Essential Components for Stage Builders
As countries around the globe begin to lift restrictions, concert tours, live events and other entertainment shows have started to re-emerge after the global pandemic, Covid-19, hit in 2020. The events industry expects to break records in 2022 with concert giant, Ticketmaster, announcing that 45 million tickets have already been sold for shows in 2022.
The rise in demand along with an appetite for bigger and grander shows sets the scene for stage design and construction companies, who are tasked with creating immersive and advanced stage and production solutions.
With over 30,000 parts available, WDS Components are the ideal choice when designing and constructing event stages. Our diverse range of high-quality parts are offered globally with guaranteed stock to meet demanding deadlines. Our range of essential parts for stage construction include uses on anything from; carts and dollies, automated stages, and lifts, rigging trusses and more.
Stage & production components
Stages and production sets require strong, reliable, and often lightweight parts to ensure that safety is the number one priority for performers, guests, and staff. Components that are useful for applications in stage and production include;
- Hoist Rings & Eye bolts
- Castors
- Angle Joint
- Levelling Feet
Hoist Rings & Eye bolts
WDS components offer a comprehensive range of hoist rings and eye bolts which are manufactured to a very high standard. We supply our parts with a certificate of proof test to ensure safety is guaranteed. Hoist rings are quite effective when used as connection points for light rigging or for moving heavy equipment around. The load capacity for the hoist rings can range from 250kg to 10,000kg, these lifting loads can support a range of stage elements like sound equipment, LED displays, or even a suspended stage like Kanye West’ Saint Pablo Tour stage.
WDS supply a useful range of hoist rings from bail type hoist rings with forged centres, side pull hoist rings to swivel and pivot hoist rings.
Castors
Castors and wheels are another essential part for a smooth stage production. From moving other stage elements around in set-up and rehearsal to transporting mobile elements across a stage, WDS’ selection can meet any design. To adapt to your dollies and trollies, we offer a vast range of light, medium and heavy-duty models of castors with different bracket type to fix onto whatever application.
Whether you’re looking for smooth, noise reduction castors or non-marking heavy duty castors, WDS offer the perfect solution. Our castors and wheels include:
- Polyurethane castors – non-marking with an operating load of between 300kg to 350kg.
- Rubber castors – Great for light to medium loads, ideal for noise reduction.
- Nylon castors – Ideal for light, medium and heavy-duty pallet dollies.
We also offer a range of levelling castors that are used to adjust the position of equipment, machinery and trollies. Our die cast aluminium castors are a great choice as they come with a rubber pad which is adjustable and raises the castor from a flat surface. WDS offer a selection of adjustable castors including finger operated, spanner operated and screw fitting castors.
Levelling Feet
Our ever-growing range of machine levelling feet are available in several styles, shapes, and sizes. Levelling feet are a piece of equipment that you can’t afford to miss when designing your stage. Whether to support lighting, speakers, microphones or other entertainment equipment, our levelling feet are available with black polypropylene bases to blend into the set design. Available as either stainless steel or steel plated levelling feet, our selection also features female or male feet, allowing more customisation in applications.
When building stages and sets, it’s important to design strong and reliable elements where guests and staff can enjoy a once in a lifetime experience. All the parts discussed above such as levelling feet, castors, and hoist rings are great additions to incorporate and are accessible through WDS Components. WDS offer free CAD downloads to registered users so if you’re unsure whether a part will fit into your stage design, feel free to add to your drawings.
Are you ready to place an order? Then head over to our product pages and pop the parts you need in your basket. If you’d rather place your order over the phone, contact our Sales Team on 0333 043 5445. If you’d like a little more advice to build the perfect cabinet, get in touch with our Technical Team via telephone or using our online contact form.
