Guardian Backing Gate Controller - Electric - Twin Gate

Ever forget about your backing gate during milking or after milking?

Do staff overcrowd your cows with impatient backing gate use and gate movements that are too frequent or too long?

Does your backing gate have too much push?

Do you have lame cows and want a record of how often your backing gate is being overloaded? 

Our Guardian backing gate controller gives you the opportunity to take control of your backing gates and make them "think like you".

You determine how your backing gate behaves by settings things like how long it runs for, how much push it has, how fast it travels, and how frequently it can be moved.

Core Benefits:

• Encourages consistent cow flow into the shed without stress.
• Makes the backing gate behave more consistently no matter who is milking.
• Consistent cow flow reduces the temptation for milkers to 'crush' animals or walk into the yard to bring in cows.
• Improved yard safety and animal health with backing gate load sensing and automatic stop on overload. 
• Streamlines milking by saving time, reducing operator error and accidental overcrowding of cows in the yard.
• Minimises yard wash water consumption.
• Easy and convenient to use
• Minimum installation cost

Guardian Two Gate System includes:

Auto Milking Trigger Switch

• Pull Switch (For Herringbone Sheds, pull rope supplied)
• Trip Switch (For Rotary Sheds, counting bails to trigger gate movements)

Automatic Wash Control

You can now control the water to your yard from your Guardian operator panel. No need to go to the pump to turn it on or off.

Wash water to the backing gate can be automatically turned on when the gate moves during milking or when washing up at the end of milking.

This can be overridden by turning the automatic wash on or off.

Sensors

The installation of 3 sensors provides added safety for cows and convenience for users knowing a gate will be stopped at a certain location. They also enable some automatic movements for the gates such as the auto changeover function for a 2 gate system.

• Gate Park position (2 gate system only)
  • Inactive gate position in yard 
• Shed Sensor (Auto stop at Shed entry)
  • Stops gate movements at end of milking and prevents two gates coming together
• Yard Sensor (Auto stop at Yard entry)
  • Gate stops at Yard entry, ready for next herd or milking

Optional Additions:

Brake Motor Upgrade

The brake motor brings the motor to a rapid stop and locks the gate in that position. 

This lets the gates change over automatically without the need to chain the stationary gate to prevent it moving. If excessive load is applied to the stationary gate, it may still skid on the ground. 

If you wish to manually move the gate, the freewheeling clutch on your gate drive can still be used.

5 Ring 4" Electrical Gland

Our 4" through hole Electrical Gland is designed for ease of installation and accommodates for water through the centre post. 

Produced with 5 rings to give you the power needed to run two 3 phase backing gate drive units and the control these. Lower price by cutting out unnecessary components and removing design overcomplication.  

Fully compatible with 1 or 2 gate yards, travelling forward and reverse. 

Other Features and Benefits:

• Interactive touch screen for control instructions and prompts
• Smart fault detection for help if something does go wrong
• Automatic overload control to stop the backing gate if comes if unusual load.
• Set the maximum pressure applied to cows by your backing gate
• Timed automatic stop after each gate forward movement.
• Sounder to alert cows and milkers that the backing gate is moving
• Short reverse before forward movement to prevent cows resting on the backing gate
• Adjustable gate speed control to optimise milking and yard washing
• Automatic yard wash 
  
• Automatic backing gate stop at shed entry or yard entry 
  

Specifications:

• Will work with any 3 phase McConnel electric backing gate drive
• Power input: 1 Phase, 230V AC, 10A max
• 2 Gate 360 deg. yards require a McConnel RE500, 5 Ring 4" Slipring
• Solenoid water valve or pump starter needed for automatic wash control