You don’t know how to motorize a gate but has it become a requirement for your daily life? Follow our tips for automating your sliding or swing gate.
How to motorize a gate: practical guide
Choosing to automate your gate is the best thing you can do to make entry from your home more practical and easy.
Giving up means having to get out of your car every time in all weather conditions and manually open or close the gate, also losing time.
If you have made the decision to make your gate automatic but you don’t know how to do it, follow our guide to make your life easier.
First of all it is necessary to highlight the advantages of having an automatic gate, specifically:
- The simplicity of operating the mechanism remotely avoiding physical effort;
- The security of having a more robust fence that is difficult to break through by third parties;
- The guarantee of having a safe and controlled gate that does not cause damage or injury to things or people.
Secondly, it is necessary to define whether your gate is sliding or hinged, the frequency of use and the relative weight of the leaf or of the two leaves to be operated.
In fact, the automation varies according to the size of the gate and the number of times it is operated every day, dividing into:
- Automation for residential gate, which is operated a few times a day and has a lighter opening system;
- Automation for condominium gate that is used frequently and requires greater power
- Gate automatism for intensive use used for work activities and companies, which has a large gate that requires a lot of resistance and power.
Sliding gate, how to motorize it?
The sliding gate is the perfect solution for those who have a lot of side space in private property or for work activities, and is divided into three types:
- Sliding gate with a single leaf that runs parallel to the gate along its entire length;
- Double sliding gate that has two equal or asymmetrical leaves that slide on opposite sides;
- Telescopic sliding gate consisting of two modules that slide over each other during opening and closing.
Motorizing it involves choosing a motor for sliding gates calibrated to the size of the sliding door, and installing flashing lights and photocells that detect the presence of people or vehicles passing by, blocking the system for greater safety.
The control system of the automatic gate receives the signal sent by the opening button located near the gate or by the remote control to conveniently operate the automation even from a distance.
The VDS production of motors for sliding gates is divided into:
- SIMPLY – operator 230V 24V
- CARRERA – operator 230V-24V
- AG FUTURE – operator 230V-380V
- AT PLUS – operator 230V-380V
- TOM – operator 230Δ – 400Y VAC
- SLIM VULCAN – operator 230V-24V
- GEKO – operator 230V
How to motorize a swing gate
The type of swing gate is the most used for private homes or condominiums because it is more suitable for this type of use.
The swing gate can be:
- Single with a single large door that covers the entire width of the opening;
- Double with two doors that open and close towards the inside or outside of the property according to your space availability.
Motorizing a swing gate always means choosing a motor capable of supporting the load of one or two leaves in the opening and closing maneuver, which will always be connected to a central control system to which the activation signal is sent via a remote control.
Swing gates have flashing lights that are activated when the gate is moving to signal passers-by to pay attention to the automatic gate.
Our production of motors for swing gates consists of:
- PH – 230V Hydraulic swing gates
- PH1 – 230V Hydraulic swing gates
- PHV – 230V Hydraulic swing gates
- UNDER-V – 230V-24V Underground Swimg Gates Automation
- PM – 230V Electromechanical operator for swing Gates
- PM1 – 230V Electromechanical operator for Swing Gates
- PM1 SC – Electromechanical operator for Swing Gates 230V – 24V
- EGO – Electromechanical operator for Swing Gates 230V – 24V
- LINEAR 11 – Electromechanical operator for Swing Gates 230V-24V
- IBIS – Articulated Electromechanical Actuator 230V – 24V
- TEKNO – 230V Electromechanical Operator for Swing Gates
Automate your gate with VDS Automation!
Transforming an automatic gate into a motorized gate is very simple, you just need to follow these useful guidelines to make your gate perform well.
For more details and information on our automations for sliding and swing gates, contact the VDS Automation service center, call 085 4971946 or send an e-mail to info@vdsautomation.com. We are always at your disposal!
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