Standard Features And Options - Siemens SMART GATE S-80 Quick Start Manual

INTRODUCTION
1.1

STANDARD FEATURES AND OPTIONS

The following figure provides an overview of the standard features and options of the S-80 Smart Gate™
mechanism.
Figure 1-2 S-80 Smart Gate™ Mechanism Product Features Overview
1.1.1 Maintenance-Free Brushless DC Motor
The S-80 incorporates advanced control and performance monitoring (Hall sensor feedback) and has no
brushes to maintain. This allows for a longer motor life expectancy.
1.1.2 Advanced Digital Motor Technology
The S-80 uses a brushless DC motor with advanced motor control that provides smoother gate
operation. The advanced motor control in the S-80 controls the gate arm movement with a soft start and
soft stop, eliminating the recoil shock to the gate's drive train from the "whipping" action of the gate arm.
This dramatically reduces the wear on the bearings, gears, motor, and electric brake. Also, the reduced
whipping action of the arm reduces wear on the affiliated gate arm hardware and breakaway gate arm
protection devices. This significantly improves the overall life expectancy of the mechanism.
The gate arm is fully powered throughout the ascend and descend cycles and only snubbed when
descending under a loss of power condition. The S-80 has an Arm Retention feature that can be enabled
during the programming sequence. When enabled, it eliminates the possibility of pedestrians manually
lifting the gate arm, from the lowered position.
1.1.3 Low Maintenance Drive Train
The low maintenance drive train includes forged and hardened drive train gears with a service life of one
million operations with periodic lubrication. Refer to Section 6.2 for periodic gear lubrication
recommendations.
SIG-QG-21-01
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NOVEMBER 2021