Tips and Methods to Keep Your Full Height Turnstile Gate Clean

This guide highlights the main advantages of installing access controls and outlines various equipment options. In response, MSSI would like to offer some tips for hub users during the COVID 19 pandemic.

All retail devices must be flawless and appealing to the customer. Access control products in your plant can become important germ and pathogen hot spots in your plant if they are overlooked in your cleaning routine.

To make your turnstiles and cantilever doors look fantastic, it is necessary to clean them regularly. If the surface needs to be cleaned, use a soft cloth or a high quality stainless steel cleaner. Avoid using abrasive cleaning products such as scour pads, as they can scratch the surface and damage the surface.

A good way to limit exposure to viruses and bacteria is to wear gloves when you come into contact with or touch surfaces. Gloves form a kind of barrier between you and the germs on the turnstile arm. Be sure to wash your hands thoroughly and use antibacterial hand sanitizers after removal, regardless of what type of glove you want to wear.

The last and most important tip is the preventive maintenance of the gates. They should grease the turnstile gates annually. An excellent product that uses lubrication is synthetic grease.

It follows that preventive measures for the safety of hubs are very important. In the case of supermarket gates, it is necessary to check the flaps of the barrier arms.

Most of the hip-high turnstiles and full height models are sealed with IP65 protection. In order for them to remain optimum during the working process, they must be cleared of all dirt.

Full height turnstiles are suitable for high security buildings and facilities such as embassies, government buildings, prisons, banks, bank vaults, military bases, nuclear plants, warehouses, distribution centres etc. Depending on the application, you can use either a one-way or a two-way turnstile in full height. With card readers and infrared sensors, the turnstiles can be operated in full height in both directions.

Turnstiles play a crucial role in making modern business premises safer. They not only provide controlled access to the building, but also increase security and act as a deterrent. Turnstiles are able to verify a range of credentials, including fingerprint recognition and proximity readers, giving you full control over who enters your premises.

Optical hip-high turnstiles are also equipped with an alarm system that alerts staff when access requirements are not met and a user attempts to pass through the system. Turnstiles are more efficient and effective than doors because they are safer. High-traffic areas require a high-throughput turnstile, such as an optical turnstile.

Depending on the application, different turnstiles are preferred. For areas that require high security and high traffic flow a full-mounted turntile is a great option when used with another turntile to increase throughput from 20 to 25 people per minute with a single version.

An optical drop arm turnstile is a combination of safety tripod, barrier turnstile and optical turnstile. One-armed or double arms can be dropped either way, and it works like an optical turnstile.

A full-height turnstile, also known as the Iron Maiden, is a torture device of the same name with high wheels. There are two types of full height turnstiles: high entry / exit turnstiles and heet exit turnstiles only [required]. The difference between the two is that the high entry turnstile rotates in both directions to allow oncoming traffic, while the exit turnstile rotates only in one direction to allow only one-way traffic.

A turnstile, also called Turntile Gate, Blast Gate, Automatic Gate or Revolving Gate is a region of some gate that permits only one person to pass it at a time. Turnstiles are built to enforce unilateral human traffic, and they also restrict the passage of people by throwing in coins, tickets, passports or the like. When a user submits credentials, the access control system informs the hubs whether the credentials are valid or not and whether passage is permitted.

When presenting an invalid ID, the access control system signals to the turnstile that the user will not be accepted. When a passage takes place, the turnstile communicates with the access control system whether a passage has taken place. When an alarm is triggered at the turnstile, turnstiles and access control systems function in unison, alerting security, switching on cameras nearby and locking the corresponding turnstile and secondary doors.

This solution allows the facility to maintain security while providing access to disabled users and supplies. If a door is considered an exit, it can be opened without limiting or controlling how many people can use it as an entry point.

Caretakers and business owners are urged to prioritise the implementation of social dissociation guidelines in their buildings and organisations. The layout, the size, the number of users and the traffic behaviour in the installation area determine the number of required turnstiles.

Wearing gloves reduces exposure to the virus and infectious bacteria and creates a barrier between the palm and contaminated surfaces, thereby controlling the spread of COVID-19 among humans. Make sure you wash your hands thoroughly with warm water and use antibacterial hand sanitizer before taking off the gloves.

Turnstiles have come a long way since their use in the first millennium. Today, you can choose from a variety of turnstiles, from optical systems to full-length barriers. It is not a new finding that germs can be found on almost every object we hold in our hands.

All moving parts should be cleaned and lubricated, turntable bearings cleaned and lubricated, locks adjusted, lubricated for operation checks and access controls crossed with boarding and exit cards. Engineers should be on site regularly to check the operation and condition of the hubs and equipment. Clarence Saunders, an American grocer and entrepreneur, installed turnstiles to prevent self-service supermarkets from becoming overcrowded.