There will never be a dearth of security concerns plaguing your organization or residence. The key is to prevent the threat from even coming close to your establishment. One of the ways to do it is to restrict access to several parts of your business and thus, Tripod Turnstile Manufacturers offer easy but effective solutions for this problem.
What is a turnstile and how does it function?
Also otherwise called the baffle gate, it is basically an instrument that allows only one person to pass through at any moment. This can be established at entry and exit points and can be rigged to work in a uni- directional nature – that is it can rotate only in one particular direction only. This makes sure that there is no unintentional mixing of human traffic in two different directions and helps in crowd control and flow.
For people to access the turnstile, they must enter a token, a card, a pass or money to activate the motion of the mechanism. They are used extensively at public transport systems etc. Full height turnstiles are used at stadiums to control crowds; they are also used at amusement parks, metro stations, subways, mass transit systems, office receptions and lobby areas; airports and railways stations.
Some of the advantages of using turnstiles are as follows:
- In case of business establishments, they give a good way of counting the attendance of a particular firm on a particular day.
- In general, at the entry and exit points, they force everyone to exit or enter in one single line, thus giving more time to the security personnel to scrutinise every person passing the turnstile and thus, monitor the situation.
- They help in maintaining order and reduce changes of chaotic entry and exit.
Types of turnstiles:
The different types of turnstiles which are in use these days are as follows:
- Tripod turnstile: This is the basic everyday turnstile which you may see at every corner of a city mass transit system. This has basically three prongs that rotate in one or both directions at the same time, as the configuration needs it.
- Waist height turnstiles: This is commonly used in places like amusement parks and fairs. This is traditionally called the half height turnstile, and thus the user has to insert a token or a coin to access the mechanism. This is traditional, but also one which is the most prone to jam. Hence, in this case, usage of a payment procedure or crediting procedure is one of the most viable options.
- Optical turnstiles: These function in the same way as highway toll booth tagging. A reader reads the information from a microchip, and the data is collated. These are used when a physical entry restriction is considered uncouth and un- classy.
- Full height turnstile: This stretches to about seven feet. This operates on the same principle as a revolving door. The height prevents rule breakers from jumping over smaller turnstile.
