How Does An Electric Roller Shutter Door Work
The roller shutter every roller shutter is made from machined aluminium and filled with high density foam for insulation.
How does an electric roller shutter door work. The roller comprises of a steel tube with a tubular motor fitted at one end and a shaft at the opposite end. When closing the slats of roller shutter slide through the tracks on either side and once rolled down fully they fit snugly against the floor. The shutter curtain is held in place by a full width roller which is supported at each end by the cheek plates. Luckily fire shutters have a couple of ways in which they can continue to work once a main power source has failed.
When it s raised the slats fold over and roll into the compact top box above the door. This small box is typically installed inside the door known as internal face fix. Our aluminium roller shutters can be the protection of windows from sun light and even the heat of bush fires. Roller shutters work by rolling or sliding up and down through tracks.
As for motorised roller shutters or sometimes called electric roller shutters it can be operated by pushing of the up or down buttons to either open or close the roller shutters. When opening the slats coil into a box that is on the wall of the building. In the event of a power failure fire shutters can be bolstered with a backup battery affording the doors enough power to operate at least once in the event of an emergency. Roller shutters work by sliding or rolling up and down through tracks these are also referred to as guide channels when rolled up the slats fit into a small box above the door.
The slats fit into a small box above the door when rolled up when opening. Typically we will install the box inside the door this referred to as an internal face fix other fixes can be achieved however this is the most secure.