A commercial facility such as a manufacturing plant, jewellery store, gun store, pawnshop or recording studio requires a secure enclosure and a door that is sturdier than those that are made of wood. A commercial facility with valuable equipment and materials stored within its premises requires top-notch security that only industrial doors can give. An industrial door can be as simple as a steel door or it can be as complicated as an insulated type. An insulated industrial door could be enhanced to the point that its strength can be comparable to a solid brick wall.
Businessmen will invest in industrial doors because these can provide an enclosure that is difficult to penetrate. Intruders can easily defeat a standard door with the use of hand tools, thermal tools or explosives. Furthermore, a standard door is susceptible to breaching if perpetrators can access a vehicle that they can ram into it or if they get hold of special tools, such as hydraulic spreaders used in rescue operations. Heavy-duty industrial doors on the other hand provide greater penetration resistance.
Industrial doors that are properly installed based on the recommendation of security experts can delay penetration time and enhances the other security measures in place. For example, a reinforced doorframe can give law enforcement officers and security personnel enough time to respond to a burglar alarm. In addition, state-of-the art production facilities could produce durable doors that can achieve a few hours of fire resistance.
It is not enough to specify what type of industrial door should be installed to secure a facility, it is also important to figure out how the door can be accessed. The conventional way is through manual operation. The most common design enables one person to lift the door to open position.
The second most popular way to secure an industrial door is through remote control. The advantage in using a remote control is to eliminate the problems associated with lost keys. Safety features can be added to prevent injuries. For example, an electric eye could be installed so that an invisible light beam is projected and whenever something interrupts the beam while the door is going down, the garage door automatically reverses so that a child or pet will not be harmed.
The third most popular method is the keyless entry system. Most of the time the keyless entry system has a flip-up cover to protect it from the heat of the sun. It has at least ten thousand different codes and when a unique code is chosen it is stored in the system’s memory. An LED illuminates the keyboard so that the user will have an easier time to open the door if the facility needs to be accessed at night.
Industrial doors play an important role in securing a commercial facility because the entry point is the most vulnerable part of a warehouse, factory or commercial building. It is important to make the necessary investment because a high-quality door frame is worth the cost, especially if there is a need to secure expensive equipment and valuable materials.