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MAXDoor Offers Faster Delivery and Longer Service Life

Long lead times for commercial overhead doors is a major problem. When you need to open or close a door, it is crucial to all operations of a business that the right door is installed at the door opening. Choosing a vertical lift fabric MAXDoor can provide you with a much shorter delivery time compared to rolling steel doors. There are many factors contributing to longer lead times such as lack of raw materials (steel), offshore suppliers unable to unload at the docks, and a shortage of employees in the manufacturing and delivery business.

MAXDoor understands the struggles everyone is currently facing especially in the industrial door business. However, we are based in Michigan where all our design and manufacturing take place. We can build and deliver a door much faster because we are a Made in the USA company designing and manufacturing doors in the state of Michigan. Our doors can be shipped anywhere in the U.S. and overseas. Because we have this advantage, we can deliver our product much faster than other door companies who rely on materials from foreign parts and overseas production.

Overhead Door Replacement

Replace your overhead door with a vertical lift fabric MAXDoor. Remember, for example, rolling steel doors are the cheapest door you can buy, and right now you will wait months to get one delivered. Instead look to MAXDoor and install a door that is high quality, 2-5 times stronger than most doors and has a life span of 20-25 years of dependability.

Experience Matters

With 35 years plus in the door business, we can design and custom build a door to fit your specific door opening needs. MAXDoors hold up in the most demanding of environments and can be designed and built for a maintained windload of up to 150 m.p.h.

Get The Right Type of Door

You want to make sure you order the right type of door for a specific door opening. Many doors will fit but you need to decide the type of internal and external environments you are dealing with and the severity of the surrounding environment. That’s where our door experts can come to the rescue. Reach out to a MAXDoor expert, talk to our design engineer and get a quality door that fits all of your overhead door needs.

Get The MAXDoor Advantage

You get it all with a MAXDoor:

Strength for High Wind Resistance
High speed opening and closing
High cycle capability

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Learn more about how MAXDoors can help increase the efficiency and safety at your facility when you talk to one of our design engineers today!

MAXDoors for Large Industrial Door Entrances

Turn to MAXDoor when you need an industrial door for large entrances and access points. Our vertical lift fabric doors are the perfect solution and are the best in the industry. Listed below are several choices to fit your need for a large custom-built industrial door for your warehouse, factory or any entrance that requires a strong, well-built door.

We offer many door solutions such as:

Heavy Duty High Speed – Self-Supporting head member and self-supporting side jamb/guides resulting in minimum load on your building. This door is used on door openings over 30FT in width.
Heavy Duty-XL is a door for heavy industrial environments and openings over 60FT wide. Multiple lifting belts provide increased protection and safety.
SD-Insulated – this vertical lift fabric door is for door openings that are in the closed position most of the time. Also available in a high-speed version for door openings up to 30FT wide.
WD Model – ideal for warehouses and maintenance shops. This simple design ensures minimum operation and maintenance costs. A folding curtain stacks like a roman shade on the exterior and interior of the door. This door is very economical and has a long service life.
TD Model – telescoping steel panel door that provides security, fire protection and sound absorption. This door is perfect for high cycle operations, high wind load and latches down when closed. Available in several color choices, the TD model is easy to repair and requires minimal maintenance.
Crane Way Door Model – custom engineered door available in several color choices and designed for large cranes entering and exiting the facility. Standard features include severe duty motors, aluminum guide rails, brush weather seals, multiple lifting belts, dual layer fabric to name a few. Also available in a Lower Door Swing Model.

The above models are designed for safety, low maintenance, energy efficiency and are cost-effective based on the long service life of a MAXDoor. The perfect door for many industries, including agriculture, aerospace, steel, aluminum, glass, mining, ship building, port authorities, military, large equipment manufacturers, and waste handling facilities.

MAXDoor Model WD Warehouse & Maintenance Shop Industrial Door

MAXDoor provides long lasting solutions for the toughest of industries at an affordable price. Warehouse and shop doors are in constant use and need a door that is a simple design with low maintenance costs. This door is designed for 20-25 years of service and utilizes a powered Gearhead door operator with a floor level brake. In the event there is a loss of power, this MAXDoor Model WD comes with a manual chain hoist. Our door’s control panel is mounted at the top by the door operator, and we offer an optional wall mount control panel with a disconnect.

MAXDoor Model WD Features

Door Size/Speed: This WD model is deal for door openings that are 24FT wide x 24FT high; 10-12 inches per second

Door Strength/Wind Load: Head member and side frame/guides made of common structural steel components providing superior overall strength; horizontal beams manufactured from structural steel tube provide the highest wind load resistance

Door Design: MAXDoor WD has a simple design ensuring minimum operational and maintenance costs. A folding curtain stacks like a roman shade on the interior and exterior; fabric over-laps door guide surfaces providing excellent weather seal; large rubber bottom weather seal; operator mounted controls; designed for a long service life with minimal maintenance

Door Safety: 4 Lifting Belts (minimum); Photo-eyes monitor opening/closing; Door guides free of any devices; Safety sensors; Backup manual hoist operator

Door Fabric Choices: We offer a variety of materials for special environments including high temperature, cut proof and anti-static

MAXDoor Model WD Industries

The MAXDoor Model WD is a great solution for door openings in the following industries: Mining, Agriculture, Aerospace, Aluminum, Glass, Military, Port Authorities, Ship Building, Waste Handling to name just a few.

With over 30 years of experience in the door industry, our design experts will assist you with a door to fit your specific needs. Ask a question or request a quote from sales@maxdoor-usa.com or contact MAXDoor at 248-915-5838.

Rolling Steel Doors Are Out – MAXDoor Is In!!

MAXDoor is an American-owned, Michigan-based door manufacturing company with expertise in custom industrial vertical lift fabric doors. Rolling steel doors were never designed for high speed or high cycle daily door openings. Originally, these doors were intended to be used for security and fire protection. Well, things have changed, and the rolling steel door no longer meets the needs of large industrial operations. MAXDoor has a better and more cost-effective solution for your door needs.

MAXDoor vs. Rolling Steel Doors

Let’s compare a MAXDoor to a rolling steel door:

STRENGTH – MAXDoors are 2-5 times stronger than steel doors and maintains its strength in doors from 10 feet to 100 feet.
SPEED – MAXDoors operate a high speed (up to 60” per second), however, rolling steel doors were never designed for high cycle operations.
WIND LOAD – MAXDoors have dual-layer fabric door panels with internal traveling beams providing the highest wind load resistance. The door is significant in a building’s ability to withstand high winds because it often closes the largest opening on a building. A rolling door is subject to either being blown into the building or pulled out of the opening.
MAINTENANCE – MAXDoors save our customers significantly on the cost of downtime, maintenance, and repair. With a simple design, the horizontal beams are quickly put back in place should a collision occur. Rolling steel doors are notorious for requiring constant costly repairs. Think of the money saved by not having to call a service technician for a costly door repair.
SAFETY – MAXDoors have a lifting belt and horizontal beam design that has proven to improve safety concerns when hit by forklifts or dump trucks. A free-falling rolling steel door can weigh as much as half a ton and cause considerable damage to workers and expensive equipment should the system fail.
SERVICE LIFE – MAXDoor has a service life of 20-25 years with very little maintenance. A rolling steel door with costly maintenance and repairs will last 5-10 years.

It’s time to put a tough door in place…It’s time for a MAXDoor.

High-Performance Doors for the Automotive Industry

In the demanding world of the automotive industry, every factory, dealership, or warehouse operates most efficiently when the gateway to the building has an industrial door that is dependable, efficient, and safe. MAXDoor, the vertical lift fabric industrial door, checks all the boxes when it comes to strength, security, safety, and energy savings. At any automotive site, there is a robust flow of people, parts, goods, and vehicles, and it requires an industrial door that hangs tough and improves overall efficiency.

How does MAXDoor stack up?

Made with structural steel, MAXDoors provide superior overall strength and durability in door sizes from 10FT to 100FT. The horizontal beam design has proven to be significantly stronger than other door designs. Remember vertical lift fabric doors are 2-5 times strong than rolling steel doors and are designed for high cycle operations. In addition, MAXDoors are designed with internal traveling horizontal beams providing significant wind load resistance.
MAXDoors provide intelligent controls such as automated door opening/closing systems eliminating human error, improving safety and productivity, and minimizing collisions and accidents. Safety is increased with an independent adjustable closing speed and thru-beam style photo eyes. Custom control panels provide built-in diagnostics, PLC, VFD or relay logic.
Reduce energy costs by 50% with a MAXDoor. Improving your door efficiency automatically improves your energy efficiency. Materials, supplies, and products must enter and exit a facility, and that means that access doors must open and close 24/7. There is a great deal of heat loss at the door opening in addition to wear and tear on cooling systems. Having a properly functioning door can decrease the amount of energy used to cool or heat a climate-controlled factory, warehouse of industrial building. MAXDoors operate at high speeds and are built with dual layer fabric panels to minimize energy loss at the door site.
The simple design of the MAXDoor provides security and exceptionally low maintenance. With a 20–25-year service life, our industrial door will offer years of dependable service and save your company with overall maintenance and repair costs associated with rubber and steel rolling doors.

MAXDoors offer numerous options to fit the needs of your environment. Self-supporting, our door puts minimum load on an existing building structure and can be mounted on the interior or exterior of the door opening. When you custom design your MAXDoor, there are numerous fabric choices to fit your specific door needs such as 18, 20, 22, 28 ounce fabric along with fire retardant, low temperature, high temperature and anti-static materials just to name a few.

Take the Next Step

Get the MAXimum for your investment and give us a call or contact us today to discuss an industrial door solution to fit your specific needs.

MAXDoor Meets the Challenges in the Mining Industry Environment

Extracting valuable minerals from the earth takes place in a dirty, moist, and dusty environment. An industrial door at a mining site must provide maximum strength, withstand extreme temperatures, and maintain a high wind load. MAXDoor is a self-supporting vertical lift fabric door offering all the above and more. Our door is a great fit for the mining environment and offers multiple control panel designs. Made in the USA, MAXDoor is 2-3 times faster than a rolling steel or multiple leaf steel door and offers many safety features.

Standout Features of a MAXDoor

MAXDoor is custom designed to fit the customer’s specific needs
MAXDoor is available for door openings 65 Ft wide x 65 FT high
MAXDoor opening/closing speed is 2-3 times faster at large openings
MAXDoor provides excellent environment separation at the mine
MAXDoor is designed for heavy industrial and corrosive environments
MAXDoor exceeds wind load requirements and can be built to withstand a maintained wind load of up to 150 m.p.h.
MAXDoor offers a variety of fabrics including 28-ounce fire retardant fabric
MAXDoor by design minimizes repair costs due to collisions – operating like a Roman shade and designed to give way upon impact, the fix is simply to place the horizontal beams back in the guides.
MAXDoor safety is built into the lifting belt and horizontal beam design
MAXDoor has a 20-25 Year service life

Let our MAXDoor professionals evaluate your door opening needs and offer the best entrance solution that fits the requirements of the mining environment. Contact us today for a quote or call (248) 915-5838.

MAXDoor – Your Solution for Environmental Separation

Doors serve many purposes but one of the most important is separating the outside environment from your inside facility. You could take this a step further to say you may even want to separate indoor environments within your facility. MAXDoor can provide the right custom-designed door to fit your need. Compliance with local and state regulations to meet EPA and quality control is extremely important and our doors will give you reliable protection while keeping your facility free of dust, dirt, odors, birds, and rodents.

MAXDoor offers the Standard Duty and Heavy-Duty vertical lift fabric doors. These doors will provide long lasting solutions for the toughest industries. Stronger than rolling steel doors, MAXDoors operate at high speeds and are designed for high cycle operations. High speed operation of a door is paramount to maintaining a safe and clean environment. The 4”–6” thick fabric panel is a simple design that puts minimum load on the building structure and substantially reduces annual operating, repair, and maintenance costs.

MAXDoors are custom designed with numerous fabric choices to fit the need of the specific environment:

Environment Separation
Fire Retardant
Chemical Resistance
Security
Radio Waves
Wind Resistance
Anti-Static
Explosion Proof

MAXDoors will protect your most important assets inside of your facility. With years of experience our engineers will design a door to fit your requirements. Each door is custom built in the USA with the best components and has a service life of 20-25 years.

To learn more about which MAXDoor is right for your facility, contact us.

Industrial Door Replacement – Choose a MAXDoor

Many heavy industrial companies use MAXDoor as a solution to their door needs. In today’s rugged industrial environments many operational managers need to achieve bigger and better results with less accidents, more safety measures and lower maintenance costs. Trying to maintain low performance industrial doors will diminish operational efficiency.

Replacing your existing doors with vertical lift fabric MAXDoors will provide years of dependability, safety, and savings. Here’s why:

MAXDoors provide extraordinarily little maintenance and if collisions occur, it is a quick fix. This is the only door with this type of capability due to durable parts and flexible design.
MAXDoors are strong and designed for the toughest industrial environments such as petroleum refining, mining, ship building, steel factories, meatpacking, cement production, chemicals and waste/water management facilities.
Made in the USA, MAXDoors are built with steel and a dual-layer fabric panel that operates like a roman shade.
MAXDoors provide excellent environment separation. Dust, smoke, insects, debris are all part of heavy industrial environments. MAXDoor Model HS is an insulated high speed 2” thick solid panel door and features a high-speed operator and door controller that increases the opening speed by 2-4 times the original speed. With an independent adjustable closing speed, the safety factor is increased.
MAXDoors are designed and built for wind loads up to 150 m.p.h. Dual layer fabric door panels with internal traveling horizontal beams provide the highest wind load resistance.
MAXDoors provide a door service life of 20-25 years and a 2-year warranty. A long service life, minimal repair costs and USA made makes MAXDoor a wise investment.

To learn more about MAXDoors, or, to get a quote on a MAXDoor please contact us.

MAXDoor Meets the Rigorous Demands of a Dairy Farm

A Commercial Dairy Farm operates 24/7 and 365 days a year. The process of getting milk products to market on a timely basis must be rapid and flawless. It requires a strong and safe work environment that is free of unnecessary costs and bottlenecks. Farming operations are usually located in a very corrosive environment and subject to wind, cold, rain, snow and dirt. One way to guarantee a smooth daily operation is at the door opening of farm buildings. MAXDoors are vertical lift fabric doors designed and built for high cycle operations. Our doors fit well in high production facilities. On dairy farms, doors need to be washed down continuously and our fabric doors are easy to clean and will stand the test of time. In fact the service life of a MAXDoor is 20-25 years vs. overhead rolling doors that corrode quickly and need replacement.

MAXDoors at a Commercial Dairy Farm

MAXDoors will meet your expectations for the following reasons:

Intelligent controllers defend against human mistakes. Automated door opening/closing systems eliminate error, improves safety and productivity by minimizing collisions.
The high-speed door controller increases the opening speed of an existing door by 2-4 times the original speed. Higher opening speeds prevent the door from getting hit. Universal controllers can be used to control any vertical lift, sliding or sectional door.
Energy loss at the door opening can be reduced with controllers that can be programmed to speed up or slow down the door closing. With decreased wear and tear on cooling and HVAC units, cost savings for energy bills can be realized with the right door in place – a MAXDoor.
Dairy farms operate around the clock in all types of weather. MAXDoors are designed and built for a maintained wind load of up to 150 m.p.h. By using a variety of beam sizes, spacing and material, MAXDoor provides the wind load required for any environment.
MAXDoor operates like a Roman shade allowing the weight and wind load to be transferred from the traveling door panel into the door guides at every horizontal beam. The fabric overlaps the door guides to provide a weather tight seal and maintains a high wind load.
Savings on door service calls and maintenance is one of the main reasons to install MAXDoors. By design, our doors require very little maintenance. If our door gets hit, the horizontal beams will flex and give way. These horizontal beams can quickly be put back in place resulting in minimal downtime and no expense for costly repairs.
MAXDoors are made in the USA. A Michigan-based company with years of experience designing doors that provide durability, flexibility, and long service life.

To learn more about what MAXDoors can do at your facility, please contact us or call 248-915-5838.

Blizzards, Hurricanes and Storms Don’t Stand a Chance Against MAXDoor

Cold, harsh weather is in the near future. Time to plan ahead for your door needs. MAXDoors are designed for strength and durability and will stand up to the toughest weather conditions.

4 Key Factors Make MAXDoor the Right Choice

Energy Savings – MAXDoor can provide up to 50% savings on operational facility costs. A properly functioning high speed door at loading docks, large industrial doorways or entrances can greatly reduce the amount of energy to heat or cool a facility.
Wind Load – MAXDoors are designed and built for a maintained wind load of up to 150 m.p.h. Maintaining strength, even in very large doors, the horizontal beams are hidden behind two layers of fabric giving the door strength against the wind.
Minimal Repairs – The last thing during harsh weather is a door that is not operational. MAXDoor by design requires truly little maintenance. Quite often doors suffer when hit by trucks or high-lo forklifts. If a collision occurs, simply put the horizontal beams back into the door guides and within minutes the door is back in operation with minimal downtown and zero repair service costs.
High-Cycle/High-Speed – MAXDoor manufactures a high-speed, high-cycle door. This design offers faster opening speeds up to 60” per second and high-speed closing of 24” per second. MAXDoor is made for high-cycle applications (hundreds of cycles per day).

MAXDoor is owned and operated in the USA, a Michigan-based company. With years of experience in the door business, our experts can answer your questions and find the best fit for your specific door requirements.