Automatic door systems are designed to ensure that only people who are authorized to enter a building are actually allowed to do so. However, when doors open and close automatically, isn’t there an increased risk of injury? AST London explains how automated doors are designed with effective safety features to ensure that people are always able to pass through without incident.
What Makes Automated Door Systems Safe?
Automatic door systems in the UK are required to be constructed and installed in a way that complies with British Safety Standards – specifically BS EN 16005. This standard ensures the safe operation of doors for employees and all authorized persons through a range of safety features and performance criteria. These include:
- Clearances to prevent entrapment
- Force limitation to avoid injuries
- Safety sensors to detect people and objects in the door’s path and trigger automatic opening
- Emergency stop or override buttons
- Clear signage
Automatic doors must also be designed to withstand constant use and retain function and reliability.
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Key Features for Automated Door Safety
The two key features that help ensure the safety of automated door systems are sensors and stop buttons. These reduce the risk of accidents by regulating the opening and closing of the doors at vital moments.
Sensors detect the presence of people or objects in the door’s path, and prevent it from closing all the way, holding them open where they are, or triggering them to return to the fullyopen position. There are several types of safety sensors, including microwave and infrared sensors, and safety mats. These must be located in such a way as to cover the entire area over which the door moves, including where possible obstructions may not be easily visible.
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Stop buttons allow users to override the automatic function of the doors, and stop them completely in an emergency. When the button is pressed, the door will stop immediately. All authorized personnel, particularly those involved with security and access control, should always know exactly where to locate the emergency stop button.
AST London supplies and installs a variety of automated doors to suit client requirements, ranging from single-use doors to communal and heavy-duty doors. We can automate both swing doors and sliding doors, and our installations are performed according to BS EN 16005 and BS7063 standards.
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