Enclosure Door Design for Tight Spaces
Enclosure Door Design for Tight Spaces

Efficient use of facility space may sometimes lead to tight access spaces for equipment and machinery.

How can we effectively enclose equipment, while retaining easy access for operations and maintenance?
What style of doors can we use to tackle these challenges?
Which door design is space saving?


Swing Doors

+ Lowest Cost Option
+ Single Hand operation
- Requires largest clearance Space


Slide & Fold Doors


+ Require only half clearance space
 Two Hand operation



Sliding Doors

 

+ Zero forward clearance
   space required
 - Obstructs access space
    (depend on # of panels)

 



Lifting Doors

+ Zero forward clearance
   space required
 - Requires equivalent clearance
    above enclosure

 

 

Published : 19-Dec-2023

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