Last updated on: March 15th, 2025 13:22 pm
What is a sliding turnstile?
The sliding turnstile is a kind of security equipment through the gate horizontal translation (left and right sliding) to realize the passage control. Sliding turnstile is a kind of automatic turnstile gate machine controlled by electric power, which can be opened and closed manually by push button, swipe card, remote control, etc., and can also be opened and closed fully automatically by face recognition, human body sensing, etc.
In some high-end places, people prefer to use the sliding turnstile gate as the entrance and exit management equipment. Because it looks more high-end, runs smoothly and quietly. At present, it is commonly used in all kinds of neighborhoods, enterprises, factories and other places of entrance and exit gates, specifically for controlling pedestrian access.
Composition of the sliding turnstile
Sliding turnstile consists of metal chassis frame and two movable door wings, driving motor, sensor and control system. The door wings can be retracted, play the role of discouragement or release.MairsTurnstile’s new design of the sliding turnstile has the highest security, beautiful shape. It is the best choice for controlling pedestrian access. The glass on the top cover prevents people from climbing and the arms cannot be forced open.
The LED light bar on the chassis of the gate makes the sliding turnstile more attractive and eye-catching, easily catching the eye of pedestrians and enhancing the artistry of the venue. It makes your venue look more highly upscale. The glass door wings can be customized up to a maximum height of 1.8 meters. The channel width can be extended up to 900 mm. The system is equipped with 6 pairs of infrared sensors with anti-intrusion, anti-reversal and anti-tailgating features. It can be integrated with a variety of different third-party access controllers (e.g. RFID readers, biometric reader devices and counters).
Why choose a sliding turnstile?
With the core advantageous features of high security, high efficiency and strong durability, the sliding turnstile gate is the first choice for high-traffic and high-security places. Although the initial investment is high, its long-term stability, intelligent scalability, and brand image enhancement value, so that it occupies an irreplaceable position in various types of transportation, business, education and other fields. If the customer focuses on the balance of security and efficiency and has sufficient budget, the sliding turnstile is the ideal choice for high-end entrance and exit places.
Safety and Efficiency
The sliding turnstile gate forms a physical barrier when it closes, with strong anti-trailing and anti-collision capabilities, making it suitable for places with high security requirements (e.g. airports, data centers). Supports anti-pinch design (infrared/pressure sensor) to avoid accidental pinching.
Guarantee fast passage while strictly controlling (e.g. high-speed railway stations: prevent intrusion without tickets while coping with heavy passenger flow). The door plate of the sliding turnstile is made of high-strength material with high anti-collision ability, and it is also equipped with various safety protection devices, such as infrared detectors, sound and light alarms, etc., to guarantee the safety of personnel and equipment.
The gate opens and closes quickly (0.2-0.5 seconds), supporting fast and continuous passage, suitable for scenes with high flow of people (e.g., subway station rush hour). Bi-directional passage mode can be set to flexibly cope with tidal flow of people.
Adapt to harsh environments
The outdoor version can be waterproof and dustproof (IP65 rating), suitable for open-air venues or industrial areas.
Image Upgrade Requirements
High-end venues (e.g., corporate headquarters, museums) can upgrade their technological and professional image by customizing their appearance. The simple and generous design of the appearance of the sliding turnstile can be customized according to the needs of different venues in terms of appearance color, and logo, and at the same time, it can also be integrated with the surrounding environment without affecting the overall aesthetics of the venue. Suitable for high-end places (such as office buildings, exhibition halls).
Intelligent management
Adopting advanced intelligent control technology, the sliding turnstile can realize a variety of entrance and exit management methods, such as card, fingerprint identification, face recognition, etc., which greatly improves management efficiency. Enterprises can count employee attendance through the passage data, and venues can analyze the distribution of pedestrian flow to optimize operations.
Easy maintenance
The sliding turnstile adopts modularized design, which makes it very convenient to maintain and replace parts, and it also has automatic fault detection and alarm function, which can detect and solve equipment faults in time.
Strong durability
Made of stainless steel or riot acrylic, it is impact resistant, corrosion resistant, and adaptable to a variety of indoor and outdoor environments. Long motor life (usually more than 500,000 times opening and closing), low maintenance cost.
Disadvantages of sliding turnstile
Higher cost
The price is higher than tripod turnstile gates and swing turnstile gates, and the cost of high-end models (e.g., riot level) may reach tens of thousands of dollars.
Installation conditions
Enough space needs to be reserved (channel width is usually ≥600mm), and the double pendulum type requires a higher installation depth.
The ground needs to be leveled to avoid the gate jamming due to tilting.
Basic Working Principle
The sliding turnstile is a kind of access control equipment that moves the gate panel along the horizontal direction by motor drive. Its basic working principle is to control the forward and reverse rotation of the motor, so that the gate door plate in the opening and closing of the gate panning along the horizontal direction, so as to realize the control of entrances and exits.
Application places:
For some government agencies and units or confidentiality, high security requirements, the need to improve the security efficiency of the place, you can choose the sliding turnstile as the main access control management equipment, its access management is more stringent, security measures are stronger. Safety performance is mainly reflected in its design, the push-pull arm is relatively high, to prevent drilling and climbing, the main material is acrylic glass, the vision of this channel will not be restricted, placed in the office building hall, the whole is still translucent and bright.
The sliding turnstile is also widely used in transportation hubs, subway stations, airport security checks, high-speed rail ticket gates and other places. Because it has the characteristics of anti-trailing, high throughput, and impact resistance.
Sliding turnstile is also widely used in high-grade office buildings, group enterprises, business building hall or elevator hall, stairwell data center entrance. Because it has the function of accurate identity verification, aesthetics, and data recording.
The sliding turnstile is also widely used in cultural and educational venues, museums, libraries, school laboratories, because it has the characteristics of silent operation, anti-intrusion, low interference.
It is used in industrial parks, factory floors, and research and development bases because it is durable and dustproof, and can also be integrated with employee attendance functions.
Sliding turnstiles are used in special places, prisons, courts, bank vaults, because it has the highest security, anti-violent damage, emergency locking function.
