French daily Dernieres Nouvelles D'Alsace has upgraded console controls at its Strasbourg print site in a project in which ABB has combined its latest console technology with the original 1989 ABB system.
ABB controls on DNA's Wifag OF7 were installed when the press was new, and have been running reliably since then. Despite the longevity of the system, the management at DNA has decided that the first steps of a modernisation were required.
ABB's newest release of the MPS Control Console features touchscreen operation and is based on ABB's Compact HMI. Not only does it replace the original consoles that were based on the Procontic DP800 system, but it also eliminates the need for a separate control desk for the technotrans dampening system on the press integrating operation of the dampening system.