Secondary Entrapment Protection Sensors
S-6
Rev:
A
Identifying Gate Operator Category & Usage Class
The Kinetic operator, according to UL 325 Safety Standards, falls in the Slide Gate and Vertical Barrier
Arm category for gate operators. Its usage class is determined by the area that the vehicular gate services.
Four different vehicular usage classes are defined by UL 325:
Class
1
Class I: Intended for use in a location of one to four single family dwellings or a
parking area associated with one to four single family dwellings.
Class
2
Class II: Intended for use in a commercial location or building such as a
multifamily housing units (five or more single family units) hotels, garages, retail
stores or other buildings servicing the general public.
Class
3
Class III: Intended for use in an industrial location or building such as
factories or loading docks or other locations not intended to service the
general public.
Class
4
Class IV: Intended for use in guarded industrial locations or buildings such
as an airport security area or other restricted access location, not servicing
the general public, in which access is monitored by security personnel or via
closed circuitry.
