Pedestrian Access Control Products
Free-flowing, contactless passage meets elegant design and sophistication with the Hayward Turnstiles EZ Lane SL1000 Swing Glass Optical Turnstile. Featuring a wear resistant polyurethane body, optional Ethernet connectivity, and an onboard configuration display, the SL1000 is truly on the forefront of access control innovation and user friendliness.
The SL1000 enhances user experience in both design and functionality. Unlike other optical turnstile options, this swinging glass optical turnstile does not require you to plug in a laptop or tablet to access all functions, parameters, and information. Simply navigate the onboard display to control lanes, gather information, and much more. Each SL1000 integrates seamlessly into building control systems via their available Ethernet interface capabilities (optional), allowing you to easily integrate with existing programs at your facility.
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Free-flowing, contactless passage meets elegant design and sophistication with the Hayward Turnstiles EZ Lane SL1000 Swing Glass Optical Turnstile. Featuring a wear resistant polyurethane body, optional Ethernet connectivity, and an onboard configuration display, the SL1000 is truly on the forefront of access control innovation and user friendliness.
The SL1000 enhances user experience in both design and functionality. Unlike other optical turnstile options, this swinging glass optical turnstile does not require you to plug in a laptop or tablet to access all functions, parameters, and information. Simply navigate the onboard display to control lanes, gather information, and much more. Each SL1000 integrates seamlessly into building control systems via their available Ethernet interface capabilities (optional), allowing you to easily integrate with existing programs at your facility.
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At a Glance: ADA Compliance Means Access for Everybody
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects the rights of disabled individuals
The ADA has specific laws regarding turnstiles and security gates at entrances
Hayward Turnstiles ADA Gates provide handicap access without compromising security or requiring an alternate entrance
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
The Americans with Disabilities Act is a piece of civil rights legislature that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities and guarantees that they have the same opportunities as everybody else when it comes to participating in the mainstream of American life. Such protections include the abilities to enjoy employment opportunities,
goods and services and participate in government programs and services.
Signed into law on July 26, 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, the Americans with Disabilities Act (commonly shortened to ADA) is an “equal opportunity" law for people with physical or mental disabilities modeled after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act is the world's first ever comprehensive declaration of equality for people with physical and mental disabilities and was a collaborative effort of people from both political parties along with individuals from multiple branches of both state and federal government.
The access control industry–relating to turnstiles and ADA gate installations specifically–and the ADA are directly related because of the tendency for access control products to be used at entryways. As the ADA rightfully states, people with disabilities must be granted the same access as their peers, so ensuring that your turnstile access control system allows easy access to disabled entrants is imperative for ADA compliance.
What Are the Requirements for ADA Compliant Turnstiles and Security Gates?
Though revolving turnstiles (full height turnstiles and waist high turnstiles) provide the highest level of security by creating a physical entry barrier, their design inherently excludes people with disabilities from entering through them because both their lane width and barrier features do not allow easy access for individuals in wheelchairs, with walkers, or on crutches. Because of this, employing a revolving turnstile as the only entrance into a facility does not comply with ADA requirements.
To meet ADA requirements, an “accessible turnstile, gate, or opening must be provided" at a facility's entrance either as an alternate entrance to a revolving turnstile or as a stand alone access control entrance option. A handicap accessible turnstile or gate that meets ADA compliance must have at least a 32-inch wide clear opening to allow wheelchairs and walkers to pass through without conflict. Further, openings more than 24 inches deep must provide a clear opening of 36 inches, so it is best to be mindful of architectural drawings to uncover instances where 36-inch clear openings are required instead of 32-inch clear openings.
ADA compliant turnstiles and security swing gates should always at minimum provide a 32-inch clear opening if they are the only means of handicapped accessible entry into a facility. Still unsure? Our Hayward Turnstiles access control experts are always here to answer any questions relating to ADA compliance, so contact us today with any questions.
Handicapped Accessible Turnstiles and Gates at Hayward Turnstiles
Most of the time, when you employ an access control system complete with entrance turnstiles, heightened levels of security and being able to control who can enter your facility are your main goals. These turnstiles are not always ADA compliant. Adding a side “alternate" entrance for handicapped accessibility would defeat the purpose of your access control system entirely as anybody could simply walk through the side entrance, lowering your overall level of security and control.
There is a solution for this problem, though. Many companies elect to install ADA compliant swing gates directly next to waist high turnstiles (or full height ADA gates next to full height turnstiles) to provide an alternate entrance into their facilities without compromising entrance security or forcing disabled entrants to go all the way to the side of the building just to enter through some alternative entrance.
All of our Hayward Turnstiles ADA compliant gates, both full height and waist high, feature at least a 32-inch clear opening, with many of them featuring up to a 36-inch clear opening. Our gates are designed to match our full height and waist high turnstiles, too. So installing a gate next to your turnstile will look seamless.
At a Glance: A Partner Program That Emphasizes Mutual Gain and Collaboration
A good partnership is one that is beneficial to all involved parties
The Hayward Turnstiles Partner Program thrives on mutual benefit by generating new business opportunities for all involved
Trade discounts, business opportunity referrals, and co-branding are some of the features of our Program
Our production capabilities are expanding so we are actively seeking out new partnerships with access control integrators
Good candidates for our Partner Program come in many shapes and sizes
5 Elements of a Strong Business Partnership
1.Collaboration: A strong partnership always starts with collaboration. Both companies should come together to work out a partnership agreement that satisfies the needs of both companies and makes everybody involved happy.
2. Mutual Benefit: A strong partnership should mutually benefit both parties. Each company should be better off after partnering than they were before they were associated with each other.
3. Transparency: A strong partnership is one rooted in trust. Partnership agreements should be completely transparent with an emphasis on defining terms plainly and on minimizing ambiguity.
4. Compatibility: A strong partnership depends on compatibility. The skills and capabilities of one party should complement those of the other party nicely to form a cohesive value-adding team.
5. Shared Vision: A strong partnership exhibits a shared vision between all parties involved. A partnership with aligned goals is much more productive than one where parties involved work towards separate ends.
The Hayward Turnstiles Partner Program Is Beneficial in More Ways Than One
Our new Partner Program is unlike any other partnerships found in the access control industry. Instead of simply offering a trade discount and being done with it, we go the extra mile for our partners. Our partners enjoy a relationship seeded in mutual benefit where, along with industry-leading trade discounts, they can count on us to provide referrals and funnel new business opportunities their way.
Being a turnstile and ADA gate manufacturer only, we often encounter customers that require turnkey services complete with both products and installation. Since we don't do installation, this is when we reach out to all our partners in that potential customer's general geographical area to provide them with an opportunity to gain that potential customer's business. This creates a two-way road between ourselves and our partners where we reach out to them with new business because we do not install and they reach out to us for products because we offer some of the most competitive trade discounts in the industry (off our already industry-leading MSRP).
Beyond our win-win partnership structure, we are also proud to offer co-branding opportunities for our partners. With the strongest digital presences in the industry, the Hayward Turnstiles website brings in more qualified and relevant traffic than any other turnstile-related website in the country. As a partner, we are willing to display logos, descriptions, and contact information right on our website for all of our visitors to see. Further, by linking back to your website (called a backlink), our strong web presence will even rub off onto the performance of your website, improving your search visibility and allowing you to get more qualified traffic online.
We Are Actively Recruiting Access Control Integrators and Turnstile Installers
As Hayward Turnstiles continues to grow, we are now able to handle increased volumes and, as a result, more projects at once. Because of this, we are looking to add to our network of partner installers and integrators in all areas of the country to better prepare for this increased number of projects going on at once. We want to make sure we always have an installer available when a customer needs one, so the more installers and integrators we can strike up a partnership agreement with the better.
What Does a Strong Candidate for Our Partner Program Look Like?
Projects in the access control industry often deal with high security engagements, military or government contracts, risk mitigation, and other serious applications. So, it certainly pays to be picky when choosing installers for a project. Customers want an installer that is competent, trustworthy, and easy to work with. This is why we prescreen all of the candidates for our Partner Program to ensure that only the most qualified access control integrators install our products. After all, when we recommend an integrator to a customer, that integrator is now an extension of the Hayward Turnstiles brand.
What a strong candidate for our Partner Program looks like can vary greatly. Obviously, we only choose seasoned installers with countless successful installations behind then and great customer service, but these installers don't necessarily have to be hardcore enterprise level access control systems integrators. For example, many of our partners are fence companies. They primarily install fence lines, but they have extensive experience integrating full height turnstiles and full height ADA gates with their fence systems because full height turnstile solutions and fence lines often go hand-in-hand. Though they may not be the most adept at integrating complex systems, they are masters at installing and integrating all things related to fencing. Further, many of our successful partners are large construction companies. They have the knowledge and personnel available to install all types of turnstiles and gates at their construction sites whether they are for securing the site or part of the building specification. Again, these construction companies may not be your run-of-the-mill access control systems integrator, but they have the experience and the wherewithal to install products correctly.
Though many of our partners are full-fledged access control systems integrators, installers in adjacent industries can also succeed in our partner program. Therefore, the main aspects we look for in a strong candidate for our Partner Program include:
Proven track record installing turnstiles and ADA compliant gates
Impeccable customer service both on site and accessibility off site
Trustworthiness and easy to work with/get in contact with
Sounds like a job description application, right? Well fear not, we won't have HR contact you or some head hunters bother you. You can reach out to us at any time to spark up a conversation about your candidacy for our partner program. I promise you won't have to wear a suit and survive a group interview.
At a Glance: ADA Gates Automate the Library Card Checking Process
The Xavier University of Louisiana wanted to increase entrance security at their library to protect against COVID-19 threats
The University approached our partner IDN Acme for much needed access control updates
Hayward Turnstiles worked side by side with the IDN Acme team to develop an access control solution
The University now enjoys strong COVID-19 protection and enhanced entrance efficiency with their new MR100 ADA units and accompanying custom railing
Xavier University Knew There Had to Be a Better Way
Xavier University is a private Roman Catholic university in New Orleans, Louisiana best known for being one of the Nation's top HBCUs. Back in 1993, the University found themselves running out of room in their historic 1937 Gothic library, so they decided to erect a new 6-story library to house their growing collection of books and periodicals. This new library, dubbed the Xavier University of Louisiana Library Resource Center, became an extremely heavily-trafficked social hub for the University's students. The library was consistently bustling with students, faculty, and the public studying, researching, or simply passing the time together.
The University was thrilled to see such a large amount of foot traffic in and out of the library at all hours of the day. That is, until the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, there was really no way to control who was allowed in the library, which became problematic when the University decided to stop allowing library access to the general public in an effort to minimize COVID-19 spread risks. Now, Xavier faculty would have to check every person's credentials at the entrance of
library to ensure that only students and other faculty members were allowed entry. Officials at the University knew there had to be a better and more hygienic way to accomplish this task than manually swiping each and every student or faculty members XCard whenever they wanted to use the library.
IDN-Acme Knew Just What Xavier University Needed
Noticing the shortcomings at their library's entrance, Xavier University officials reached out to a local company called IDN-Acme to find a way to streamline their library credential checking process without sacrificing security or disrupting regular traffic flows in and out of the facility. IDN-Acme, a division of IDN Global, Inc., is a distributor of security related products. They also provide security systems integration, access control solutions, turnstile and gate installation, and other related services to security professionals through their six regional locations around North America. Conveniently enough, one of IDN-Acme's six locations is situated not too far from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, so they were the perfect fit to specify and install access control products at the University.
After speaking with the Xavier University team, IDN-Acme had a good idea of what was needed at the library. The University needed some way to physically enforce their new “faculty and students only" rule without hindering traffic flows too much or becoming too complicated for everyday use. With this knowledge, the IDN-Acme crew knew some sort of integrated access control system complete with turnstiles or ADA compliant gates would be a perfect fit for this situation because of their inherent ability to process credentials automatically and provide a physical barrier to entry against unauthorized entrants. Realizing this, IDN-Acme set out to find access control products that were both affordable and durable enough to handle the high levels of foot traffic incurred daily at the Xavier University library.
Hayward Turnstiles Knew the Perfect Product for Xavier University
IDN-Acme began shopping around for the right access control products to best capture Xavier University's specific project needs. Eventually, they came across the Hayward Turnstiles website where they noticed our full line of turnstiles and handicap accessible ADA gates, so they decided to reach out. The IDN-Acme team was greeted by one of our Hayward Turnstiles access control specialists who was eager to help determine which of our products would be best for the project at hand. The team was also pleased to hear that Hayward offered a trade discount Partner Program for installers to help them save money on their project. After a few quick exchanges, our access control specialists determined that our MR100 ADA would be perfect for the Xavier University library because of its strong blend of security, handicap accessibility, and ease of use. Further, the MR100 ADA integrates with virtually all access control systems, so installation and integration with IDN-Acme's chosen PERSONA proximity card reader system by Assa Abloy would be a breeze.
Along with the MR100 ADA, the IDN team determined that the access control system at Xavier would also benefit from a custom post and railing system to help direct traffic and prevent people from squeezing by and bypassing the system. Luckily, our team over at the Hayward Turnstiles factory is always open to constructing custom solutions. They took IDN's provided floor plans and created a custom post and railing system to fill the gaps between the system perfectly. When it was all said and done, the IDN-Acme team took delivery of a fully customized access control system, complete with two MR100 ADA gates and a bespoke post and rail system.
IDN-Acme was then tasked with installing the gates on site and integrating them with their PERSONA software and proximity readers. These proximity readers would detect whether someone had their XCard on them without making that person fish around in their wallet or fumble around in their purse looking it. Without having to actually swipe or scan a card, traffic flows would not be impeded, so students could easily come and go as they pleased as long as they had their card somewhere on their person. Not to mention, this proximity detection provided a hands-free solution that no longer required a person to person interaction: a huge step toward Xavier University's fight against COVID-19 spread.
A Tailored Solution to Capture Specific Needs
Through our collaborative effort with our partner installer IDN-Acme, we were proudly able to provide Xavier University with a custom access control solution to help them keep COVID-19 spread at bay. IDN-Acme worked swiftly to install the system according to the plan just in time for students to begin pouring back into the library at the start of the semester. Thanks to teamwork, planning, and superior customization capabilities, students and faculty can now enjoy the Xavier University library again and faculty can rest assured that only authorized individuals can gain entry. The Hayward Turnstiles team takes pride in knowing that we can help such a prestigious University overcome coronavirus complications and become safer overall.
This project is just a glimpse at the many custom projects we complete in collaboration with our partner installers regularly. We welcome these strategic partnerships because we always love providing end users with convenient and affordable turnkey solutions. Beyond this, we always pay close attention to the various expectations and limitations of each new project we accept to ensure that the right products get specified every time. After all, no two projects are the same, so why should their access control systems be?