MAXDoor combines years of door expertise when custom designing a craneway door for your steel mill or foundry. Used in heavy industries where overhead cranes transport large and heavy materials within or out of a building, MAXDoor custom designs a craneway door that allows the crane and its load to pass through a building opening. Crane Way doors help maximize environment separation and assists the air handling equipment.
MAXDoor has several different Crane Door designs for new and existing steel producing facilities. A craneway door design and installation require expertise to coordinate the architectural and structural design to match the specific door requirements and meet the customer’s needs.
Craneway doors are a perfect solution for industries such as steel mills and foundries. With minimal downtime and a long service life, the MAXDoor maintains strength and dependability even in exceptionally large door openings.
It is important to also consider interior craneway doors when environmental separation is required. Inside a facility, overhead cranes can easily pass through a building while providing better air filtration and improved energy efficiency.
How MAXDoor Craneway Doors are Built
- Head Member, Side Frames, and Door Guides use common steel components.
- Horizontal Beams are manufactured from high strength structural aluminum rectangle tube.
- Horizontal Beams are sized and spaced to provide the highest wind load resistance.
- One or Two Motor Systems depending on door size.
- Custom Door Controls for any application or environment.
MAXDoor Craneway Door Features
- Strength – Custom wind loads are available; structural steel head members; side frames and door guides
- Speed – 6-12 inches per second
- Safety – Lifting belts with redundant lift belts, manual hoist with cut off safety switch
- Manual Brake Release
- Auxiliary hoist brake system
By design, a craneway MAXDoor provides a custom fit around the crane rail. When not in use, the doors can be closed, protecting your workspace and employees from the elements and maximizing your building’s energy efficiency.
Whether your door need is unique or standard, we can design a craneway door to meet your specific crane and building dimensions. Other industries that use the MAXDoor craneway door are warehouses, airplane hangars, military bases, fire stations, recycling facilities and mining operations.
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