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January 2011

London City Airport selects the Mach-Secure range of Products for their new Outbound Security Complex

London City Airport has embarked on a major programme to upgrade their passenger outbound Security facilities in advance of the forthcoming London Olympics.The ultimate aim of the new facility is to increase security, increase passenger satisfaction and the customer experience, increase the efficiency of the overall systems and reduce passenger waiting times.

To achieve these efficiencies a new outbound security facility has been designed and developed adopting the Mach-Secure range of products inclusive of the Mach-SmartLane system, Mach-SmartView System, the latest product within the Mach-Secure range which is the Mach-SmartAccess Automated Boarding pass gates and the SEMS (Security Efficiency Management System) solution.

The new outbound security facility consists of 6 Mach-SmartLane systems incorporating Mach-SmartView, 3 Mach-SmartAccess (Automated boarding pass gates), 1 Manual entry SmartAccess gates.

The new Mach-SmartLane® is an Integrated X-Ray baggage tray handling system that ensures optimum performance is achieved through the out bound security screening process.

The new Mach-SmartLane® is only part of the ongoing story of innovation and development which has been undertaken by MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd in the field of Airport Passenger Security.

The new Mach-SmartLane® is one of a family of products currently being released by MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd. The total Outbound security family of products reside under the name of Mach-Secure and includes the following product range: -

  • Mach-SmartLane® - Integrated X-Ray baggage tray handling system
  • Mach-SmartView® - Integrated X-Ray Remote Screening Facility
  • Mach-SmartGate® - Integrated Automatic Metal Detector/Gate Security System
  • Mach-SmartAccess® - Integrated Automated boarding pass gate Access System
  • Mach-SmartVision® – Integrated CCTV System
  • Mach-SmartSense® – Integrated Security Personnel & Equipment Tracking System
  • Mach-SEMS® - Check Point Security Efficiency Management System

MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd have the in-house capabilities to offer their clients a full design service to upgrade an existing outbound security screening facility to a fully automated solution adopting the MACH-Secure Product range. This service can include PAX throughput simulation to determine equipment layout, architectural and layout design through to the complete installation and commissioning of the facility.