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Automatic door safety sensors.
Safety sensors are critical components of most automatic garage 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.
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.
Bea has successfully tested a.
They are part of the automatic garage door system.
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.
Now coming to modern day automated door systems most of them consist of sensors that help trigger the opening closing of doors when required.
Sensors designed to offer the highest level of pedestrian safety during automatic door movement.
Door mounted safety sensor.
Product reliability consistent and reliable sensor performance in a wide range of installation environments.
Let s look at the various kinds of sensors used in automatic doors.