Pressure cascades depend on doors
Classified areas hold a pressure differential. An opening that stays open too long, or seals badly, breaks the cascade.
Industry
Pharmaceutical & Cleanroom
Controlled transitions where the door is part of the classification.
01Industry challenges
What makes these openings hard
Particulate from the door itself
A door in a classified area must not be a particle source. Construction, surfaces and drive position all matter.
Interlocked transitions
Airlocks need two openings that cannot be open at once, and that requires the doors to be specified as a pair.
Cleanable surfaces
Every surface has to be wipeable, with no ledges or fixings that collect residue.
02Recommended solutions
Products specified for pharmaceutical & cleanroom
Fire & Safety
Fire Rated Sliding Doors
Automatic sliding doors with HPL, painted steel or powder-coated aluminium leaves, lead-lined options and glazed vision panels, for hospital, clean room and cold store openings.
3 configurations
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High Speed Doors
High Speed Roll-Up Door
Flexible PVC curtain rolling onto a drum above the opening, up to 5,000 × 5,000 mm, opening at 0.8–2.5 m/s under PLC, inverter and encoder control.
3 configurations
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Entrance Automation
Automatic Sliding Glass Doors
Sensor-operated sliding glass door systems for lobbies, retail and healthcare entrances, in single-leaf and bi-parting arrangements with defined egress behaviour.
4 configurations
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03Engineering considerations
What to settle before you order
- 01
Specify the classification and pressure differential for each side of the opening.
- 02
Interlocking has to be designed in, not added after commissioning.
- 03
Hygienic sliding doors and gear-drive operators avoid the exposed chain and dust traps of standard industrial hardware.
- 04
Fully classified cleanroom and hermetic door lines are not currently confirmed Standard Automation products — we will tell you where the range stops.
- 05
Agree the cleaning regime early; it drives material and finish selection.
Typical applications
- Classified area transitions and airlocks
- Material transfer openings
- Corridor and gowning room doors
- Warehouse-to-production transitions
- Diagnostic and imaging rooms with shielding
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Specifying for a pharmaceutical & cleanroom site?
Send the opening details and the constraint you are working against, and we will come back with a specification.