Commercial Doors

NEW REQUIREMENT AIMS TO ELIMINATE ENTRAPMENT UL 325 By Joel Hawk and John Hupfauer HOMEOWNERS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO LEAVE THEIR GARAGE DOORS partially open instead of the usual fully open/fully closed positions. The reasons vary, but include ventilation purposes and to provide access for pets to come and go freely. What is the safety impact of a partially ...

Wind-Rated Doors  The importance of proper installation By Horatiu Barbulescu, Bray Allen and Sam Stone Most of the states in U.S. coastal zones have adopted the International Building Code, and some of the states have developed their own building codes, such as in Florida. For wind provisions, these codes use the standard ACSE-7 for calculation of wind-load pressures. For ...

INDUCTIVE LOOPS have become an integral part of automatic gate systems and other aspects of our everyday life. For example, every time you pull up to a stoplight you “trigger” a loop, which in turn engages a timer or switching device to change the lights. Loops are used to stop or reverse a moving gate; allow free exit from ...

The name may have changed, but the goal hasn’t. The California Operator and Door Association’s (CODA) regional conference in sunny San Diego was bigger and better than ever. There were plenty of new faces—and familiar ones—for the two-day event at the Town & Country Resort, Sept. 29-30. “It’s going to be a great weekend and we’re going to have ...

Econ 101 Escalating costs are teaching dealers a new set of lessons By Amy Campbell For more than two years, dealers from around the country have been battered by increased costs. The mounting prices for raw material— steel, oil, lumber, copper—has many companies struggling to keep their businesses afloat. It all began with steel. In late 2003, prices began to ...