The customer is a foundry located in the mid-West. Safe access over a conveyor is required over a ramp to allow personnel to come and go as needed. A pneumatic gate and ramp system needed to be designed that would simultaneously open and close two (2) steel gates. The opening and closing would be controlled by a simple hand-switch on the ramp railing.

1. View of ramp and gates.
Kinetrol USA
Innovative Gate Opening System Driven by Kinetrol
Actuators
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The customer is a foundry located in the mid-West. Safe access over a conveyor is required
over a ramp to allow personnel to come and go as needed. A pneumatic gate and ramp
system needed to be designed that would simultaneously open and close two (2) steel gates.
The opening and closing would be controlled by a simple hand-switch on the ramp railing.
Two Kinetrol vane actuators are mounted under and
on each side of the ramp. Driveshafts connected to
the Kinetrol actuators open and close the steel gates.
Solenoid valves respond to the hand-switch to pilot
the actuators.
For more information, contact Kinetrol USA by
visiting https://kinetrolusa.com or by calling 972-447-
9443.
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2. Side view of Kinetrol actuator and drive shaft.
Actuator, solenoid and driveshaft.
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