EN 16005_2012 The time is almost here. On April 10th, after a six month transition period, the new EN 16005 regulations come into force. Who is affected? The EN 16005 applies to all CEN member countries, and therefore concerns the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. What does EN 16005 cover? This European Standard specifies requirements regarding design and test methods for external and...
Bircher Reglomat are now phasing out the reliable ProLoop 1 11 pin version, replacing it with its NEW ProLoop 2-11 pin series controllers. The new ProLoop 2-11 pin is 100% backward compatible with the 1 series and boasts a couple of improved features. The new controller will now operate with a loop inductance as low as 20 uH and will now detect vehicles travelling at speeds of up to 31mph when used with an appropriate loop. Loop detector for industrial doors and gates, car parks and parking bollards Detection with a system Every loop detection operation is performed with total...
We have now started to upload instructional You Tube video's to help configure/amend product settings on our range of safety devices. Shear or crush points that are found on automatic electric sliding gates, swing gates, roller shutter doors, lift tables and machine doors need protecting with a safety edge or safety bumper. Our Bircher safety edges are manufactured to order at our UK warehouse and comprise of a flexible rubber profile mounted on an aluminium rail with an internal switching strip. They are constantly monitored using a switching unit that monitors the internal 8k2 resistor by using either a wired...
The director of a company which supplied the electric gates in which a six-year-old girl died has been charged with killing her. Semelia Campbell died in June 2010 when she was caught between the rolling gate and a brick post at the flats where she lived off Maine Road in Moss Side. Kriston Kearns, of Offerton Road, Hazel Grove, has been charged with unlawfully killing Semelia by gross negligence. He is due to appear at Manchester Magistrates' Court on 12 March. Semelia had been playing with a friend when she became trapped between the gate and a retaining wall on...
The New Vertigo Available soon in Semi-Wireless and Hard Wired versions! The first safety edge that will not require impact testing. RIB re-invents the safety edge, designing the very first safety system for automatic gates that prevents impacts. The fact that the vertigo prevents any impact on sliding and swing gates, allows the installer to commission the gate without the compulsory impact test which requires the use of the appropriate force testing equipment. Using the vertigo system also dispenses with the need to install safety edges and associated safety monitoring / signal transmission systems, drastically reducing installation time and costs...
