Heavy Duty Sliding Gates for Industrial Warehouses: Secure Your Assets

In the logistics and warehousing industry, your perimeter gate is not just a boundary; it is your primary checkpoint. It needs to withstand thousands of cycles a week, resist impact from heavy vehicles, and keep millions of dollars worth of inventory safe.

A standard residential or light-commercial gate simply cannot handle the punishment of a 24/7 industrial environment in Singapore.

At Enforce Automatics, we specialize in fabricating and automating Heavy Duty Sliding Gates designed for the toughest industrial sites in Tuas, Jurong, and Changi. Here is why upgrading your warehouse gate is an investment in efficiency and security.

1. Built for Abuse: Structural Integrity

Industrial gates face threats that residential gates don’t: 40-foot trailers, forklifts, and constant vibration.

• The Material: We use high-grade Mild Steel or Hot-Dipped Galvanized Steel with reinforced frames. This ensures the gate doesn’t warp or sag under its own weight (which can often exceed 1,000kg).
• The Rollers: Standard plastic wheels will shatter under industrial loads. We install heavy-duty metal bogie wheels with sealed bearings, designed to carry tons of weight while resisting grit, sand, and oil.

2. Cantilever vs. Ground Track: Which is Best for Forklifts?

For warehouses with heavy forklift traffic, the type of sliding mechanism matters.

• Ground Track Gates: The traditional method where the gate slides on a rail bolted to the floor.
  • The Risk: Heavy trucks driving over the track can bend it. Gravel and dirt clog the rail, causing the gate to derail.
• Cantilever Gates (The Warehouse Favorite): The gate is suspended in the air, counterbalanced by a heavy support structure on the side.
  • The Benefit: No track on the floor. This means forklifts and trucks experience a smooth, bump-free ride. There is no rail to clean and no risk of a bent track halting your operations.

3. Speed Equals Efficiency

In a busy logistics hub, time is money. You cannot have a 15-meter gate taking 2 minutes to open while a queue of delivery trucks builds up onto the main road.

• High-Speed Motors: We install industrial-grade motors (like FAAC or DEA oil-bath systems) capable of opening speeds up to 20 meters per minute.
• Continuous Duty: unlike home motors that need to “rest,” our industrial motors are rated for 100% duty cycle, meaning they can run non-stop 24 hours a day without overheating.

4. Advanced Access Control Integration

Your gate should do more than just open; it should manage who enters.

• Long-Range RFID: Allow authorized company trucks to enter without stopping. The gate detects the tag on the windshield from 10 meters away and opens automatically.
• ANPR (License Plate Recognition): Automatically log every vehicle plate that enters your compound for security audits.
• Intercom & Facial Recognition: For pedestrian side gates, ensuring only registered staff can access the loading bay.

5. Safety Compliance

A heavy steel gate moving at high speed is a potential hazard. Safety is non-negotiable.

• Safety Edges: We install sensitive rubber strips on the leading edge of the gate. If it touches a person or vehicle, it reverses instantly.
• Photocells & Loop Detectors: Dual layers of invisible sensors ensure the gate never closes while a truck is still passing through.

Secure Your Supply Chain

Don’t let a faulty, slow, or weak gate become the bottleneck of your business.

Enforce Automatics provides end-to-end solutions: from fabricating the steel structure to installing the high-speed automation.