Door Industry Journal - Summer 2021

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 80 THE door industry journal summer 2021 Industrial Doors & Shutters How installation of the OPTEX OAM-Explorer resulted in a safer work environment and smoother daily operations for the Lexus Service Department. Introduction: An overhead door company situated in the Californian desert reached out to OPTEX Entrances to find a solution for their customer who was using a RapidView 999 Industrial door that was not opening and closing properly due to a faulty sensor. As the customer is located in Cathedral City, California and summer heat was quickly approaching, the issue needed to be resolved quickly. Job Site: The door was located in the service department at the Shottenkirk Desert Lexus dealership. High speed industrial roll-up doors are used at both ends of their large repair department. This is intentionally designed to facilitate the quick movement of vehicles in and out of the building while maintaining the building’s internal cool temperature. Problem: The service department was using a secondary safety device designed to stop and reverse the door if it comes into contact with an object during the closing cycle. These Wireless Pressure Edges are connected to the door controller via a WIFI connection. However, the technicians document their work in the bay with a system that requires a strong WIFI signal. These competing signals caused interference between the connection of the safety edges and the controller. Frequently, the door would not properly open, requiring a manual reset to raise the door. This issue caused severe interruption to daily operation and moving cars in and out of the bay. Solution: Upon arrival at the site, OPTEX was able to coordinate quickly to remove the Secondary Safety Devices (Wireless Lexus Dealership Upgrades Sensors & Achieves 100% Efficiency Rate