Kronospan Upgrades Its Operator Consoles with NODKA Panel PCs

We have been selling NODKA panel PCs for over a year. Let's ask one of our satisfied customers, the company Kronospan, why it chose NODKA panel PCs and how it uses them.

Kronospan, based in Jihlava, is a leading European manufacturer of particleboards and OSB boards, which are widely used not only in the furniture industry. The company has been operating in Jihlava since 1997 and is constantly innovating its production processes using modern technologies. Thanks to this, Kronospan is one of the most technologically advanced producers in the industry.

A few years ago Kronospan's visualisation PCs began to malfunction. The PCs, which had been out of production for 15 years, were installed in operator consoles to control the production line for the manufacture of laminated chipboards for the furniture industry. "We used to repair these PCs at FOXON, but the repairs became more and more expensive until they no longer made sense," explains Zbyněk Soukup, Electrical Engineer at Kronospan. "It was therefore necessary to find a suitable replacement," he adds.

In addition, the outdated panel PCs were running the unsupported Windows XP operating system, which posed a potential risk in terms of cybersecurity, compatibility with modern technologies, reliability and possible breakdowns.

At that time, we launched a new brand of industrial computers, monitors and panel PCs called Nodka on the Czech and Slovak markets. These products are:

• Affordable
• Suitable for 24/7 operation
• Resistant to dust, vibrations, oil and other influences
• Offered in a variety of designs
• Usually delivered in short lead times

We offered Kronospan the modern resistive 17" NODKA TPC6000-A173-T panel PC.

"We were interested in the offer," says Zbyněk Soukup, "but the model we chose did not meet our requirements for RAM and disk size. However, FOXON helped us to tailor the panel to our needs".

The panel PC always comes to us at FOXON from the manufacturer first, so that we can install the required operating system. In this case, it was the Windows 10 IoT operating system. After the panel was delivered to the customer, our technical support provided further assistance with touchscreen calibration using special software, and the operator console with the new panel PC was put into operation.

"NODKA panel PCs have proved their worth, so we are now in the process of gradually replacing the original obsolete PCs with NODKA panel PCs. We believe that after this upgrade the operator consoles will work without any problems," concludes Zbyněk Soukup from Kronospan.

Do you have a similar problem? Are you looking for a functional and affordable replacement for outdated industrial computers or monitors? Try NODKA. We can customise the wide range in our catalogue to suit your needs.

Find out more in our online shop or from your local sales representative and upgrade your older equipment with us. We will be happy to help you.