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To install curving plates, you must bolt them to all four panels at all the corners where four panels meet.
Curving plates mount in different orientations depending on whether you are creating a convex or concave
curve. See Figure 35:
• To create a convex array, install curving plates in a vertical orientation with their convex angled side facing
towards the panels as shown on the left.
• To create a concave array, install curving plates in a horizontal orientation with their concave angled side
facing towards the panels as shown on the right.
When you install curving plates, do not try to fasten panels together with side-to-side locking bars. The
curving plates fasten panels together with enough strength to provided rigidity to the array.
If you are using Curving Headers fastened together at a 0° angle so that you can fasten panels together in a
straight line, do not use the curving plates shown above. Instead, fasten panels together as described in
“Fastening panels side by side” on page 34, and fasten corners using the standard corner connection plates
shown in Figure 22 on page 25.
Suspending panels in a curved array
Warning! When creating a curved flying array of VDO Face 5™ panels, observe the safety limits
(including the maximum number of panels that you can suspend in a vertical column) given in the
section ‘Flying panels in a flat array’ starting on page 23. Observe these safety precautions:
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Suspend each VDO Face Curved Header using its eyebolt.
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Do not use a Curved Header to support any other weight than a column of VDO Face 5™
panels suspended directly below that header.
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Install Curving Alignment Plates at every point where two or more panels meet.
To suspend panels in a curved array:
1. Check that the structure you will suspend the array from is capable of supporting ten times the weight of
all the items that it will support.
2. Obtain one VDO Face Single Curving Header for each column of panels in the array, and obtain one
VDO Face Curving Alignment Plate for every two panels in the array.
3. Suspend the Curving Headers in a curve from the truss or other supporting structure. Suspend each
header from its central eyebolt using a cable or chain that is approved to support ten times the total
weight of the header and all the items that will hang from it. 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. Each time you add a header, fasten it to the previous header, creating a 5° or 10°
curve and setting the angle plate as described under “Installing Curving Headers” on page 36.
4. Install panels one by one in rows under the headers as described in “Instructions for suspending panels”
on page 32. Each time you add a panel, fasten it to the header or panel above it using both its vertical
fastener posts, then fasten it immediately to any panels that are beside it using curving alignment plates
as described in “Curving Alignment Plates” on page 37.
Figure 35: Curving plate orientation
Concave array
Convex array
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