Stage engineering · United Kingdom

Live entertainment,
precisely automated.

Open Automation is committed to developing, selling, and supporting the best live-entertainment automation products from designers and manufacturers worldwide.

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Stage engineering · United Kingdom

Open by name, Open by nature.

Products for automation in the entertainment industry have been stuck in walled gardens for too long. Open Automation aims to change that.

We bring to market quality products from designers all over the world, offering our clients the opportunity to buy only what they need and integrate with the systems they already own.

Based in
UK
Available
Worldwide
Open Automation
Winch platforms

What winch platform
is right for you?

Three platforms, different applications. Use the table below to find the right fit — or get in touch and we'll specify for you.

X-Winch Platform
Open Tow Platform
HF Platform
Designer
ERDL
ERDL
PLD Engineering
Key feature
Ultra compact, high speeds, fully featured
Economical design, simple & reliable drive train
Zero fleet, reliable & proven drive train
Max speed
10 m/s
3 m/s
1.5 m/s
Max load (ELL)
500 kgf
400 kgf
227 kgf

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ABTT
2024
Engineering Product of the Year

Xwinch wins at the ABTT Show 2024.

Open Automation is honoured to receive the Association of British Theatre Technicians' top engineering award — recognising the novel compensator design at the heart of the Xwinch.

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Work with us

Designer? Manufacturer?

Whether you already have products that you'd like to integrate with Open Automation systems or have a brand new idea that you need help to develop, we want to talk!

We want to work with people who stand behind their work. If that's you, get in touch.

Get in touch

Bring us your hardest rigging question.

Send us the brief and we'll come back to you ASAP.