Giant door keeps out wind
October 1st 2007 Union Industries makes the
Matadoor range of Hi Speed
Doors and has installed one
of its giant Ramdoor Plus 2
models to protect product
from wind and rain in a
temporary warehousing
structure at TRW.
The company, which
produces electronic
automotive safety parts,
needed extra warehousing
to free production space. It
overcame the problem by
erecting an enormous semipermanent,
pre-fabricated
tent adjacent to the factory.
It chose the Copri System
of prefabricated, lightweight
structures. The 2000m2 has
access to the main building
via a Union Bulldoor relocated
from the previous site. Two
large PVC canopy curtains
were supplied with the
structure as the entrance to
the new warehouse.
However, TRW opted to
install a Ramdoor Plus 2, Hi
Speed door to replace the
fabric curtains.
To cope with high winds,
the 5.3 by 4.8m Ramdoor
Plus 2 was fitted with three
4in diameter wind bars. The
door was mounted external
to the opening and securely
fixed to the internal steel
structure, sandwiching the
PVC fabric of the tent between
the uprights to achieve a
sound weather seal.
The door is automatically
activated by induction loops
in the ground on both sides
of the opening, with the
addition of Push Button
control. More articles from Union Industries: | 
