High-Speed roller shutter doors are designed to open and close at high operating speeds. Also known as ‘rapid action doors’, they offer high productivity and reliability in a commercial and industrial/storage setting, where maintaining controlled environments and ‘airflow’ is a top priority. Choosing a suitable door needs very careful consideration, and it is important to know how to use them and their specific characteristics to determine the best design for your on-site needs.
Basic Features of a High-Speed Door
- -They operate faster than standard roller shutters or sectional doors.
- -Most models will operate at an opening and closing speed of 1 second per 1000mm.
- -They are also non-swinging doors that typically roll, fold or slide into a canopy at the top. They facilitate easy and rapid access to and from environmentally controlled buildings or rooms whilst minimising temperature changes.
- -They are ideally suited to applications that include the mitigation against heat loss in warehouses or distribution centres. They can also be used to protect refrigerated rooms or other sensitive environments, such as food or pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- -The door will possess a strengthened drivetrain; a strong but lightweight curtain usually constructed from either PVC (a cheaper option) or steel (a more expensive option), and a high-speed 3-phase power motor with built-in safety fallbacks, such as safety edging and photocells
