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When a power-operated door, gate or barrier is installed, the force with which this might strike an operator or bystander is a critical safety feature. New European test methods EN12445 and EN12453 are recognised as being industry standards for evaluating the performance of power-driven gates and doors. Indeed since May 2005 it has been obligatory throughout the European Community for automatic doors and gates to carry the appropriate CE mark.

Microtronics impact force meters automatically: detect a trigger force, measure force as a function of time for six seconds, calculate the parameters required to characterise the impact event, and store results for up to 50 tests. These stored values: the ‘dynamic force’, the ‘dynamic time’, the ‘static force’, and the ‘final force’ can be displayed on the gauge, or archived to a PC via a serial cable or Bluetooth wireless communication.

David Wilde, sales director of Mecmesin, has commented “As the automated door and gate industry recognises the need to maintain the highest level of safety and performance by testing its installed products, the easy-to-use ‘Blue Force’ and ‘Speed Force’ portable testers provide a truly unrivalled performance at an affordable price."

Diego Biason, general director of Microtronics adds, “We are proud that a company like Mecmesin, which has a well-established reputation as a force measurement specialist, has chosen to become our distributor in the UK. This is another confirmation that the quality of Microtronics’s products is appreciated throughout Europe. Besides, we are sure that the joint venture between Microtronics and Mecmesin, will bring benefits for our companies, as long as our efforts will be focused to improve both the instrument and the service to our valued UK customers.”