AGD Systems, installing, repairing and maintaining all types of manual and automatic commercial gates
Taking full control of all vehicle and pedestrian access to your commercial or industrial site is more important than ever before. Not only keeping control of the personnel on site for health and safety purposes, but also for overall site security too. Controlling vehicle movement is the key element for any automatic security gate or barrier system, when you can have a pedestrian side gate included where appropriate for non vehicle access.
CCTV, site security guards and lighting are all well and good, but actual physical security at the main access points should be the key focus, along with any other vulnerable doors and windows on site, which can be enhanced for security with security steel shutters or grilles, which we can manufacturer and supply along with our extensive range of security steel gates and barriers.
We also offer made to measure standard or high security steel doors for protection of the external building.
Products & Services
Sliding Automatic Cantilever Gates
The most popular commercial security gate by far is the electric sliding gate system, in either a cantilever design or with a bottom track and floor guide, when the ground is level.
A sliding cantilever gate system offers the best security, smoothest operation in all weathers, easiest safety compliance with obstacle detection and all in all are usually the most reliable of all electric gate systems too. Most sliding gates will operate using only a single electric motor drive rather than 2 motors on a pair of swing gates or multiple motors on bi fold gates.
✔️ Best for reliability and longevity
✔️ Lower maintenance costs and usually only one electric motor drive
✔️ Best for security and wind ratings on exposed sites
✔️ Partial opening options for pedestrians or smaller vehicles
✔️Perfect when ground is uneven, sloping or mixed surface with kerbs
✔️ Fastest site installation times for minimal disruption
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Many of our steel security sliding, swing or bi fold commercial gate systems are made to measure to maximise the access potential on any site and reduce vehicle accidents when an opening is too small. Whilst we offer many off the shelf solutions in standard sizes, the made to measure options are better and often no more costly or longer to manufacture and install.
✔️ Professional consultation to assist with the best gate or barrier solution for your premises and protocols with access control.
✔️ Site surveys, electronic quotations and professional installation with our own installers to ensure the highest quality and most reliable solution.
✔️After sales maintenance, servicing and repairs for ongoing reliability and safety
All our commercial security gates are manufactured in steel or aluminium, mostly with open view and vented gate designs. Many standard systems are available up to 16 metres wide and nearly most of the systems we sell now are pre-assembled, ready for the easiest and fastest site installation for minimal disruption. Maximum width is almost limitless and of course you can have bi parting to double the width covered.
✔️ Steel for strength and durability within commercial sites
✔️Aluminium for lighter weight loading on larger size gates or where designs might be more sensitive with higher emphasis on aesthetics and company branding.
✔️Made to measure or standard sizes
✔️Heavy duty construction and designs for security and longevity
✔️Heavy duty electric motors - high ratings for high usage
All the very latest commercial cantilever gate systems are mostly fully assembled and manufactured to near completion for hiab lorry delivery direct to site for the very fastest and easiest on site installation. This obviously minimises site disruption, considering the gates will be the main entry and exit to most premises.
AGD Systems will consult on the appropriate concrete pad installation to enable the gates to be lowered and secured and commissioned, usually all within one day.
We provide almost limitless options for the designs and sizes for our commercial electric swing gates. Hinged swing gates in commercial applications tend to be when there is no space for a sliding gate system or there is another specific need for a single or pair of swing gates.
Aesthetic appeal is often a factor as swing gate designs can be far more flexible from the outset if you need to match other building features specifically.
A very popular installation for commercial swing gates includes a single pedestrian side gate, usually situated adjacent to the vehicle entrance gates. Installed with electronic locking this can be part of the overall security and access control for your site. Modern and very reliable video intercom systems give you complete control over pedestrian and vehicle access from anywhere on the site or even off site..
Many of the commercial electric swing gates we have installed over the past 39 years have been on small to medium size companies, farms, schools, offices, showrooms and similar properties, to provide 24 hour security for often isolated entrances, out of sight from the main building. For a school premises for example controlling vehicles more than the pedestrian movement is probably obvious for safety and general common sense at the busiest times.
Bi fold electric gates in commercial applications are often used for smaller width openings and especially where sideroom or space generally is limited. This can include underground car park access with a restricted tunnel access, any entrance where there might be a building either side or where the speed of opening and closing is important. Electric bi fold gates will usually open at twice the seed of a normal swing gate at the same width.
As with all the commercial gates above the actual gate leaves can be manufactured with a wide range of infill options, including mesh, vertical bar, diamond bar, palisade steel, solid steel, timber cladding and so on…. It is usually recommended to have good air flow in any electric gate design to ensure the gates are not influenced by obstacle detection in very high winds.
Safety with any electric operated gate is not an optional facility but mandatory, especially in public access areas, where enhanced safety is recommended for minimal risk of crushing or entrapment and damage to vehicles. Obstacle detection is fitted to all sliding electric gates on the leading edge and usually on the posts either side too. Additional infra red beams prevent the gates closing if there is any obstacle detected.
For automatic swing or bi fold gates there are usually far more sensors as there are more leading edges and moving parts to consider protecting. Entrapment control is often down to the gate design, to ensure it isn’t easy to give open gaps for fingers, limbs or even heads to get trapped. Gate hinge design is often one of the most overlooked areas for crushing and the correct hinges and spacing to prevent this is very important.
Electric gate safety is paramount to the compliancy of any electric gate or door system in the UK and AGD Systems take this very seriously. Proper safety systems also ensure better longevity by having every operation of the gate only possible with a clear opening preventing damage risk.
