Homeland Security Europe Article: SECURITY DOORS, TURNSTILES AND REVOLVING DOORS

Boon Edam is proud of the claim to be ‘the first name in entrance technology'. Millions of people pass through Boon Edam doors and turnstiles all over the world.

There is no other major international group with the same longstanding experience in the field of security doors, turnstiles and revolving doors.

Starting back in 1873, Boon Edam now has manufacturing companies in China, the Netherlands and the USA, together with 12 subsidiary sales and maintenance companies plus an extensive network of distributors around the world.

Strong organic growth, fueled by technical innovation and strong marketing over the last 10 years, was supplemented in 2005 with the acquisition of TOMSED Corporation, including Safesec Inc and Intertex Barriers and Booths. This fit in perfectly with the group strategy to increase focus on the security market and provided a substantially increased business platform in the US with an expanded range of turnstiles and active vehicle barriers for both US and export markets.

Today, security access products and door systems are the two dominant global business activities of the group with service and maintenance playing a more significant part in European markets.

Today's world demands accessibility and security at the same time. Combining these apparent contradictions is challenging but accessibility and security meet each other in Boon Edam's wide range of ingenious security products.

Each situation asks for a different approach. No matter the project, no matter the requirements, no matter the scale, Boon Edam supplies products that meet the level of security required. The security access product offering from Boon Edam is segmented broadly into high security doors, turnstiles and active vehicle barriers.

• High security revolving doors or booths can be installed to directly control the passage of entrants. Often including sophisticated sensor systems such as the newly developed StereoVision technology to ensure single person entry per authorisation, these products are designed to remove the need to manned guarding at access points.

While card reading and biometric technologies continue to advance, there will always be the issue of securing an access point while it is being used. Boon Edam's broad range of security access products is capable of interfacing with practically all existing access control systems to ensure only the authorised person is permitted to pass.

Boon Edam supplies an unrivalled range of revolving and special purpose doors worldwide.

A vast selection of revolving doors ranging from 1600mm to 7400mm in diameter is available. All Boon Edam revolving doors create prestigious, safe and efficient entrances any building. By keeping the weather, noise and draughts out while allowing people to pass freely, these products are not just user-friendly; they also provide tangible energy saving benefits and help conserve world resources.

Innovative and unique special purpose doors are the result of long expertise in entrance technology, providing solutions for demanding customer requirements.

Boon Edam is continuously working on the best possible solution. Its vision is that innovation must be a continuous process and it is therefore constantly seeking to improve its products, services and processes. Success is the result of visionary employees who use innovation and technology to effectively serve their customers. Providing solutions is what a valued business partner is all about.

Flowslide, the perfect solution to separate passenger flows

The Flowslide is a high-tech combination of a revolving door and curved sliding panels. This revolutionary door was developed in conjunction with Aéroports de Paris specifically in response to requirements arising from the European Schengen border control regulations to separate arriving and departing passengers in single storey passenger terminal applications.

First installed at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, where the client was faced with major building alterations, the solution has proven so popular with both the airport and airlines that further doors are now planned for additional terminals.

The Flowslide from Boon Edam makes it possible for existing single storey terminals to be retained or new ones designed, while affecting the necessary separation of passenger flows. This unique solution proves that it is possible to reconcile passenger comfort with improved security measures.

Working principle

The Flowslide consists of a rigid central door wing and three curved sliding panels, which revolve within a fixed curved wall. The sliding panels move as the door wing rotates, alternately opening and closing entry and exit points within the curved wall. This combination of sliding panels and the central door wing is synchronised in such a way that two passenger flows can cross each other without coming into contact or being able to merge.

Passenger terminals

The Flowslide can be used in all kinds of passenger terminals where it is necessary to separate two flows of people, for example separating arriving and departing passengers in airports, seaports and railway terminals.