Automatic Door Safety Sensors

Now coming to modern day automated door systems most of them consist of sensors that help trigger the opening closing of doors when required.

Automatic door safety sensors.

Door mounted safety sensor. Safety sensors are critical components of most automatic garage doors. In fact these safety sensors have been required by law since 1993. In the 1960s control mats were used as sensors to detect the approach of pedestrians.

Safety sensors are designed to prevent accidents caused by automatic garage doors which have led to serious damage to cars and injuries and deaths to people and animals. The sensors detect obstructions in the path of a closing garage door and prevent the door from closing when the path isn t. Sensors designed to offer the highest level of pedestrian safety during automatic door movement. The traditional form of sensor is mechanical in which a.

They are part of the automatic garage door system. Let s look at the various kinds of sensors used in automatic doors. Many thanks to jeff dunham of bea sensors for his assistance with the background information needed for this article. Product reliability consistent and reliable sensor performance in a wide range of installation environments.