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| Qik: the new Ditec barrier  Newly designed and technically advanced, Qik is the ideal solution to ensure total security access in medium to high transit environments such as: hotels, banks, shopping centres as well as blocks of flats, companies and camp sites, which always require access control to car parking areas, thus ensuring their use only by authorised people. The location is Varese. Tigros supermarkets have opened a new point of sale right in the heart of the city, in a highly populated residential area and in the vicinity of the local hospital. The supermarket has been designed to offer its customers the highest comfort by providing an underground car park. However, parking in the area is a real problem; in order to avoid it from being entered and saturated by customers who do not use the supermarket, the car park has been fitted wit a practical access control system. The car park entrance ramp is fitted wit a Qik barrier, connected to an Axess access system. Anyone entering the car park must take a bar coded ticket. The barrier is opened and closed when the car goes past. To exit the car park, the user must insert the ticket, which is activated by the supermarket tills, in the column located near a second barrier fitted to the exit ramp. The parking service is free for customer using the supermarkets but is charged to other car park users. In order to solve the height problem, Qik barriers have been fitted with a two piece arms and with a central pivot. To ease its identification, the arms have been fitted with a light kit: flashing when in use, steady on when not in use. Smart, yet practical and safe, Qik has been designed to last. The painted pickled metallic sheet metal will not deteriorate with time, even in extreme weather conditions, and gives Qik a clean look. The lever type release system can also be operated with a key and can be easily accessed from the inspection side; it is also equipped with a cover plate to ensure that all emergencies can be handled in case of a power outage. The new aluminium rod has been designed to avoid shearing problems by fitting a rubber guard in the top and bottom part of the rod and by the rounded shape of the rotation pin. Its new elliptical shape makes it more wind resistant, thus ensuring that the 6 metre version does not oscillate in strong winds. The rod is fitted with a rubber end plug and can accommodate a wide range of Ditec accessories (ball joints, red reflective stripings, fixed and moving rest, vandal proof electrically operated lock, skirting, 90° rod ball joint, battery kit). To ensure better visibility, the direct current version is fitted with a rod lighting kit; the LED will go off when the rod is open, will flash when the rod is moving and will stay on when the rod is closed, in order to highlight its dimensions. The balancing system uses a single compression spring. Four springs are available (each of a different colour) which can be suitably positioned and adjusted in order to achieve the correct balance in relation to the dimension of the rod. The system can be installed either on the left or the right side by simply changing its position. The alternated current version is equipped with two limit switches, whilst the direct current version is fitted with one encoder, to provide further adjustments required to handle all possible conditions. The single block pressure die-cast aluminium reduction unit ensures an easier installation, a longer life and a cleaner look. The gear motor bronze reduction gears are subject to less wear and tear, thus ensuring a higher number of operations, up to 1.000.000, to be achieved. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |