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Slide Gate Requirements
The operator is intended for installation only on gates used for vehicles.
Pedestrians must be supplied with a separate
access opening. The pedestrian access opening shall be designed to promote pedestrian usage. Locate the gate such that
persons will not come in contact with the vehicular gate during the entire path of travel of the vehicular gate.
(ref. UL 325 58.8.4.b)
All openings of a horizontal slide gate are
guarded or screened from the bottom of the gate to
a minimum of six (6) feet (1.83 m) above the ground
to prevent a 2 1/4 inch (57.2 mm) diameter sphere
from passing through the openings anywhere in the
gate and in that portion of the adjacent fence that the
gate covers in the open position.
(ref. ASTM F2200-11a, 6.1.2)
Note: Install
screened wire
mesh to a
non-compliant
gate
AND
non-compliant
adjacent fence
that covers
open gate
position
(See above).
Note: A filler post or barrier
may need to be installed in the
gap area to reduce the distance
to 2 1/4 inches
or less
.
A contact sensor should be
installed in this area for
safety. (See on next page
and page 28).
A gap, measured in the horizontal plane parallel to
the roadway, between a fixed stationary object
nearest the roadway (such as a gate support post)
and the gate frame when the gate is in either the
fully open position or the fully closed position,
shall not exceed 2 1/4 inch (57.2 mm).
(ref. ASTM F2200 6.1.4)
Closed Gate
2 1/4” maximum gap area
High Risk of Entrapment Area
High Risk of Entrapment Area
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Adjacent fence that covers open gate position.
72” (6 ft) minimum
6 ft minimum
Non-compliant openings
wider than 2 1/4”.
Less than 2 1/4”
Screened Wire Mesh
Compliant openings
less than 2 1/4”.
Gate Support Post
Gate Frame
Gate Frame and Adjacent Fence Area
Gate Frame and Adjacent Fence Area
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Illustrations not to scale.
Gates shall be designed, constructed and
installed to not fall over more than 45
degrees from the vertical plane, when a gate
is detatched from the supporting hardware.
Guide
Rollers
Fall Over Bracket