Ice Hockey Digital Signage
Ice hockey dynamic signage is now proving to be a winner for several installations in the United States and Canada; digital signage devices is now being deployed in several ice rinks due to the low cost as well as their speedy return on investment.
First let us look at how an ice rink is designed so we can fully fully grasp what the dynamic signage hardware has to contend with.
Ice Rink.
The term link transposes in Scottish to “course”, this is an area that was and still is to this day used for the Scottish traditional winter sport of curling
An indoor ice rink.
These indoor ice rinks are produced in layers, a concrete base is laid, with a series of pipes that has a chilled fluid inside, the chilled fluid can either be brine or a water mixture including antifreeze and this is embedded in the concrete. When water is sprayed on top of the cement it freezes due to the ultra low temperatures.
Due to the rink being built of layers a few inches thick, it is required to resurface the rink with more ice occasionally, as the ice rink heats up and with the wear of skaters and ice hockey teams slicing into the ice.
A drivable machine identified as a Zamboni is used to resurface the ice and typically comes out and does its job in the breaks.
With most ice skating rinks being a continual 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees Celsius this can cause some problems with the electronics used. Visualize using a household TV in this extreme environment what would transpire? Well over a limited time period you would find that the television would fail due to the heat in the screen causing condensation to form on internal parts and then rusting them.
Digital signage in an skating rink.
Now here the investment in the dynamic signage equipment is essential, as you don’t want the investors curious their judgement to roll out a digital signage solution that fails.
One convinced way to shield the hardware is to install an LCD enclosure, these are a steel LCD enclosure that the electronics will fit into and can be installed from ceiling mounts and from the walls, ideal for promoting drinks and burgers for the break.
The LCD enclosure is fixed with a special cooling and heating method that is thermostatically controlled and can be tweaked, so when the temperature falls to below 65 degrees Fahrenheit, the heater starts to work and heats the internal equipment in the enclosure, then when the heat springs up past the preset temperature the heater switches off, this constant monitoring of the internal temperature is essential to main the integrity of the internal equipment.
Without any defensive casing the dynamic signage solution will have to be able to deal in an natural environment that almost none of the ordinary electronics can work in.
Once the hardware is in a safe environment the rink can profit from broadcasting news mixed with advertisements, these advertisings can include the rink shop, the next high profile match or even the special deals at the quick serve bistro.
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