Gate Safety

Please find below a more detailed description of some of our gate safety products, please take the time to read this, and make sure you purchase the most suitable products for your electric gates  

 

 

The difference between our non-resistive mechanical safety edges, such as our CMM and slim safety edges, and resistive safety edges, such as our CMO and CSC25  are as follows,

 

Non- resistive (Mechanical) safety edges have a mechanical switch that is connected to a metal cord that runs down the length of the safety edge, and connected to an anchor point at the other end of the edge, when someone presses the edge, it pulls the cord tight and triggers the switch.  It also has a second switch that is a backup in case the metal cord fails. If either swich is triggered it will either stop the gate, or stop and revers the gate depending on how its programmed. Due to the way the mechanical safety edges are manufactured and work, makes them easy to cut down to size if required.   

 

Resistive safety edges normally have a pre-assembled resistive strip that goes the length of the safety edge, if the safety edge is triggered, it pushes onto the pre assembles strip causing a change in resistance. The resistance is measured by a card that converts it in to a signal to the gates. The benefit of this is if the safety edge fails or the cable that’s connected to the safety edge is damaged, it will provide a change in resistance to the card, and it will command the gates to act accordingly

 

Both types of safety edges, resistive and mechanical can be used wirelessly if installed in conjunction with our safety edge radio transmitter and receiver system. this is most commonly found on sliding gates, but can also be installed on swing gates if cabling is not possible.

 

 

Hinge Guards comprise of a  rubber strip that’s 2000mm long by 250mm wide, and 2 aluminium rails that are the same length as the rubber. The rubber is designed to be clamped on to the gate and gate posts using the aluminium rails to hold it in place. The hinge guard should be install to cover areas between the gate and gate post that detract in size when the gate is opening and closing, in most cases where hinge guards are required to be fitted, they would need to be fitted on both sides of the gate. This will eliminate the risk of adults and children putting there hands in the gaps and being crushed. Hinge guards can easily be cut in length and width if required   

 

 

All electric gate installations should have 2 sets of Infrared safety beams, the first set should be fitted just outside the gate, one beam on either side of the drive way facing each other. This is to prevent the gate closing on a person or vehicle entering the property, the second set of Infrared safety beams should be installed on posts just past the end of the gate when it is in the fully open position. Also looking directly across the driveway. This set of beams has two functions, the first function is to prevent the gates closing on a vehicle or person during entry or exiting, the second function is to prevent the gates from opening onto a vehicle or person if they are too close to the gates when its triggered to open. Please note, if you gates open outwards then the setup of the first and second safety beams would be reversed. In most installations the standard Viky30 safety beams that come in all of our king gates kits will be suitable, but in some installations you may require beams to be fitted in a different more bespoke position, in these cases our Viky180 and Novo180 safety beams have the added advantage of being able to be internally adjusted up to 180 degrees, which makes the installation and alinement much easier. In some installations it is not always possible to run cables to the required positions, in these instances we would recommend our Viky B2 safety beams, with a battery powered transmitter or our Viky RF reflector safety beam. Both of these options only require running a cable to one side of the drive way, the same side as the control unit.       

     

 

If you need any more information on our safety products for pedestrian and electric gates or any of our other products, please contact us. We will be happy to help you find your next automated gate system.

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