AutoGate - Intelligent Rodent Bait Stations

Rats are an every present concern for businesses, especially when rodents are foraging on the periphery or looking to find ways to enter a premise in search of food. Rats can be very persistent even gnawing through metal to get into a building. Mice are agile and inquisitive in their search for food, making use of the smallest gaps to enter, and if any rodents do gain access into your premises they can spread diseases, cause damage and contaminate food and other products. For food processing, food retail and hospitality businesses in particular a rodent infestation (whether it’s rats or mice) can have major health and safety implications as well as a negative impact on your reputation.

CRRU (The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use) guidelines are currently in place in the UK in order to reduce the risk of 'non target' species poisoning (for example voles or field mice). This can lead to secondary poisoning of protected birds (such as barn owls, kestrels and falcons) if they consume these mammals as carrion. However, this tight restriction on external baiting may allow rodent populations an opportunity to rise significantly before rodenticide can be made available to provide effective control.

Rentokil’s AutoGate uses patented technology to intelligently control access to rodenticide for external rat baiting. It is a unique and innovative solution to permanent external rat baiting that ensures legal compliance (under the Biocidal Product Regulations) whilst delivering immediate, targeted protection against rat infestations before they find entry to your premises.

AutoGate is a ‘smart’ gate mechanism that secures the rodenticide from being accessed by non-target species. AutoGate will only be activated (to open and expose the rodenticide) when a rat has been detected. There are two infrared sensors on the unit which continuously pulsate light. Once the sensors are triggered 3 times by rat activity, the gate opens to allow the rat access to the rodenticide within the bait station. The gate will then close after a set period of time to prohibit access to non-target species. If the sensors detect further rat activity the gate will re-open to allow the rat access to feed again for a limited period.

• Effective control of rats - allows strategic external baiting using rodenticide
• Rat infestations controlled swiftly - as AutoGate enables immediate rodenticide treatment
• Targeted baiting programme - with reduced impact on the environment
• Provides information on rat activity - driving informed decision making and aiding future control
• Safer use of pesticides - AutoGate allows highly targeted use of rodenticide in high risk areas, where non-target species may be present

AutoGate offers a complete external rodent control solution, allowing strategic baiting around the perimeter of your premises to control rat infestations swiftly. By also providing information on the frequency of rat activity AutoGate aids informed decision making on future pest control.

AutoGate Dual Connect is an innovative and more flexible solution to control rodents, enabled by ‘intelligent’ technologies to provide protection and monitoring to your business from the risks of pest rodents. Able to target both rats and mice, AutoGate Dual Connect provides essential early detection, whilst ensuring legal compliance (under the Biocidal Product Regulations) and delivering immediate, targeted protection against rodent infestations before they find entry to your premises.

This system operates a similar ‘smart’ gate mechanism to the original AutoGate - securing the rodenticide from being accessed by non-target species, until specifically activated (to open and expose the rodenticide) when a rodent has been detected. AutoGate Dual Connect is able to detect and respond to the presence of both mice and rats, having two differing sets of sensors which can be set to monitor only rats or both rats and mice. This offers greater flexibility in protecting your business premise from rodents.

AutoGate Connect forms part of Rentokil's award winning PestConnect system, which also comprises of RADAR Connect and Rat Riddance Connect, bringing a new level of value and protection through an online connected system, which provides continuous 24/7 monitoring, rapid response and protection against rodent pests. The combination of these connected systems are tailored to your business to ensure you have the most effective and efficient solution keeping watch over your premises day and night. The PestConnect system works completely independently and discreetly.