Swing Gates

Swing gates are flat gates pivoted at one end allowing rotation through 90 degrees / 180 degrees and are made up of skin plate supported by vertical and horizontal ribs. These gates used to protect against flooding or to dewater sections of a waterway for maintenance. They may be referred to as road closure gates because they most often seal a road cut in a levee. This type of gate, like miter gates, is designed for pressure in only one direction. Its simple construction and operation provide long service life with low maintenance.

Swing gates can be manufactured in carbon steel, stainless steel, and duplex stainless steel depending on the corrosiveness of the media and desired length of service life. Swing gates have resilient seals of neoprene or EPDM.

Smaller gates can be maneuvered by a few people manually and in rare cases, a manual worm gears are used to rotate the gates. Electric Motor operation and Cylinder actuation are both possible to operation these gates.