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Overhead mounted operator Counterweight assembly 16-gauge minimum flat steel faces. Door panel guide rollers and roller bearing pre-wired electrical control station limit switches, eafety edges and photo eyes.

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Vertical Lift Door Systems

Door Engineering’s vertical lift doors are designed for heavy-duty applications with limited side room. This door system utilizes an overhead or floor mounted drive unit with counterweight support that vertically lifts and stacks the doors above the door opening.

Vertical Lift Door Click for more Photos Click for more Vertical Lift Door photos Versatility

  • Doors can be manufactured more than 100 feet wide and as tall as specified.
  • Sheeting material flexibility--well suited for special architectural surface treatments.
  • Overhead or floor mounted drive units
  • Common Applications include: factories, mining operations, vehicle maintenance facilities, aircraft hangars, power plants, swimming pool dividers, auditoriums, convention centers, boat dry docks and secure entrances for banks or federal reserves.

Superior Design

  • Fabricated from structural steel shapes and cold formed steel girts.
  • Factory sheeted with a minimum of 16-gauge flat sheeting or other types of sheeting materials can be field installed
  • Electric and counterweight operation

Performance

  • Secure operating movement with a manual disconnect in power failure situations
  • Limit switches automatically stop the door in the fully open or fully closed position, although the doors may be stopped at any point of travel.
  • Built strong for heavy duty applications
  • 3-year standard warranty with an available 5-year optional warranty

Complete System

  • Door framing
  • Side tracks
  • Counterweight assembly and enclosure
  • Floor mounted or overhead mounted operator system
  • Chain pull for manual operation
  • Side rollers or guides and wire rope
  • Pre-wired electrical control panel with pushbutton station
  • Limit switches, safety edges and photo eyes