GATE SAFETY
Gate Safety Devices (UL 325) in Corsicana, TX
An automatic gate is a heavy piece of steel moving on its own, and UL 325 is the safety standard that says how it has to protect anybody standing in its path. The operator has its own built-in sensing; the standard also calls for external devices — photo eyes that see across the opening, or contact edges on the gate itself — at every point where a person could be caught. We look at where those points are on your gate, fit the devices the operator maker lists as compatible, and test that the gate stops and reverses before we leave.
SCOPE
What this service covers.
Only the work we actually do — no padded list. If you are not sure whether your job fits, send a photo and we will tell you straight.
Photo eyes
Non-contact beams across the opening and along the swing or slide path, mounted on posts where a vehicle will not clip them.
Safety edges
Contact edges on the leading or trailing edge of the gate that stop it on touch.
Warning signs
The placards UL 325 calls for, set where they can be seen from both sides of the gate.
Retrofits on older operators
Devices added to an operator that was installed without them, or that someone jumpered out.
BASED IN CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
Why people call about this.
The remotes stopped working
Current operators check their external sensors every cycle. A missing or failed sensor drops the gate to hold-to-run, and remotes quit.
Kids, dogs or stock use the drive
A swinging leaf can pin anything against a post or wall. The sensors are what make it stop.
Somebody bypassed the sensors
Jumpering out a safety device to get a gate running is a real hazard, and the standard prohibits it.
RELATED WORK
Often goes with this.
QUESTIONS
Gate Safety Devices (UL 325) — things people ask.
CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
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Send a few photos and the address. Cesar will come look at it and give you a straight number — free.