by Liz Karson | Sep 13, 2024 | Automated Slide Gates
Two weeks ago, I wrote about work we had done for the Channahon Police Department: “Linear HSLG Sliding Gate Operator for Channahon Police Dept.” In addition to the sliding gate operator pictured above (black box far right outside of fence), we mounted and installed...
by Liz Karson | Sep 6, 2024 | Automatic Barrier Gates
ECI has been working with owners of a Schaumburg, Illinois office building since early 2021. At that time, we reworked a previously installed series of automated barrier gates for the building’s parking garage. We modified the existing configuration and were able to...
by Liz Karson | Aug 30, 2024 | Slide Gate Operators
ECI was recently called to the Channahon Police Department to install a Linear HSLG sliding gate operator (large black box shown above mid-center). Dual high and low photoelectric beams and edge sensors were included as entrapment devices. These stop and reverse the...
by Liz Karson | Aug 23, 2024 | Telephone Access Control
Over the past two weeks, I have written about an ECI project at Greif Packaging in Alsip, Illinois. The equipment previously discussed included several HySecurity SlideSmart™ HD25 automatic sliding gate operators. Stacking photo-electric beams and edge sensors are...
by Liz Karson | Aug 16, 2024 | Vehicle Access Control
I wrote last week about an extensive project ECI was involved with at Greif Packaging in Alsip, Illinois. The image above shows a number of devices included in the vehicle access control system we installed. I also want to point out the care and detail, as well as...
by Liz Karson | Aug 9, 2024 | Slide Gate Operators
I wanted to present these before and after pictures for a portion of an extensive project ECI was involved with at Greif Packaging in Alsip, Illinois. The total project included providing a completely operational perimeter security system (new fencing and gates...
by Liz Karson | Aug 2, 2024 | Sliding Crash Gates
Last year ECI furnished and installed a new cantilever sliding crash gate (pictured above) at the exit lane for a data center in the greater Chicagoland area. You can faintly make out the pavement marks for a vehicle detector loop in the foreground. A close-up view of...
by Liz Karson | Jul 26, 2024 | Automatic Barrier Gates, Electrical Contractors
ECI was recently called to a corporate headquarters in a northern suburb of Chicago. We furnished and installed new Magnetic® Parking Pro automatic barrier gates with LED lighted arms. These replaced some obsolete barrier gates with standard wood arms. Two gates at...
by Liz Karson | Jul 19, 2024 | Slide Gate Operators
Last year ECI was called to automate two slide gates in a southwest Chicago suburban location. We installed two HySecurity SlideSmart™ HD25 operators, shown at the far right and left in the image above, in a master/slave configuration. You can see the cut marks in the...
by Liz Karson | Jul 12, 2024 | Speed Gates
Four Boon Edam waist-level speed gates are shown above in a recent ECI installation at a Chicago area office location. Speed gates differ from traditional turnstiles in both design and functionality. Turnstiles typically have three rotating arms, or tripods, that...
