Slingco - rigging solutions and steel wire specialists -showcase their CABLEnet tension wire grid, the award winning Unibar and present the Vortek range of motorized rigging solutions including a new Point Hoist at ABTT this year.

Slingco was established in the late 1970's to provide a range of innovative wire rope-based solutions to a diverse range of industries including mining, civil engineering, telecommunications, architecture, marine/offshore, defence & aerospace. 

Since then, Slingco has grown into a major specialist in, and supplier of, wire rope and associated products, achieving ISO9002 quality assurance.

CABLEnet

Slingco's legendary CABLEnet tension wire grid system continues to be a favourite method for creating a safe and flexible environment from which technical staff can work at height in all types of venues or spaces.

Slingco was the first British-based company to design, manufacture and install a tension wire grid and is the European market leader in this specialist technology

Recent high profile theatre installations include a completely circular grid in the newly re-opened Roundhouse - which contains a circular CABLEnet, only the third in the UK

The CABLEnet system is created by weaving and tensioning high tensile steel cable within a frame, which is then hoisted to the required level in a theatre or concert hall to create a safe 'virtual floor'®. Lighting, audio, AV technicians and riggers can then work on this in complete confidence.

Virtually invisible from ground level, the system has the key benefit of casting no shadows from lighting rigs positioned above.

CABLEnet is incredibly flexible. Systems can be modular or custom woven on site to accommodate any layout or room shape. CABLEnet can be installed around features such as columns, pillars and arches, and sleeves can be incorporated into the mesh to allow the movement of cable-controlled equipment through the platform.

Other recent Slingco CABLEnet installations include the world's largest - at Bournemouth International Centre - Perth Concert Hall, Glasgow Concert Hall. Helsingborg Theatre in Sweden and the new Junction 2 Theatre in Cambridge.

Vortek Point Hoist

Slingco is also the UK representative for US manufacturer Hoffend's award winning Vortek rigging system, and recently launched the new Vortek® Point Hoist module in the UK

The Vortek Point is lightweight, self contained, portable and rugged, and ideal for a plethora of theatrical and entertainment type applications.

Features include a speed and lifting capacity of 0 - 180 ft/min at up to 1200 lbs of lifting capacity or 0 - 90 ft/min at up to 1400 lbs of lifting capacity - with additional load/speed combinations available. A standard travel distance (for vertical and horizontal mounts) of 65 and 100 ft is available, and the wire rope is available in both 3/16" (5 mm) & 1/4" (6 mm) gauges.

Vortek Point Hoist modules can be attached to a single I-beam (replacing chain hoists), or wheeled to a position on the grid, with dual zero fleet angle lift lines dropping directly out of the unit.  The modules can be positioned or mounted in either of two directions, and each Hoist module has two lift lines - for different configurations.

Modules can be integrated into the Vortek Automated Control's (VAC) sophisticated Pro-Series control system. This allows the hoists to accomplish full grouping, cueing, load profiling and all the other Pro-Control functions, along with the rest of the Vortek rigging system.

All Point Hoists are equipped with dual braking systems. There's a continuously engaged, strictly mechanical Vortek load brake, plus an electro-magnetic motor brake rated at a minimum of 150% of the motor's rated torque.