High speed doors are designed for your application and operation. They are built for indoor or outdoor use or even both. They have been designed with a unique inbuilt side guide technology that makes them have an extremely tight seal against wind, contaminants or even rain. Their combination that consists of the soft bottom edge technology and the top rail air tight mechanism, a four sided, maintaining negative or positive pressure if needed and tight seal is a sure guarantee.
High speed doors have proven to be safe especially the ones that have true soft bottom edges, no rigid parts, and no weights this means they cannot bring harm to anything or anyone. Some of these doors come equipped with infrared sensors which will immediately stop the door when it senses an object in the door way. If you are looking to install one of these doors hare are some pointers to guide you.
First you need to understand the reversing mechanisms of the doors. These devices are put there to help prevent a person from being trapped under the door. The devices tackle entrapment in a number of ways. The best advice is to use caution when evaluating the features since reversing mechanisms can only operate after impact has occurred.
Non-contact sensors go along way in ensuring door safety. This is why a good standard safety package will include at least one photo eye. These devices will help in determining if an object in the way or will; soon be in the path of the door. But still you should not assume anything know where the mounting location is and the type of censors that are available.
People need to be trained on door safety. Make sure that whoever uses the door knows how it operates. This means that you need to take advantage of the door training seminars that the manufacturer might be offering or the local door representative.
An area detection system is a good choice if you need that extra level of protection. Area detection systems look outside the plane of the door therefore, detecting people or objects approaching the door. However you need to put in mind that if you are in an area where there is cross traffic near the door it can easily trigger the device and hold the door open unnecessarily. Also keep in mind that some these options can be very costly so they must be selected as optional equipment.
Look for fabric door configurations that have been designed to extend the life of the vision panels. More transparency is always better when it comes to high speed doors. In situations where the vision panels don’t always work, use sensor or light communication packages. These will help in alerting the forklift drivers to objects moving and to people.
Almost all the industrial door applications are unique in some way that is why it is important to study door opening and door function. The things that you need to consider are; traffic patterns, typical forklifts, vehicle traffic, the type of lift truck loads involved and if lift trucks share the same opening as pedestrians. When it comes to safety doing your homework is worth it.