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z!,, GATE OPERATOR SYSTEMS 2%15)2% TWO INDEPENDENT ENTRAPMENT
PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR EACH ENTRAPMENT ZONE
z%NTRAPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES -534 BE INSTALLED TO PROTECT ANYONE
WHO MAY COME NEAR A MOVING GATE
z,OCATE ENTRAPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES TO PROTECT IN "/4( THE OPEN AND
CLOSE GATE CYCLES
z,OCATE ENTRAPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES TO PROTECT BETWEEN MOVING GATE
AND 2)')$ OBJECTS SUCH AS POSTS WALLS PILLARS COLUMNS OR OPERATOR
ITSELF
%NTRAPMENT PROTECTION -534 BE INSTALLED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING 5,
REQUIREMENTS
z6ERTICAL LIFT GATE OPERATORS REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION OF THE FIRST EXTERNAL
MONITORED ENTRAPMENT PROTECTION DEVICE IN THE CLOSE DIRECTION TO
FUNCTION
z3LIDE GATE OPERATORS REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF TWO EXTERNAL MONITORED
ENTRAPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES TO FUNCTION ONE IN THE OPEN DIRECTION
AND ONE IN THE CLOSE DIRECTION
z3WING GATE OPERATORS REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION OF THE FIRST EXTERNAL
MONITORED ENTRAPMENT PROTECTION DEVICE TO FUNCTION
z%VERY INSTALLATION IS UNIQUE )T IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INSTALLER TO
ENSURE THAT !,, ENTRAPMENT ZONES ARE PROTECTED WITH AN EXTERNAL
MONITORED ENTRAPMENT PROTECTION DEVICE PROTECTING BOTH THE OPEN
AND CLOSE GATE CYCLES
,IFT-ASTER MONITORED EXTERNAL ENTRAPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES -534
BE USED WITH ,IFT-ASTER OPERATORS TO MEET 5, REQUIREMENTS
SEE !CCESSORIES
z4EST !,, ENTRAPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES AFTER COMPLETING INSTALLATION
OF THE OPERATOR &OR TESTING INSTRUCTIONS REFER TO THE MANUAL PROVIDED
WITH YOUR ENTRAPMENT PROTECTION DEVICE
$EFINITIONS
%.42!0-%.4 4HE CONDITION WHEN A PERSON IS CAUGHT OR HELD IN A
POSITION THAT INCREASES THE RISK OF INJURY
6%24)#!, ,)&4 %.42!0-%.4 :/.% ,OCATIONS BETWEEN A MOVING GATE OR
EXPOSED OPERATOR COMPONENTS AND A COUNTER OPPOSING EDGE OR SURFACE
WHERE ENTRAPMENT IS POSSIBLE UP TO M FT ABOVE GRADE 3UCH
LOCATIONS OCCUR WHEN THE GAP BETWEEN A MOVING GATE AND FIXED COUNTER
OPPOSING EDGES OR SURFACES OTHER THAN THE GROUND OR FLOOR AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE GATE IS GREATER THAN MM IN AND LESS THAN MM IN OR
WHEN THE GAP BETWEEN A MOVING GATE AND FIXED COUNTER OPPOSING EDGES OR
SURFACES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GATE IS LESS THAN MM IN
3,)$% '!4% %.42!0-%.4 :/.% !N ENTRAPMENT ZONE EXISTS IF AT ANY
POINT DURING TRAVEL THE GAP BETWEEN THE GATE AND ANY OPPOSING FIXED EDGE
OR SURFACE SUCH AS POSTS WALLS PILLARS COLUMNS OR OPERATOR ITSELF IS LESS
THAN Ñ MM IN A LOCATION UP TO FT M ABOVE GRADE
37).' '!4% %.42!0-%.4 :/.% ,OCATIONS BETWEEN A MOVING GATE OR
MOVING EXPOSED OPERATOR COMPONENTS AND A COUNTER OPPOSING EDGE OR
SURFACE WHERE ENTRAPMENT IS POSSIBLE UP TO M FT ABOVE GRADE 3UCH
LOCATIONS OCCUR IF DURING ANY POINT IN TRAVEL
A 4HE GAP BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF A MOVING GATE AND THE GROUND IS
GREATER THAN MM IN AND LESS THAN MM IN OR
B 4HE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTER LINE OF THE PIVOT AND THE END OF THE
WALL PILLAR OR COLUMN TO WHICH IT IS MOUNTED WHEN IN THE OPEN OR
CLOSED POSITION EXCEEDS MM IN !NY OTHER GAP BETWEEN A
MOVING GATE AND FIXED COUNTER OPPOSING EDGES OR SURFACES OR OTHER
FIXED OBJECTS IS LESS THAN MM IN EXAMPLES ARE WALLS CURBS
BERMS OR OTHER IMMOVABLE OBJECTS
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(#4$#5, %NTRAPMENT 0ROTECTION
Illustration is for example only; your site may have
additional entrapment zones which MUST be protected.
Photoelectric sensor
Photoelectric sensor
Edge sensor
Edge sensor
Place warning signs
on both sides of the
gate/door in clear view
