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Weight Essentials
In stage design and event production, security and stability are key. That’s why ShowTex offers a comprehensive range of weighting solutions designed to straighten, anchor, and stabilise your drape setups with precision. Whether you need to prevent movement, reduce wrinkles, or secure structures, there is a weight available to do the job.
From small counterweights to heavy-duty stabilisers, our Weight Essentials provides the perfect solution for every scene, backdrop, or studio setup.
Discover the Essentials:
- Studio Weight: A versatile fabric tensioning system to keep scenic cloths, projection surfaces and green & blue key cycloramas in place at TV, film and photography studios.
- Sandbag: A flexible, refillable weight to brace, hold and stabilise set items or event structures.
- Fastco: A practical tension rod to maintain the shape and tension of cycloramas, screens and borders.
- Stage Weight: Stackable counterweights of 15 kg ensuring maximum stability for larger stage elements.
- Weighting Chain: A galvanised theatre chain for adding weight to drapes and textile applications.
- Lead Weight: A compact sewn-in weight for straightening drapes and backdrops.
| Accessory | Article code | Information |
|---|---|---|
01. Sandbag | 7481 0005 0007 | Weight: 5.00 kg • Black |
7481 0010 0007 | Weight: 10.00 kg • Black | |
02. Stage Weight | 7480 0015 0007 | Weight: 15.00 kg • Black |
03. Weighted Tape | 7380 0050 0003 | Weight: 0.05 kg/m • Length: 50 m • Roll • White |
7380 0100 0003 | Weight: 0.10 kg/m • Length: 25 m • Roll • White | |
7380 0150 0003 | Weight: 0.15 kg/m • Length: 25 m • Roll • White | |
7380 0200 0002 | Weight: 0.20 kg/m • Length: 100 m • Box • White | |
7380 0200 0003 | Weight: 0.20 kg/m • Length: 75 m • Box • White | |
7380 0200 0007 | Weight: 0.20 kg/m • Length: 100 m • Box • Black | |
7380 0400 0003 | Weight: 0.40 kg/m • Length: 50 m • Box • White | |
7380 0400 0007 | Weight: 0.40 kg/m • Length: 50 m • Box • Black | |
04. Fastco | 7470 0037 0007 | Weight: 0.52 kg • ⌀ 27 mm • Length: 0.25 m • Black |
7470 0057 0007 | Weight: 0.92 kg • ⌀ 27 mm • Length: 0.50 m • Black | |
7470 0107 0007 | Weight: 1.60 kg • ⌀ 27 mm • Length: 1 m • Black | |
7470 0207 0007 | Weight: 3.68 kg • ⌀ 27 mm • Length: 2 m • Black | |
7470 0307 0007 | Weight: 5.52 kg • ⌀ 27 mm • Length: 3 m • Black | |
05. AluPipe 28 mm | 8700 1028 0154 | Weight: 0.34 kg/m • ⌀ 28/25 mm • Length: 6.00 m • Alu |
06. AluPipe 40 mm | 8700 1040 0054 | Weight: 1.49 kg/m • ⌀ 40/30 mm • Length: 6.00 m • Alu |
07. Fastco Guide | 7470 0993 0007 | Weight: 0.11 kg • Black |
08. Fastco Guide HD | 7470 0993 0017 | Weight: 0.20 kg • Black |
09. Weighted Chain | 7430 0033 0903 | Weight: 0.45 kg/m • Length: 45 m • Alu |
10. Weighting Plate | 7390 0018 0003 | Weight: 0.05 kg • Made from zinc • White |
11. Studio Weight L-Profile | 7482 0000 1007 | Weight: 5.60 kg • Length: 1 m • Black |
7482 0000 2007 | Weight: 11.20 kg • Length: 2 m • Black | |
12. Studio Weight Bent L-Profile | 7482 0001 1007 | Weight: 11.20 kg • Length: 2 m • Black |
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