Ergonomic camera rigs to Hollywood
In ergonomic camera rigs for most Hollywood productions, power springs, tension springs and gas springs have critical functions.
Engineering partnership that drives innovation
Lesjöfors’ way of working is characterized by long and close customer relations. When our spring engineers can start early in a development process of a new application, the customer often saves both money and time in the end.
The spring engineers make sure the idea on the sketch board turns into real innovations through calculations, prototypes and tests. And in some cases customized spring production in order to achieve the ultimate functionality for the application.
Lesjöfors always offers the most effective manufacturing process for all spring types in one of our many diversified companies within the group.
Ergonomic products for filmmakers
One great example of a long-standing customer relationship is with the Umeå-based company Easyrig, a leading supplier to the movie industry that exports most of its products to movie and TV productions all over the world.
The Easyrig products lift the camera for operators and transfer the weight of heavy cameras away from the arms, shoulders, and back, distributing it instead across the hips. This allows the operator to work full days without the risk of damaging muscles and joints.
Springs offload the operators
The types of springs that Easyrig uses in their products are gas springs, power springs, tension springs and one smaller compression spring. They all have the same purpose – to lift a camera or a gimbal (and electronic stabilization system).
Minimax – thanks to a power spring, the resistance weight is constant when the operator moves the camera up and down.
Vario 5 – this product includes a gas spring of 850 N or 1200 N for which the operator can vary the angle in order to handle weights 5-17 kg or 10-25 kg.
Cinema 3 – the product holds a fixed gas spring in the range of 200 N to 1200 N.
STABIL – this new product uses a tension spring to soften the camera system’s movement when the operator is moving.
What our customers say about us
Easy, fast, and constructive
The Easyrig representatives are very pleased with the cooperation, and Lesjöfors has been a speaking partner in the development process of Easyrig’s products.
Easyrig uses gas springs and power springs from Lesjöfors’ stock spring range, while the tension spring is custom made at Lesjöfors Industrifjädrar in Herrljunga.
A selection of productions in which operators have used Easyrig includes: The Hobbit, Chernobyl, Star Wars Rogue One, Life of PI, Transformers, Moonlight, Straight outta Compton, Star Wars Han Solo, Sameblod, and Black Mirror.
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