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AWE-INSPIRING PROJECTSPROLYTE AWARDSPROLYFT AETOS RANGELITECONSOLE RANGEPROLYTE CAMPUS LIVE!
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Leading manufacturer Prolyte
Group kicks off its busy schedule
of exhibitions at Prolight+Sound in
Frankfurt, from 10-13 April 2013.
Visit the booth in Hall 9.0, Stand D91
and you’ll find an exciting mix of new products, Prolyte Campus Live!, hospitality and support. It’s
the perfect opportunity to catch up
on the latest developments from
Prolyte Group.
MEET THE TEAMRepresentatives from our Netherlands-
based headquarters, UK and German
offices, and Prolyte Asia Pacific will be
available to offer advice and guidance.
Ready to offer you the best support and
service you’ll find account managers,
brand managers, project specialists,
customer services and marketing. So
please do not hesitate to stop by the
booth to discuss your requirements,
or for information on Prolyte products
and services.
LAST YEAR’S PROLYTE AWARD WINNERS WERE:
AWARDSThe 8th consecutive Prolyte Group
Awards Ceremony will take place during
the show. We introduced the ceremony
to provide recognition, thanks and
support to our loyal and trusted partner
network; and we are looking forward to
announcing this year’s winners.
The Ceremony will be held on Friday
April 12th at 17.00 hours, in advance of
our traditional Stand Party.
Distributor Award: Audio Concept C.A., Venezuela
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HALL 9.0 STAND D91
Award for Special Contribution: Rose Oberer, CAST Suisse
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What: Prolyte KYLo App
Prolyte Locator app
When: Available now
For: Apple iPhone and iPad
How great would it be to be able to
find out quickly and easily, while on the
move, where the nearest Prolyte Group
ServicePoints and Distribution Partners
are located, or where you can rent Prolyte
products when you need them urgently?
Well now you can!
Already more than 300 Prolyte sales
and rental partners are listed on our
Locator app. It’s a handy tool that not only
lists our partners and where to buy or rent
Prolyte products; it provides an overview of
events, campus seminars and exhibitions
all in one place. If you’re a Prolyte stockist,
don’t miss this unique and free opportunity
to join the network – speak to a Prolyte
representative to confirm your listing.
Also available is our KYLo app - handy tool
to calculate your loads on straight spans
with 99% accuracy. Exact loading data for
UDL as well as PL and cantilevers, for all
Prolyte truss series. Integrated manual,
graphic display and tips & tricks button,
make the KYLo both fun and user-friendly.
These free apps are designed to make
your life easier and are available in
multiple languages.
PROLYTE APP RANGE
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Where: Prolight + Sound 2013
What: Prolyte Campus Live!
Who: Michiel van der Zijde,
Matthias Moeller,
Ivo Mulder,
Marc Hendriks
Prolyte Campus is an initiative that offers
a complete program of learning activities
to create awareness on the safe use of
Prolyte products. Regular training and
workshops are organised under the Prolyte
Campus umbrella and Prolight+Sound
2013 sees us bring this successful
training program to you with Prolyte
Campus Live! On this page is the schedule
for Friday, please look at our website for
the full program.
You can find the program here
www.prolyte.com/prolight-sound
Or scan the above QR code
For a list of the Campus activities please
go to www.prolyte.com/prolytecampus
Or scan the above QR code
PROLYTE CAMPUS
FRIDAY APRIL 12TH
Time Slot: Seminar Title: Lecturer: Language:
11.00 - 11.30 Anschlagen von Traversen Matthias Moeller DE
12.00 - 12.30 ProLyft - The next level Michiel van der Zijde ENG
14.00 - 14.30 Hinged ARC roof Ivo Mulder ENG
15.00 - 15.30 How to apply ballast safely Marc Hendriks ENG
16.00 - 16.30 ProLyft - The future level Michiel van der Zijde ENG
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What: H40R
H20LB truss
LiteConsole range
PRT truss
Where: Prolyte Group stand
Hall 9.0 D91
H40R Launched in 2011, the H40R truss
has already made an impression on the
market, and is growing in popularity. This
innovative product combines the compact
dimensions of Prolyte H30V truss, with the
loading capacity of the larger H40V truss.
The H40R truss has three-sided webbing
with thicker braces on the bottom side
allowing both easy mounting of fixtures
and for weight to be evenly distributed on
the truss. It also avoids the complications
of getting hook clamps in the correct
chord spacing along the sides of the truss.
Furthermore, the H40R has a clever spigot
orientation to enable the truss to be easily
fitted together on the floor before rigging.
A range of accessories make the H40R a
complete rental system – seamlessly tying
it in with other Prolyte products such as
MPT towers.
H20LB TRUSS Designed as studio
truss, the H20LB truss offers the perfect
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTSNEW PRODUCTS
We’re showcasing a selection of
new products including:
• Ballast Frame for MT
and ST towers
• Hinged Arc Roof
• Dock Stage
• StageDex Dolly
• LiteConsole GO!
• ProLyft Manual Hoists
500 and 1000kg
• ProLyft AETOS hoists
500 and 1000kg
Look out for the dedicated flyers for more
details. Our team will be on hand to offer
advice and guidance on these and the
broad selection of standard products also
on display. Digital versions are available on
our website:
http://www.prolyte.com/support/
brochures/flyers The H40R truss, at IPS, AV network London event
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solution for installations where limited
height is available. The H20LB is well-
matched to create matrix frames for
circumstances where low headroom
requires support grids with minimum
heights, like studio installations, retail or
exhibition applications.
The H20LB ladder truss is a frame girder
- truss without the diagonal members and
with rigid joints between top and bottom
chords and the verticals. The standard
box corner ribs, with the Prolyte conical
coupling system, guarantee fast and easy
assembly when compared to traditional
bolted structures.
LITECONSOLE Quickly expanding as
a product range on its own, renowned
performance platform LiteConsole is
adding a further two models to its portfolio
– the LiteConsole GO! and GO!tt. These
designs will be introduced at the show
next to the already established LiteConsole
XPRS. GO! can bee seen in action as
information desks on the Prolyte stand.
You’ll find more LiteConsoles in Halls 5.1
and 11.0 on the booths of Pioneer (5.1
C32) and Chauvet Europe (11.0 B.27),
among others.
PRT TRUSS The Prolyte PreRigTruss
is the perfect solution for rigging and
transporting automated lights.
The rugged and user-friendly design and
makes it the ideal truss for touring. The
truss can be stacked with or without the
dolly. Flexible cross braces in the topside
make it possible to mount the fixtures or
bars at any required place.
The pin-fork connection can rotate to
create vertical and horizontal corners,
making it possible to build spans as well
as goalpost or grid configurations.
The S36PRT truss at Flashlight LiteConsole XPRS
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taken the circular stage used on the 2009
Resistance tour and adapted it to form the
basis of the new staging. Three existing
scissor lifts were infilled, retaining just
the piano lift, and two additional off-stage
access stairs with handrails were added
to augment the pre-existing set leading up
from back stage.
The runway design ensures there is ample
access and storage room sub-stage, which
was a major specification from Metcalfe.
“We needed something that would
solve access problems backstage,” says
Metcalfe. “Brilliant’s design has created a
huge amount of space and it is very easy
to get around and to store equipment.
Having everything integrated like this
means that we have been able to achieve
a very clean look to the stage, even when
you’re viewing from the rear aspects.”
Metcalfe specified that ‘nothing should
protrude off the back deck’, both to retain
the integrity of the design’s ‘clean’ lines
and to avoid damaging the high shine
Marley flooring which covers the stage,
runway and forestage thrust. The handrail
therefore packs into its own separate
dolly, minimising wasted space within the
cart and leaving the decking panels flush
for compact and damage-free carting in
separate dollies.
Overhead, the major design feature is
the 5-layer pyramid faced in LED panels
which hang at a 10° angle for optimum
visibility by the audience. Each layer is
independently rigged from 4 chain hoists
and animated using a system, which
synchronises the movement of each layer.
The pyramid can be lowered or raised as a
whole unit or as separate layers, inverted
and even lowered down onto the deck to
conceal the band entirely. Brilliant Stages
Prolyte Group, including its Brilliant
Stages and Litestructures divisions, has
over three decades of experience in the
design, manufacture and fabrication of
creative structures. At the show, seize
the opportunity to meet our project
specialists, or simply be inspired by the
possibilities. Here’s a snapshot of some
recent projects to whet your appetite.
BRILLIANT STAGES MUSE’S 2ND LAW TOURProlyte Group subsidiary Brilliant Stages
designed and constructed the staging and
spectacular suspended pyramid feature for
Muse’s latest tour, 2nd Law, which toured
Europe in late 2012 before moving to
North America in 2013.
Oli Metcalfe’s design incorporates a
semi-circular stage with a straight leading
edge, from which projects a full width
fore-stage and thrust, and which is inset
with circular polycarbonate panels housing
lighting effects. Tech bunkers flank each
side and a curved runway circumnavigates
the upstage edge. LED panels and
moving heads feature heavily in the
Brilliant Stages’ design which needed to
incorporate the necessary support and
infrastructure to accommodate this.
Brilliant Stages’ David Harrison, supported
by Brilliant’s team of highly skilled staff
and project manager, Kenny Underwood,
were heavily involved with the design
aspect from the start. The new design has
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designed the pyramid as a modular system
based around the customised dolly sizes to
minimise transport and handling time and
ensure the panels remained undamaged
for the duration of the tour.
“Aside from the obvious necessity for
the stage to look good, our primary
requirements were that the packaging
of the staging should cater for all forms
of transport we were likely to encounter
over the course of the tour, the systems
should minimise the real estate required
to transport it, and that it was easy to
assemble and disassemble. Brilliant have
certainly delivered on the brief,” says
production manager, Steve Iredale.
www.brilliantstages.com
Credit: www.olimetcalfe.com
LITESTRUCTURESHALO GLYPH LIGHTS UP LONDONLitestructures, in collaboration with
Cinimod Studio, delivered the most epic
of public lighting installations to mark the
highly anticipated launch of the “Halo 4”
Xbox 360 game.
Agency AKQA (acting on behalf of
Microsoft/Xbox) commissioned Cinimod
Studio to create this spectacular
illuminated structure – based on the “Halo
4” Glyph symbol – which would be one
of the largest and brightest man-made
structures to ever fly over a capital city.
Cinimod Studio turned to Litestructures
to help bring their concept to life. The
solution drew on Litestructures’ experience
of creating ‘impossible’ structures using
aluminum components. To fulfil the brief,
a selection of proprietary products from
the Prolyte range were specified, including
the main structure frame created from
a combination of S36R truss straights
and custom corners. Using the Conical
Coupling System offered a great level of
accuracy and strength, whilst allowing the
structure to flex with the forces applied
to it. The cladding frames that held the
LEDs in place were custom built to create
the Glyph shape, whilst standard fixed
half couplers were employed to connect
these to the main structure. All bolted
connections were made using specifically
machined connections, to ward off
vibrations, with main suspension cables
between the helicopter and Glyph attached
to reinforcing plates. In its entirety, the
structure measured 15,2m in diameter,
weighed over 3.2 tons and was illuminated
by 20 KW of pure orange LED light. The
system was designed and engineered
by Litestructures, with analysis, to clarify
that the structure could operate under the
extreme parameters imposed.
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under a helicopter.
The Glyph flyover makes the seemingly
impossible world of science fiction a
reality, and the 15,2m symbol of the Didact
hovering in the skies of London seemed
a fitting way to herald the next chapter of
this phenomenal franchise.
www.litestructures.com
Credit: www.cinimodstudio.com
PROLYTE GROUPSTAGE IN THE ZIGGO DOMEThe Ziggo Dome is Amsterdam’s new
multi-use indoor arena. Built to fill the
gap between the Amsterdam Arena and
the Heineken Music Hall (HMH), its main
hall can accommodate between 5,500
and 17,000 people - the perfect concert
venue size.
Facility management for the Ziggo Dome
is shared with the HMH and the temporary
Vredenburg music venue in Utrecht.
Prolyte Group had already supplied
stages for both venues so StageDex was
the logical choice for the main stage at
the Dome.
The StageDex system is based primarily at
the Ziggo Dome but is available for rental
to other venues where needed. It makes
an ideal ‘house’ stage and is the perfect
platform for acts that do not bring their
own complete staging system as part of
their show.
A team of experienced entertainment
technology veterans was called in to
“It’s been an absolute pleasure working
with Litestructures. It was such a great
success, and fantastic us all working so
well together to make it happen.”
Super fans and spectators were treated
to an impressive aeronautical show as the
Glyph flew over the River Thames, on the
eve of the game’s launch, past some of the
capital’s most iconic landmarks. Dynamic
effects wowed crowds as they enjoyed the
spectacle of one of the largest lighting art
performances ever flown
A prebuild was carried out in the
studio adjacent the Prolyte Products
UK’s Wakefield base, where the initial
programming of the LED system and test
hang of the rigging were performed.
A team from Litestructures including
Andy Field, James Chapman, Scott
Joyce and Callum Abbey worked with
the Cinimod Studio team to build the rig
at a secret Thames-side location prior
to the launch. Claudia White, Cinimod
project manager, said of the experience:
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design the overall facilities. Based on their
experience with the StageDex Easy Frame
A, as used in the Vredenburg venue, the
team sat down with Prolyte to discuss
the possibilities for a more advanced and
flexible system.
As Ronald Fiolet, project manager for the
Ziggo Dome, stated: “This multi-functional
hall can be used in different set ups. This
requires a flexible and adaptable type of
stage. Based on the experience we already
had with Prolyte, we knew we could find
the best solution.”
For the Ziggo Dome, the StageDex team,
headed by Ralph Beukema, Senior Brand
Engineer, designed an improved multi-
level stage that can be used in different
configurations. Each supporting frame
is equipped with 4 wheels so that the
complete stage acts as a rolling stage
and can easily be moved in position. The
support frames leave sufficient room for
under stage storage, facilitating horizontal
as well as vertical corridors.
The frames were built especially to enable
a variety of heights, adaptable for different
events ranging from dinners, to shows,
to concerts. The heights are easily
adjustable and can vary between 1.5 and
2.2 metres, without the need for tools or
extra equipment.
The maximum size of the stage is 30x10m
and can be built in a remarkably short
time, leaving room for short production
times and quick changeovers.
The ultimate stability of the system
is a result of combined research and
experience with the HMH and Vredenburg
stages. To prevent the vibration of
microphone stands on the decking, Prolyte
tested stages with double cross beams.
Although not necessary from a loading
point of view, an extra cross beam results
in a 50% reduction in vibration, offering
increased on-stage comfort for
performing acts.
The facility management team were so
impressed with these results, not only did
they specify this system for the Dome,
they went on to adapt their decking at
HMH to incorporate this feature too.
Prolyte supplied the following:
160 StageDex stages 200x100 – with
extra middle beams
102 Easy frame C units equipped with
castor wheels
Credit: Gerard Henninger, Stageco
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