Door Industry Journal - Winter 2018

112 THE door industry journal winter 2018 Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Fire & Security Morland Eradicate Plastic Strips from Fire Door Frames Plastic bags, cotton buds, plastic stirrers and straws are all on the UK Government’s hit list. However, the plastic encapsulated intumescent strip lives long. Too long in the opinion of both David Attenborough and Morland. With this in mind Morland have developed a fire rated door frame system, Forever Firecheck ® under their patent GB2546328 where the intumescent material is held in place by the ‘wrap’ Morland apply to their MDF Mouldings, eradicating the need for the traditional plastic encapsulation entirely. The wrap can be paper, vinyl, veneer or laminate. Tested and approved by Warrington Certifire this innovative fire safety product will be launched at UK Construction Week in October 2018. Mike Bebb, Morlands’ product manager says: “Morland have unique competencies in the reel application of decorative surfaces so it was a logical step for our factory. We now reel off the graphite strip at 25m per minute as part of our standard production process. Fitting plastic seals is a fiddly process. They flick out on the CNCs, they get lost on site, they work loose overtime and they are unsightly. At a stroke Forever Firecheck ® addresses all of those shortcomings and additionally eradicates millions of linear metres of plastic use per year. What’s not to like?” Recently shortlisted in this year’s BWF Process Efficiency awards and launched at the NEC during UK Construction Week, where it was received with considerable interest, Morland are very pleased to be able to bring this ground-breaking door jamb to market. To view the video, order samples or for more details visit www.morlanduk.com/foreverfirecheck To talk to us further about this innovative product – Contact Jake Cintra our sales manager on 01938 551964 – jake.cintra@morlanduk.com Stay in Control with GEZE Cockpit A smart hub that let’s you take control of door, window and safety systems was launched by GEZE UK at the Smart Buildings Show in November. GEZE Cockpit acts as ‘a brain’ - intelligently integrating door, window and safety technology into building management systems – and giving building designers greater options to create the next generation of smart buildings. The hi-tech system, which is the first of its kind, uses the latest technology with open interfaces. Offering more efficiency, security and convenience, combined with intelligent smoke and heat extraction and dynamic fire protection to protect targeted escape routes, the GEZE Cockpit can be used as stand-alone solution or integrated into an over-arching building management system (BMS). In a fire situation, GEZE Cockpit can quite literally be a life saver. It enables the automatic release of escape routes, opening doors and clearing emergency exits to provide a faster escape for people in the building. GEZE Cockpit can be fully integrated into any building management system using the BacNet protocol but also has its own application package which can be accessed remotely using a range of devices. For more information visit www.cockpit.geze.com