FAAC Showing mWing Speed Gate AT SAGE Offering Secure Access With Sleek Pininfarina Design.
FAAC Showing mWing Speed Gate AT SAGE – FAAC Technologies Australia will showcase the mWing speed gate from its Magnetic brand at SAGE, Realm Hotel Canberra, November 19.
Designed by Pininfarina, mWing provides secure access control with a design that complements high-quality architecture. FAAC’s mWing features an open mDure housing, available in a range of colour choices.
These qualities make it ideal for architectural applications such as government buildings, corporate headquarters, cultural institutions and public facilities.
Fast-acting wing barriers allow smooth, non-contact passage. FAAC says users barely notice the access control, which improves acceptance and compliance. Importantly, a wide-lane variant accommodates wheelchair users, groups and goods, which supports accessible design.
How the lane polices itselfOne credential, one passage — the beams count, not the wings
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1 · PresentCredential read at the cabinet. Wings stay closed until then.
2 · OpenWings swing clear for a non-contact passage — FAAC says users barely notice them.
3 · CountPhotoelectric beams inside the lane track that exactly one person goes through.
4 · AlarmA second body following without a credential trips anti-tailgating and raises an alarm event.
SEN illustration of the behaviour FAAC describes — beam positions, wing geometry and timing are schematic, not from a Magnetic drawing. FAAC states: photoelectric beams detect people and objects, anti-tailgating and anti-piggybacking protection, an alarm event on unauthorised attempts, and fail-safe (open) on power loss with configurable emergency escape routes.
Glass barrier elements come in different heights, so each gate can match the requirements of its zone. Taller panels deter climbing and clearly separate restricted areas from public ones. This makes mWing suitable for both monitored and unmonitored entries.
Photoelectric beams inside the lane detect people and objects and provide anti-tailgating and anti-piggybacking protection. They also trigger an alarm event if someone attempts unauthorised access.
What that number meansOne cycle is one passage. Spread over 250 working days a year, FAAC’s 10-million rating stretches from a decade at a very busy entrance to well past the life of the fit-out at a quiet one — a SEN calculation on three reader-chosen traffic levels, below.
Quiet lobby80years
at 500 passages a day
Busy HQ20years
at 2,000 passages a day
Transport hub8years
at 5,000 passages a day
Fail-safe: opens on power lossEscape: configurable emergency routesEPD certified environmental product declarationBIM objects available for specificationWide lane for wheelchairs, groups and goodsGlass heights vary by zone; taller deters climbing
10 million cycles is FAAC’s figure. The years are SEN’s arithmetic — 10,000,000 ÷ (passages per day × 250 days) — and the three traffic levels are illustrative assumptions, not FAAC data. Real duty depends on whether every entry and exit cycles the wings, dwell time and maintenance. Not stated in the release: the EPD programme operator, the wide-lane width, cycle time, or which standard the cycle rating was tested to.
FAAC mWing is engineered for 10 million opening and closing cycles. It fails safe (open) during power outages and can be configured to allow escape routes in emergencies. The gate is also EPD certified, and building information modelling objects are available to simplify specification for architects and consultants.
Don’t miss the FAAC Technologies Australia stand at SAGE to see mWing in action!
You can register for SAGE and the free ASIS ACT Seminars here, learn more about FAAC Technologies here or read more SEN news here.
19Nov 2026
See it in action · SAGE 2026mWing on the FAAC Technologies Australia stand
Security and Government Expo with the free ASIS ACT seminars, Realm Hotel, Canberra. Walk the lane yourself — the point of a speed gate is what you don’t notice.
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