CONTROL ROOM INSIDE

The LED wall is becoming the new shooting star in the control room scene. Flexible scalability, brilliant colours and high quality – this visualisation solution is developing into a real high-flyer for 24/7 use. In the control room simulator, which is unique in Europe, the control center professionals from JST demonstrate what makes the LED wall so special.

It is the innovative beacon, the figurehead, the epicenter of JST: the Control Room Simulator 2.0. Cool blue light, large-screen displays on multiple video walls and powerful technical workstations – an environment that transports every workshop guest directly into the future. It’s all about the complete package – strong concepts for great projects!

No one was as close as he was! Carsten Jungmann opens his treasure chest and spills the beans! In the podcast ‘Control Room Inside,’ host Dirk Lüders welcomes the company founder. Anyone who wants to travel back to the turn of the millennium with the two of them and is curious about the future of control rooms is guaranteed to be in for a treat.

It needs to be future-proof and efficient – technology in the nerve centers of the economy: in control rooms. However, as soon as experts begin talking about ‘end of life’ or ‘end of service’ and the associated performance losses, many executives start to worry. That doesn’t have to be the case! Early and accurate analysis brings stability and resilience.

The industry’s dilemma: On the one hand, decades-old systems; on the other, the desire for modern technology applications. Karsten Sanders from Dow explains how these apparent contradictions come together in the control room. In the podcast ‘Control Room Inside’, host Dirk Lüders takes a look behind the scenes at the chemical company.

Sun, wind, water, storage technology – the energy transition and resource conservation pose real challenges even for big players in the industry. It’s good to have smart minds who are happy to think outside the box – and deliver convincing results! Example: the ‘Multidesk’, a single workstation that can do just about anything.

In the new podcast series ‘Control Room Inside’, host and control center expert Dirk Lüders interviews real insiders. To kick things off, Andreas Rott gives us a glimpse into a new open-cast mining control room at RWE Power AG. And there’s more to come soon, with forward-looking technologies, groundbreaking developments and lots of control room expertise.

If Captain Kirk had had the choice, his preferred place of work would probably not have been the Enterprise, but the command bridge of Carnival Maritime’s Fleet Operations Center. In Hamburg, the cruise company has teamed up with JST to create a high-tech control room whose ’crew’ keeps an eye on the oceans of our planet.

We listened carefully to what thousands of operators told us. We brought together their wishes, experiences and requirements. The result: the HeliosX. With this innovative control room workstation, JST provides a stand-alone solution for the control room, a console that combines all the requirements for a self-sufficient workplace.

We did it! Jungmann Systemtechnik has moved into new headquarters in Neu Wulmstorf, and all colleagues have been working diligently to assist with the transition. Why the relocation? Parallel to the demand for innovative control room solutions, the JST team is also growing. Highlight: the probably most modern control room simulator in Europe!

The creative spirit of the JST control room pros has once again impressed the jury of the TOP 100 Innovation Award. At the award ceremony, science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar summed it up perfectly: ‘Innovation is not something you have. It is a process that you constantly have to keep at.’ We say ‘thank you’ and promise: we will stay on the ball!

Economic pressure is mounting. The number of skilled workers is falling. Not a good combination! To counteract this, RWE Power AG has decided to take effective action. Three formerly independent control rooms have been merged into a central control room. The result: improved overview, maximum flexibility and clever use of human resources.

Spotlight on! JST Managing Director Stephan Wiese and science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar (left) pose during the ‘TOP 100 Innovator’ award ceremony. The jury found plenty of reasons for the honour: we are praised as the ‘pacesetter in the control room’. When looking at our products, phrases such as ‘With a world first to innovation leadership’ are used.

Neither stormy, cold gusts on the North Sea nor tricky logistical challenges could deter us from our course towards the island! We managed to fit an entire control room into a single shipping container. For whom did JST put in so much effort? For the operators of the RWE control room on Heligoland, who are in charge of several wind farms.

Skilled labour shortage? Too few staff for too many tasks? AI-optimised technical solutions and clever visualisation are two building blocks for overcoming these challenges. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Hanover, together with JST, shows how it’s done. There, two separate operator crews have grown together to form one team.