You have probably passed through an automatic boom gate while driving through a toll booth, checkpoint, parking lot, etc. These gates are employed to control both the movement of vehicles and their entrance to certain locations.
Automatic boom gates are sometimes known as boom barriers. They more closely resemble a bar or a pole than a gate. It has a large arm that extends outward and automatically lowers to block the path of approaching vehicles. The bar is raised to allow a vehicle to pass when it displays a pass, inputs a code, or pays a toll.
They use an electric motor to elevate and drop the arm. Electric motors connected to sensors that identify tickets, cards, codes, etc. are used in a number of automatic boom gates to open the gate and let admission.
Applications for boom gates
They often show up in parking lots. It gives authorities the power to restrict vehicle traffic until their owners pay a fee. They had to display the tickets they had been handed after paying the money in order to get the boom gates to open and let them go.
They can be found in forbidden areas. Drivers must present identity, swipe an access card, etc., in order to unlock the gates.
They work wonders in reducing traffic. As in blocking a street’s entrance so that an ambulance can get through. This enables emergency services to reach people in need more quickly.
Boom barriers, often known as boom gates, are bars or poles that can be twisted to block traffic or pedestrian passage through a designated spot. [1] A boom gate’s tip often climbs vertically in an arc until it is virtually vertical. Often counterweighted, boom gates make it simple to tip the pole. Boom gates are widely used to restrict traffic in both directions, either end-to-end or suitably offset. Some boom gates also feature a second arm that, when lowered, hangs 300 to 400 mm below the upper arm in order to enhance approach visibility.
There are many different autonomous boom barrier technologies. Electro-mechanical is one of them and is frequently used due to its dependability. Other technologies usually rely on one producer in particular. These electro-mechanical devices can operate electro-mechanical boom barriers with a high duty cycle because they have 24-volt direct-current drive units that can run constantly without producing heat.
An automatic boom barrier can be managed using:
- push-button remote control
- Radio-frequency identification (RFID) loop detectors and tags, as well as optoelectronic sensors
- Automated Number Plate Recognition System from Gaido Technologies