The door solution for overhead cranes

We were recently approached by a customer who had a building in which overhead cranes had to be mounted in combination with commercial doors. Some new (!) standard overhead doors were recently installed, but the overhead rails of those doors hindered the installation of the crane track. The only solution was to replace all new doors with the Compact commercial door without overhead rails. A costly design flaw that fortunately can be avoided.

Combining an overhead door with a crane runway is usually somewhat difficult or even impossible. The space-saving Compact folding door makes this much easier. If you additionally opt for extended rails, the possibilities are endless.

Thanks to the extended rails, the point at which the panels fold together is further up above the door opening. In the case of a crane runway, for example, this means that the panels run upwards behind the runway guidance and fold together above the crane runway. In this way, both the crane runway and the door can move without restriction.

In industrial halls with a crane track, it is important to optimize space as much as possible. Traditional overhead doors can get in the way due to their rail system on the ceiling, and are therefore sometimes difficult to combine with a crane track. The Compact door by Rolflex is a possible solution for this problem. Thanks to the smart folding system of this industrial door, the entire height of the hall remains available, so that you can use the crane track without obstacles.