Automatic Gates
Telescopic Sliding Gates
Multi-leaf sliding gates whose panels nest as they retract, for wide openings on boundaries too short for a single leaf.
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Automatic Sliding Gates
The default for wide site entrances with room to run the leaf sideways.
Automatic GatesKey specifications
- Leaf travel
- Parallel to the boundary
- Arrangements
- Track guided or cantilever
- Manual release
- Key operated
- Specification
- Configured per opening at survey
* Final specification depends on door dimensions, configuration, operating environment and project requirements.
01Overview
About Automatic Sliding Gates
A sliding gate moves a single leaf parallel to the boundary line, which makes it the practical choice wherever there is no room for a leaf to swing into the road or the yard. Two arrangements are common: track-guided, where the leaf runs on a ground rail, and cantilever, where the leaf is carried on rollers set back from the opening so nothing crosses the driveway.
Operating method
03Variants
Available configurations
The same product, built for a different job. Where a specification depends on opening dimensions, selected profile, operating duty or site conditions, the final configuration is confirmed during technical assessment.
Track guided
The leaf runs on a ground rail. Suits long, heavy leaves on a level, well-drained approach; the track must be kept clear of silt.
Cantilever
The leaf is carried on rollers set back from the opening, so nothing crosses the driveway. Chosen where drainage, silt or heavy axle loads rule out a ground track.
10Gallery
Automatic Sliding Gates in detail
04Technical specifications
Specification, features and ordering
Technical data is shown first; features, applications, compatibility, installation, safety, ordering and downloads are a click away.
Dimensions5 fields
- Maximum clear opening
- Up to 12,000 mm
- Maximum leaf width
- Up to 12,000 mm
- Maximum leaf height
- Up to 2,500 mm
- Maximum leaf weight
- Up to 2,500 kg
- Side-run or swing room required
- Approximately equal to the gate leaf width; final requirement is configuration and site dependent
With the operator, this is what sizes the drive.
Cycle performance3 fields
- Travel speed
- Up to 10 m/min
- Opening time for full travel
- Application dependent
- Rated daily cycles
- Up to 300 cycles/day
Set by the clear opening, the leaf weight, the operator configuration and its acceleration and deceleration, so no single figure covers every installation.
Construction6 fields
- Frame section
- Heavy-duty MS structural steel section
- Infill
- MS, GI, SS or aluminium, and customised infill options
- Running gear
- Heavy-duty rollers with guide system
- Ground arrangement
- Tracked sliding or cantilever configuration available
- Posts and foundations
- Site-specific structural design
- Finish and colour
- Powder coated, PU painted or hot-dip galvanized options
Wheels, rollers, cantilever carriage or hinges.
Tracked, trackless or cantilever.
Drive5 fields
- Operator type
- Rack-and-pinion geared operator
- Rated motor power
- 0.75–1.5 kW, depending on gate size and weight
- Supply voltage
- 230 V AC single phase, or 415 V AC three phase
- Duty rating
- Heavy-duty, intensive use
- Manual override
- Key-operated emergency manual release
Selected per gate rather than fixed across the range.
Control4 fields
- Control system
- Microprocessor-based electronic control panel
- Activation devices
- Remote control, push button, key switch, RFID or access control, and loop detector
- Travel limit setting
- Electronic or magnetic limit system, depending on the operator
- Interfaces
- Access control, traffic lights, interlocks, and external control systems
Access control, traffic lights, alarm panel, interlocks.
Safety6 fields
- Photocells
- Dual safety photocells with presence detection
- Safety edge
- Sensitive safety edge where required
- Obstruction detection
- Electronic obstruction detection with automatic stop and reverse
- Operating force limitation
- Designed and tested according to applicable powered-gate safety requirements
- Manual release
- Emergency manual release
- Warning light and audible warning
- Flashing warning light; audible warning optional where the application requires it
Compliance3 fields
- Product standard
- Designed with reference to applicable standards for powered gates
- Conformity marking
- As applicable to the supplied configuration and market
- Certificate reference
- Available on request; configuration dependent
| Maximum clear opening | Up to 12,000 mm |
|---|---|
| Maximum leaf width | Up to 12,000 mm |
| Maximum leaf height | Up to 2,500 mm |
| Maximum leaf weightWith the operator, this is what sizes the drive. | Up to 2,500 kg |
| Side-run or swing room required | Approximately equal to the gate leaf width; final requirement is configuration and site dependent |
| Travel speed | Up to 10 m/min |
|---|---|
| Opening time for full travelSet by the clear opening, the leaf weight, the operator configuration and its acceleration and deceleration, so no single figure covers every installation. | Application dependent |
| Rated daily cycles | Up to 300 cycles/day |
| Frame section | Heavy-duty MS structural steel section |
|---|---|
| Infill | MS, GI, SS or aluminium, and customised infill options |
| Running gearWheels, rollers, cantilever carriage or hinges. | Heavy-duty rollers with guide system |
| Ground arrangementTracked, trackless or cantilever. | Tracked sliding or cantilever configuration available |
| Posts and foundations | Site-specific structural design |
| Finish and colour | Powder coated, PU painted or hot-dip galvanized options |
| Operator type | Rack-and-pinion geared operator |
|---|---|
| Rated motor powerSelected per gate rather than fixed across the range. | 0.75–1.5 kW, depending on gate size and weight |
| Supply voltage | 230 V AC single phase, or 415 V AC three phase |
| Duty rating | Heavy-duty, intensive use |
| Manual override | Key-operated emergency manual release |
| Control system | Microprocessor-based electronic control panel |
|---|---|
| Activation devices | Remote control, push button, key switch, RFID or access control, and loop detector |
| Travel limit setting | Electronic or magnetic limit system, depending on the operator |
| InterfacesAccess control, traffic lights, alarm panel, interlocks. | Access control, traffic lights, interlocks, and external control systems |
| Photocells | Dual safety photocells with presence detection |
|---|---|
| Safety edge | Sensitive safety edge where required |
| Obstruction detection | Electronic obstruction detection with automatic stop and reverse |
| Operating force limitation | Designed and tested according to applicable powered-gate safety requirements |
| Manual release | Emergency manual release |
| Warning light and audible warning | Flashing warning light; audible warning optional where the application requires it |
| Product standard | Designed with reference to applicable standards for powered gates |
|---|---|
| Conformity marking | As applicable to the supplied configuration and market |
| Certificate reference | Available on request; configuration dependent |
Final specification depends on door dimensions, configuration, operating environment and project requirements.
FAQ
Questions we are actually asked
- How much space is needed beside a sliding gate?
- A single leaf needs roughly its own width of clear boundary to retract into, plus the operator. Where that does not exist, a telescopic arrangement halves it and a swing or retractable gate may suit better.
- Tracked or cantilever?
- Cantilever where the driveway must stay clear for drainage, silt or heavy loading. Tracked where the approach is level and well drained and the leaf is long and heavy.
- What happens if the power fails?
- A key-operated manual release disengages the drive so the leaf can be moved by hand. Battery backup can be specified where the entrance must keep operating.
- How is the gate stopped from closing on a vehicle?
- Photocells across the opening, a safety edge on the leading edge, obstruction detection in the operator, and ground loops that confirm the vehicle has cleared before closing.
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