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2006-11-29 News Release
Polyurethanes and plastics
combo offer design freedom
Plastics from Dupont comprise the housing of professional light consoles
combined with polyurethanes integral skin foam from Bayer offer freedom
in terms of design.
Light effects play an increasingly important role in live concerts and
stage shows. Today’s event organizers have a whole range of tricks
in their toolbox, from spotlights and floodlights to fading and effective
synchronization with sound or video, all of which can be used with light
shows to create a particular mood or atmosphere. And of course, high standards
are expected of the hardware and software that control these various lighting
effects.
Find Information and Suppliers of professional
lighting consoles.
The Maxxyz and Maxxyz Wing models from Danish firm Martin Professional
A/S, Arhus, are two professional light consoles that provide programmers
and light designers with many different options for creating the perfect
show. Martin is a producer and distributor of computer controlled lighting
for the entertainment market. The housing for these models is made by
Dupont plastic ApS in Hjortshoj, Denmark, from the flame-retardant polyurethane
integral skin foam Baydur* 110 FR from Bayer MaterialScience AG, supplied
by BaySystems BUFA GmbH & Co., Oldenburg. This material offers exceptional
freedom in terms of design, meets all the functional requirements of the
parts it is used to make, and can also be processed cost-effectively in
the small and medium batches typical to this kind of application.
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The Maxxyz model from Danish
firm Martin Professional is a professional light console
that provides programmers and light designers with many
different options for creating the perfect show. The housing
is made by Dupont plastic ApS from the flame-retardant
polyurethane integral skin foam Baydur* 110 FR from Bayer
MaterialScience, supplied by BaySystems BUFA. Click
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Dupont plastic manufactures two parts measuring 30 x 100 centimeters
for the Maxxyz. These parts
surround the two monitors in the console and are manufactured in the same
mold. Two other parts of the housing, each measuring 40 x 26 centimeters,
are provided with holes to accommodate most of the controls. These components,
plus two bars, are also manufactured in a single mold. “The material
had to be highly functional because, in addition to the holes for the
controls, the parts also feature several other details such as the inclusion
of a trackball and the screw thread for mounting on the metal chassis.
This requires extreme precision,” says Harddy Dupont, managing director
of Dupont plastic.
Another characteristic of the polyurethane material is its excellent inherent
stiffness and strength, which are even evident at a thickness of just
2 or 3 millimeters – the kind of dimensions used for making the
parts for the Martin
Professional
Maxxyz. In addition, the black-pigmented Baydur 110 FR components also
have a high-quality surface that is given an additional stylish, soft-feel
polyurethane coating for both models. With their unique functions, including
three-dimensional visualizer, USB and motorized faders, and the professional-look
user interface, these two light consoles are among the most sophisticated
currently on the market.
* Baydur is a registered trademark of Bayer MaterialScience.
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