When choosing an appropriate high-speed door system for your facility, there are many factors to consider optimizing and protect the flow of people, equipment, and goods. High-speed doors, besides ensuring quick opening and closing, provide a range of additional benefits for companies looking to enhance their environmental efficiency, safety, and performance in high-traffic areas.
Gain in-depth knowledge about high-speed doors, the types available, and the advantages you can achieve through their installation.
What are high-speed doors, and what are they used for?
High-speed doors are designed to divide work areas with high pedestrian and vehicle traffic. With their fast opening and closing speeds, they reduce air currents and temperature losses while enhancing traffic flow.
Types of High-Speed Doors
There are various models of high-speed doors that cater to the specific needs and requirements of each industry or activity.
Roll-up hight speed doors
It is a product designed to provide a reliable solution for dividing work areas with high pedestrian and vehicle traffic, requiring quick opening and closing manoeuvres. This high-speed door is suitable for indoor areas in both industrial and commercial sectors. Ambient temperature range: (+5ºC to +80ºC).
Speed: opening 1.8m/s and closing 1m/s.
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Roll-up refrigerated speed door
Specially designed for temperature control in cold rooms, with temperatures ranging from +0º to freezing -20º, ensuring the maintenance of thermal conditions inside while facilitating the passage of people and vehicles.
Speed: opening 0.8m/s.
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Fast stackable speed door
This door is specially designed to operate in outdoor or indoor environments, capable of withstanding strong winds (CLASS 2 and CLASS 3) and ensuring safe opening and closing operations in large spaces.
Speed: opening and closing 1m/s.
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Self-repairing roll-up high speed door
Unlike other types of doors, the self-repairing high-speed door allows the curtain to come out of the guides without damaging any elements when accidentally hit by something. Subsequently, the door returns to its normal position by re-entering the guide.
Speed: opening and closing 1m/s.
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Advantages of Using High-Speed Doors
1. Energy Efficiency
Thanks to the speed of opening and closing, the high-speed door will only remain open for a minimal amount of time necessary for workers or transport vehicles to enter or exit. This leads to significant energy savings by preventing the impact of weather conditions from one section to another.
2. Improved Employee Safety
Kavidoors’ high-speed doors feature integrated photocell barriers in the guide. This means that the presence of a person or object near the door can be immediately detected, preventing the door from closing or returning to the top of its cycle if it’s not safe. Additionally, they have emergency buttons and manual opening options in case of emergencies. The doors can include transparent vision panels in the curtain, facilitating faster and safer passage.
3. Minimal Disruption to Workflow
Self-repairing high-speed doors allow quick restoration to their original position after any impact, minimizing repair downtime and ensuring uninterrupted workflow.
4. Faster Operations
With their speed, high-speed doors reduce waiting times, streamlining material flow, transportation, production, and logistical processes.
5. Reduced Noise Pollution
These silent doors do not disturb plant employees, especially beneficial for outdoor high-speed doors that could generate noise due to wind action.
6. Level of Insulation
Efficient sealing and quick opening/closing times provide effective thermal insulation, preventing dust and other external materials from entering.
7. Ease of Use
Kavidoors’ high-speed doors are easy to install, require low maintenance, and have user-friendly operating systems for any operator.
8. High Resistance
All our high-speed doors are made from high-quality materials, offering great strength and durability.
9. Wide Range of Colours
Customers can choose the colour they desire for their doors to match their company’s corporate colours.
At Kavidoors, we understand the importance of selecting the right type of high-speed door tailored to your facility’s needs and characteristics. Our team of specialists is available to provide guidance for making the best decision for your next door installation.
