MEGATRON TANK Super Heavy Duty Industrial Brushless 24V DC Swing Gate Operator

Our brushless DC motors can withstand and operate in extreme high temperatures up to 158F (+70C); this surpasses any other motor technology we know of in the market today.

The Max brushless DC motor’s torque is equivalent to a 2.5 HP AC output torque motor and can operate approximately 35,000 hours, (about 6 million cycles). Therefore, the motor will last for decades to come.

Vehicle Hit Protection

Maximum Controls recognizes swing gates are more prone to vehicular collisions. For this reason the Megatron Tank is outfitted with Maximum Controls’ clamping technology constructed with robust cast iron. The clamp grips onto a 31⁄4” diameter machined steel output shaft assuring maximum grip without the use of a shear pin/plate; allowing slippage in an event that the gate is struck while in motion by a vehicle. This prevents damage to the operator while preserving limit switch locations. 

Gearbox

• The Megatron Tank implements a size 100, 900 to 1, direct drive dual gear reduction, high efficiency cast iron gearbox.
• This gearbox is highly efficient, producing maximum torque, maintaining a low amperage draw by reducing resistance, providing super silent operation. The rugged cast iron housing, bronze gears, and double sealed heat-treated solid shafts have been designed by a team with over 40 years of experience in the gearbox industry.
• High speed ball bearings and a synthetic oil bath keep the dual gear reduction operating flawlessly through extreme temperature ranges without need for belts, chains, or pulleys which are subject to wear, raising maintenance issues.

Power Supply

• The Megatron Tank’s power supply utilizes a 30 Amp torroid and power management board. 
• The power supply is efficiently designed with ample headroom and is not overstressed under any extreme load or temperature conditions. 
• The power supply input accepts 115V or 230V AC via selection switch. During gate operation the battery is not utilized while AC is present, preserving the life of the battery.
• Input AC Power/Amps  Switchable: 115VAC / 6 Amp, Single Phase or 230AVC / 2 Amp, Single Phase

Blackbox and Loop Management

• One of the primary goals of the Megatron Tank is to provide the most secure, easiest to maintain gate operator with higher gate speed motion and advanced loop management.
• The Megatron Tank uses non-volatile memory to continuously log performance characteristics and input/output events. A service technician can access this data via USB port to download the event history, quickly diagnosing complex or intermittent problems that traditionally have been very difficult to isolate and repair. 
• By plugging a USB thumb drive into the USB port, all the Megatron’s diagnostic history will download, working as a “Black Box” to diagnose what occured. The Megatron’s event history is stored as a .TXT document which can be emailed to the factory if necessary, for on-site diagnosis. The .TXT file is a log of the most recent 1000 events reported by each module to the central logger.
• The Megatron Tank’s standard intuitive loop management system, when enabled, will discourage tailgating, increasing security for residential and High-traffic installations. When the anti-tailgate switch is activated, any car tailgating a legitimate access will be forced to stop by a rapidly closing gate, forcing the tailgater to back up and thereby triggering the gate to close and deny unauthorized access.
• When disabled, loop management will allow multi- access, with the gate opening on each successive trigger in the traditional loop management manner.

Anti-Vandalism/Burglar Alarm

• As a security device, the Megatron Tank supplies a gate tamper relay output that triggers whenever a gate has encountered an unauthorized movement. This can be configured to activate an alarm system or camera. The Megatron Tank also has a gate disable feature which can disable operator open commands during a vacation or overnight for commercial applications. 

Lightening Protection

The Megatron Tank offers the most robust lightning protection available in the industry. The Megatron Tank protects all peripheral inputs, loop inputs, power inputs, relay outputs, and all communication lines (over 44 channels of protection) in 1/1,000,000,000 of a second. With special emphasis on power supply protection, the Megatron Tank is guaranteed to withstand any lighting hit more than 50 feet away. Truly protected like no other operator in the world. The operator must have a propertly installed ground rod for the lighting protection to work propertly.