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Automatic Sliding Glass Doors
Hands-free pedestrian entrances that still hold the building envelope.
Entrance AutomationKey specifications
- Operation
- Sensor activated, hands-free
- Arrangements
- Single leaf and bi-parting
- Modes
- Auto, partial, exit only, locked, hold open
- Specification
- Configured per opening at survey
* Final specification depends on door dimensions, configuration, operating environment and project requirements.
01Overview
About Automatic Sliding Glass Doors
An automatic sliding glass door is a pedestrian entrance driven by an operator concealed in a header above the opening. Motion and presence sensors on each side open the leaves as people approach and hold them open while anyone remains in the threshold.
Operating method
03Variants
Available configurations
The same product, built for a different job. Where a specification depends on opening dimensions, selected profile, operating duty or site conditions, the final configuration is confirmed during technical assessment.
Single leaf
One leaf sliding to one side. Suits narrower openings and lower footfall.
Bi-parting
Two leaves parting from the centre. Clears the opening in roughly half the time, which matters at peak footfall.
Telescopic
Nested leaves give a wider clear opening from a narrower overall frame — for openings where the structure limits the header width.
Break-out escape leaves
Leaves swing out under push force to give a clear escape width. Required where the opening sits on a designated escape route.
10Gallery
Automatic Sliding Glass Doors in detail
04Technical specifications
Specification, features and ordering
Technical data is shown first; features, applications, compatibility, installation, safety, ordering and downloads are a click away.
Dimensions6 fields
- Maximum clear width
- Typically 700–3,000 mm single leaf and 900–3,000 mm bi-parting, depending on the operator
- Maximum clear height
- Set by the leaf construction and the glazing; confirmed per project
- Minimum headroom required
- The operator header, typically 70–150 mm high depending on the operator
- Minimum side room required
- Side room equal to the leaf width for each leaf to park into; confirmed per project
- Header depth and height
- Typically 70–150 mm high and around 180–190 mm deep, depending on the operator
- Maximum leaf weight
- Typically up to 120–125 kg per leaf, or around 240 kg total, depending on the operator
Clear opening between finished reveals.
Space above the opening for the barrel, stack or track.
Per side, for guides and drive.
Cycle performance4 fields
- Opening speed
- Up to about 0.7 m/s per leaf, adjustable
- Closing speed
- Up to about 0.7 m/s per leaf, adjustable; slowed on approach to the closed position
- Hold-open time
- Adjustable, typically 0–60 s; extends automatically for through traffic
- Rated daily cycles
- Continuous duty; operators are endurance tested to around 1,000,000 cycles by their manufacturers
Construction5 fields
- Leaf arrangement
- Single or bi-parting sliding leaves; telescopic arrangements where side room is short
- Glazing
- Toughened or laminated safety glass in framed or frameless leaves, to the project specification
- Frame and track
- Aluminium header housing the drive, with roller carriages on a track and a floor guide at the threshold
- Threshold detail
- Flush floor guide as standard; recessed track or brush seals where specified
- Finish
- Anodised or powder-coated aluminium to match the facade, with RAL colour options
Single, bi-parting or telescopic.
Drive5 fields
- Operator type
- Electromechanical sliding door operator with a DC motor driving a toothed belt
- Rated motor power
- Operator dependent; low-voltage DC drive
- Supply voltage
- 230 V AC single phase 50 Hz to the operator
- Duty rating
- Continuous automatic operation; the operator adjusts to traffic
- Manual override
- Leaves can be moved by hand when the operator is switched off or on power failure
Control5 fields
- Mode selector
- Programme switch with automatic, permanent open, one-way, night and off modes; key-lockable on escape routes
- Activation sensors
- Radar motion detectors on each side; push button, key switch, access control or remote input
- Presence sensors
- Infrared light curtains protecting the main closing edge and the leaf travel path
- Part-open width
- Reduced opening width mode, set on commissioning, typically for winter or low-traffic use
- Interfaces
- Volt-free inputs and outputs for access control, fire alarm and building management; wireless or serial service interface on some operators
Safety and egress4 fields
- Behaviour on power failure
- Leaves free to move by hand; integral backup supply opens or closes the leaves automatically on operators fitted with it
- Break-out leaves
- Break-out leaves that swing outward under push are available for escape-route doorsets
- Presence detection in the threshold
- Light curtain across the threshold holds the leaves open while a person is in the opening
- Escape route compliance
- Where the door is on an escape route an operator type-tested for that use is specified, with backup opening or break-out leaves; the supplied operator's declaration applies
EN 16005.
Compliance3 fields
- Product standard
- Power-operated pedestrian doorsets fall under EN 16005; operators are type-tested by their manufacturers and the supplied operator's declaration applies
- Conformity marking
- As applicable to the supplied operator and market
- Certificate reference
- Operator manufacturer's type-test documentation for the supplied model; available on request
EN 16005 applies to power-operated pedestrian doorsets.
| Maximum clear widthClear opening between finished reveals. | Typically 700–3,000 mm single leaf and 900–3,000 mm bi-parting, depending on the operator |
|---|---|
| Maximum clear height | Set by the leaf construction and the glazing; confirmed per project |
| Minimum headroom requiredSpace above the opening for the barrel, stack or track. | The operator header, typically 70–150 mm high depending on the operator |
| Minimum side room requiredPer side, for guides and drive. | Side room equal to the leaf width for each leaf to park into; confirmed per project |
| Header depth and height | Typically 70–150 mm high and around 180–190 mm deep, depending on the operator |
| Maximum leaf weight | Typically up to 120–125 kg per leaf, or around 240 kg total, depending on the operator |
| Opening speed | Up to about 0.7 m/s per leaf, adjustable |
|---|---|
| Closing speed | Up to about 0.7 m/s per leaf, adjustable; slowed on approach to the closed position |
| Hold-open time | Adjustable, typically 0–60 s; extends automatically for through traffic |
| Rated daily cycles | Continuous duty; operators are endurance tested to around 1,000,000 cycles by their manufacturers |
| Leaf arrangementSingle, bi-parting or telescopic. | Single or bi-parting sliding leaves; telescopic arrangements where side room is short |
|---|---|
| Glazing | Toughened or laminated safety glass in framed or frameless leaves, to the project specification |
| Frame and track | Aluminium header housing the drive, with roller carriages on a track and a floor guide at the threshold |
| Threshold detail | Flush floor guide as standard; recessed track or brush seals where specified |
| Finish | Anodised or powder-coated aluminium to match the facade, with RAL colour options |
| Operator type | Electromechanical sliding door operator with a DC motor driving a toothed belt |
|---|---|
| Rated motor power | Operator dependent; low-voltage DC drive |
| Supply voltage | 230 V AC single phase 50 Hz to the operator |
| Duty rating | Continuous automatic operation; the operator adjusts to traffic |
| Manual override | Leaves can be moved by hand when the operator is switched off or on power failure |
| Mode selector | Programme switch with automatic, permanent open, one-way, night and off modes; key-lockable on escape routes |
|---|---|
| Activation sensors | Radar motion detectors on each side; push button, key switch, access control or remote input |
| Presence sensors | Infrared light curtains protecting the main closing edge and the leaf travel path |
| Part-open width | Reduced opening width mode, set on commissioning, typically for winter or low-traffic use |
| Interfaces | Volt-free inputs and outputs for access control, fire alarm and building management; wireless or serial service interface on some operators |
| Behaviour on power failure | Leaves free to move by hand; integral backup supply opens or closes the leaves automatically on operators fitted with it |
|---|---|
| Break-out leaves | Break-out leaves that swing outward under push are available for escape-route doorsets |
| Presence detection in the threshold | Light curtain across the threshold holds the leaves open while a person is in the opening |
| Escape route complianceEN 16005. | Where the door is on an escape route an operator type-tested for that use is specified, with backup opening or break-out leaves; the supplied operator's declaration applies |
| Product standardEN 16005 applies to power-operated pedestrian doorsets. | Power-operated pedestrian doorsets fall under EN 16005; operators are type-tested by their manufacturers and the supplied operator's declaration applies |
|---|---|
| Conformity marking | As applicable to the supplied operator and market |
| Certificate reference | Operator manufacturer's type-test documentation for the supplied model; available on request |
Final specification depends on door dimensions, configuration, operating environment and project requirements.
FAQ
Questions we are actually asked
- What happens to an automatic door in a power cut?
- It adopts the behaviour specified for that opening: released so it can be pushed open by hand, or driven open automatically. Which one is correct comes from the building's escape strategy, and is agreed before installation.
- Are automatic doors suitable for an escape route?
- Yes, with the right arrangement — typically break-out leaves that swing clear under push force, giving the full escape width.
- How much clear opening do I need?
- That comes from the footfall and the accessibility requirement rather than the door. Tell us both and we will size the leaves and the header around them.
- Can the door be locked out of hours?
- Yes — a mode selector gives automatic, partial, exit only, locked and hold open, and can be driven remotely from reception where the controller supports it.
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