How to make an automatic gate: choose the drive

Beautiful gate is good, and beautiful automatic gates are even better. There is a considerable number of firms that and the gates will be made, and automatics will be supplied, but as usual I want to save: they have been not cheap services. Many firms sell automation kits, and you can install it yourself. Several thousand save. But in this case, you need to specify: whether the warranty is preserved (it happens, but rarely), and if yes, which is a warranty case, and what is not, and how to break the drives (often it is necessary to test the actuators and drive to the company). So the automatic gate can not be so profitable. Decide yourself. Justice should be said that if the fence you built yourself, and the automation of the gate is set by the company, many faults will be written off to the wrong foundation, the installation of beams, etc. So in this case, warranty repair is rare.

This is how the automatic openers of the swollen gate look

Automation for swing gates: types of drives

The automatic swing gates are powered by the mechanisms of two types: linear and lever. Any of them can open the canvas both inside and outward: the direction of opening depends on the installation. But in some cases there are certain limitations, which are forced to use when opening the gate inside the mechanism of a certain type.

Linear drive

The mechanism is very simple and reliable. Externally looks like a casing. Inside there is a worm gear - a long screw - which is driven by a gearbox installed in the rear of the case. When the gearbox is turned on, the worm transmission pushes the sash or pulls it.

Linear drive of automation for swing gates

The linear drive body for automatic swing gates is made of metal, which is covered with powder paint. Mounted can be installed on the gate of any type and any mass. The larger the size, weight and sailboat, the more powerful the motors and massive transmission are required.

An example of setting a linear mechanism to open the gate and gate

They put on a pillar opposite one of the horizontal beams - on the selection. But the best option is about in the middle of the height of the canvas.

Lever drive

The second type of automation for swing gates is lever. It consists of a gearbox hidden in the housing, and two moving connected levers that resemble the sticking elbow.

Automation for swing gates of lever type

The block with the gearbox is attached on the post, the lever - to the sash. Such a device allows you to open the gate inside, even if the posts are very wide.

Lever drive for automatic opening of the gate

One of the varieties of the lever mechanism is underground drives. Often they are highlighted in a separate group. In this case, the gearbox is hidden in a metal box, which is concreted near the pillar. Outside there is only a lever.

An example of an underground drive installation

What to choose type

Externally, many more like a linear drive - it is more compact. But on the wide columns, when opening the flaps inward, it cannot be installed, in any case, without finalizing the post. If you really do not want to put the lever, on the right height make a niche in the post, removing part of the masonry or concrete.

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Installation schemes of the linear door opening mechanism inside and outward

When opening the sash inside, the rear part of the drive using a special bracket is attached to the surface of the pillar facing the courtyard. If the distance from this surface to the place of attachment of the sash will be greater than 8 cm (in the figure, the distance is indicated by the letter "C"), then the linear drive will not turn out - it simply does not make up to the sash. There is, however, some models that can be installed at C = 12 cm, but they are not so much.

If the gate opens out - to the street, then the drive is attached on the surface of the pillar, which is facing the side of the opening. At the same time, it acts about 20 cm. Since the drives for bivalve gates are two, then they ship the opening by 40 cm. This also need to keep in mind, especially if it is a gate in the garage. In this case, it is worth installing the drive, so that it turns out to be above the car and did not interfere with maneuvers.

Additional equipment

In the regular set to automation of any type there are two drives - right and left, control unit to them. Some firms in the base kit include two control panel and the receiver of the code, but in some these devices go as an option - are bought separately. Comparing models and prices carefully study the completeness of the basic supply.

Example of the main and optional configuration

In addition to the consoles, it is possible to use programmable key chains - if you manage the gate can more than two people. Useful option - Installing photocells. During the opening / closing of the doors, they respond to objects in the field (cats, dogs, elderly people or children who did not have time to go at a given time interval) and stops the movement of the sash until the object disappears.

Useful addition will be a warning lamp. It is relevant if the gate opens on the lively part of the street, warning passersby.

What will take when buying

When selecting the model, you must ask how the size of the gate, from which they are made or what is the mass of the sash. The parameters of the columns are required, the distance from the edge to the loops. To explain it is easier, draw the plan of the gate with the indication of all sizes. For the selection to be correct, you may need a photo. Need a shared plan and a close-up loop and the way to fasten them.

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Automation for sliding gate

All drives for installation on the sliding gate have the same design: there is a drive with a leading gear and a gear rail attached to the door of the gate. The engine rotates moving the rail, together at the gate. All this is controlled from the control panel. Almost all models allow you to open / close the gate with the remote control panels. To receive their signals, you must install the antenna and configure the consoles (program).

Exterior type of drive for automatic rollback gate

When choosing this type of automation, you must pay attention to the technical parameters and additional functions.

Power and effort. The average indicator is 600 n / m, which is equivalent to an effort of 60 kg. This is the maximum value that is not always developing. Automation is configured so that the work is optimal - if no interference, the effort is small. When overcoming obstacles that can be on the sash path, the effort increases, sometimes to the maximum. It is not necessary to counteract him for everyone, and if a car or a gaping person is on the way, the problems will be necessary. Therefore, in some models (a recent supply with 24 V nutrition, it is possible to reprogram. The second option - with a certain effort, the sash stops or even slightly roll back.
The presence of temperature control. At temperatures below zero, the sash usually moves slower: the lubricant thickened, and the snow-ice can also interfere. In the presence of such a function in the cold, an effort for opening is automatically increasing.
Adjustable speed of the sash. In order for the gate to produce less noise, at the beginning and at the end the speed of their movement is reduced.
Backup power. Some modern models operating from 24 V have an embedded battery in the case, which allows you to use the gate when the power is turned off. Some of them allow you to connect external backup sources.

An example of a configuration of automatic sliding gates
When choosing a drive for a sliding gate, operating from 230 V, it is necessary to choose it depending on the intensity of use. The intensity of use is the value expressed as a percentage. It means how much time it can work without a break this device. For example, for installation and a private courtyard, it is enough to choose a model with an intensity of about 30-40%. This means that from 10 minutes, it will work in continuous mode 3 minutes, after which it will turn off due to overheating. For collective use, for example, at the entrance to the country village with the number of 300 people living, should be driven with an intensity of 70-80%.
Availability of photocells. This is the second opportunity to ensure safety: when triggered, the movement of the sash is blocked until the obstacle disappears.
The presence of the "wicket" mode, when the sash is turned on only a bit, is sufficient to miss a person.

Some subtleties of the internal structure of the drives for sliding automatic gates are looking in the video.

Now comments on video. Comparison of power in this roller is not quite correct. There are different models for the gate of different sizes and mass. The minimum threshold is 400 kg, maximum in household up to 1200 kg, in industrial more than 2000 kg. When comparing capacity comparison, the first copy is taken from the "light" category - up to 400 kg, the rest - for the gate of the greater mass. Therefore, this comparison is biased. Although no one says that among little-known brands there are, and therefore, there are fewer, there are good in quality. Perhaps those that are demonstrated in the roller are ....

Approximately the same picture about the gears. All drives are divided into three classes: household, semi-industrial and industrial. In domestic resources, the lowest resource and the lowest intensity of use - work continuously the motor will be approximately 30-40% of the total time, otherwise it will overheat and will be turned off by automation (if any). This class is the cheapest, precisely because there are the cheapest components - plastics and silumin. Not all manufacturers are not in all rules, but it is rather a rule, and in the low-power drivers of the household class to find gears from steel, and, moreover, brass is difficult. However, with normal, for this type of operation, they work normally - their resource is produced, but only. For this reason, the choice of class needs to be thoughtfully and monitor the work stated by manufacturers (there is in those. Characteristics).

One of the drives for the cantilever gate with the bottom beam

What you need to specify when buying

Deciding with those features and parameters that you consider necessary need to look for a suitable model. When choosing a store, sellers will ask the following data:

Type of carrier system (console, on the rail, on the top beam).
Dimensions and weight (at least approximate) canvases.
Intensity of use: how many people and how often can use the device.

All this data must be required by the seller: otherwise it cannot determine the required power. equipment. If the slotted gate has already been made , Parameters such as the distance between the roller supports, the foundation parameters and the distance from it to the door canvas. All this is necessary to correctly select the physical drive parameters.

On the control panels (key chains) and encoding types

All consoles can be divided into two main groups:

Floating code;
with fixed code.

Automation set for sliding gate

How to run key chains with fixed code

These devices have their own signal (frequency or frequency combination). Upon receipt of a specific signal, they begin to perform the appropriate action. Is this good or bad? Rather - bad. That's why. Around us a large number of electronics, controlled from the remotes. They can easily produce a similar signal. For example, a neighbor, changing the parameters of the glow of its lamp, can open or close your gate. And all because the signal is similar and your gate control unit falls into the range. The same situation may be with any other radio-controlled device. Therefore, the owners of the remotes with fixed frequencies often do not understand why the gate opens by themselves. Worse, there were situations when arriving at the cottage or home they saw an open gate. Just someone from the nearest neighbors took advantage of any console for his technology or did the thief. You can solve the problem by reprogramming the consoles by setting other buttons / frequencies, but it is not a guarantee that the motor will work only on your console: frequency range is limited.

The second negative point is that the fixed code is easy to read (write to the special device, and then reproduce if necessary). For attackers, this is good. Since automatic drives perform the role of lock - without the remote, you will not open them outside, having the desired frequencies easily penetrate inside.

What coding system for the control panel to choose ...

The principle of work with floating code

The key chains of the second type is spelled out in memory some number of codes. The figure is large - several hundred thousand or millions. After each use code changes to the next chain. When making the control device, it is analyzed. If the receiving signal is the next in the chain, the action is performed if it differs - there is no reaction.

Thus, two problems are solved at once: and the ability to manage your goal through the neighbor's console, and the ability to record codes. No, you can write them, but that the gate work must have all codes recorded in the correct sequence.

It is clear that control equipment when using a floating code is more complex and, it means more expensive, but safety is more expensive ... No?

Most firms offer to any drive system with both coding systems, so that you choose.

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