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.
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Automatic Swing Doors
Powered hinged leaves where a sliding track will not fit.
Entrance AutomationKey specifications
- Operation
- Powered hinged leaf
- Modes
- Low-energy or full-power
- Activation
- Push plate, wave, reader
- Specification
- Configured per opening at survey
* Final specification depends on door dimensions, configuration, operating environment and project requirements.
01Overview
About Automatic Swing Doors
An automatic swing door puts a powered operator on a conventional hinged leaf. It suits openings where there is no room beside the door for a sliding leaf to run, where the door must remain usable as an ordinary swing door, and where an existing doorset is being upgraded rather than replaced.
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.
Low energy
Opens slowly enough that kinetic energy is limited by design. The usual choice for accessible entrances and public corridors.
Full power
Faster operation for higher traffic, requiring presence sensing and guarding around the swing arc.
Double leaf with sequencing
Two operators sequenced so the leaves open and close in the correct order at a meeting stile.
Concealed operator
Operator housed within the transom where the entrance is architecturally sensitive.
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Automatic Swing 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
- Leaf widths typically 700–1,100 mm on standard operators and up to 1,600 mm on heavy-duty operators; double-leaf sets from about 1,400 mm between hinges
- Maximum clear height
- Set by the leaf construction; confirmed per project
- Minimum headroom required
- The operator body, typically 70 mm high, fitted to the door head or the transom
- Minimum side room required
- None beyond the leaf swing; the operator sits above the leaf
- Header depth and height
- Operator typically around 685 × 70 × 130 mm; reveal depths to 300 mm with a standard arm, up to 500 mm on heavy-duty operators
- Maximum leaf weight
- Typically up to 160 kg on standard operators and up to 400 kg on heavy-duty operators, reducing with leaf width and reveal depth
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
- 0–90° in about 3–12 s, adjustable; limited automatically in low-energy mode
- Closing speed
- 90–0° in about 4–21 s, adjustable
- Hold-open time
- Adjustable, typically up to 30 s; 180 s on some operators
- Rated daily cycles
- Continuous duty; operators carry a cycle counter to 1,000,000 and are designed for heavily frequented doors
Construction5 fields
- Leaf arrangement
- Single or double leaf, push or pull side, with an integrated door coordinator on double-leaf sets
- Glazing
- To the door leaf specification; the operator is independent of the leaf construction
- Frame and track
- Surface-mounted operator on the frame head with a standard arm on the push side or a slide channel on the pull side
- Threshold detail
- No threshold hardware; the existing door threshold is retained
- Finish
- Operator cover in silver anodised aluminium as standard, or powder coated to a RAL colour
Single, bi-parting or telescopic.
Drive5 fields
- Operator type
- Electromechanical swing door operator with force-balancing gear and an integrated door closer function
- Rated motor power
- Low; operator consumption typically 120–240 W maximum depending on model
- Supply voltage
- 230 V AC single phase 50 Hz; 24 V DC supply for external accessories
- Duty rating
- Continuous automatic operation; temperature-managed overload protection on current operators
- Manual override
- Leaf opens by hand at all times; power-assist reduces the effort while the operator is powered
Control5 fields
- Mode selector
- Integrated programme switch with off, automatic, permanent open and exit-only modes; key switch for night operation
- Activation sensors
- Radar motion detectors, push buttons, key switches, access control or push-and-go on the leaf itself
- Presence sensors
- Safety sensors on the hinge and opposite-hinge sides with self-test, required for full-energy operation
- Part-open width
- Not applicable; the opening angle is set on commissioning, up to about 110°
- Interfaces
- Potential-free door status contacts, motor lock feedback, emergency-off and lock inputs; fire alarm and building management through the same terminals
Safety and egress4 fields
- Behaviour on power failure
- The leaf remains a manually operable door and closes under the operator's spring; no backup supply is needed for egress
- Break-out leaves
- Not applicable; a swing door leaf is already free to open by hand
- Presence detection in the threshold
- Safety sensors on both faces of the leaf stop or reverse it against a person in the swing path
- Escape route compliance
- Low-energy operation limits speed and force where sensors are not fitted; full-energy operation with safety sensors on higher-traffic doors; 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. | Leaf widths typically 700–1,100 mm on standard operators and up to 1,600 mm on heavy-duty operators; double-leaf sets from about 1,400 mm between hinges |
|---|---|
| Maximum clear height | Set by the leaf construction; confirmed per project |
| Minimum headroom requiredSpace above the opening for the barrel, stack or track. | The operator body, typically 70 mm high, fitted to the door head or the transom |
| Minimum side room requiredPer side, for guides and drive. | None beyond the leaf swing; the operator sits above the leaf |
| Header depth and height | Operator typically around 685 × 70 × 130 mm; reveal depths to 300 mm with a standard arm, up to 500 mm on heavy-duty operators |
| Maximum leaf weight | Typically up to 160 kg on standard operators and up to 400 kg on heavy-duty operators, reducing with leaf width and reveal depth |
| Opening speed | 0–90° in about 3–12 s, adjustable; limited automatically in low-energy mode |
|---|---|
| Closing speed | 90–0° in about 4–21 s, adjustable |
| Hold-open time | Adjustable, typically up to 30 s; 180 s on some operators |
| Rated daily cycles | Continuous duty; operators carry a cycle counter to 1,000,000 and are designed for heavily frequented doors |
| Leaf arrangementSingle, bi-parting or telescopic. | Single or double leaf, push or pull side, with an integrated door coordinator on double-leaf sets |
|---|---|
| Glazing | To the door leaf specification; the operator is independent of the leaf construction |
| Frame and track | Surface-mounted operator on the frame head with a standard arm on the push side or a slide channel on the pull side |
| Threshold detail | No threshold hardware; the existing door threshold is retained |
| Finish | Operator cover in silver anodised aluminium as standard, or powder coated to a RAL colour |
| Operator type | Electromechanical swing door operator with force-balancing gear and an integrated door closer function |
|---|---|
| Rated motor power | Low; operator consumption typically 120–240 W maximum depending on model |
| Supply voltage | 230 V AC single phase 50 Hz; 24 V DC supply for external accessories |
| Duty rating | Continuous automatic operation; temperature-managed overload protection on current operators |
| Manual override | Leaf opens by hand at all times; power-assist reduces the effort while the operator is powered |
| Mode selector | Integrated programme switch with off, automatic, permanent open and exit-only modes; key switch for night operation |
|---|---|
| Activation sensors | Radar motion detectors, push buttons, key switches, access control or push-and-go on the leaf itself |
| Presence sensors | Safety sensors on the hinge and opposite-hinge sides with self-test, required for full-energy operation |
| Part-open width | Not applicable; the opening angle is set on commissioning, up to about 110° |
| Interfaces | Potential-free door status contacts, motor lock feedback, emergency-off and lock inputs; fire alarm and building management through the same terminals |
| Behaviour on power failure | The leaf remains a manually operable door and closes under the operator's spring; no backup supply is needed for egress |
|---|---|
| Break-out leaves | Not applicable; a swing door leaf is already free to open by hand |
| Presence detection in the threshold | Safety sensors on both faces of the leaf stop or reverse it against a person in the swing path |
| Escape route complianceEN 16005. | Low-energy operation limits speed and force where sensors are not fitted; full-energy operation with safety sensors on higher-traffic doors; 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 is the difference between low-energy and full-power?
- Low-energy doors open slowly enough that their kinetic energy is limited by design, which is why they suit accessible public entrances. Full-power doors move faster and need presence sensing and guarding around the swing arc.
- Can our existing doors be automated?
- Often yes. We check leaf weight, frame and hinge condition first — an operator amplifies any existing weakness in the doorset.
- Does it still work in a power cut?
- Yes. The operator releases so the leaf works as an ordinary swing door.
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