Amphitheatres

The entertainment industry has become so competitive now that the need to wow the consumer and to do the next best thing has become part of the challenge for the back stage crews rigging up the special effects equipment.

The safety element to this in these environments is extremely high with the general public being involved. The thought of a loose fastener dropping from a rig hundreds of feet above the crowd is certainly not the publicity the Director of the show will be looking for.

The applications in which the wedge locking washers are used in the Entertainment industry involve the general rigging of any special effects as well as the securing of the lighting and sound equipment. All these are subject to vibrations through the sound as well as large crowd loading for big shows where many actors are on stage moving around.

Many shows now have moving rigs for the main act to be presented on which can sometimes enter the audience area. The support of large screens/curtains also require bolted joints that will not come loose when moved around.