Safety sensors are critical components of most automatic garage doors.
Automatic door safety sensors.
Bea has successfully tested 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.
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.
Door mounted safety sensor.
Product reliability consistent and reliable sensor performance in a wide range of installation environments.
Many thanks to jeff dunham of bea sensors for his assistance with the background information needed for this article.
In the 1960s control mats were used as sensors to detect the approach of pedestrians.
Let s look at the various kinds of sensors used in automatic doors.
They are part of the automatic garage door system.
In fact these safety sensors have been required by law since 1993.
The traditional form of sensor is mechanical in which a.
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.