Stand alone 180° curved video wall for Ghent University

Barco video wall mounted with Vogel's in control room

At Ghent University, automation is used to create production processes in the Digital Twin Control Room. Visualising this process can be of great value during the development and optimisation of the process. Creating the ideal environment for this was a major challenge. This because it not only requires a way to visualise the map, but also involves the creation of a lifelike and captivating way of adjusting and applying changes to the virtual model.

The solution was the Digital Twin Control Room, an impressive project by the Industrial Systems Engineering research group at Ghent University.

Installation 180 degrees curved video wall with Connect-it at University | Vogel's

About the mounting solution

We were able to offer the customer the perfect solution using a dedicated “curved bar coupler” and the modular components from the universal Vogel's Connect-it Mounting System.

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Translating a process into a visual experience requires a unique and innovative solution, which in turn requires unique components.

Professor J. Cottyn, Ghent University

180 degrees curved video wall in control room in practice | Vogel's

In order to create the best solution for visualising the process, it was important to give the screens a 180-degree curve. There was one restriction, however, which was that anchoring the solution to the floor was not possible due to the heating elements in the flooring. Creating a special video wall with a 180-degree curve using these screens and the universal Connect-it system posed an interesting challenge for Vogel’s. The video from Barco clearly demonstrates how this process was actually visualised.

Clever technology to control the 180 degrees curved video wall at Ghent University | Vogel's

What makes this project so unique?

The visualised process can be controlled with the help of touch screens on the table and a joystick. This clever technology boasts a video wall that is not wired to the physical automation process in any way and all of the content and assignments are carried out wirelessly. As the integrator, Axians has done an excellent job of creating a real-time visualisation.

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