Electro-Voice® EVA Series User Manual
5.0 EVA Rigging System
5.1 Overview of the EVA Flying System
The external rigging parts supplied with each EVA line-array module attach to metal parts internal to each
module, so that a finished array places no stress on the wooden enclosure parts. The rigging simplification
inherent in the EVA modules is based on the final array being assembled in a fixed manner. The EVA en-
closures are vertically trapezoidal—taller at the front than at the back. One module is fastened to another
with the bottom of one in contact with the top of another. The vertical aiming angle between the two mod-
ules is fixed by their vertical draft angles. The draft angle is 3° for the EVA-2082S/906 and EVA-2082-
S/126 long-throw modules and 10° for the EVA-2082S/920 and EVA-2082S/1220 short-throw modules,
producing 6°, 13° or 20° between any two modules, depending on which modules are attached together.
(The specific selection of long- and short-throw modules and their arrangement is dependant on room ge-
ometry and trim height. These choices are facilitated by Electro-Voice’s EVA Design Assistant [EVADA™],
software available on the EV Web site, www.electrovoice.com. See section 3.0 Designing an EVA Array
above.) Each EVA module is attached to the module below it by the supplied pair of side-mounted tie
plates. After the array is assembled, cosmetic end caps, one for each side of each module, are attached
to the enclosure, hiding the structural tie plates and giving a smooth, attractive array appearance.
A basic array is shown in Figure 14, which illustrates the basic components that make up the EVA flying
system.
Figure 14:
Typical EVA flying system
Note: Cosmetic End
Panels Not Shown
EVA Grid
Attach Grid Side
Arms with M10 Bolts
Supplied
Attach Tie Plates with
M10 Bolts Supplied
Tie Plates
(2 Supplied with
each EVA Module)
EVA Modules
Attach Spreader Bar
with M10 Shoulder
Bolts and Nylon
Washers Supplied
with Grid
Grid Assembly Detail
M10
Shoulder
Bolt
Nylon
Washer
Grid
Side
Arm
Spreader
Bar
EVA Module
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