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leaves are designed to fit into a pocket Independent Configuration Door durable hangar door must be in place
built on one side of the opening. These An Independent configuration can to perform under such demanding situ-
doors can be manually moved or may work with a minimum of one door leaf ations. Sometimes the efficiency of such
be motorized. The leaves one or several and can go up to multiple leaves. Here a robust system means saving lives!
that are interconnected, all slide into each leaf can be moved separately and
one pocket, moving one-way. is equipped with individual motor and Military Aircraft Bunker Shelter Doors
Bi-Parting Door Configuration control panel. Each of the leaves can Military warplane bunker shelter doors
A Bi-Parting hangar door as the name be manual or motorized, and no pocket are designed in compliance with NATO
suggests must have a minimum of 2 space required to the left or right of the standards. Bunker or shelter automatic
leaves, and requires a pocket on either opening. doors for military aircraft operate auto-
side. The leaves all open from the cen- matically, electro-mechanically (motor-
tre either manually or by being motor- Sliding Folding Door for a Helicopter reducer) and by hydraulic means. The
ized. Hangar (Straubing Hospital, Germany) military grade hangar doors are made
The importance of hangar doors, of heavy bomb resistant reinforced
Floating Configuration Door their functioning and maintenance concrete and steel. The doors undergo
A Floating configuration needs a has been amply highlighted as being burst pressure tests, achieving certifica-
minimum of two leaves, and the move- high-performing sliding folding door tion that have global acceptance.
ment of leaves must be motorized, with for the helicopter hangar of Straubing
no pocket space required, either to the Hospital. The helicopter hangar located Reference Credit:
left or right. The floating configuration on the roof of the hospital building medium.com
air-pros.com
consists of interconnected door leaves, housing a rescue helicopter was alerted alpgate.com
that can be moved from the first or the and responded over 2,000 times! This hangardoors.aero
last leaf. means that a highly efficient, and karengrubu.com

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