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Gate force testing & safety compliance
Powered gates are legally required to be safe. We risk-assess and force-test gates to BS EN 12453 and issue the documentation.
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Powered gates are legally required to be safe. We risk-assess and force-test gates to BS EN 12453 and issue the documentation.
An automated gate is classed as machinery, so by law it must be risk-assessed and proven safe — it has to stop and reverse before it can hurt a person. Force testing measures the closing forces with calibrated equipment to confirm the gate is within safe limits.
We force-test new gates as standard and offer it on existing gates of any make, issuing the certificate and technical file you need to show the gate is compliant.
In detail
What force testing involves
- A full risk assessment of the gate and its setting
- Force testing with calibrated measuring equipment
- Safety edges and photocells checked or added
- Auto-reverse and obstruction detection verified
- A certificate and technical file issued
- Re-test reminders so you stay compliant