Door Industry Journal - Summer 2017

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 92 THE door industry journal summer 2017 automated gates and barriers Help, my force tester needs re-calibration! EasyGates Direct, Nationwide electric gate automation, access control and safety supplier has recently been appointed as a UK calibration centre for the GTE range of force testing equipment. With the influx of force testing equipment coming in to the UK gate and door industries in recent years, many installers are finding additional costs piling up to re-calibrate their equipment. Until recently this meant a complex procedure of shipping expensive equipment across continents for calibration. Often this equipment is vital to an installers everyday role and can cause headaches when waiting for anything from 7 days up to 4 weeks to get the item back! EasyGates Direct are now able to offer a quick, reliable UK calibration service to all users of KMG-LITE and KMG-2000 force testers. “With as little as a 2-3 working day turnaround, we are now a vital partner for gate/door installers who need their testing equipment calibrated and back in their hands ASAP” said Steven Gooding, Operations Director at EasyGates Direct. “We have recently spent extensive time in Germany training our staff on the calibration, certificate re-issue and testing of these essential devices”. In 2016 the Door Hardware Federation (trade body representing the UK gate and door industry) developed a new code of practice. After taking on board feedback from manufacturers and installers in the UK market, the general feeling is whilst these tests are a very thorough and robust method of verification they are perhaps a little overcomplicated. The DHF TS011:2016 code of practice has now defined a new industry standard method allowing for as little as 5* tests to be carried out to provide greater flexibility whilst maintaining integrity and safe results. “As part of our commitment to training our customers and providing insight to the entire gate industry, we are now developing the already popular force-test-tool.com website to include some exciting new features” said Stuart Roddy, National Sales Manager at EasyGates Direct. We have now refined the site so that an installer may simply select the type of gate he is working on, then select the standard he is working to e.g. DHF TS011:2016. The website then auto- populates the relevant test point positions so all a user need do is enter the data values from his tester. The site then creates a valid PDF report that can be viewed instantly or e-mailed to the client. EasyGates Direct have created an in-depth guidance video explaining how to carry out these tests and apply the code of practice, it is freely available here www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Yflq-8P5Y .