Martin VDO Face 5, User Manual

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Possible configurations
If suspension points are provided as directed in this user manual, vertical columns of VDO Face 5™ panels
can be suspended side-by-side to form a display surface of unlimited width, but in any location that can be
regarded as stage/studio environment no column may be no more than fourteen (14) panels high.
The following sections and diagrams explain the different installation options available.
Single-column arrays
See A and B in Figure 23. You may suspend a single column of panels maximum fourteen (14) panels high
from a single header. The column can hang alone without panels being fastened at the sides to other
panels. In this type of installation:
• No column may be more than 14 panels high.
• You must install connection plates on all four corners of every panel above the lowest 5 panels in a
column.
• You can install columns up to 5 panels high in an array without corner connection plates.
• The header must be suspended from three cables or chains. This means that you must install on the
header two of the additional eyebolt brackets available from Martin® as accessories for the VDO Face 5™
and you must install suitable eyebolts on the brackets.
To create an array consisting of a single column of VDO Face 5™ panels suspended from a single header:
1. With reference to Figure 23, obtain enough corner connection plates available from Martin® to stabilize
the column You will need two connection plates for each panel above the lowest five panels. The lowest
five panels can hang from their integral fastening posts without connection plates.
2. Install two additional eyebolt brackets on the single header using the mounting holes (see D in Figure 20
on page 23) at each end of the header.
3. Suspend the header by fastening all three eyebolts to a safe structure using three separate cables or
chains. Each individual cable or chain must be approved to support ten times the total weight of the
column. Each eyebolt must have its own cable: do not loop one cable through more than one eyebolt.
Make sure that there is no slack in cables: all cables must be equally tight.
4. Install panels one by one under the Single Header as described in “Instructions for suspending panels”
on page 32. Each time you add a panel, fasten it using both its vertical fastener posts, then immediately
install corner connection plates to fasten the panel securely to the panel above it. Add corner connection
plates until you reach the lowest five panels, which do not need the plates.
5. Attach the column to anchoring points at its lower corners to make it impossible for the bottom of the
column to move. Do not apply downward force to the column when attaching it.