Rigging And Safety Procedures - Tannoy VXP SERIES Operation Manual

9. Rigging and Safety Procedures

9. Rigging and Safety Procedures
The Tannoy Professional hardware covered in this guide has been designed to offer quick, simple, cost
effective and secure solutions for mounting specific Tannoy Professional loudspeakers. This hardware has been
designed and manufactured with a high safety load factor for its specific role. To ensure the safest possible use
of the hardware covered in this guide, it must be assembled in strict accordance with the instructions specified.
The information in these manuals relating to the assembly and the safe use of these accessories must be
understood and followed.
The installation of Tannoy Professional loudspeakers using the dedicated hardware should carried out only
by fully qualified installers, in accordance with all the required safety codes and standards that are applied
at the place of installation. WARNING: As the legal requirements for flying change from country to country,
please consult your local safety standards office before installing any product. We also recommend that you
thoroughly check any laws and bylaws prior to installation.
Tannoy Professional hardware has been designed for use with specific Tannoy Professional loudspeakers,
and is not designed or intended for use with any other Tannoy Professional products, or any other devices.
Using Tannoy Professional hardware for any purpose other than that indicated in this guide is considered to
be improper use. Such use can be very dangerous: overloading, modifying, damaging, or assembling in a
manner other than that clearly stated in the manual Tannoy Professional hardware will compromise safety. The
component parts of any Tannoy Professional hardware device must only be assembled using the accessory
kits supplied and in strict compliance with the Operation Manual. The use of other accessories or non-
approved methods of assembly may result in an unsafe hardware system by reducing the load safety factor.
Welding, or any other method of permanently fixing hardware components together or to the integral fixing
points in the cabinet should never be used.
Whenever a Tannoy Professional loudspeaker is fixed to a surface using a Tannoy Professional hardware
device, the installer must ensure that the surface is capable of safely and securely supporting the load. The
hardware employed must be safely and securely attached both to the loudspeaker and also to the surface
in question, in accordance with the manual, using only the fixing holes provided as standard and covered in
the manual. Secure fixings to the building structure are vital. Seek help from architects, structural engineers
or other specialists if in any doubt. All loudspeakers flown in theatres, nightclubs, conference centres or
other places of work and entertainment must be provided with an independent, correctly rated and securely
attached secondary safety restraint in addition to the principal hardware device. This secondary safety restraint
must prevent the loudspeaker from dropping more than 150 mm (6") should the principal hardware device fail.
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