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News and Notes from · Sapsis Rigging Inc. · February 13, 2014
Where's Bill?   
 
 

You can find Uncle Bill at these events in the next few weeks
  • February 17-20    Knoxville TN   
                                 Leading the rigging portion at  Tomcat U.  
  • March 6-9             Mobile, AL   
                                 Conducting a workshop and manning a
                                 booth at SETC 2014
  • March 12-13         Frankfurt, Germany  
                                 Leading a session on Fall Arrest safety at
                                 I-ESC, a division of ProSound & Light.    
  • March 25               Ft. Worth, TX 
                                 Professional Development Workshop for USITT
  • March 27-29         USITT Stage Expo.  
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Stump the RiggerStump The Rigger
at USITT

  The annual Stump the Rigger session at USITT will once again offer the coveted Jack Suesse Memorial Trophy.  Come to the session on Saturday, March 29th at 11:00 am.  Bring a good question and watch Bill make a fool of himself, as always.       

 

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Tête-à-Tête: Painting Wire Rope  

 

Q:  I work for a company that installs speaker clusters. A common practice in this market is to paint the wire rope that is used to hang loudspeakers, solely for aesthetic reasons. I have heard different opinions on doing this. Is this practice unsafe or detrimental to the strength of the rigging, and if so why?
 

 

A: It depends on what type of wire rope you are using to determine just how bad an idea it is.

Galvanized Aircraft Cable?  If the galvanization process was done well then there shouldn't be a problem.  If there is a bad spot in the galvanization process, then you will have a problem with rust and you won't see the problem until the wire rope fails.

IWRC and fiber core wire ropes that are oiled? The paint won't stick.

Dry fiber core ropes? Paint will stick, but the wire rope will rust.

I strongly recommend that instead of painting the wire rope they use a powder coated wire rope.

For a full selection of wire rope - coated and uncoated - visit our online catalog!
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