The Expanded Metal Company is launching a new security gate. The UK-based company, a specialist in the manufacture of expanded metal mesh products, says that it has developed the gate in response to demand for target hardening measures across Government infrastructure, defence, utilities and transport sectors.
Forming part of the company’s ExMesh range of security products, the ExMesh SR3 Gate – available in double-gate and pedestrian designs – has achieved accreditation from the Loss Prevention Certification Board to Loss Prevention Standard (LPS) Security Rating (SR) 3. That means the product can withstand attempts at forced entry with tools including crowbars, axes, hacksaws and bolt cutters.
Its ‘double skinned’ design offers an extra layer of protection, the makers say, while the product includes a fully protected locking mechanism, and fully protected gate hinges with anti-climb and anti-lift properties. Plus, if attacked, its metal mesh has sharp edges which further restrict access.
It has also been designed to be used with LPS 1175 SR3-rated padlocks and ExMesh’s existing LPS 1175 SR3-rated fencing. The gate frame has been designed to restrict the passage of a human torso, making a physical security breach more difficult.
The Expanded Metal Company’s ExMesh range offers fencing and security products. They’re developed and made at The Expanded Metal Company’s 25,000 sqm site in Hartlepool. The Expanded Metal Company, which has operated for more than 125 years, has UK official ‘Secured by Design’ status.
The ExMesh range includes LPS 1175 SR2 and SR3 rated fencing systems, anticlimb measures, cages, ExMesh Fastrack, a fence developed for rail industry use; ExMesh Electra, designed for the electric and telecoms industries; and ExMesh Securilath, a security lath designed for installation between walls, ceilings and roofs.
George Hutchinson, pictured, product manager for ExMesh, said: “The ExMesh SR3 Gate has been designed to enable end users to protect facilities with an extremely robust level of perimeter security and its high security rating means that it is particularly useful in safeguarding unmanned sites. Access points such as gates can leave a facility vulnerable to physical infiltration: enhancing these areas with certified physical security solutions can therefore form an important part in an organisation’s overall security strategy.”
And Philip Astley, managing director of The Expanded Metal Company, added: “The introduction of the ExMesh SR3 gate system demonstrates our continued commitment to product innovation in the physical security realm and our ability to meet the challenges of an ever-evolving security landscape. Our vast experience in engineering and our specialist manufacturing capabilities have been brought to bear in the development of this product, and we’re looking forward to supporting contractors and end users in integrating it into their physical security measures.”
The ExMesh SR3 Gate will be launched at the Security and Counter Terrorism Expo, on May 3 and 4 at Olympia, London.
Visit www.exmeshsecurity.co.uk.
