DIN EN 17206:2018-01

This document shall apply to machinery and machinery installations used in places of assembly and in staging and production facilities for events and theatrical productions (stage machinery, for short). Such facilities include: theatres, multi-purpose halls, exhibition halls; film, television and radio studios; concert halls, schools, exhibition halls; bars, discotheques, open-air stages and other rooms for shows and events. The document applies to machinery and machine installations with guided or unguided load bearing and load carrying equipment. For the purposes of this document, machinery installations are all technical installations and equipment used for operations in stage and production facilities in the entertainment industry. Such installations are used to lift, lower, suspend and carry loads (e. g. scenery, traverse systems, or lighting, film/video and sound equipment). They may also be used to move persons, and persons may stand under such equipment while the loads are at rest or in motion. This machinery includes Controls, electrical and electronic control systems, electrical and electronic equipment, hydraulic and pneumatic power supplies. 'Stages' include staging facilities and production areas in theatres, multipurpose halls, studios, production facilities for film, television or radio, concert halls, congress centres, schools, exhibition centres, trade-fair centres, museums, discotheques, amusement parks, sports facilities and open-air-theatres. 'Events' are, for example, concerts, shows, congresses, exhibitions, presentations, demonstrations, film or television recordings, etc. This document considers lifting and any movement equipment for stages and production areas within the entertainment industry, and temporary installations using trusses or truss constructions which may include ground support systems or towers at events.Typical applications include but are not limited to the following: acoustic doors, auditorium elevators, compensating elevators, cycloramas, fire curtains; fly bar systems (manual, motor driven); lighting bars, movable lighting towers, movable stage platforms, movable proscenium arches, orchestra elevators, performer flying, point hoists, projection screens (manual or motor-driven), revolving stages and turntables, scenery storage elevators, side stage and rear stage shutters; stage elevators, stage wagons (stage trucks), tilt-able stage floors, trap elevators. The principles in the document also apply to machinery installations based on new technologies or specially designed installations which are not expressly mentioned here but which nevertheless operate in a similar manner or are meant for similar purposes to the equipment listed above.