Following a year in which Doughty Engineering has upped its game in the film and
TV industry, visitors to the company’s stand E39 at BVE 2016 will see a range of its
products specifically designed with the broadcast sector in mind. With two new
additions to Doughty’s award winning Modular Rigging System making their debut at
the show, as well as a selection of grip, rigging, suspension and lifting equipment
on display, Julian Chiverton, sales director at Doughty, believes shows like BVE are
more important than ever to the company.
“We really got our teeth into the broadcast space in 2015,” he said. “We’re involved
in an ongoing job with the Stop Animation and Puppet Making faculty at the
University of Staffordshire and have some fascinating projects within the media
department at Queen’s University in Belfast under our belt, as well as working with
major shopping channels, news and sports channels and a major news corporation.”
Doughty will also launch two new additions to its Modular Rigging System at the
show this year- a mini drop arm, perfect for lightweight LED fixtures and small
lights, and a new projector mount. Mark Chorley, design engineer at Doughty
commented: “These are two really useful additions to the range. The projector
mount has a safe working load (SWL) of 25kg and offers a 360 degree rotation as
well as a 15 degree tilt in two directions. The mini drop arm, meanwhile is based on
our super lightweight clamp. It accepts 16mm receivers and has a safety bond slot.
We’re sure our customers who already use the system will find these two new
additions to be extremely valuable.”
The Doughty Studio Frame will also make its first BVE appearance and Mark
explains it was at BVE 2015 that the concept for the Studio Frame was born.
“At last year’s show, we got talking to Manoubi Ben Lamri, Staffordshire University’s
specialist technical instructor for animation. He realised that we would be able to
help create a less chaotic, safer space for his students to move more freely around
their practical work. We collaborated to rid the studios of all their lighting stands
and instead used the Doughty Studio Frame to suspend all the lighting and the
cables too.”
Members of the Doughty team will be on hand to demonstrate the range of
equipment on the stand including the sprung pantographs and the lightweight
pantograph and the Doughty Studio Rail.
Julian added: “The team will be available for the duration of the show to discuss
customers’ specific needs. We pride ourselves on being able to design, develop and
fabricate bespoke products for specialist needs too. We like to take on board any
ideas from our customers that we can then develop into prototype products for the
industry.’
