Gate Safety Edge Kit
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What are electric gate safety edges?
There are numerous safety hazards with electric gates and safety edges are the main way to protect your family and visitors from accidental harm.
In addition to infra-red photocells, these devices are placed on the edges of your gates which may come in to contact or pose a risk of trapping or shearing etc.
Safety edges are rubber strips that consist of a daisy chain of ‘through’ and ‘end’ edges which are wired through a transmitter to your gates control panel. If the edge comes into contact with an obstacle, it immediately sends a signal to the control panel to stop and reverse the motor away from danger.
How do gate safety edges work?
Following a risk assessment by a certified gate installer, you would apply safety edges along with the areas of the gate where there is deemed to be a potential hazard.
When the edge comes in to contact, even lightly, with an obstacle, the rubber profile compresses down and applies pressure to the contact strip.
The contact strips are all wired together in a chain using connectors back to the gates main control panel. You will have both ‘through’ and ‘end’ edges which attach to each other in a daisy chain.
The safety edges are attached by rivets through the aluminium mounting profile. The rubber profile clicks easily into place once the mounting tracks are positioned. This method means it is simple to install or replace an edge in future if required.
During installation, your edges need to be force tested to ensure that they are functioning correctly and will stop when required.
We advise that every electric gate installation has the recommended amount of safety edges to ensure safe and reliable operation to protect family, visitors and vehicles at all times.
What are the hazards that safety edges protect against?
What are the hazards that safety edges protect against?
Crushing – Crushing points occur in closing gaps within 500mm
Shearing – When moving leaves closely cross fixed structures such as posts
Impact – Contact with a moving leaf outside of crush points
Cutting – Sharp protrusions which can cause cutting
Hooking – Areas where clothing can become hooked when the gate is moving
Entrapment – The possibility of becoming trapped when the leaf is moved
Drawing In – Where movement can pull a body part through with it
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