Why gate automation?

Automated gates are popular with both commercial and residential properties. They add much more convenience and safety compared to manual gates. Before automated gates became available to the masses, gates would have to be opened manually.

This could be seen as an inconvenience if you have a gate that is designed for your car to enter your garden. Rather than having to leave your car to open it manually, automated gates allow you to enter your garden without needing to leave your car. Automated gates do all of the work for you, and as a result, they are becoming popular with both commercial and residential properties.

Automated gates also have an extra security feature that manual gates don’t have. Technology has already been introduced to both commercial and residential gates and keypads or sensors with fobs are commonly used in order for you to gain access. Intercom systems are also a common feature on automated gates and they allow the owner or resident to accept or reject whoever is at their property.

 Whilst keypads, fobs and intercom systems offer great security for your and your home, it seems security could step up a gear in the future.

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How to safeguard Automated gates

Badly designed and installed electric swing gates and sliding gates have caused significant injuries and even death.I t is important to understand the potential dangers from electric gates that have not been installed by qualified installers aware of the safety issues and best practices.

What Are The Risks?

The risks that electric gates pose depend on how gates move through their surroundings in relation to pillars, posts, walls, railings, fences and other gates. Risk is also created with the possibility of moving gates come into contact with a vehicle or person. Electric gates can cause impact, crushing, drawing in, hooking, shearing and cutting injuries.

How Can The Risks Be Reduced?

A qualified installer will use a safety audit to identify the potential risks and propose systems and procedures for gate use that eliminate as many as possible. They will ensure that access to areas where risks are present or can be created is restricted or eliminated and that users are educated about the potential dangers.

Equipment that may be included in safe gate design include physical guarding to prevent access to risk areas, electronic safety beam photocells before and after the gate and pressure edges on the gates and other system elements. Signage that explains safe operation of the gates can be included and all electric gate installations should have manual release systems and users should know where the manual release key is kept. These allow the gate motors to be disconnected from the gate so that the gate can easily be moved manually in the event of power failure, breakdown or emergency.

What’s The Best Way To Keep Gates Safe?

One of the simplest ways to ensure on-going safe operation of gates, within the parameters established through the safety audit, is to keep them working optimally. Electric gates should ideally be serviced annually or twice a year depending on how frequently they are used and the safety devices that have been installed. Safety devices such as photocells and pressure edges should be regularly checked to ensure correct operation.

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Connected home is always smart home

in  a  Human  body,  there  are  five  senses  which  are  the  point  of  first  contact,  at  the  periphery,  thereafter  the  process  of  identifying,  defining  and  forming  a  perception  with  physical  organs  of  and  through  a  body,  followed  by  the  process  of  transmitting  and  finally  processing  that  information / perception,  to  reach  a  conclusion  and  finally,  making  a  decision  in  the brain  of  any  action  to  be  taken;  similarly  a  Connected  Home  system  has  the  same  structure.

·         Sensors –  Wireless  Sensors  to  detect  and  measure  things  in  a  Home

·         Controller –  A  PC  or  an  iPad  or  a  custom  made  Home  automation controller,  as  a  gateway  to  monitor,  manage  and  control

·         Actuators – Physical parts  or  Hardware  of  a  machine  which  is  attached  to  a  specific  unit  in   a  Home,  to  make  it  functionable,  such  as  motorized  valves,  motors,

·         Buses – Wired or  Wireless  Buses  which  carry,  to  and  fro  communications,  from  an  to  each  connected  device,  hardware,  machine,  which  can  be  a  system  which  is  wired  or  wireless  or  a  combination  of  both

·         Interface – The brain  of  a  Connected  Home,  which  is  a  software  system  which  receives,  identifies,  analyzes  and  defines,  information  of  all  activities  on  and  through  all connected  devices,  and  decides,  commands  and  transmits  order(s)  to  that/those  device(s),  machines,  hardware  what  to  do,  which  eventually  enables  a  Home  Owner  to  take  necessary  steps

As  laid  out  in  the  fundamental  concept  of  a  Connected  Home,  its  primary  goal  is  to  keep  a  Home  and  the  Home  owner  and  their family,  and  all  units (such  as  the  lighting  system,  appliances and  all  Connected  ones,  and  integrated  into  the  One  Home  Automation control  system)  Safe,  Secure,  Intelligent,  Caring  and  Proactive,  in  a  user  friendly,  Simple  and  swift  manner,  in  real  time,  with  ease,  comfort,  convenience,  saving  the  Home  owner  Time  and  Money,  and  giving  an  assured,  confirmed,  tangibly  proven  Peace  of  Mind,  which  didn’t  exist  till now.

Change rolling shutter into motorized rolling shutter

Change  roller shutter to motorized rolling shutter

Are you stuck with an out dated or heavy window roller shutter that operates by winding it up day and night? You are well we offer a service –  its quick, easy and painless.

Have you ever thought about change a roller shutter to an electric motor?

One of our electrician’s will come out and change a manual roller shutter to an electric motor no matter how its operated and change it over to a 240volt electric motor, once installed you can just operate your roller shutter by a wall switch its that’s easy and cheaper than you think.

Call us to find out the price and we can usually get it done within two weeks or less depending on the time of the year. Its great for those bigger shutters as your getting older it make them a lot easier to use or even when your renovating to opt for a motor conversion removes unsightly winders of the wall and gives you a great little walls switch. you can even upgrade to a remote control to open your roller shutters as well.

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What makes gates perfect?

What Makes Gates Perfect?

The perfect gates are unique to everyone but there are definitely steps to make the process of choosing your perfect gates easier.

Design

First step is to identify the perfect gate design. This will usually be something that matches or compliments the style of your house and doesn’t clash too much with neighbouring properties. If you’ve chosen to live in a modern house, you probably want modern gates. More traditional gates would also clash with a modern house but modern gates would not look right in front of a cottage.

Gate design is also affected by what the gates are made from. This includes iron or steel, wood or aluminium. Iron and steel gates tend to be ornate with thinner vertical and horizontal elements in an open boarded design.
Wooden gates are often full boarded but wood is perfect for creating many design styles. It is often used in rustic gates but very modern gates can also be made from wood.
Aluminium can now be made to look remarkably like either iron or wooden gates.

Colour

Wooden gates can be supplied with a clear treatment or stain that preserves the natural grain of the wood and offers a degree of protection against the elements. Alternatively, they can be painted a suitable colour to match or compliment your house, existing fencing or outbuildings.

Iron and steel gates are traditionally finished in darker colours and many are coated with specialist rust-preventing paints.

Aluminium gates are coated with a strong coating that is bonded to the gate surface. This layer provides the colour or wood-effect or steel-effect finish.

In all cases, the choices of colour are practically endless but only aluminium gates and wooden gates themselves provide a wood-grain finish.
 

Weather

Once a rough idea of basic design has been arrived at, where the gates will spend their working lives can be considered. 

Open or close boarded
Gates can be made without gaps (close boarded) or with open sections (open boarded). As a gate is subject to the forces of moving air on its surface, larger gates and gates installed in exposed, windy locations can benefit significantly from a degree of open boarded design. This allows some of the air acting on their surface to pass straight through the gate instead of resisting or reinforcing the gate’s normal opening and closing movements.

Weathering

Gates are exposed to the weather so they get wet and dry out and get wet again. Wood can suffer when wet, as it soaks up water and expands and gets heavier. Over a period of time, wet wood also starts to rot. In drier times, wet wood slowly dries, contracts and becomes lighter. It will eventually develop cracks and larger splits. Regular treatment of wood can slow down this process but it will happen eventually.

Iron rusts when it is exposed to water and air. Again, surface treatment will help delay the process but rust is hard to eliminate.

Aluminium is highly resistant to the damaging combination of water and air. Aluminium are also usually covered with a tough coating that incorporates the colour or wood-effect design chose for your gates. 

Automation

All swing gates are hung on posts with hinges and sliding gates move along tracks on rollers. But they can also be automated so that they open and close at the touch of a button. This can be from inside your car as you leave or return home, or inside your house using an intercom system connected to a call panel outside the gates. Nowadays, you can even use your mobile phone with access control systems that will open or close your gates from anywhere in the world.

Swing gates can be automated with a variety of motors which are either visibly mounted on the gate and adjacent gate pillar or installed underground for more discrete gate automation. Sliding gate motors all mount on the ground next to the gate a use a cog meshed with a rack mounted on the gate to slide the gate open and closed.

Finishing Touches

Final considerations for the perfect gates include locks and gate furniture including hinges, letterboxes and gate stays. You could include cat flaps, lights and even cut-outs depending on what makes your perfect choice of gates.

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Moving the load - Dock Levellers

Dock Leveller

One problem to overcome at a loading bay is bridging the gap between the truck and the factory floor as not all trucks are the same height and this can also vary depending on how heavy the truck is laiden.

Dock levellers are the perfect solution to this problem and are a permanent fixture to each door of a docking bay.  They comprise of a metal plate called a lip that is raised from a stowed position and then lowered onto the back of a truck, the lip can either be hinged or telescopic.

Automation Zone is the premier solutions provider of safe, effective and innovative Material handling equipments. We offer variety of loading equipments including dock levelers, Dock shelters along with other customized material handling products. We offer turnkey solutions for the most demanding freight-handling needs.Dock levelers are one of the simplest equipment designed according to the Indian conditions, continuous operations and ruggedness for not only helping the loading and unloading the vehicles easily but also reducing the dispatch time the vehicles significantly.We offer various automation along with Dock leveler as a example  Automatic loading and unloading recording time system of the vehicle and many more

   Robust design, safe operations & long term reliability.

•   Total control on basic hydraulics like pressure & flow.

•   Non skid tread plate deck & lip.

•   Full width one-piece lip hinges & pin.

•   SS Pivot Pins.

•   High Performance Power Pack.

•   Emergency Stop Button.

•   Overload bypass valve.

•   Side protection steel guards.

•   Velocity safety stops.

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6 BENEFITS OF HOME AUTOMATION

6 Benefits to Home Automation

Homeowners are reaping the benefits of new technologies to automate their homes

Until recently, the idea of home automation was relatively unfamiliar to most people. However, as more products and technologies become more easily accessible, homeowners across the country are upgrading their homes.

If the idea of a smart, automated home sounds too “techy” for your tastes, or you think these kinds of products probably cost an arm and a leg, think again. The future is now and it’s completely accessible. Plus, there are a lot of hidden benefits to automating your home that you might not have thought about before.

6 Benefits to Home Automation

1.     Security

Tap your finger to turn on the lights when you get home so you aren’t worried about what’s hiding in the shadows, or in your pathways. Or automate to turn on when you aren’t home to look like you are to ward off potential robbers. Door locks are another automated home product that can increase your home security.

Worried that the kids didn’t lock the doors before they ran off to play? Or that someone will discover your not-so-secret hiding place for the extra key? Take control of your home safety from a simple app. With some products, you can even get an alert every time someone enters your home.

2.     Energy Efficiency

Increase your home’s energy efficiency by remotely powering off systems and appliances when they aren’t in use. In addition to the standard home automation products that give you active control, some products actively monitor systems and arm the homeowner with knowledge, insight and guidance to achieve greater control and energy efficiency. ComfortGuard is a 24-hour monitoring service for heating and cooling equipment that can predict and even prevent breakdowns. It also includes personalized monthly reports to help homeowners track equipment performance, reduce excess energy usage and improve efficiency.

3.     Savings

Home automation literally pays off. When you are able to use home systems and appliances only when needed, the savings will be apparent in the first utility bill. No more wasting money on lights left on when you aren’t home, or spending money on gas to drive home because you forgot to lock the door. Monetary savings are apparent, but you’ll also be saving time. No wasted trips home, no running through the house turning everything off, no time spent worrying about what was or wasn’t turned off.

4.     Convenience

Don’t you hate having to rely on neighbors to watch your house when you’re gone? With home automation, convenient control of your home is at your fingertips. You don’t have to trust someone else with your most valued possessions.

5.     Comfort

Ever leave for work in the morning when it was a comfortable 68° outside only to come home to a sweltering house because the temperature shot up to 90°? A connected home product like the sense Wi-Fi Programmable Thermostat lets you conveniently adjust your home temperature from the mobile app so your family is always comfortable.

6.     Peace of Mind

One of the biggest hidden benefits that comes with home automation is peace of mind. No more worrying if you turned of the lights, locked the door, or turned off the television. For people who have a lot on their plates, being able to easily check these items off the to-do list and stop the obsessive worrying, home automation is reassuring and definitely worth the investment.

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What gate automation system do you need?

A gate is a just a gate, right? Well, there are differences between a five-bar gate and an industrial security gate. And swing gates operate very differently from sliding gates. And sliding gates are like cantilever gates but only one needs a track.

So, with all these differences and variations in size, weight, materials, location and operation, how do you choose the right gate automation to turn manual gates into automated gates? Here’s our starter guide to the different types of gate automation available and what works best where.

Swing Gates

Swing gates have the largest range of automation systems. There are ram style motors, articulated arm motors and underground and in-post gate operators.

  

Articulated Arms

Articulated arm motors have a jointed metal arm attached to a motor output. The motor housing is mounted to the gate post and the end of the arm is attached to the gate. When the motor turns, the articulated arm opens or closes the gate.

Underground and In-post motors

Underground motors and in-post motors are discrete gate operators and are either sunk into pits beneath the gate hinge point or installed within the gate post. Arms connected to the hidden gate motors are then attached to the base of the gate.

Sliding Gates

Sliding gate motors push a single rolling gate along a track mounted along the gate’s travel. A gear mounted on the motor output shaft and protruding from the motor housing meshes with a rack mounted along the length of the gate.  Cantilever gates work in a similar way but don’t need track along their length as they’re counter-balanced around a single rolling support point.

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TIPS FOR MAINTAINING YOUR AUTOMATED GATES

Automated gates, like all things mechanical, need regular maintenance for it to last longer, work reliably and consistently and to ensure it operates safely. Depending on the type of automated gate you have acquired for your residential or commercial property, maintaining it should be fairly easy as long as you follow instructions for its maintenance that should be included in the product. There are certain procedures that may need the help of a professional but the average property owner can carry out the tips listed below.

Be proactive when it comes to rust prevention.

Dirt and dust accumulation coupled with exposure to extremes in weather conditions can lead to rusting.  Be vigilant in looking for signs of rusting on your automated gate’s metal parts.

Rust, in its early stages, can be removed by simply washing your sliding gate with a mild household detergent. If rust is already extreme, scrubbing affected parts or areas with sandpaper usually does the trick.

Keep your automated gate clean.

Washing and waxing your gate once a year (or in wooden gates, painted or oiled) will go a long way towards keeping it looking new and beautiful for a long time. It is also a less expensive option than to have it refurbished – sandblasted, powder coated after having it removed then re-hung – once its finish has faded, rusted or tarnished.

Just make sure to avoid getting water into the door opener. This will get damaged if allowed to get wet.

Lubricate important parts.

It is recommended that you lubricate parts every six months with the correct or recommended lubricant. Usually the parts that need lubrication are those that are responsible for moving the gates automatically – these are the chain, roller, pulley, hinge and various screws.  Your automated gate needs a friction-free surface to ensure safe operation and prevent wear and tear of its parts.

Usually, swing gates and slide gates have internal chains that should be lubricated.

Check the auto reverse function of automated gates once a month.

The International Door Association recommends that the auto reverse function of automated gates be tested monthly. If you are a homeowner, you can do this yourself by placing a length of 100mm x 50mm timber flat on the floor (50mm high) in the centre of the doorway, where the door closes, and allowing the door to close on top of the timber. If it is working correctly, when the door strikes the timber on the floor, the door opener will recognize the timber as an obstruction and stop and reverse the door back to the open position.

If it hasn’t stopped and reversed, the door and/or opener need urgent professional attention. Turn the power point to the opener off, and do not use the door until it has been repaired. Advise other members of your household that the door is unsafe and must not be used.

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Why Commercial Properties must have automated gates?

Residential buildings are not the only ones that can benefit from the use of automated gates. It is recommended that commercial establishments also consider gate automation because having such a system in place can provide them with several benefits.

safety and security

One of the most important reasons for installing automated gates is security. Having automated gates is a great security option for keeping unwanted trespassers off your commercial property. The irreversibly geared motors that electric gates have make it extremely difficult for burglars to force open them.  Your automated gate system, which becomes your first line of defence, helps not only to secure your property but also makes your customers feel safer 24/7.

Adds to the curb appeal of your property

Automated gates do not only provide maximum security but a more appealing and inviting look for your property as well. Before installing an automated gate, consider your design options first. There are several designs and colours to choose from that will fit your overall theme and further enhance your property’s appearance.

Customisable

Automated gates can be customised according to your needs. For instance, a sliding gate or a swing gate can be integrated with a full range of locking mechanisms as well as access control and fire control systems. They can even be installed with your own signage.

Convenience for your visitors and customers

Manual gates require you to hire staff to open and close them whenever visitors arrive. You will no longer have to do so with automated gates because they can be operated simply with a remote control, without visitors having to get out of their vehicles if there is no employee around. This is especially useful at night or during bad weather. By having access controls built in to your automated gate, you can even view your visitors and control whether to give them access to your property or not.

Practical installation and maintenance

Installation and maintenance of your automated gates need not be a problem. Reputable gate automation suppliers would have well-trained technicians, with all the necessary equipment and supplies, who can efficiently and safely install your gates for you. Preventive maintenance programs will also help ensure that your automated gates are operating according to manufacturer’s recommendations at all times, which increases equipment life expectancies and provides reliability.

Long-lasting durability

Compared to regular gates, most automated gates are made from stainless steel and aluminium, which prevents them from easily breaking down due to weather damage or decomposition.

Increase property value

The value of a property fluctuates because of various reasons. Making improvements on your property has an effect on its value. Adding automatic gates increases both its curb appeal and its value, which will make it more attractive for buyers in the future.

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6 Benefits of Automated Sliding Gate

6 Benefits of Automated Sliding Gate

Whether residential or commercial, need to have security parameters installed along their perimeters or boundaries. These security parameters come in the form of fences and gates. With gates being the point of entry and exit, due attention should be given to them when planning a property’s security parameters. Gates do not only provide security but also contribute to the overall aesthetic appeal.

For many applications, installing an automated sliding gate is the popular choice. Here are the reasons why.

Sliding gate are convenient.

Automated gates allow people to enter properties without having to get out of their cars to open manual gates – a clear advantage when it’s raining or late at night. It also closes automatically so that you don’t have to be mindful of closing and locking the gate after entering.

Sliding gate are more secure.

Automated gates, as their name implies, come with automatic locks, integrated safety beams, and other features that boost security. Also, doing away with the need to get out of the car to open and close the gates significantly lowers the risk of something happening while you are outside the car such as getting mugged or having your car stolen.

Sliding gate take up less space.

Landscaping and parking area capacity are no longer problems when you decide on having automated sliding gates for your property. Since they slide instead of swing inside or outside, landscaping areas are not affected and so are parking areas. You can use even the space right by the sliding gate because it will not take up a large area when opening or closing. Smaller properties greatly benefit by opting to go with installing sliding gates.

Sliding gate are durable.

Design and manufacturing of these types of gates are done with the aid of precision technology. As such, they are built with durability and functionality in mind. Sliding gates are built to withstand any type of weather-related conditions.

Sliding gate enhance visual appeal and add value to your property.

These gates are highly customisable and could easily accommodate most personal preferences. You get to decide the sliding gate’s size, material, and finish down towards its features, drive system, and safety devices. Since they are highly customisable, it can enhance your property’s exterior. Also, having this particular feature can easily boost your property’s market value and increases its appeal should you wish to sell in the future.

Automation Zone do not just sell gate systems. Our friendly staff members are equipped with knowledge to help you come up with the optimal gate solution for your property. They can answer any question you may have that will aid you in deciding on the best option for your properties. All our gate systems also come with professional installation to ensure you get both quality product and service. Feel free to give us a call at 0422 4273736  or send us an e-mail info@automationzone.co.in    website : www.automationzone.co.in

GATE AUTOMATION TRENDS AND SCOPE

Automatic Gate Opening System Market: Introduction

With the increasing need for automation in industrial and residential sectors automating gates has become one of the primarily concerns for end-users. Also increasing urbanization and infrastructural development such as shopping malls, hyper & super markets has also led to increase in the demand for automated equipment’s in order to reduce the overall labor cost. Automatic gate opening systems can be defined as gate integrated with electronic components such as proximity sensors, actuators and controlling software primarily to reduce human effort in opening and closing of gates. These systems are primarily used in traffic areas where opening and closing frequency of gate is high such as shopping malls, theaters, industrial warehouses and electronic toll collection systems.

Automatic Gate Opening System Market Dynamics

Increasing need for automation in industries combined with technological advancements in automatic gate opening systems is primarily increasing their adoption in industrial and commercial applications. Also road infrastructure development resulting in increased road transportation with the improvement in connectivity between cities and towns is also driving the growth of global automatic gate opening systems market.

Key players are integrating secondary components such as counters and tire killer in automatic gate opening systems providing additional applications which in turn is likely to increase their adoption over the forecast period.

High installation cost combined with high operating maintenance cost resulting in long payback period is primarily restraining the growth of global automatic gate opening systems market.

On the basis of the access control systems, Automatic Gate Opening System Market can be segmented as:

·         Keypad system

·         Remote control system

·         Voice recognition system

·         Face identification camera system

·         Fingerprint Identification system

·         Iris scan system

·         Telephone access system

·         Proximity sensor system

·         Card Tag system

On the basis of forms of gates, Automatic Gate Opening System Market can be segmented as:

·         Swinging gates

·         Sliding gates

·         Shutter system

·         Boom barriers

·         Bollards

On the basis of Power Source, Automatic Gate Opening System Market can be segmented as:

·         Primary Power Source

·         Secondary Power Source

On the basis of End Users, Automatic Gate Opening System Market can be segmented as:

·         Residential

·         Transportation Hubs

·         Military

·         Industries

·         Retails

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