by Liz Karson | Jul 12, 2023 | Automatic Swing Gates
We first reported a successful conversion of two vehicle access points for this Chicago location in successive blog articles almost a year ago in late July. The first was “Swing Barrier Gates Replaced | Gate Operator | RFID Reader”. The second article appeared a few...
by Liz Karson | Jul 22, 2022 | Automatic Swing Gates
Earlier this year ECI was called in to increase security at this Chicago location. Part of the extensive project was the installation of these two replacement swing barrier gates. Byan Systems, Inc. supplied the continuous duty barrier gate operator. The operator...
by Liz Karson | Jun 30, 2022 | Automatic Swing Gates
Last year ECI was called in to motorize four new gates for a residence in a south suburban Chicago location. The image above shows one of the gates (left facing the street) with a Viking Access Systems G-5 Swing Gate Operator installed on the lower edge of this...
by Liz Karson | Sep 16, 2021 | Automatic Swing Gates
I read a depressing article just this week from Prime Publishers. It discussed a recent tragic incident in the town of Woodbury, CT. This town of about 10,000 is on the western side of the state, near the New York border. A state police sergeant died in floodwaters...
by Liz Karson | Feb 23, 2021 | Automatic Swing Gates
I found an interesting little blurb on the internet on the Warrington Guardian website entitled: “Winwick Primary School plan to improve road safety with gate”. Officials at a primary school in town are proposing to install swing vehicle barrier gates....
by Liz Karson | Feb 22, 2018 | Automatic Swing Gates
I previously wrote about entrapment zones as a checkpoint in maintaining vehicle gate barriers. In this article I want to visually show and discuss some common entrapment areas for swing barrier gates that need detection. Entrapment, when referring to vehicle gate...
