With over 28,000 visitors entering the premises each day, the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, is one of the largest education institutions in the country. Such a high volume of visitors requires strict control of who can and cannot enter the institution. To achieve such a level of management, the security staff decided to install four Boon Edam Trilock-75 turnstiles at each of the six entrances to the campus as an integral component of a new integrated security system.

With features such as the electro-mechanical meter, the direction rotation sensor and a user-friendly design according to university specifications, the turnstiles were also chosen for their high throughput capacity. Each turnstile allows one person to pass every two seconds?a very important feature during rush hours when lines grow long quickly as students try to get to class on time and employees want to reach their offices.

The University of Antioquia was the first campus in Colombia to be declared of Cultural Interest on the National Level by the Office of Property of the Columbian Ministry of Culture. It is also the second oldest university in the country, founded back in 1803.

In order to enter the campus, students, staff and other members of the community use a ?TIP? (an RFID smart card or Tarjeta de Identificaci