First Mining Drc-Zambia March -April 2020 digital edition First Mining Drc-Zambia March - April 2020 digital | Page 38

FEATURE
Vehicles and workforce access
control systems in mining
M
ining companies understand the
threat of having unauthorised
visitors on the premises. Mines
are dangerous areas and the people
who are around the premises ought
to be knowledgeable about safety
precautionary measures. As such, tools
like access control systems are there to
ensure that the supervisor in a mine is
able to manage the traffic in and out of
the mine.
Furthermore, while securing only
authorized people gain access to the
mine, it is also pertinent to ensure that
the premises restrict access as well.
This is achieved with the use of vehicle
barriers. These ensure that only those
who have a tag or are on the list can get
into the premises.
Boomgate Systems
Boomgate Systems (BGS) has had over
36
20 years’ experience in supplying and
designing products to control Vehicle
and Pedestrian Access in and out of
Mines. For instance, the company takes
pride in designing of a 3m high x 12m
long Cantilever Gate -the first of its
size in South Africa- for a mine whose
trucks are too big for standard sliding
gates running on tracks. As such, it
needed a trackless gate to cover a 10m
span and all the gate components had
to be designed and manufactured from
scratch.
Product Range
Another successful endeavour would
be the traffic control system BGS was
tasked to come up with, for purposes
of controlling traffic at a crossroad for a
mine in Delmas. 12 x 6m barriers with
interlock controllers were supplied and
installed on a dirt road.
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