The latest technology for high speed doors for Industrial Application is receiving wide acceptance in South Africa

The high speed doors capable of opening (and closing) five times faster than conventional or sliding doors offer many additional benefits to those currently in use.

Slow, heavy doors are not normally closed. It simply takes too long and requires supervision and effort. This. however, leads to valuable energy being lost. Automatic high speed doors open and close rapidly after every passing vehicle, which saves energy and cost.

The latest innovation is to open sideways or horizontally. It is faster to open two sliding doors horizontally, where the opening distance is shortened, than to open vertically in an upward motion over a long distance.

Also, in the case of horizontal opening, the traffic passing through can proceed immediately without hitting or striking the door as it travels up, as the case of the vertical door.

The two overlapping curtain leaves to close the door opening are made up of special soft plastic PVC material, acrylic grey in colour which can fold up on either side of the doorway and will not crystalise or become brittle under extreme conditions or temperature.

Should the passing through traffic accidentally run into the two door curtain leaves, these will absorb the `knock' and the flexible door leaves fold out of the way, i.e. more forgiving. Should a tear in the material occur this can be patched up by gluing with an adhesive intended for soft PVC.

Should the high speed doors close on passing traffic, i.e. forklift, tow tractor, power pallet truck or pedestrians, the soft PVC flexible leaves will envelope. fold over or around without causing any damage or bodily harm. In otherwords there is no need for pressure sensitive switches or automatic edges. etc. 

(1) Horizontal opening: Chiller and ambient doors. The Model Pt-20 - for low temperature, dust, noise, drafts or other disturbing/contamination atmospheric conditions control, with its fast opening and good sealing properties, is ideally suitable for high volume vehicle traffic. A practical Solution to the problem of frequent traffic is to install the Pt-20 and/or a conventional door in the same opening. This model needs no safety edge. it is fast and draught proof, it can be used for both internal and external openings, it is reliable and needs minimal maintenance in fresh produce, pharmaceuticals, food processing and air-conditioned areas.

The Model Pt-25 is for tough freezing conditions within deep-freeze rooms. Again this is normally used in conjunction with conventional deep-freeze room night doors and is particularly effective with high volumes of traffic. It provides an excellent heat barrier. This model improves the environment in deep-freeze rooms, it can withstand high pressure differentials, it has two full width door curtain leaves without thermal bridges. i.e. airlock, it saves energy and is durable and reliable.

The drive unit is equipped with a heating coil and a heater in the trolley. The lower corners are provided with heater plates, which prevent freezing of the door curtain leaves and are kept ice-free and so needs no de-icing.

Models: Forum Agro Labo 5 Forum Star Trekking Star Trekking Enduro