Shadow Boards for Aviation & Aerospace Manufacturing
In aviation and aerospace manufacturing, tool control is more than organization. It plays an essential role in FOD prevention, accountability, and maintaining efficient production environments.
Improve FOD Control Through Visual Tool Management
Foreign Object Debris can create serious risks in aviation and aerospace manufacturing environments. Tools, hardware, and components must be properly controlled and accounted for as work moves from one stage of production to the next.
OSAAP custom shadow boards provide every tool with a clearly defined storage location, allowing operators to quickly identify what is present, what is in use, and what may be missing before work continues.
- Improve tool accountability
- Support FOD prevention procedures
- Identify missing tools quickly
- Standardize tool storage
- Improve workstation organization
- Reduce time spent searching for tools
From Tool Capture to Custom Shadow Board
OSAAP simplifies the process of creating custom tool organization. Tools can be digitally captured using OSAAP imaging solutions, while existing 3D files can also be incorporated into the design process.
Using OSAAP software, users can arrange tools and components into customized foam or plastic layouts designed around specific workflows, workstations, toolboxes, cabinets, carts, and storage systems.
Projects are maintained digitally, making it easier to manage designs, reproduce existing layouts, and make changes as tooling requirements evolve.
This creates a repeatable process for facilities managing multiple stations, departments, manufacturing cells, or locations.
Manufacture Through OSAAP or Bring Production In-House
Organizations can choose the production model that best fits their operation, from purchasing completed shadow boards to implementing a complete in-house design and manufacturing workflow.
OSAAP Manufactured
Create and manage your layouts digitally, then have finished foam or plastic shadow boards manufactured by OSAAP.
In-House Production
Bring the OSAAP process into your facility for greater control over production, revisions, and turnaround times.
Blue Mill Manufacturing
Convert completed designs to NC code and machine custom shadow boards directly on-site using the OSAAP Blue Mill.
Built for Secure Aerospace Environments
For organizations working with sensitive or controlled information, OSAAP solutions can support workflows that operate disconnected from the internet.
This makes the process well suited for aerospace and defense manufacturing environments where data security, controlled access, and ITAR considerations are critical.
Better Tool Control Starts with Better Visibility
OSAAP combines digital tool capture, shadow board design, project management, and manufacturing into one scalable process for aviation and aerospace facilities.
Start a Shadow Board Project
