Barrier Gates

A barrier gate, also called a boom barrier, is a cabinet with a motor that raises and lowers a horizontal arm across a lane. It controls vehicle traffic one vehicle at a time and is used at parking lots, industrial facilities, residential complexes, depots and toll-style entrances.

Our barrier gates are hydraulic and are listed by the time the arm takes to open:

• 3 seconds and 4 seconds: the fastest models, for busy lanes where vehicles must not queue.
• 8 seconds: a middle option for regular traffic.
• 14 seconds and 19 seconds: the slowest models.

In general, fast barriers carry shorter arms and slower barriers carry longer arms for wider entrances. Ask us which arm length each model takes before you choose.

The barrier gate arm is listed as a separate product. The receiver post is a support at the far end of the lane that the arm rests on when it is closed, which keeps a long arm from sagging and protects it from damage.

A barrier gate needs a signal to open. The common options are:

• An intercom or callbox, so a visitor can call and be let in.
• A keypad or proximity reader for staff and residents.
• Remote transmitters received by a wireless receiver.
• A vehicle detector that opens the barrier on exit or keeps it open while a vehicle is under the arm.

Our Access Control category has AES intercoms, keypads, eTrans receivers, e-Loop wireless vehicle detectors and the i-Gate smart opener, which AES describes for gates, barriers and doors. Check the inputs of the barrier controller before you choose.

A barrier gate controls traffic but is easy to walk around, so it is not a security barrier on its own. Where the entrance must also stop people and vehicles outside working hours, combine the barrier with a gate, bollards or a fence line.

1. Plan the lane width and the position of the cabinet and the receiver post.
2. Pour a concrete foundation for the cabinet and run power and control cables in conduit.
3. Fix the cabinet, fit the arm and set the receiver post at the far end.
4. Connect the access control and the vehicle detection, then test the opening and closing.

Fenceweb delivers to every US state and to Canada. A model without a price on its product page is sold on request. Send us the lane width and traffic volume and we will help you pick a model.