Custom Consoles has completed a major control-furniture installation for a European gas-supply company. The contract encompasses two exceptionally large process control desks plus a supervisor’s desk. Installation took place at one of the company’s UK locations in the third week of November, just two months from the initial order.

Largest of the two control desks is a 10 metre long structure capable of accommodating up to eight operators. The desk is inline for most of its length, curving through 90 degrees at each end. Fourteen Ergotron dual-monitor towers are located along the rear of the desk, each accommodating a pair of LCD display panels positioned one above the other. An additional dual-horizontal and five single-horizontal Ergotron mounts support a further LCD seven screens.

The second process control desk is 8 metres in length with a 90 degree corner unit at one end. This is identical in style to the 10 metre desk but has room for up to five operators. 20 LCD monitor screens are mounted to the rear of this desk on two-high Ergotron towers with a further two screens on individual mounts at the straight end of the desk. The two control desks face outwards in an open ‘U’ formation with the supervisor’s desk facing the shorter side. All three desks are finished in maple and have robust Marmoleum worksurfaces.

“We were able to match the client’s requirements exactly by combining standard components from their Module-R series,” comments Gary Fuller, Sales Manager at Custom Consoles. “Our 12 years of experience in supplying broadcast-grade technical furniture has proved useful in the process-control world which is making ever greater use of computers and related electronic equipment. The Module-R series enables us to produce high quality furniture at accessible prices and much shorter delivery times than would be possible in the world of one-off designs.”

Custom Consoles’ Module-R product range is a pick-and-mix control room furniture system combining aesthetically pleasing style with high durability. It enables robust, efficient and attractive control-room desks to be produced to meet specific needs from a selection of high-quality pods, base sections, 19 inch rack housings, worktops, 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 range include new 19 inch rear-desk equipment pods, new front-access panels with increased ventilation, and optional hardwood worktop buffers.

Founded in 1996, Custom Consoles Ltd is a UK-based independent manufacturer of security and process-control 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.

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Gary Fuller, Custom Consoles Ltd: +44 (0)1525 379 909

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