Automatic Door Safety Sensors

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.

Automatic door safety sensors.

In fact these safety sensors have been required by law since 1993. 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 traditional form of sensor is mechanical in which a. The sensors detect obstructions in the path of a closing garage door and prevent the door from closing when the path isn t.

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

Let s look at the various kinds of sensors used in automatic doors. Bea has successfully tested a. They are part of the automatic garage door system. Product reliability consistent and reliable sensor performance in a wide range of installation environments.