Automatic Doors for Disabled Access: A Practical Guide
How automatic doors for disabled access are planned in South Africa: swing or sliding, push plates and sensors, low-energy operation, load shedding and SANS 10400 Part S.
Guides and technical articles on automatic doors in South Africa: sensors, operators, maintenance intervals, load shedding, retrofits and specifying entrances for commercial buildings.
Door Automation Explained: Types, Safety and Cost Drivers
What door automation covers on a commercial building, which doors suit it, how the system is chosen, and what moves the price.
How an Automatic Door Installation Works, Step by Step
What happens during an automatic door installation, from the site survey to commissioning and handover, and the five mistakes that cause early failures.
Benefits of Automatic Doors: Five That Hold Up
The five benefits of automatic doors that genuinely hold up, what each depends on, and where an automatic entrance is not worth the money.
Sliding Door Automation Kit: The Seven Components
What is in a sliding door automation kit: motor drive unit, PC board, belt, main rollers, floor guides, sensors and power supply, and how each one fails.
Automatic Doors for Business: Seven Demanding Settings
Automatic doors for business premises: butcheries, gyms, service stations, cold rooms, liquor stores, laboratories and reception doors, and what each one needs.
Automatic Sliding Door Operator: Why We Specify the MC-125
Why we specify the MC-125 sliding door operator: published specification, local assembly and spares, what the adjustability does, and where it is the wrong choice.
Automatic Sliding Door Repair: What Breaks and What It Takes
What actually breaks on a sliding entrance, how to read the symptom before anyone attends, and when repair stops being the right answer.
Best Automatic Sliding Doors: How to Judge One
What separates the best automatic sliding doors from adequate ones: duty rating, presence sensing, parts availability and power-failure behaviour.
Automatic Door Installation Cost: What Moves the Price
What drives automatic door installation cost in South Africa: duty rating, opening width, bi-parting, sensors, labour and the choice between new install and modernisation.