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Avon Manual Barrier
Manual Barrier
The Avon Manual Barrier is a counter weighted manual lifting arm barrier, to control vehicle access, ideal for parking control, road access and traffic management requirements.
A simple & economic means of securing an area from unauthorised vehicles, without the need for any power requirement. The installation is to a preformed concrete base, the barrier base is simply bolted to the ground.
Key features & benefits
Features
- High quality coating system
- Modular design
- Counterbalanced
- High visibility barrier arm
- Multi process coating specification
Benefits
- Reliable
- Simple to install
- Easy to operate
- Spares available
- Durable
Product overview
The barrier has a strong double legged pedestal of all steel construction, primed and painted white as standard, with a boom carrier designed to take an aluminium barrier arm of rectangular cross section 76mm x 38mm.
Each manual barrier is supplied complete with handle to assist with lifting/lowering, appropriate counterweights, boom, locking pin and padlock. The barrier can be secured with the locking pin at the pedestal, in both the raised and lowered position.
Barriers with a boom length in excess of 5 metres require an end support, (either a boom mounted pogo stick or fixed surface mounted), for stability and a straining wire assembly.
A pair of manual barriers in a tower bridge formation, complete with a central locking mechanism, can be provided to control wider roadways (up to 13 metres).
Options available
- Boom mounted STOP/NO ENTRY Signage
- Fixed End Support (supplied for boom lengths in excess of 5m)
- Boom mounted pogo stick end support
- Underslung skirt
- Alternative paint colours
Technical Specification
| Physical Dimensions: | |
|---|---|
| Standard Barrier Arm Height: | 1052mm from road surface to underside of boom (125mm kerbing) |
| Boom Dimensions: | 76mm x 38mm |
| Boom Max Length: | 7m – Booms over 5m in length a straining wire and fixed end support are supplied |
| Construction: | 100mm x 50mm mild steel rectangle hollow section double legged pedestal. Base plates with pre-drilled holes for surface fixing. Counterbalanced for ease of operation. Boom: Aluminium section white powder coated finish with red fascal stripes. |
| Installation: | Barrier pedestal foundation 500mm x 500mm x 500mm – C35 concrete recommended 4 x M16 x 190 chemical anchor bolts. End support foundation 300mm x 300mm x 300mm C35 concrete recommended 4 x M12 x 160 chemical anchor bolts |
Manual Barrier - Resources
Datasheet – Avon Manual Barrier
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Datasheet – Avon Manual Barrier, a counterweighted manual lifting arm barrier, to control vehicle access.
Drawings – Avon Manual Barrier
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General arrangement drawings for Avon Manual Arm Barrier is a counterweighted manual lifting arm barrier, to control vehicle access.
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