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Shop & TV Studio Shine on TV
Usually, when considering the needs for a factory floor, high-level lighting required for television production is not a factor. In the case of Orange County Choppers of Montgomery, N.Y., a working machine shop producing high-concept, high-quality and high-dollar customer motorcycles, television was a primary concern.
Orange Country Choppers is the star and the location of Discovery Channel's American Chopper series, seen on Mondays at 9 p.m., Central Time.
Established as a business in 1999, the shop grew out of Orange County Ironworks, a steel fabrication enterprise founded nearly 30 years ago by custom-chopper builder and rider Paul Teutul, Sr. OCC jumped on the custom-bike scene at Daytona Biketoberfest 1999 with "True Blue," a classic chopper built in the basement of Paul, Sr.'s house.
Other signature bikes soon followed, including the Spider Bike, purchased by musician Wyclef Jean of the Fugees, and the Jet Bike. Built to honor U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, the Jet Bike was featured in the original American Chopper that aired on Discovery Channel in September 2002.
His bike shop may be only 4 years old, but Paul Teutul, Sr.'s love of riding and fabricating custom motorcycles dates back to the '70s, inspired by such films as Easy Rider and Marlon Brando's quintessential The Wild One. Since then he's worked in steel fabrication, nurturing his Orange County Ironworks into the booming commercial business it is today.
To use the shop for a studio, Discovery and Paul Teutul, Sr. used Westinghouse lighting.
With high bay open spaces and a warehouse and production area, the fixtures were mounted 15 to 21 feet above the floor. Using a fixture with a two-lamp, wide-beam full body T5HO, they achieved Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 85 on a 100 scale. As a result, they required no supplemental studio lighting during the filming of the television show.
The installation achieved an average of 50 foot candles and eliminated the need for drop down task lighting. Power consumption was 117 system watts per fixture.
Westinghouse engineers developed a lighting system that balanced the needs of a metal fabrication shop with the needs of the TV / film industry. The results included improved light distribution and color rendition, reduced glare, a smooth installation and minimal re-lamping.
"Lighting the Choppers' production area was very important, however, the design and support provided by Westinghouse kept Paul, Sr. happy. That is what really impressed us," reports Joe Puliafico, Orange County Choppers, Senior Vice President.
For more information about Westinghouse Lighting Systems and how they can brighten up your workspace, whether you're fabricating one of a kind motorcycles or dime-a-dozen widgets, contact IBT Warehouse Equipment Group.
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