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Volume 16
Concentric Security’s Controls Manufacturing
group produces a state-of-art line of PAC/PLC-
based barrier controls, adapted to every barrier
make, model and type: hydraulic or electrically
operated barriers, wedges, bollards, drop arms,
and gates.
These innovative control systems include VFD
(Variable Frequency Drives) that increase bar-
rier lifespans, HMI (Human Machine Interface)
interfaces that allow operators to trouble-shoot
the barrier, and a variety of advanced precision
sensors that increase safety.
Commissioned by its field service offices geo-
graphically positioned in the Northeast, South-
east and West Coast, Concentric Security has
performed barrier retrofits on as few as one bar-
rier all the way up to full enterprise-wide rollouts
upgrading hundreds of barriers simultaneously.
Barrier renovations also require point-by-point
mechanical reviews of the existing barrier.
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Concentric Security has tens of thou-
sands of documented hours of barrier
service and repair.
For decades, this information has been uploaded
into their proprietary database of vehicle barrier-
specific knowledge.
Data includes barrier makes, models, parts, ser-
vice history, typical failure points, COTS (com-
mercial off-the-shelf) parts equivalents and de-
sign best practices.
McInturff iterated this point, “We have vast range
of vehicle barrier knowledge.”
“Our many years of experience combined with
our database of alternate parts, vendor resourc-
es and best practices within the industry gives
Concentric Security a singular ability to offer its
customer’s expert recommendations on all the
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