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Featured Industrial Overhead Vertical Lift Fabric Doors

MAXDoor offers a full range of vertical lift fabric doors to fit any door opening. This is a custom-built door designed and built to fit your specific door application. With the help of our door experts, you can design an economical and long-lasting door solution. MAXDoors are built for the toughest environments and have a service life of 20-25 years.

Our doors are made in the USA with high quality materials. The design of a MAXDoor puts minimum load on the building structure and the durable fabric provides excellent chemical and wind resistance.

Here are a few of our popular models:

Model WD MAXDoor

Model WD – For door sizes up to 24’W x 24’H. Very economical and has a long service life. This door is used in warehouses, maintenance shops and all trade shops. The WD features a floor level brake should there be loss of power. This model has a very high wind resistance/pressure due to oversized aluminum tube horizontal beams.

Model SD MAXDoor

Model SD – For door sizes up to 36’W x 30’H. This standard duty door has a simple design that translates to minimum operation and maintenance costs. 10-12 inches is the standard speed in both directions. High wind resistance and utilizing a direct drive gear motor with brake, this door stands tough in challenging environments such as industrial, military, and especially dirty, dusty or wet environments.

Model HD MAXDoor

Model HD – For door sizes up to 65’W x 65’H. This heavy-duty high-speed door is designed for large openings and tough environments. Self-supporting head member and size frames utilize C-15 steel channels providing superior strength. Internal traveling beams provide the highest wind resistance. Fabric choices include a variety of materials for special environments including high temperature, cut-proof and anti-static.

Reach out to our door experts at MAXDoor today and let us guide you in your door decision making sure you invest in the best option to match your door needs.

Now is the time to order doors for Fall and Winter installation!

Need Industrial Doors? Don’t Wait Until Winter

This is national preparedness time of year and if your facility needs industrial doors now is the time to order them. MAXDoor has what you need right now so don’t wait until winter!

The time has come to plan and prepare for upcoming cold weather with a vertical lift fabric MAXDoor. Making sure your facilities will be locked up tight and secure makes good business sense. Certain areas of our country are experiencing atypical weather events such as blizzards, hurricanes, ice storms and heavy snow. With a vertical lift fabric MAXDoor securing your facility, you have one less thing to worry about this winter. Installing the right industrial door for your facility is critical, and we have the inhouse experts to assist in your decision making process.

Installing The “Wrong” Door Can Cost You

Installing the “wrong” industrial door at your facility can cost you resulting in:

Excessive energy use, utility and operation costs
Excessive wear and tear on cooling and HVAC units
Increased maintenance and service costs
Insufficient wind load capacity
Inexpensive rolling steel doors do not last and result in costly downtime

An Installed MAXDoor Solves These Problems

A MAXDoor helps to solve these problems – here’s why:

MAXDoor Vertical Lift Fabric Doors are designed to last 20-25 years
MAXDoors have a very low annual operating cost
MAXDoors are 2-5 times stronger than rolling steel doors
MAXDoors are stronger against the wind than Rolling steel, Rubber, Sectional or other fabric doors
Manufactured with a 4” to 8” deep, one-piece dual layer fabric panel keeps the wind out
Fabricated using strong rectangular aluminum tubes that do not Bow or Twist in strong winds
There are no springs or counterweights on a MAXDoor
Multiple lifting belts raise and lower the door
MAXDoors have a long service life even in dirty, cold or wet environments
Locally available components
Fabric material options include fire retardant, insulated, low temperature, and high temperature

Discuss Your Specific Door Application With Us

Safety always comes first with MAXDoor. The multiple lifting belts and horizontal beam design greatly improves safety when real life collisions occur. MAXDoors are made in the USA. Contact us today and take the first step in discussing your specific door application.

What If Your Overhead Doors Always Operated at Peak Performance?

Here are specific vertical lift fabric MAXDoor models that will enhance the daily operation at your plant or manufacturing facility. We custom design and build the specific model that coincides with your particular door requirements. All doors are available with high wind load or high positive/negative pressure resistance. Several door speeds are available on each model from standard speed of 10-12 inches per second up to high speed doors in speeds up to 36” per second. Our standard PVC door fabric is 20 to 22 ounce and has a temperature range of -35 degrees to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition, alternate fabrics are available for high temperature, low temperature, sound reduction, insulation (R-12), anti-static, transparent (frosted), security cut proof, rubber, insect screen and windows.

Model WD – The Warehouse Door

The Model WD door is a cost effective alternative to rolling steel doors.
Made for grade level truck size door openings and smaller. If you need a tough door to deal with traffic, high winds, dirty or corrosive environments, this door checks all the boxes.
Heavy-duty gearhead operator has a floor level manual chain hoist to allow door operation when power is not available.
Easy to install with the curtain assembly, lifting belts and motor operator being attached to the head member direct from the factory.

Model SD – The Standard Duty Door

The Model SD door is also a very cost effective alternative to a rolling steel door.
One tough door with a simple design to ensure long service life and minimal operation and maintenance costs.
The SD is furnished with an industrial grade NEMA-4 control panel with fused lockable rotary disconnect and the door is controlled by PLC Logic.
Model SD is designed for larger openings or where higher wind load is required.

Model UL – The Under Lintel Model

This door allows to be mounted under lintel and between jambs, or face of wall mount on the interior or exterior of the building.
Side frame steel or wide flange beams that the head member gets attached to can be provided by the customer or by MAXDoor. This results in significant savings when the customer or contractor furnishes and installs this steel.
The UL model is available in every door size that MAXDoor manufacturers large and small.

Model HD – The Heavy Duty Door

The Model HD door is an excellent alternative to rolling steel doors that require continual maintenance.
Designed for door openings that require a supporting frame and head member in addition to extra large openings.
The HD model is mounted face of wall on the interior or exterior of the opening allowing the full opening to be accessed.
The HD is available with high wind load or positive/negative pressure resistance. Just like the other models, this door can withstand a harsh environment and has no springs or counterweights.
This door can be used at crane door openings or for custom doors with very wide or very high openings.

Get The Right Door for Your Application

Contact us today or call 248-915-5838 to talk with our experts about how to craft the right vertical lift fabric door for your application.

Know What a Door Lintel Is and The Role It Plays at the Overhead Door Opening

Knowing what a door lintel is and its function can be very useful when the need arises to install a new overhead industrial door on an existing facility. The primary purpose of a door lintel is to provide support for the wall above the door opening. The door lintel is a load-bearing beam that supports the opening in the framing where the door will be installed. The door lintel is a horizontal beam fitted across the top of the door opening to support the bricks or structure materials above the door. Typically, lintels are made from steel or prestressed concrete. Steel lintels are normally used when the door openings are extensive and are a popular choice due to their strength, durability, and versatility. The lintel material used will depend on the structure of your building. Either side of your lintel must be supported sufficiently to ensure the above load is distributed evenly on both sides. MAXDoor designs and builds custom under lintel (UL) vertical lift fabric doors up to 65 Feet wide.

MAXDoor Standout Features

The simple MAXDoor design ensures minimum operation and maintenance costs.
Head members and side frame guides utilize structural steel components that provide overall strength.
Horizontal beams are manufactured to provide the highest wind load capacity.
Fabric choices include a variety of materials for special environments including high temperature, cut proof and anti-static.
MAXDoor offers a variety of control panel types to fit specific door requirements.

MAXDoor Speed

10-12 inches per second
Faster Operating Speeds are available.

MAXDoor Strength

Horizontal beams spaced for 20-psf wind load. High wind load capacity available
22oz Heavy duty PVC Fabric in a variety of colors
Tube size UHMW guide blocks.

MAXDoor Safety

A minimum for 4 lifting belts and a maintenance safety switch
Photo eyes for monitoring openings and closings
Manual brake release at motor location
Main shaft auxiliary brake system
Over travel protection
Wireless reversing edge

Talk To An Engineer Today

If you would like to talk to a seasoned pro in the industrial door industry about your particular application, call us today at 248-915-5838 or contact us and we’ll be happy to help you.

MAXDoor – The Industrial Door Pros

A wide variety of businesses can benefit from installing a MAXDoor at their facility. It is the perfect solution for reliability and long-life. The Vertical Life Fabric Door is a great door application for industries such as aerospace, aviation, mining, farming, storage warehouses, distribution centers, waste management and more. A MAXDoor is self-supporting, can be installed on the interior or exterior wall, and puts a minimal load onto the existing building.

A Door That’s Built To Last!

Business owners’ profit when they buy a MAXDoor!

MAXDoors have a service life of a million cycles and will provide 20-25 years of service.
MAXDoors have a high wind resistance and a high wind load rating.
MAXDoors operate at high speed and are easy to service – no springs to wear out.
MAXDoors have a weather-tight seal and hold up in caustic, wet and dirty environments.
MAXDoors have multiple lifting belts making it much safer than spring counter balanced doors.
MAXDoors are offered in a variety of fabric materials such as fire retardant, low temperature, high temperature, anti-static and more.

MAXDoors stand strong even during door collisions!

MAXDoors operate 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. When a collision occurs, and the door is knocked out of the door guides, the fix is quick. Simply place the horizontal beams back in position, and the door is back in operation. No downtime and no costly service calls!

With a MAXDoor You Have Options

Model WD – economical, high wind or pressure resistant and long service life
Model SD – simple design, 10-12” per second speed both directions, 4” thick door panel and R-value of 4.5/U-value is B
Model HD – designed for large openings and touch environments, side frames use C-15 steel channels for superior strength
Model TD – telescoping steel panel door system – a solution to security and space allocation, latches down when closed, powered or manual operation
Crane Way Door System – lower door swing, custom door controls for any application, structural steel head member, side frames and door guides.

See more MAXDoor products at https://maxdoor-usa.com/our-products/

As you can see, MAXDoor can deliver to your specific industrial door needs. Custom designed and custom built, the MAXDoor engineers offer over 30 years of experience in the vertical lift fabric door industry. A simple door with great flexibility built right here in the USA.

Contact Us

To speak with one of our experts about your industrial door application, please call 877-436-0302 or contact us today!

MAXDoor Meets the Challenge for Corrosive-Resistant Mine Doors

Indeed, the mining industry can be extremely challenging with factors such as dirt, harsh weather conditions, and the presence of large trucks and land moving equipment. In such environments, it is important to have durable and reliable doors to quickly close up the outside and inside conditions. MAXDoor, a vertical fabric lift door, is designed to meet the challenges of corrosive environments.

The Challenge

MAXDoor was presented with a situation requiring the replacement of rolling steel doors at a mine site. The steel doors were allowing air from toxic environments to leak in and around the doors causing corrosion. The steel doors were also involved in numerous accidents involving large vehicles entering and existing the entrance to the mine. This resulted in significant down-time, high door repair bills and lower productivity. The challenge was to design and manufacture vertical lift fabric doors that would alleviate the daily operational problems.

The Solution

To make sure the solution matches the challenge, MAXDoor always takes a personalized approach to the design and manufacture of custom Vertical Lift Fabric (VLF) doors. In this situation, a premium door is needed to handle the daily operations in mining wash bays, crusher buildings, pellet plants, and truck repair shops. MAXDoor offers the following features to ensure your mine and mining equipment is offered full protection from harsh temperatures and high winds:

Custom designed door sizes that are built-to-suit for just about any application
Minimum load on building structure – Self Supporting
High positive and negative wind resistance
Excellent environment separation
High speed operation
No springs or counterweights
Designed for heavy industrial environments

The Results

The fabric door is constructed with materials that can withstand harsh conditions and can effectively protect against dust, moisture, and other elements. MAXDoor’s robust construction and advanced features make it suitable for use in mining facilities where durability and reliability are crucial.

MAXDoors simple design has horizontal traveling beams constructed to flex and give way when there is a collision. The mining industry uses large industrial equipment daily and having the right door in place will be beneficial when the door is hit. Real life collisions prove that the horizontal beams flex out of the door guides without damage and are easily put back into the door guides saving hours of downtime and repair costs.
Made in the USA, MAXDoor is 2-3 times faster than rolling steel or multiple leaf steel vertical lift doors and will substantially reduce annual operating and maintenance costs.
MAXDoors enhance safety and productivity at the mine site.
20-25 Year service life

Learn More About MAXDoors

If your mining facility is experiencing corrosion on its industrial doors, then it’s time to explore a solution that can deliver corrosion-free doors and much more. Contact us today or call (877) 436-0302 today.

Go With A MAXDoor Solution For Your Cleanroom

Doors for cleanrooms are a crucial aspect to the design of specially built environments. A cleanroom is a “room within” with an engineered space that maintains a very low concentration of air borne particulates. These rooms are constructed and operated in a manner to control the introduction, generation, and retention of particles inside the room. These rooms are well controlled for containment and actively cleaned to provide the cleanest area possible. Securing the right curtain/door in this situation is critical to the overall operation of a cleanroom.

The Best Industrial Doors for Cleanrooms

MAXDoor offers a wide range of reliable curtains and doors for cleanroom spaces.

The one-piece curtain minimizes air infiltration when the door is closed.
The curtain overlaps the door guide by approximately 2” on each side of the door resulting in dual side seals.
The dual layer fabric also minimizes air infiltration.
There are no door hinge points to allow air infiltration.
There are no sections of joints in the panel – the door is a solid seal.
If a cleanroom is under positive pressure, the air pressure creates a tighter seal at the door guides.
Alternate fabric choices are available for various types of special environments.

MAXDoor Industry Applications

MAXDoor provides curtains and doors for cleanrooms in all types of industries:

Pharmaceutical & Nutraceuticals
Laboratories & Research Facilities
Hospital & Healthcare Facilities
Food Industries
Biotech
Medical Cannabis
Sustainable Energy Supplies
E-Liquid Vape
Aerospace

MAXDoors are durable, strong, safe, and easy to operate. Our curtains and doors are the perfect solution to maintain the quality of a cleanroom.

Made in the USA

MAXDoors are made right here in the USA. If you would like to explore how a MAXDoor can make an impact at your facility contact us or call 877-436-0302.

Custom Made Vertical Lift Fabric Doors

Need a custom-built door to fit an unusual door opening? MAXDoor offers a wide variety of doors that can be designed and built for your specific door needs. Our doors are built for the toughest of industrial environments and come with custom door controls for any application and environment. The 22-ounce PVC fabric used to build MAXDoors comes in a large selection of colors and is UV stabilized, mold & mildew resistant.

Examples of Vertical Lift Fabric Door (VLFD) Choices and Applications

VLFD’s for Warehouses – types of applications: Warehouses, Maintenance Shops, Truck Doors, Water Treatment Facilities, Composting, Agriculture and Chemical facilities
VLFDs for Entrances 40 Feet or Less – types of applications: Waste Handling, Steel Mills, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Automotive and Utility facilities
VLFDs for Entrances OVER 40 Feet – The Model UL-XL – Custom built for very large door openings
UL and XL-UL VLFDs – fabric choices include a variety of materials for special environments including high temperature, cut-proof and anti-static.

These are just a few of the custom-built doors offered by MAXDoor. We have the experience and skills to engineer, design and build a door to meet your specific requirements.

Other outstanding features of MAXDoors include:

Heavy Duty Operators
Soft start/stop motor control
Opening speeds up to 60” per second
Bottom beam reinforced with EPDM floor weather seal
High cycle lifting belts
Custom made wall-mounted control panels
Horizontal beams space for high wind resistance
Service life of MAXDoors – 20-25 Years
Made in the USA

To learn more about how a MAXDoor can help your facility, please contact us.

MAXDoor – The Choice for a Composting Facility

The Challenge

A new state-of-the-art composting facility being built in the Midwest required tough industrial doors to be installed on the building to allow the facility to operate year-round in an indoor controlled environment. A variety of organic materials such as yard clippings, food waste and sludge would be delivered to this high volume composting facility. The doors for this facility need to be the toughest to meet the climate-controlled conditions inside the facility. The doors need to be designed for high-cycle operations and must operate at a high speed to accommodate the numerous truck deliveries on a daily basis. When collisions occur, the doors must be easy to fix to ensure continued daily operation.

The Solution

MAXDoor – the toughest vertical lift fabric door was selected. MAXDoors tolerate corrosive environments and seal tight when closed limiting the amount of hot or cold air, pollens, and debris from entering the building. Steel side frames ensure that MAXDoors maintain their strength during numerous cycling operations. If a collision occurs, the horizontal beams are designed to flex and give way. Beams are quickly put back in place resulting in minimal downtime and no maintenance expense. Multiple lifting belts are used providing additional safety and a slim chance of a door drop.

The Results

Minimize overuse of cooling and HVAC systems for indoor climate-controlled facilities
A door that will stand up to high-cycle daily operations
MAXDoors seal tight allowing for better air circulation with less toxins
Costly repairs and door downtime is drastically improved
Service life of a MAXDoor is 20-25+ Years even in a toxic and corrosive environment
Improved safety due to multiple lifting belts
Rectangular tube horizontal beams resist high wind

Industrial Door Application Experts

To learn more about how a MAXDoor can improve safety and lower costs at your facility, Call (877) 436-0302 to speak with an industrial door application expert or contact us through our website.

MAXDoor – Your “Go To” for Industrial Warehouse Doors

Commercial doors for warehouses and maintenance shops require a specific design and size. Typically, these are smaller door openings or truck doors. The vertical lift fabric MAXDoors are designed and built for these types of smaller door openings. Model WD MAXDoor is very economical and has a long service life. Made to custom fit your specific door requirements, MAXDoor is the easy answer to solving your door needs.

Why a MAXDoor WD Model?

The MAXDoor WD model is a perfect fit at your warehouse and here are the reasons why:

#1 – A vertical lift fabric door has less movement than steel doors and that saves on wear and tear, door downtime and high maintenance costs.

#2 – The operator and controls are less expensive on this type of door and that results in savings being passed on to customers.

#3 – MAXDoors fit custom environments and the fabric choices allow the door to accommodate a wide range of environments:

High Static
Fire Retardant
Explosion Proof
High Wind Load
Dual layers for energy efficiency
Cut Proof
High Temperature

#4 – When door collisions happen, by design the MAXDoor is a simple fix. The door operates like a roman shade allowing the weight and wind load to transfer from the traveling door panel to the door guides at the horizontal beams. The beams flex and give way. To fix, simply put the beams back in place. No downtime and no expensive repair costs.

Do not spend your money on costly rolling steel doors that have a short service life and in need of constant repair. MAXDoors have a service life of 20-25 years and are made in the USA.

Contact MAXDoor to discuss your industrial warehouse door needs today or call (248) 915-5838.