New Safety Edge & Controller tester IN2 Access, manufacturer of safety edges and sensing devices for the industrial door and gate market, have developed the IN2 Access safety edge & controller tester (P/N 95000). It’s designed to help installers verify the correct operation of electrically activated sensing edges when installing or carrying out maintenance on industrial doors & gates. This new product allows the installer / engineer to test both 8K2 Ohm and NC mechanical safety edges as well as the 8K2 Ohm controller input. The IN2 Access tester has two safety edge inputs which can be independently configured for...
PHOTOCELL COMPLEXITIES BRINGING PRESSURE PHOTOCELL options for powered gates are increasing and that is putting pressure on installers to get it right, says a UK supplier. While the two functional types remain the same - through-beam and retro-reflective, developments and design enhancements mean that using the correct type of equipment is now a higher priority. 'The types and systems are increasing continually,' said Kane Tetley (pictured) of Oswestry based gate safety equipment supplier In2Access. 'The functionality of the photocell is evolving. It is becoming a more specialised device and the correct choice is more important than ever before. The use...
A Wiltshire company has been ordered to pay out £10,000 after a child was trapped by electric gates at a school. Camera Security Services Ltd had fitted an electronic closing device to the metal vehicle gates at Heathlands School in West Howe, Bournemouth. But it failed to fit appropriate sensor safety devices that stop the gates from closing completely if someone is in the way. On 6 January 2010, a three-year-old boy, who cannot be identified, was playing around the gate when it closed, trapping him between the gate and the gate post. Parents and passers-by were able to push...
WARRANTIES offered by a safety edge supplier are being doubled in line with product development and enhancement.IN2 Access and Control Ltd is upping the ‘return to base’ guarantee with all its Bircher products from 12 months to 24 months.The company assembles and dispatches the safety edges from its Shropshire facility. ‘So confident are IN2 Access and Control in the quality and reliability of their pre-manufactured safety edges assembled at their premises in Oswestry, we have now doubled the previous return to base (RTB), 12 month warranty and now offer 24 months RTB as standard, said Derek Foreman, a direct of...
IN2 Access Announces Release of New Bircher Reglomat Prime Family of Sensors The PrimeTec combined motion & presence sensor offers a complete solution for activating and protecting automatic pedestrian sliding doors. IN2 Access announces the release of the new PrimeTec sensor using combined microwave & active infrared technology to activate and protect automatic sliding pedestrian doors, eliminating the need for multiple sensors. Microwave technology is used to activate the automatic door, while the active infrared safety curtain is used in place of light beams to protect persons in the closing path of the door. PrimeTec meets or exceeds DIN 18650...
