ASG Services Products

The primary component of a shadow board is the graphic display, which can be applied to any sign material and then mounted.  However, their nature and use, require them to be mounted to a stable structure so the tool holders can be attached securely.

Our approach is to recommend a premium medium density overlay (MDO) board.  The reason for this is, we can apply the image directly to the board, assemble the board with holders and implements and ship them complete, so all the customer needs do is mount them to the wall, against racking or into a frame.

Preparation helps improve durability, so if you are operating a very busy facility or moving items which are heavy, you will likely need a preparation method.

There are several options to consider:

• Heavy traffic areas – consider embedded striping,
• High traffic – consider shot blasted,
• General and low level traffic – it may be possible to use an epoxy directly on a cleaned surface, however this has a low durability rating as with tape.

It is typically more cost effective to have a preparation method when compared to several years of recoating and touch ups which will be needed.

Any size you need. Every order we fulfill is customized, so you can specify a size, and we will provide the product as needed.

All products from ASG Services are custom made. We can supply any size, color and content required. Our online store lists stock sizes, for those looking to purchase basic items.

You will find that recoating is only needed where lines are driven over or turned on. Floor markings along the length of bulk storage lanes for example, typically remain as good as when they were installed.

Striping applied directly to the floor in busy areas may need a recoat within the first month or two in heavy traffic areas or more typically the first year of use. Shot blast prepared lines should reach 3 to 5 years and diamond shaved around 5 to 6 years.

These are estimates and very based on facility use, traffic levels and floor conditions.

Most of our installation projects are US based, but we also travel throughout the world with customers who know and trust in our services. We also partner with similar suppliers around the world, so we can often refer you to a company closer to you if needed.

Shadow boards are used by people, so positioning them in or by a work area is obvious. However, those areas can be enormous in distribution centers, so a more strategic approach is needed. For example, one isn’t needed at the end of every rack aisle, but every fifth or tenth might be necessary, and at both ends. They need to be in a safe area for people to use them, alongside a walkway for example, not on a forklift truck route. And of course, near high traffic hot spots where impacts or accidents may occur.

The barcode you choose to use is dependent on your location or product reference data requirements.

Although we are able to produce almost any barcode type you require, Code 128 is by far the most requested by the storage and logistics industry. This is impart due to the range of characters which can be used (128), being all digits, characters and punctuation and because of its data to size percentage, lots of data can be stored in this narrow width barcode.

Code 39 is the next most popular, which is less useful in terms of characters it can encode, but it is great for its simplicity and ease of scanning capabilities. This is often used with operations handling product specific references and a need to work quickly.

More recently we have been asked for DataMatrix and QR Codes which can contain huge amounts of data compared to linear barcodes.