Approached
by a customer who wanted to use a  dock leveller in conjunction with
a TS control and GfA digital limit drive our technical
team came up with a solution that works with both single
valve hinged lip and two valve telescopic lip dock
levellers.
The combined dock leveller uses the
GfA dock leveller control (LB 700) with a TS control
panel and these are interlocked in such a way so that
the dock leveller cannot be operated unless the door is
in the fully open position. When the dock leveller is in
use, the interlock inhibits the shutter from closing.
This interlock is pre-wired, meaning setting just one
parameter on the dock leveller and the door control
panel when installing and commissioning.
The
combined dock leveller solution incorporates any of the
latest TS control panels but was designed specifically
to be used in combination with the
following:
- TS 971, allowing automatic closing
with a wireless safety edge. This comes with mimic
red/green traffic lights mounted in the
enclosure.
- TS 959, dead-man control with an
added option for mimic traffic
lights.
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It was a pleasure to welcome
those customers who weren’t snowbound to the GfA stand
at R+T.
Our German colleagues were in
celebratory mood as one ofnine
prize-winning companies chosen from around 110 entries.
Winning in the category of ‘Drive and control systems
for door/gates’ the UKS 12-20 chain tensioner was noted
for having very low product and installation costs and
offering unique flexibility. We’ll be keeping in touch
with the development team in Germany to bring this
product to UK markets as soon as it is launched.
