Activation distances. The minimum activation distance for automatic swing or sliding doors on escape routes has been increased from 1,400mm to 1,500mm as people move faster in an emergency, so doors must open sooner. In non-escape situations, the activation distance has been reduced from 1,400mm to 1,000mm to allow for cross-traffic — in other words, to ensure doors don’t open every time someone walks past. a) Push buttons located at a comfortable height between 0.90 m and 1.20 m; (b) Activating mats, which can also serve as a location cue All of our safety signs comply with the safety colour regulations. This ensures that certain colours adhere to their specific meanings. For low energy operators with a knowing-act switch, the sign must read, “ACTIVATE SWITCH TO OPERATE”. If a switch is only installed on one side of the door (push side or pull side), the sign must be located on the same side of the door as the switch.

EN ISO 7010 was introduced in 2003 and revised in 2012. Since then it has been accepted into EU Law and provides a standardised, easy to understand safety message - wherever you are and whatever language you use! Why EN ISO 7010Sliding Door Sign – Conference Room/In Use/Vacant – This high-quality sliding door sign prevents disruptions to meetings and is attractively designed with a gold or silver-finished aluminium frame. Customisable to match your corporate colours, it can also say ‘Meeting Room’, ‘Training Room’, etc. As with the BS EN16005 and BS 7036-0, the short answer is no. However, not following the safety guidelines as illustrated by these standards may cause injury to the public. Comply with the latest AAADM (American Association of Automatic Door Manufacturers) specifications. The image is screen printed with durable inks and protected from weather and abuse with a clear top layer.

European standard EN 16005 came into force in April 2013. It is designed to safeguard pedestrians from accidents caused by the design and installation of automatic doors. In the introduction to the standard, its scope is described as “[dealing] with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to power-operated doorsets when they are used as intended and where conditions of misuse are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer”. c) Extra pull handle: To facilitate closing, a door fitted with spring closers should be equipped with an extra pull handle approximately 0.30 m in length, located between 0.20 m and 0.30 m from the hinged side of the door and mounted between 0.90 m and 1.20 m from the floor. 3.5 Automatic doors hardware Ensure the safety of the public with our Automatic Door Sign. Moving doors and gates can pose a serious risk, especially to the young and elderly. By prominently displaying this safety sign, you can effectively warn people about the potential dangers associated with the doors. Automatic swing doors. Here the danger points are where the door closes into the frame and the secondary closing edge where the door pivots. The primary danger points are overcome by a combination of safety sensors and controlling the door opening and closing speeds. Finger entrapment protection will limit the potential danger at the secondary closing edge. For power assist doors operated by pushing or pulling the door or by a remote device, the signs must read “EASY OPEN DOOR – PUSH TO OPERATE,” and “EASY OPEN DOOR – PULL TO OPERATE”.There are already a number of standards and codes of practice to be taken into consideration when designing and installing automatic doors. These include: