HGVs in, employees in, suppliers in. Without manual gatework.
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Vehicle access control for a manufacturing site has to handle inbound deliveries, outbound shipments, supplier visits and shift-change traffic through the same gate. Nedap Transit Ultimate identifies pre-registered HGVs and supplier vehicles from up to 15 metres, ANPR Lumo reads the number plates of one-off deliveries and visitors, and uPASS Go lets employees into the car park on a windscreen tag.
We distribute and support all three as Nedap's certified UK partner, and work with your installer from specification to commissioning.
A working manufacturing site is a constant choreography of inbound deliveries, outbound shipments, supplier visits and shift-change employee traffic. Each has a different access policy and a different volume.
Running all of it through a manual gatehouse creates queues. Running it through several disconnected systems creates errors and gaps in the reporting.
Inside the fence the same problem repeats at the warehouse doors, where a forklift operator has to dismount to use a reader or an intercom.
The challenge
Deliveries, shipments, suppliers and shift-change traffic all arrive at the same gate, each with its own access policy, and each stops to be checked.
The answer
Transit Ultimate reads a windscreen tag from up to 15 metres, even at awkward approach angles where a short-range reader struggles, so a registered vehicle is identified before it reaches the barrier.
The challenge
A courier or a visitor may come once. There is no tag to read and no credential to issue.
The answer
ANPR Lumo reads the plate from 2 to 10 metres and checks it against the vehicles the site is expecting. Nothing is handed to the driver.
The challenge
Hundreds of employees arrive and leave within minutes, and a card reader in each lane holds the queue.
The answer
uPASS Go reads a battery-free UHF tag at up to 10 metres, so staff drive in without presenting a card.
The challenge
Running the gate, the car park and the docks through separate systems means separate lists, separate reports and gaps between them.
The answer
All three readers report to the same access control or yard management software, Norpass3 or the one already on site, so one integration covers the whole flow.
A factory gate sees three kinds of vehicle: registered HGVs and suppliers, one-off deliveries and visitors, and the site's own staff. Each is identified in the way that suits it, and every reader reports to the same system.
Registered HGVs and supplier vehicles carry a tag in the windscreen, and Transit Ultimate reads it at long range as the vehicle approaches, even at the difficult approach angles where a conventional reader struggles. At thyssenkrupp Steel, sixteen of them across seven factory gates read 15,000 tags.
Couriers and visitors are identified by number plate, so there is no tag to issue or collect.
A battery-free tag in the windscreen. Staff drive in and out at shift change without presenting a card.
Transit Ultimate reads the windscreen tag from up to 15 metres while the HGV is moving.
Norpass3, or the yard system already on site, checks it against the registered vehicles.
No stopping, no card to present.
Vehicle and time, for dispatch records and incident reviews.
The main gate is usually where a project starts. The same readers identify vehicles at other points on a manufacturing site, inside the buildings as well as out.
uPASS Go and a windscreen tag let staff in and out at shift change without a card.
A tagged forklift is read as it approaches, and the door opens without the operator dismounting to use a reader or an intercom.
Where a controlled area needs it, a Booster tag verifies the operator as well as the forklift before the door opens.
A reader on the way out logs each outbound shipment as it leaves the site.
Manufacturing & Industrial is one of 11 applications in Vehicle Access, Solved, the Nedap vehicle identification catalogue we publish for the UK and Ireland. Each page shows which reader does the main job, where a second reader picks up untagged or visitor vehicles, and a site where it is in use.
15 pages, PDF. Manufacturing & Industrial is on page 9.
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One of the world's largest steel production facilities, on a site five times the size of Monaco, moves 2,000 trucks and 13,000 cars every working day.
Sixteen Transit Ultimate readers across seven factory gates read 15,000 windscreen-mounted tags from up to 10 metres, keeping vehicles flowing without congestion. The partnership with Nedap has run for more than 15 years.
A Nedap installation.
‘Working with Nedap has given us a reliable and competent partner for over 15 years.’
Ingo Kucharzewski, Engineer, thyssenkrupp Steel
None of the readers needs its own software. Each one hands the tag or plate number to an access control system as a standard reader, so it can be added to the system a site already runs or to Norpass3, our licence-free access control software. One integration into the site's access control or yard management software covers all three readers.
From there the events can go wherever the operation needs them: dispatch records, dwell-time reporting or the security control room. ANPR Lumo also has an Ethernet connection and a REST interface, so plate reads can be sent straight to other software.
Our engineers work through the integration with you or your installer before the hardware is specified, and stay involved through commissioning.
| Reader | Outputs and interfaces | Protection | Datasheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transit Ultimate | Outputs and interfaces Wiegand, magstripe and barcode outputs. RS232 as standard, with RS422, RS485, TCP/IP and Profibus DP interface boards | Protection IP66 | Transit Ultimate datasheet |
| ANPR Lumo | Outputs and interfaces Wiegand, RS485 and Ethernet, with a REST interface for other software | Protection IP65 | ANPR Lumo datasheet |
| uPASS Go | Outputs and interfaces Wiegand and magstripe (clock and data) outputs | Protection IP66 | uPASS Go datasheet |
Vehicle access control for a manufacturing site identifies each HGV, van and car arriving at the gate and decides whether the barrier should open. Registered HGVs, suppliers and staff are usually identified by a long-range RFID tag, one-off deliveries and visitors by number plate, and every movement is logged.
Not to be identified. Transit Ultimate reads a windscreen tag from up to 15 metres, so the barrier can be opening as the vehicle reaches it and the driver doesn't present a card. It reads at awkward approach angles too, where a short-range reader on a post would be out of the driver's reach.
By number plate. ANPR Lumo reads the plate from 2 to 10 metres and the access control system checks it against the vehicles the site is expecting. A vehicle that isn't on the list stays at the barrier and is dealt with by the gatehouse in the usual way.
Yes. A tagged forklift is read as it approaches, and the door opens without the operator dismounting to use a reader or an intercom. Where the site needs it, a Booster tag verifies the operator as well as the forklift.
In most cases, yes. Transit Ultimate, uPASS Go and ANPR Lumo all have a Wiegand output, so the system sees each one as a card reader, and ANPR Lumo can send plate reads to other software over its REST interface. One integration covers all three readers. If the site has no system, Norpass3 is licence-free.
As many as the site has. At thyssenkrupp Steel, sixteen Transit Ultimate readers across seven factory gates read 15,000 windscreen tags, all reporting to the one system.
It depends on the number of gates and lanes, how many vehicles need tags, whether one-off deliveries are read by ANPR, and the barrier or gate work your installer carries out. Our ANPR system cost guide covers typical camera and installation costs, or ask us for a quote for your site.
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› View DetailsEvery site is different, and every access control system has its quirks. Before the hardware is specified, talk to someone who has done it before.
Our engineers in Cwmbran will help you scope the application, recommend the reader mix, work through the integration with the systems already on site, and stay with you through commissioning. When you call, it's an engineer who answers.
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