Australian-Made AV Mounts and Display Stands: A Buyer's Guide

Displays get the attention, but the hardware that holds them decides whether a room works. A wobbly stand, a mount at the wrong height or a projector that goes missing can undo a good AV design. Here's how to choose mounts, stands and ceiling hardware, and where Gilkon fits.

Start with the display and the room

Before choosing hardware, pin down four things:

1. Display size and weight. Check the man­u­fac­tur­er's weight with any soundbar or camera added.
2. VESA pattern. The hole pattern on the back of the display has to match the mount.
3. How the room is used. Fixed layout, or re­con­fig­ured lesson by lesson?
4. Who uses it. Standing pre­sen­ters, seated students, wheel­chair users, the public?

Mobile stands

Mobile stands suit rooms that change layout, or displays shared between rooms.

• Gilkon FP7v100 mobile: displays from 42" to 100", up to 120kg, VESA 75×75 to 800×600. Raised height 1896mm, closed 1246mm. Key-lockable mount and lockable castors (specs).
• Gilkon FP4 mobile stand: for large-format displays (details).
• Gilkon Axis Series: displays from 40" to 65", up to 80kg, VESA up to 600×400, with cable man­age­ment (details). A version with a lockable cabinet houses a PC or media player (details).

Check that the stand's base is stable at full height, the castors lock, and the closed height fits through doorways.

Wall mounts

Wall mounts save floor space and suit fixed layouts. Motorised height ad­just­ment adds flex­i­bil­i­ty: the Gilkon FP4 wall mount takes displays up to 90" and 100kg, with a remote power lift (details). That's useful in class­rooms and in ac­ces­si­ble spaces where the screen needs to work for seated users. The FP4 is supplied in project quan­ti­ties (minimum order 20 units).

Always confirm the wall con­struc­tion can carry the load, and use fixings suited to the substrate.

Ceiling posts and projector mounts

Ceiling-mounted pro­jec­tors and displays keep floors and walls clear. Gilkon offers compact ceiling posts and inclined tele­scop­ic ceiling posts. The inclined version suits sloped ceilings and carries up to 25kg (details).

Security

In schools, councils, public venues and anywhere else rooms are left un­su­per­vised, security matters:

• Projector security cages (A, B and C sizes) enclose the projector with anti-tamper fixings and a lock (details).
• Key-lockable mounts and lockable castors on mobile stands.
• Custom security shrouds for high-risk en­vi­ron­ments. Gilkon designed shrouds for every IPTV display at Ravenhall prison in Victoria (story).

Load ratings and testing

Ask for the rated load, and ask how stability has been tested. A Gilkon motorised mount used at Sydney Children's Hospital School was stability tested in Australia using NATA guide­lines (story).

Why Aus­tralian-made matters for AV hardware

• Support: technical questions are answered by the people who make the product.
• Cus­tomi­sa­tion: Gilkon is man­u­fac­tured by OPIE Man­u­fac­tur­ing Group at Emu Heights, NSW, using laser cutting, CNC folding, welding and in-house powder coating, so custom vari­a­tions are practical.
• Quality: products are made under an ISO 9001:2015 quality system.
• Sus­tain­abil­i­ty: Gilkon products are "man­u­fac­tured and finished without harmful sub­stances such as lead or mercury", and local pro­duc­tion avoids long shipping legs.
• Supply certainty: less exposure to in­ter­na­tion­al shipping delays when a project deadline is fixed.

Fre­quent­ly asked questions

What's a VESA pattern, and why does it matter? VESA is the standard hole pattern on the back of a display, measured in mil­lime­tres (for example 400×400). The mount has to support your display's pattern. The FP7v100 covers 75×75 up to 800×600.

Can Gilkon make a mount for an unusual display? Yes. Custom brackets and en­clo­sures are a core part of what Gilkon does, man­u­fac­tured in-house at Emu Heights.

Do you sell direct or through in­te­gra­tors? Both. Many projects come through AV in­te­gra­tors, and you can also browse the store and contact our team directly.

How do I check a wall can take a mount? Ask a qualified installer or engineer to confirm the wall con­struc­tion and fixings for the total load. That's es­pe­cial­ly important for large displays and motorised mounts.

Need help choosing? Browse the Gilkon store or contact our team at sales@gilkon.com.au.