Closing time should not mean a blank face
A solid steel shutter secures a unit and kills the display. Visibility through the closed opening is often worth more than the extra resistance.
Industry
Retail & Commercial
Frontages that have to secure without going blank, and lobbies that have to flow.
01Industry challenges
What makes these openings hard
Peak footfall at the entrance
A lobby entrance has to move people at peak and still make an access decision at the door line.
Conditioning loss through the door
A busy conditioned lobby loses a great deal of air through an entrance that is open longer than it needs to be.
Security hardware that looks like fit-out
Access control in a corporate lobby has to read as part of the building, not as a checkpoint.
02Recommended solutions
Products specified for retail & commercial
Rolling Shutters
Transparent Polycarbonate Rolling Shutter
UV-resistant polycarbonate curtains with aluminium connectors, clear or tinted, for showrooms, jewellery retail and premium storefronts.
3 configurations
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Rolling Shutters
Rolling Grille
Link, lattice and bar-construction grilles in steel, aluminium and stainless, including a high-cycle configuration for constantly-operated openings.
4 configurations
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Rolling Shutters
Aluminium Rolling Shutter
Roll-formed and extruded aluminium curtains in standard, heavy duty and premium configurations, for showrooms, offices and commercial entrances.
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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Access Control
Flap Barriers
Flap barrier lanes with retracting acrylic or glass wings for corporate lobbies and high-footfall entrances, including wide accessible lanes.
2 configurations
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Access Control
Boom Barriers
Automatic boom barriers for car park entries, plant gate houses and toll points, driven from loop detectors, readers, remotes or a gatehouse control.
3 configurations
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03Engineering considerations
What to settle before you order
- 01
Decide how much visibility the closed frontage needs — that chooses between grille, perforated and polycarbonate.
- 02
Size lobby lanes for peak flow and include at least one wide accessible lane.
- 03
Bi-parting entrance doors clear the opening in roughly half the time of a single leaf.
- 04
Part-open modes on automatic doors cut conditioning loss materially.
- 05
Agree escape route behaviour for every entrance before ordering.
Typical applications
- Shopfronts and mall units
- Corporate and commercial building lobbies
- Parking entries and exits
- Showroom and display frontages
- Service and back-of-house openings
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