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Counterweight 配重
The steel weights in a fly system arbor that balance what hangs on the bar. Loading them to match the load, in the right order, from the loading gallery, is one of the most safety-critical routines in a theatre.
中文
吊桿系統配重架內的鐵，用來平衡桿上掛的東西。上重與落重的次序同崗位是劇場最講安全的例行工作之一。
Easy to get wrong
An out-of-weight bar is a stored accident: a runaway arbor moves fast enough to kill. If the weight state of a bar is unknown, nobody unclamps anything until it is known.
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Sources
- Theatrecrafts glossary of technical theatre terms — Theatrecrafts / ABTT heritage primary
- Fly system — Wikipedia
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