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Procter Sliding Entrance Gates has published a new White Paper, Safety requirements for powered sliding gates, that provides a wealth of hints and tips. The free guide has been written for architects and specifiers who need to be aware of the safety issues relating to automatic sliding gates.  More...

New online guide to automatic gates

Procter Fencing Systems has published a new guide to automatic gates on its website. This useful resource for specifiers, architects and buyers explains the benefits of automatic sliding gates and swing gates, provides important information about gate safety, and directs readers to further online resources for greater detail about specific topics.
 

How to ensure powered gate safety

Automated gates require powerful motors, so it is vital that appropriate safety measures are applied in order that the gates do not present a danger to users. Tragically there have been three recent cases in which children have been fatally injured by gates that have not met the required standards of safety, which has led the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) to issue guidance that in some respects exceeds the requirements in the current standards. Jeremy Procter, the Managing Director of Procter Sliding Gates, explains further.
 

Large automated sliding gates installed at coach depot

Procter Sliding Gates has installed a pair of large automated sliding gates for Leons Travel Group’s new coach depot. A sister division of the same company, Procter Fencing Systems, additionally installed 500 linear metres of high-security mesh panel fencing and both manual and automated swing gates.
 

Sliding gate installed for Four Oaks primary school

Procter Sliding Gates has installed a Pro-Glide Series 20 powered sliding gate for Four Oaks Primary School in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham. In addition, the company supplied and installed perimeter fencing and pedestrian gates.
 

DHF guide to gate safety for manufacturers, installers and owners

The DHF guide to gate safety has been published the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF), a UK trade association for manufacturers and installers. This booklet, entitled Guide to Gate Safety Legislation and Standards, will help manufacturers, installers and owners/operators to ensure the safety of new and existing powered sliding gates and swing gates.
 

Sliding Gates NEW LITERATURE

Procter Fencing Systems is publishing a new free guide for architects that explains the differences between alternative types of fencing, how to strike the right balance between security and aesthetics, and what else should be considered at the same time as fencing.
 

Sliding gates website is a mine of useful information

The Procter Sliding Gates website has been developed to be a mine of useful information for anyone considering using powered sliding gates. As well as a wealth of product data for the sliding gates range and a gallery of photographs and computer-generated illustrations of different gate configurations, there are also useful sections devoted to health and safety, quality and standards, and sliding gate FAQs (frequently asked questions), plus a section for free downloads.
 

Sliding Gates NEW VIDEO

Procter Sliding Gates has produced a new video to show how its latest Pro-Glide powered sliding gates can be installed in just one day, there by keeping disruption to an absolute minimum.
 

New Products from Procter Sliding Gates - PG01

Procter Sliding Gates is launching a new range comprising the Series 10, Series 20 and Series 30 Pro-glide cantilever and tracked sliding gates.  This comprehensive and competitively priced range gives architects and specifiers an exceptionally broad choice of options to suit an almost unlimited variety of commercial, industrial and public sector applications.  Moreover, complete customisation is available within the same timescale and cost structure.
 

NEW WHITE PAPER- How to Specify sliding gates

Procter Sliding Gates has published a new White Paper, How to specify sliding gates - a guide for architects and specifiers, to guide reader through the complex process of specifying sliding gates.  The free White Paper will help architects and specifiers to ensure that the gates perform as intended, are safe to use and are economical to purchase and maintain. 
 

NEW SAFETY WHITE PAPER - PG01

Procter Sliding Gates has published a new White Paper, Safety requirements for powered sliding gates, that provides a wealth of hints and tips.  The free guide has been written for architects and specifiers who need to be aware of the safety issues relating to automatic sliding gates.
 

Sliding Gate Safety - a new edition of this Free White Paper

Procter Sliding Gates has published a second edition of its popular White Paper, Sliding Gate Safety - Safety requirements for powered sliding gates, which benefits from additional detail and an updated list of standards. 
 

Sliding gate risk assessment for architects, specifiers and users

Procter Sliding Gates is offering a free Risk Assessment Form that is based on the document already used by the company when designing new installations. Architects and specifiers can download this Risk Assessment Form to assess the safety of sliding gates and, therefore, identify what safety measures might be required; in the case of existing powered/automatic gates, the form can help users to review the adequacy of current safety measures. This is important in view of recent accidents involving powered sliding gates, some of which have proved fatal.
 

Perimeter security fencing Guide from Procter Fencing Systems

Procter Fencing Systems, one of the UK's leading specialist manufacturers of fencing and gates, has published a comprehensive guide to perimeter security fencing.  This 'must-have' publication, called 'ALL-Round Protection', is available free of charge as an eight-page PDF file that recipients can print themselves.  'ALL-Round Protection' will be invaluable to specifiers who need to know the pros and cons of alternative types of perimeter security fencing and associted complementary security features.
 

Procter Fencing Systems offers free guide to fencing for schools

Procter Fencing Systems, one of the UK's leading special manufacturers of fencing and gates, has published a specifier's guide to perimeter security fencing for schools, which is available free of charge upon requet.  This comprehensive publication, called ‘Fencing for Schools', is an invaluable aid to specifiers who need to know the pros and cons of alternative tyeps of fencing for schools.
 


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