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UL 325 Safety Program - More Information

ABR has a tried and true Property Gate Survey Program to help the Self-Storage Industry comply with UL-325 Standards. This comprehensive program includes a site visit by one of our certified technicians who will perform a Five-Point Maintenance and Inspection of all your gates and complete a General Service and Safety Review specifically designed to ensure compliance with UL-325 Safety Standards.

Our technicians will provide a detailed report for your property records documenting the current safety of your gates and recommended repairs. Included in the report are: motor condition, pedestrian photo eye, vehicle loop safety, entrapment hazards, type of gate access system and software for future trouble shooting, smooth operation of your gates and pedestrian gate operation.

Our Five-Point Maintenance and Inspection, includes performing the following critical safety items:
    1. Check & set the ERD Resistance Sensitivity Settings.
    2. Adjusting all Loop Detectors and Photo Eyes.
    3. Check & Adjust the Limit Switches & Verify the Positive Stop Setting.
    4. Lubricate the Chain, Wheels and Other Moving Parts.
    5. A Property Gate Survey Specifically Designed to comply with UL-325 Safety Standards.
    6. A General Safety Report Listing any Modifications and/or Repairs Needed.
    7. A set of Digital Pictures to Document the Current Gate Condition and Demonstrate the Proposed Improvements and Safety Recommendations.
    8. A Written Bid to show how we can bring your Gates into Compliance with the Most Critical UL-325 Safety Standards.

Automatic vehicular gate operating systems provide convenience and security to the end user.  The popularity of these systems has grown greatly over the past few years.  With that growth has come increasing awareness of the inherent dangers of an improperly designed, installed, used or maintained system.  In some applications, gate operators must use high level of force to move the gate.  In others, pedestrians are mixed with vehicular traffic.  In still others, inadequate safety features are specified or installed for the system.

Persons coming into contact with a moving gate are in danger of “pinching” a portion of themselves or, even worse, becoming “entrapped” by the gate.  If a system is not properly designed, specified, installed, used and maintained, serious injury or even death can result to someone in the vicinity of a moving gate.

Over the past thirty months, the standard, UL 325 – Standard for Door, Drapery, Gate, Louver and Window Operators and Systems, has undergone substantial revision in response to growing concerns over the safety of automatic vehicular gate operating systems.  This information is provided in an effort to help you understand the current automated gate-related contents of this standard and its impact on the gate and gate operator industry.  It will also advise you of some of the possible changes pending for this standard.

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) & Its Standards

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