Known for creating magical shows, Mark Ager, CEO of Stage Technologies, talked through how the revolving stage was created for the Cirque Du Soliel's production KA. The interactions of the gantry crane was talked about how each revision allowed better fluidity to manage the revolving stage. The stage itself, known as the Sand Cliff Deck, has 80 steel pegs that shoot out when required by the performers allowing them to flip around the revolving stage to give gravity defying performances. The stage moves in ft/seconds, uses pistons, pumps and hydraulic cylinders that when combined brings the stage to life. Almost 10 similar stages are used throughout the perfomance.
With so many features to manage, the control systems too are of similar engineering design – they’d need to be given the acrobatic nature of the stage’s use. This is a non-ip based environment, thus the methods for control and communications would need to be sufficiently thought through for successful operations, just like how cyber security for SCADA systems (including the use of gantry cranes) are taken into account for Martime Ports and Port Systems as described within the code of practice published by the UK Government in conjunction with the Department of Transport and the IET, found here.
More details on how the stage is used by the KA perfomance can be seen here.
With so many features to manage, the control systems too are of similar engineering design – they’d need to be given the acrobatic nature of the stage’s use. This is a non-ip based environment, thus the methods for control and communications would need to be sufficiently thought through for successful operations, just like how cyber security for SCADA systems (including the use of gantry cranes) are taken into account for Martime Ports and Port Systems as described within the code of practice published by the UK Government in conjunction with the Department of Transport and the IET, found here.
More details on how the stage is used by the KA perfomance can be seen here.