not prevent the back corners of the enclosures from coming together. When landed, the enclosures will compress together until their back corners touch. The enclosures can be locked apart by inserting a second quick-release pin in the rear rigging holes directly above the first pin at the end of the swing arm as shown in Figure 5. With a second pin, the swing arm becomes immobile and the array becomes rigid so that when it is landed, the enclosures are locked at the selected angles.

Two quick-release pins on lanyards are attached to the rear rigging frame for pinning the swing arm. An XLC system can often be flown using only a single pin - the one that passes through the slot in the swing arm. The choice of whether to add the second pin is left to the user. This decision is often based on personal preferences regarding the technique of transferring the enclosures from the array to dollies for transport in touring applications. In some situations, however, the second pin is required. Two pins must always be used whenever a pull back is necessary to tilt the entire array downward more than gravity will allow. If a second pin is not used, the shape of the array will change as the pull back is applied. Another example where a second pin is required is when an array with a large vertical arc is created. Gravity may not allow all the enclosures to be angled apart as much as necessary. In this case, the second pin is necessary to hold the enclosures apart to achieve the desired array shape. If the user decides not to use the second pin to hold enclosures apart at the rear, the pin should be installed in the swing-arm transport hole to prevent it from dangling and catching on something or getting in the way. Using this hole, the swing arm may be pivoted down into the rigging slot on the frame and pinned into its fully retracted position for transport.

Rear Swing Arm

Quick-Release Pins to

 

Top Spring-Loaded

 

Locking Button

Lock Swing Arm in Rear

 

Swing-Arm Slot

 

Rigging Slot

 

 

Bottom Spring-

 

 

 

XLC Enclosure

Loaded Locking

 

Button

 

 

Swing-Arm

 

 

Transport Hole

 

Hole in Rigging

 

 

 

 

Tube for Locking

 

 

Button

Rear Rigging Slot

 

 

Holes in Rigging Slot to Pin the Swing Arm from the Box Below

Figure 3a:

XLC Rigging Hardware

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Contents ELECTRO-VOICE Table of Contents ELECTRO-VOICERigging-Safety Warning Weight 116 lb 52.6 kg IntroductionXLC-118 Loudspeaker System XLC Enclosure Rigging Hardware Details XLC Rigging SystemOverview of the XLC Flying System Typical XLC Flying System XLC Rigging Hardware XLC-127 and XLC-127+ Rigging Dimensions Correct Incorrect Array Considerations Rigging an Array Using the XLC Front DolliesXLC Rigging and Flying Techniques ELECTRO-VOICE ELECTRO-VOICE Flying XLC Systems with Front Dollies Step Dolly Clip Working-Load Limit and Safety Factor Definitions Structural Rating Overview Simplified Structural-Rating GuidelinesSimplified XLC Rigging-Rating Guidelines Complex Structural-Rating Analysis ELECTRO-VOICE MAX-∅ MAX+∅ XLC-127 and XLC-127+ Rear-Rigging-Point Structural Ratings XLC-118 Rear-Rigging-Point Structural Ratings Total Column Weight Working-Load Limit 2200 lb 998 kg Wind Loading Electro-Voice Structural-Analysis Procedures Rigging Inspection and Precautions Electro-Voice XLC Loudspeaker SystemsELECTRO-VOICE Mechanical Engineering References ReferencesRigging References ELECTRO-VOICE ELECTRO-VOICE Telex Communications, Inc /2002 Part Number 38110-145 Rev a