Preview: Custom Consoles at IBC 2009
June 30, 2009Custom Consoles will exhibit examples of its broadcast studio furniture, post-production workstations and monitor support equipment on stand 8.B15 at IBC 2009. The stand itself occupies twice the floor-space of the company's previous-year exhibit, reflecting a highly successful IBC 2008. Custom Consoles furniture is based on four product ranges: Module-R control room furniture Media Wall flat-screen monitor mount System 2 multi-element furniture with motorised height adjustment Media Desk dual-surface height-adjustable desk system Founded in 1996, Custom Consoles Ltd is a UK-based independent manufacturer of broadcast, process-control and security furniture. The company operates from a 1,200 square metre production facility equipped with 3D computer-aided-design and computer-controlled cutting machinery. Custom Consoles has built its name in the development and manufacture of bespoke furniture for a client base that includes governmental and corporate organisations in Britain, mainland Europe and Asia. The product range includes motorised, manually-adjustable and fixed-height units plus fan-cooled sound-insulated equipment housings. Custom Consoles Ltd is active worldwide. Custom Consoles with be represented at IBC 2009 by Neil Reed (Managing Director), Graham Buchanan (Commercial Director) and Gary Fuller (Sales Manager) Media contacts: Gary Fuller, Custom Consoles Ltd: +44 (0)1525 379 909 David Kirk, Stylus Media Consultants: +44 (0)1342 311 983
The Custom Consoles Module-R provides much of the unrestricted design capability associated with bespoke furniture. It allows robust, efficient and attractive control room furniture to be produced quickly and cost-effectively from a selection of high-quality pods, base sections, 19 inch rack housings, worktops with hardware buffers, end-panel modules and legs. The desk pods are available as single-bay sections with up 10 U chassis capacity. Cabinet construction is in high-quality veneered MDF. Other features include continuous brush-strip cable access to front worktops. Recent additions to the Module-R range include new 19 inch rear-desk equipment pods, new front-access panels with increased ventilation.
Media Wall is designed to accommodate large or small arrays of LED, LCD and plasma-panel monitors and ancillary equipment. It incorporates height-adjustable horizontal beams suspended between 2 metre high silver-anodised aluminium columns. Beams are available in 1,500, 2,000 and 2,500 mm widths and allow easy attachment of large and small panels using pivoting VESA and plasma-mount fittings. Horizontal cable trunking is provided at the rear of each beam and vertical trunking within the columns, enabling easy and expandable housing of power and video wiring. Equipment pods with 19 inch racking behind removable vented panels can be accommodated at floor-level.
System 2 is a multi-element furniture system designed to accommodate free-standing or pod-mounted equipment such as graphics workstations and editing terminals. The latest version has many new features including a front-facing cable-access slot eliminating the need to loop cables from the rear. The System 2 range includes the S2-01B desk and S2-02B monitor shelf, both electrically adjustable in height from 660 to 1,200 mm.
Media Desk forms the basis of an ergonomically-efficient and accessibly-priced working environment for computer-based media workstations. Users can adjust working posture at their own desk or when operating across several locations. Height adjustment can be made quickly and easily using a retracting handle operated via a geared drive.