Manufacturer Frontier Pitts reports that it has developed an range of perimeter entry control equipment that delivers traffic management for high-usage applications in low-to-medium security environments.
The Harbour at Portland has been under the control of the Portland Harbour Authority Ltd since the Ministry of Defence’s withdrawal from the dockyard. The authority has redeveloped the waters into a commercial port, also used for leisure. The project included installation of automatic barriers at the port’s car parks, which the authority asked Frontier Pitts to supply and install, to control traffic. The port’s requirements included allowing ease of access for the staff members while ensuring visitors are identified. The manufacturer reports that its FBX automatic barrier is suited for controlling access to and from the car park of the 6700-acre man-made warm-water harbour. On entry and exit staff use a card reader system to operate the barriers. Visitors report to the guard lodge via the visitor lane. Once a visitor is identified they are issued with a windscreen identification pass and the barrier is operated from the guardhouse. A vehicle induction loop system has been installed into the road surface to ensure the boom lowers safely once the vehicle has passed.
The FBX barrier is manufactured in boom lengths up to six metres, up to five metres for booms with skirts, and each boom can be fitted with warning lights and signs to the customer’s specification. The FBX is able to be raised or lowered through a complete 90-degree arc in as little as 1.8 seconds, depending on boom length, with operation being instantly reversible.
The product, the makers add, features sealed-for-life, no-maintenance bearings on the drive shaft; while both barriers and control cabinet are supplied with a 20-year protective alkyd paint finish as standard. The barriers installed at Portland have been manufactured with lower folding skirts, pogo-stick end rests and a traffic light system. Other accessories available for the product include a variety of warning signs, lights, articulated boom, over-ride key switch, magnetic locks for the end-rest, with a choice of ‘pogo stick’ or fixed end-rests.
