Door Industry Journal - Summer 2021

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk THE door industry journal summer 2021 113 Entrance, Sliding & Bi-folding Doors Garador Introduces New FGS 820 Front Door Garador’s FrontGuard front door range offers excellent security and thermal insulation, offering a great solution for all types of properties. Now Garador has added a new model to its extensive collection of front doors, in the form of the FrontGuard FGS 820. This new door model is designed to minimise heat loss and incorporates four large windows to allow natural light to flow in through the doorway, which is ideal for hallways that are deprived of natural light. The windows are all triple glazed with high quality, sand-blasted float safety glass and the door leaf is 65mm thick, filled with dense polyurethane insulating foam. The door frame and seals have also been specifically designed to eliminate thermal bridges. This FGS 820 also comes in a selection of standard and custom door sizes up to 2250mm high and delivers u-values down to 0.95 W/m 2 k. These front doors offer serious protection against the elements for every type of property. Garador’s Managing Director, Neil Discombe, says: “These exceptional doors will go a long way to helping homeowners fulfil the latest requirements in energy-saving and reducing heat loss while ensuring a light and fresh entrance area to the property.” The FGS 820, along with all Garador’s front doors, also offers high levels of security, with 5-point locking and RC2 security equipment. The door is available in 26 different colour finishes and has many shades designed to complement Garador’s existing garage door range. It is also available with several options including transom lights, a spy hole and an electric strike plate with a key catch for keyless access. Find out more about Garador’s complete range of front entrance doors at www.garador.co.uk or call 01935 443722. SICK Switches up to Smart Versatility with Next-Generation SLG-2 Light Grids SICK has developed its next-generation SLG-2 light grids to combine higher levels of optical performance with smart sensor capability in an ultra-slim housing. The SICK SLG-2 can be integrated neatly into mechanical doors, gates and lifts. Just 12mm x 24mm in size, the SICK SLG-2 light grids come in Slim or Flat variants, so they can be configured horizontally or vertically. They enable versatile machine integration with rapid response times that ensure completely reliable performance. The addition of IO-Link extends the SICK SLG-2’s capabilities to include height, width, and length measurement. A Smart Task is available to set zones and zoning, which avoids the costly cabling needed to configure multiple photocells, an advantage for example in entry and exit applications such as industrial doors and gates. The SLG-2 enables individual beams to be controlled or blanked, as well as the feedback of diagnostic information for condition monitoring. “Whether you are designing a new product, or want to replace an existing light grid, the SICK SLG-2 offers exceptional versatility at this price/performance level,” says David Hannaby, SICK’s UK Product Manager for Presence Detection. “With IO-Link, the SLG-2 can not only provide height, length and width values, it can also detect an object’s position in the light grid. It can output information on the status of every single beam and offers all the benefits of real-time diagnostics to monitor operational status and quality of run.” The SICK SLG-2 Slim and Flat come with 10mm, 25mm or 50mm beam spacing and can detect objects with a height of between 100mm and 2400mm. SICK’s patented new optical technology ensures the SLG’s operation is immune to interference from cross talk, reflections, or ambient light conditions. The SLG-2 achieves response times as fast as 2.1ms depending on the number of beams. The compact SICK SLG-2 Slim and Flat make mounting simple, using either sliding nuts or quick-mounting accessories, with options for M8 or M12 4-pin cable connections. Set up is easy via with the option to use an external teach-in button on the device. For more information, please contact Andrea Hornby on 01727 831121 or email andrea.hornby@sick.co.uk www.sick.co.uk