Door Industry Journal - Winter 2016

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk garage doors 50 THE door industry journal winter 2016 Fortune favours the brave! We’ve all been there, a rep arrives at your door and asks you to try an automation product which is brand new in the UK. What’s your natural reaction? Fortunately that needn’t be the case with the Avanti T-Series garage door operator from JD (UK) Ltd. Sales of this unit are going from strength to strength thanks to dealers who resisted the urge to play it safe. The Avanti operator has now become a reliable and staple product for an ever increasing number of garage door specialists since the product launch in 2015. Avanti T-Series motors are the operator of choice for Alutech Sectional Garage Doors and have been fully CE certified for use with the entire range. Many dealers however are not only using Avanti operators with Alutech Sectional Garage Doors, but also as a standalone product on retractable up and over doors, thanks to the simple setup process. The settings alter the way the operator works and fine tune the software to suit the movement of an up and over door. The Avanti T-Series operator has proven itself a very successful product within this competitive market place, with quality, functionality and affordability central to this success. With thousands of units sold so far, warranty return rates are minimal at less than 1% and transmitter returns at less than 0.01%. The Avanti T-Series not only comes with high quality components and incredible reliability, it comes as standard with the below features and functions: • Fully CE marked and compliant with EU directives • 800nm motor • Changeable speed to suit door type • Soft start/soft stop, which can be varied in distance • 5 Core steel nylon belt drive, which can be ordered in 1 piece or 2 piece rails • Fluorescent buttons on hand transmitters • Pre-programmed hand transmitter, with light function pre-coded • Easy setup of force and limit points by pressing pre-coded handset • Simple program menu for applying advanced included features such as, door service monitor, holiday mode, ventilation mode, speed and travel settings and many more. Additional benefits also include the extra security of a pre-notched rail which allows the in-built manual lock to engage with the carriage in the event of a power failure. The power saving LED light which is incorporated into the head unit also doubles up as a push button to activate the door. The mix of quality, reliability and advanced features along with the 7 year motor warranty offered has proven very popular with both JD UK’s customers and in turn their end users. For further information and special introductory prices please contact Louis or Robyn on 01924 472924.