by Liz Karson | Sep 15, 2022 | Slide Gate Operators
ECI acted as a subcontractor when we installed this replacement automatic slide gate operator for access to a runway for United Airlines (UAL) at Chicago’s O’Hare Field. The rectangular black box shown above and through the fence to the right is a...
by Liz Karson | Aug 5, 2022 | Automated Slide Gates
Earlier this year we were called to perform vehicle access control work for Davey Tree in Lombard, IL in their parking lot. We motorized an existing gate on the premises and added cellular access control. We completed the full project with all of the concrete and...
by Liz Karson | Jan 24, 2022 | Slide Gate Operators
ECI supplied and installed this Doorking slide gate operator at the dock gate of the University of Chicago’s Rubenstein Building. The gate operator is shown in the center of the image above on a concrete pad. A Vehicle detection loop senses a vehicle as it...
by Liz Karson | Sep 13, 2019 | Slide Gate Operators
ECI was called to a storage facility on Chicago’s near west side. The customer wanted to motorize an existing sliding gate. The image above shows the long slide gate which had been manually operated prior. We installed HySecurity’s SlideSmart DC® HD (heavy...
by Liz Karson | Jun 7, 2018 | Automated Slide Gates
Last month I discussed “Protection Against Entrapment In A Sliding Gate Installation”. There are three possible areas (or zones) where people can be trapped on the interior, or owner, side of the sliding gate during the gate operation. (Read the article...