Automatic Door Safety Sensors

Now coming to modern day automated door systems most of them consist of sensors that help trigger the opening closing of doors when required.

Automatic door safety sensors.

Let s look at the various kinds of sensors used in automatic doors. In fact these safety sensors have been required by law since 1993. The traditional form of sensor is mechanical in which a. On swing doors while the door is opening the sss 5 will sense and protect a person in it s path and either slow or stop the door.

In the 1960s control mats were used as sensors to detect the approach of pedestrians. The sensors detect obstructions in the path of a closing garage door and prevent the door from closing when the path isn t. Safety sensors are critical components of most automatic garage doors. Sensors designed to offer the highest level of pedestrian safety during automatic door movement.

Door mounted safety sensor. Many thanks to jeff dunham of bea sensors for his assistance with the background information needed for this article. The safepath sss 5 is a door mounted presence sensor designed to provide safety protection for any swing bi fold revolving and low energy automatic doors. Safety sensors are designed to prevent accidents caused by automatic garage doors which have led to serious damage to cars and injuries and deaths to people and animals.