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Automatic Sliding
Door

An automatic sliding door offers convenience, enhancing accessibility and security. It smoothly opens and closes, ideal for high-traffic areas in commercial and residential spaces.

Automatic Sliding Door

  • Automatic sliding doors are the ideal solution for automated pedestrian access points in private and public locations: offices, shops and commercial businesses in general. Fast and easy to install, with continuous operation, they offer top performance and reliability. Available in single-leaf or double-leaf versions. Operator for sliding doors with three-wheeled carriages, which ensures that the doors are very stable and easy to adjust, both in height and depth. The operator has a control unit with LED alphanumeric display, full-range switching power supply (100-240 V 50/60 Hz) and can be operate through inverter in case of power failure. Continuous operation guaranteed.

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Where are automatic sliding doors addressed by the model codes?

In the 2021 editions of the I-Codes, Section 1010.3.2 is called Power-Operated Doors, and includes requirements for automatic swinging, sliding, and folding doors.  This section requires automatic doors to comply with either the ANSI/BHMA A156.10, A156.19, or A156.38 standards.  Section 1010.1.2 specifies the types of doors allowed in a means of egress, and Exception 7 permits power-operated doors in accordance with Section 1010.3.2.

When is an automatic sliding door required to have the break out / break away feature allowing it to swing in the direction of egress?

However, Section 7.2.1.9.1.7 exempts automatic sliding doors from this feature when the door serves an occupant load of less than 50 people, as long as the door can be slid open manually within the force limitations stated in the code. 

What are the options for locking hardware on an automatic sliding door, and what affects the selection of this hardware for a door in a particular location?

Typically, an automatic sliding door that requires a locking mechanism will have one of the following types of hardware.  The model codes and referenced standards including requirements that will dictate which hardware to use, based on egress, accessibility, and fire protection, and any specialized life safety measures that are required.  

Do the code requirements for “special purpose” doors apply to the automatic sliding doors typically found on a building entrance?

In the 2021 edition of the International Building Code (IBC), Section 1010.3.3 is called Special Purpose Horizontal Sliding, Accordion or Folding Doors.  These are not the typical automatic sliding doors that are found on many building entrances. 

WHAT ARE AUTOMATIC DOORS USED FOR?

The main feature is unaided access for elderly, infirm and less able bodied. However, there is lots of data to say that an automatic door can be a welcoming entrance on any business and add unquantifiable benefits such as presage and reputation increase.

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