Impressive LED screen at prominent high bunker

Project: Pragsattel - Stuttgart

Clearly visible: the old plant had done its job and needed to be modernized. 

Who ever comes from the A81 over the Pragsattel in Stuttgart into Stuttgart has been familiar with thehe imposing structure of the elevated bunker right at the neuralgic Vhe traffic junction of the three federal roads B27/B10/B295.

The advertising impact of the tower is legendary - already shortly after end of the 2.Bosch discovered the tower as an tower as an advertising medium and installed a neon sign. The lease with the city to use the high bunker as an advertising space was extended until a few years later. until a few years ago for decades and led to the fact thats the striking high bunker with the formerly the official name Pragbunker Nord for a long time. in the vernacular was popularly known as the "Bosh Tower".
Dank the enormousn of the well-known tower has already been already in the 90s, the the building by a video wall visible from afar. video wall equipped & 2008/09 modernized with state of the art technology at that time.

The time was out of technical & economic reasons more than ripe these to replace the entire advertising system. For this purpose by the the LED specialists from LEDCON were commissioned as general contractor to install a modern LED signage system, if possible with preservation of the existing substructures. modern LED screen installation and to carry it out successfully.

Who ever comes from the A81 over the Pragsattel in Stuttgart into Stuttgart has been familiar with thehe imposing structure of the elevated bunker right at the neuralgic Vhe traffic junction of the three federal roads B27/B10/B295.

The advertising impact of the tower is legendary - already shortly after end of the 2.Bosch discovered the tower as an tower as an advertising medium and installed a neon sign. The lease with the city to use the high bunker as an advertising space was extended until a few years later. until a few years ago for decades and led to the fact thats the striking high bunker with the formerly the official name Pragbunker Nord for a long time. in the vernacular was popularly known as the "Bosh Tower".
Dank the enormousn of the well-known tower has already been already in the 90s, the the building by a video wall visible from afar. video wall equipped & 2008/09 modernized with state of the art technology at that time.

The time was out of technical & economic reasons more than ripe these to replace the entire advertising system. For this purpose by the the LED specialists from LEDCON were commissioned as general contractor to install a modern LED signage system, if possible with preservation of the existing substructures. modern LED screen installation and to carry it out successfully.

Clearly visible: the old plant had done its job and needed to be modernized. 

For this purpose, the building stock was subjected to an inspection and expert evaluation by the commissioned engineering firm Brandt and, on the basis of dith this results an individual adapter design was developed. This was then subjected to a joint structural subjected to a joint static calculation.

After clarifying all the necessary permits and coordinating with the authorities, the conversion at a height of 25 m could finally begin in May 2023.

After dismantling the 4.5 ton old system, unneeded parts of the existing structure were removed. With the installation of new structural profiles, the prerequisites for the final equipping with the 72 new LED modules of the Upix L series were started. At the same time, the entire electrical and signaling installation was renewed and set up for operation of the system.

The new substructure was adapted to the existing steel beams.

For this purpose, the building stock was subjected to an inspection and expert evaluation by the commissioned engineering office Brandt / Mettingen and, on the basis of dith this results an individual adapter design was developed. This was then subjected to a joint structural subjected to a joint static calculation.

After clarifying all the necessary permits and coordinating with the authorities, the conversion at a height of 25 m could finally begin in May 2023.

After dismantling the 4.5 ton old system, unneeded parts of the existing structure were removed. With the installation of new structural profiles, the prerequisites for the final equipping with the 72 new LED modules of the Upix L series were started. At the same time, the entire electrical and signaling installation was renewed and set up for operation of the system.

The new substructure was adapted to the existing steel beams.

Fact check:

The fact check of the new billboard is impressive:
With approx. 72 m² the total image area is over 22% while the number of pixels has increased thanks to the change to a 10mm pixel pitch an increase of 175%. increase. The load on the tower was reduced from 4.5 to to 2.6 to reduced by over 40%.
Despite a better and larger image, the energy consumption of the plant can be reduced by almost 70% in the future!

With the new LED Videowall from LEDCON, the future of the prominent Stuttgart landmark as a highly attractive advertising space is secured for years to come.

We would like to thank LOTUS MEDIA, in particular Managing Director Estelle Krell, for the productive and trustful cooperation. were proud to be able to use the facility for many years. more than in time handed over.

Within a very short time and before the planned deadline, the new plant was completed....

"With an installation height of up to 25m, restricted access for installation personnel, all material transport only possible via winches and due to local conditions and construction of the structure as well as difficult wind conditions...despite all these circumstances, the dismantling and re-erection was implemented in 13 working days and the customer was provided with a turnkey plant well ahead of the planned handover date."
Alexander de Ney
Project Manager

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