Rolling Shutters
Galvalume Rolling Shutter
Aluminium-zinc coated steel curtain in the 1.0 mm class and 1.2 mm heavy duty, for exposed commercial and industrial openings.
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Windproof / Storm-Resistant Rolling Shutter
Engineered for high-wind and storm-prone environments, to the project wind load.
Rolling ShuttersProduct visualisations. These images are built to a written specification of this door type rather than photographed on site, and they are replaced as installation photography becomes available. They illustrate construction and arrangement; the figures that matter are in the specification below.
Key specifications
- Curtain
- Reinforced, 1.0 / 1.2 mm class
- Retention
- Wind locks and end locks
- Wind performance
- To project wind load
- Sizes
- To project wind loads
* Final specification depends on door dimensions, configuration, operating environment and project requirements.
01Overview
About Windproof / Storm-Resistant Rolling Shutter
Wind does not load a shutter evenly, and it does not fail one politely. A curtain that is not retained properly leaves its guides, and once that happens the opening is gone and so, often, is what was behind it. A wind-rated shutter is about retention and anchoring at least as much as it is about curtain thickness.
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.
Windproof standard
Reinforced interlocking curtain in the 1.0 or 1.2 mm class with a wind-resistant guide, wind locks, end locks and a reinforced bottom bar.
Windproof heavy duty
1.2 mm class or engineered heavier profile with a reinforced guide, enhanced end locking, a wind-lock system and a heavy-duty shaft.
Storm-resistant
Project-engineered curtain with reinforced guides, wind locks, storm anchoring, structural fixing and an appropriately sized shaft and drive.
10Gallery
Windproof / Storm-Resistant Rolling Shutter 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.
Identification & material5 fields
- Product family
- Windproof / Storm-Resistant Rolling Shutter
- Material
- MS / GI / Galvalume / aluminium / industrial steel
- Material grade
- Selected according to the engineered curtain specification and the environment
- Coating
- Paint, powder coating, galvanized, Galvalume or anodised depending on material
- Surface treatment
- Powder coating optional
Curtain7 fields
- Construction
- Reinforced interlocking curtain; project-engineered on the storm-resistant configuration
- Profile
- Reinforced interlocking
- Profile height
- Configuration dependent
- Slat thickness
- Windproof standard 1.0 / 1.2 mm class / windproof heavy 1.2 mm class or engineered heavier / storm-resistant project engineered
- End lock
- Enhanced end locking
- Slat weight
- Calculated from the selected profile and material
- Curtain weight
- Calculated from the selected profile, material and opening dimensions
Opening4 fields
- Maximum width
- Project engineered to the design wind load
- Maximum height
- Project engineered to the design wind load
- Maximum area
- Project engineered
- Intermediate mullion
- Available for large or multiple curtain arrangements
Guide7 fields
- Guide material
- Wind-resistant reinforced guide
- Guide width
- Engineered to the opening and the design wind pressure
- Guide depth
- Engineered to the opening and the design wind pressure
- Guide thickness
- Engineered to the curtain and the design wind pressure
- Curtain engagement
- Increased engagement, engineered to the design wind pressure
- Wind lock
- Yes; wind-lock system fitted
- Guide seal
- Optional; configuration dependent
Barrel & shaft5 fields
- Barrel type
- Heavy-duty barrel and shaft system
- Shaft diameter
- Selected according to curtain load and design wind pressure
- Shaft material
- Steel
- Bracket
- Engineered to the curtain load and anchoring arrangement
- Hood / headbox
- Hood where specified; size configuration dependent
Bottom4 fields
- Bottom profile
- Reinforced bottom profile
- Bottom bar dimensions
- Configuration dependent
- Bottom seal
- Optional rubber or EPDM seal where required
- Lock
- Central or side locking according to configuration
Operation & control6 fields
- Operation
- Motorised
- Motor options
- Tubular, central or side-mounted motor depending on shutter size and configuration
- Motor rating
- Selected according to curtain weight, opening size, barrel and duty cycle
- Supply voltage
- 230 V AC single-phase or 415 V AC three-phase depending on the selected motor
- Emergency manual override
- Manual emergency override
- Controls
- Push button, key switch, RF remote, access control, GSM or Wi-Fi where compatible
Performance7 fields
- Wind resistance
- Project and design specific; a wind classification is published only where actual tested classification exists
- Fire rating
- Not fire-rated unless supplied as a certified fire-rated system
- Thermal performance
- Not rated
- Acoustic performance
- Not specifically rated; configuration dependent
- Corrosion resistance
- Depends on the material and finish selected
- Cycle rating
- Duty dependent
- Opening speed
- Motor and configuration dependent
Safety5 fields
- Safety devices
- Photocell, safety edge, emergency stop and manual override
- Additional safety
- Engineered anchoring and structural fixing designed to the project wind load; design pressure and safety pressure are project specific
- Anti-drop device
- Available where required; configuration dependent
- Brake
- Motor or gear brake according to the selected operator
- Obstacle detection
- Available with a compatible control and safety system
Finish2 fields
- Finish
- Paint, powder coating, galvanized, Galvalume or anodised depending on material
- Colour
- Standard colours; custom RAL available
Installation4 fields
- Mounting
- Face mounted, between jamb or recessed
- Headroom required
- Survey dependent
- Side room required
- Survey dependent
- Mounting substrate
- Masonry, RCC, structural steel or other suitable structural support; fixing selected according to the substrate
| Product family | Windproof / Storm-Resistant Rolling Shutter |
|---|---|
| Material | MS / GI / Galvalume / aluminium / industrial steel |
| Material grade | Selected according to the engineered curtain specification and the environment |
| Coating | Paint, powder coating, galvanized, Galvalume or anodised depending on material |
| Surface treatment | Powder coating optional |
| Construction | Reinforced interlocking curtain; project-engineered on the storm-resistant configuration |
|---|---|
| Profile | Reinforced interlocking |
| Profile height | Configuration dependent |
| Slat thickness | Windproof standard 1.0 / 1.2 mm class / windproof heavy 1.2 mm class or engineered heavier / storm-resistant project engineered |
| End lock | Enhanced end locking |
| Slat weight | Calculated from the selected profile and material |
| Curtain weight | Calculated from the selected profile, material and opening dimensions |
| Maximum width | Project engineered to the design wind load |
|---|---|
| Maximum height | Project engineered to the design wind load |
| Maximum area | Project engineered |
| Intermediate mullion | Available for large or multiple curtain arrangements |
| Guide material | Wind-resistant reinforced guide |
|---|---|
| Guide width | Engineered to the opening and the design wind pressure |
| Guide depth | Engineered to the opening and the design wind pressure |
| Guide thickness | Engineered to the curtain and the design wind pressure |
| Curtain engagement | Increased engagement, engineered to the design wind pressure |
| Wind lock | Yes; wind-lock system fitted |
| Guide seal | Optional; configuration dependent |
| Barrel type | Heavy-duty barrel and shaft system |
|---|---|
| Shaft diameter | Selected according to curtain load and design wind pressure |
| Shaft material | Steel |
| Bracket | Engineered to the curtain load and anchoring arrangement |
| Hood / headbox | Hood where specified; size configuration dependent |
| Bottom profile | Reinforced bottom profile |
|---|---|
| Bottom bar dimensions | Configuration dependent |
| Bottom seal | Optional rubber or EPDM seal where required |
| Lock | Central or side locking according to configuration |
| Operation | Motorised |
|---|---|
| Motor options | Tubular, central or side-mounted motor depending on shutter size and configuration |
| Motor rating | Selected according to curtain weight, opening size, barrel and duty cycle |
| Supply voltage | 230 V AC single-phase or 415 V AC three-phase depending on the selected motor |
| Emergency manual override | Manual emergency override |
| Controls | Push button, key switch, RF remote, access control, GSM or Wi-Fi where compatible |
| Wind resistance | Project and design specific; a wind classification is published only where actual tested classification exists |
|---|---|
| Fire rating | Not fire-rated unless supplied as a certified fire-rated system |
| Thermal performance | Not rated |
| Acoustic performance | Not specifically rated; configuration dependent |
| Corrosion resistance | Depends on the material and finish selected |
| Cycle rating | Duty dependent |
| Opening speed | Motor and configuration dependent |
| Safety devices | Photocell, safety edge, emergency stop and manual override |
|---|---|
| Additional safety | Engineered anchoring and structural fixing designed to the project wind load; design pressure and safety pressure are project specific |
| Anti-drop device | Available where required; configuration dependent |
| Brake | Motor or gear brake according to the selected operator |
| Obstacle detection | Available with a compatible control and safety system |
| Finish | Paint, powder coating, galvanized, Galvalume or anodised depending on material |
|---|---|
| Colour | Standard colours; custom RAL available |
| Mounting | Face mounted, between jamb or recessed |
|---|---|
| Headroom required | Survey dependent |
| Side room required | Survey dependent |
| Mounting substrate | Masonry, RCC, structural steel or other suitable structural support; fixing selected according to the substrate |
Specifications may vary according to opening dimensions, selected profile, material, operating method, site conditions and final system configuration.
Wind performance depends on site wind load, opening dimensions, the guide and anchoring arrangement and the selected system configuration.
FAQ
Questions we are actually asked
- What wind speed is it rated to?
- We do not publish a wind speed, and we would be sceptical of anyone who does without naming the test. Wind performance depends on the site wind load, the opening dimensions, the guide and anchoring arrangement and the selected configuration. Give us the project wind load and we will engineer to it.
- What actually makes a shutter windproof?
- Retention. Wind locks and end locks keeping the curtain in a wind-resistant guide, a reinforced bottom bar, and anchoring sized for the load path. A thicker curtain on its own does not solve it, because the failure is the curtain leaving the guide.
- Can we upgrade our existing shutters instead?
- Where the shutter is suitable, yes. The wind configuration can be applied to MS, GI, Galvalume and industrial shutters, which is often the sensible answer when only some openings on a building are exposed.
- Is it storm-proof?
- We will not use that word. It is engineered for high-wind and storm-prone environments according to project-specific wind-load requirements, and its performance is defined by the configuration and the anchoring rather than by a claim.
- What sizes is the Windproof / Storm-Resistant Rolling Shutter available in?
- It is made to the opening rather than supplied in fixed sizes. Send us the clear width and height along with the headroom and side room available, and we will confirm what the configuration supports.
- Can it be motorised, and can an existing shutter be motorised?
- Yes to both, where the curtain and barrel suit it. Motor selection follows curtain weight, opening size, barrel diameter and how often the shutter runs, so it is calculated for the opening rather than taken from a product line.
- What happens during a power failure?
- Every powered shutter is supplied with a manual override, by hand chain, crank or release depending on the configuration. It is part of the specification rather than an accessory.
- What do you need from us to quote?
- Clear opening width and height, the headroom and side room, roughly how many times a day it will be used, whether it is internal or external, and the finish you want. That is usually enough for a configuration and a price.
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