In today’s fast-paced world, optimizing your facility for peak performance is essential to maintaining productivity, safety and efficiency. High-performance doors are essential in ensuring that your facility meets the needs of both you and your customers. Both rigid rolling and fabric models offer speed, reliability and advanced technologies that help you maintain smooth operations while safeguarding people and equipment.
Fast Opening and Closing Speeds. With speeds up to 100 inches per second, high-performance doors help maintain a smooth flow of materials and equipment for maximum productivity. They also prevent unwanted vehicles, people and debris from entering the building to boost overall security.
High Reliability. High-performance doors are less prone to downtime and maintenance than traditional overhead doors. They’re made of durable and puncture-resistant materials for long-lasting performance, helping facilities keep up with tight schedules. This extends cycle life, allowing doors to operate for millions of cycles.
Low Maintenance Costs. Long-lasting, industrial-strength components reduce maintenance requirements for high-performance doors. Heavy-duty motors and gearboxes ensure easy and smooth opening and closing, and the AC drive controller provides a soft start/soft stop to help reduce brake and motor wear. Plus, self-repair, break-away and resetting features can help reduce maintenance requirements.
Reduced Energy Costs. High-performance doors are manufactured with energy-efficient materials to help reduce energy consumption and minimize energy loss. Specially designed seals along the sides and bottom form a tight envelope when the door is closed, minimizing temperature and air exchange between controlled environments.
Tips for Optimizing Your Doors’ Performance
Here’s what your high-performance doors need to maintain efficiency in your facility.
Routine Inspections. Like any piece of equipment, high-speed doors require routine checks to ensure that they continue to operate efficiently day in and day out. Scheduled inspections and preventive maintenance can help identify potential issues before they become bigger problems. These should include the following:
- Assess the mechanicals. Check components such as motors, sensors and tracks for signs of wear or damage to prevent expensive repairs.
- Make sure the door closes properly. Regularly test doors to ensure they close quickly and fully to prevent air ingress.
- Check door seals. Inspect the sides and bottom edges of the door for any damaged or missing seals, and replace or repair any seals that appear to need maintenance.
- Prep for winter. Before cold weather strikes, make sure your door operates smoothly and does not require any maintenance. This will save you from having to complete repairs during the coldest months of winter.
Advanced Technologies. Unlike conventional doors, high-performance doors offer a range of high-tech options to ensure doors operate smoothly.
Features like SmartSurround® integrate artificial intelligence and optical light curtains to detect and respond to traffic scenarios around the door. This system helps improve safety by helping to prevent collisions and maintaining smooth traffic flow without impeding operations. SmartSurround extends beyond the door threshold, providing a visual cue for vehicles and pedestrians, enhancing safety in high-traffic areas.
Other features, such as Pathwatch® safety light systems, Break-Away™ bottom bars, photo eyes and Ry-Wi® wireless reversing edges, come standard on some models or can be added to prevent doors from closing when an obstruction is detected, reducing the risk of accidents and enhancing overall safety.
Automated Systems. In the face of labor shortages, automation can help facilities stay competitive and improve efficiency. It’s why a growing number of building owners and managers are implementing automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), which utilize automated guided vehicles to place and retrieve items from inventory. High-performance doors work seamlessly with these systems to keep operations running smoothly.
Remote Monitoring. The Rytec Connect® remote door monitoring and management system uses cloud-based technology to remotely manage all connected high-performance doors throughout your facility. Now you can monitor door status, receive preventive alerts and view live maps of all door locations 24/7. Plus, you can open or close doors from anywhere and proactively initiate preventive maintenance and service schedules. In addition, Rytec’s advanced System 4® Controller provides greater functionality with self-diagnostics and intelligent monitoring – ensuring smooth, continuous operation without downtime.
When you need to improve efficiency and productivity, you need high-performance doors. Contact us today to discuss how Rytec doors can improve and enhance performance in your facility. Learn more about Rytec doors here.
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