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  • interior of a Kabuki theater
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    …this type is reliant on electrical counterweight-assisted hoists. There are, in turn, two forms of electrical counterweight-assisted hoists: traction drive and linkage drive. In the traction-drive system, the hoisting line–counterweight system is not directly coupled to the electric motor drive, and slippage may occur during acceleration and deceleration of the…

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    …this type is reliant on electrical counterweight-assisted hoists. There are, in turn, two forms of electrical counterweight-assisted hoists: traction drive and linkage drive. In the traction-drive system, the hoisting line–counterweight system is not directly coupled to the electric motor drive, and slippage may occur during acceleration and deceleration of the…

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