“High speed doors, unlike the conventional roller shutter door, are quick and easy to open, and the entire process can be automated, significantly improving productivity and importantly hygiene,” Dessing says. “Reducing unnecessary standing time for equipment and vehicles carrying goods enables companies to enhance their supply chain logistics with further knock-on benefits.”

Apex Strip Curtains & Doors is the leading local manufacturer and supplier of a wide range of door products including high speed roll-up and fold up doors, general-purpose strip curtains and welding and safety screens.

Dessing emphasises that apart from the obvious cost savings another major advantage when dealing with a local manufacturer is the vastly reduced lead times.

High speed roll-up and fold-up doors are suitable for a wide variety of applications. The doors do not hinder personnel, forklift or vehicular traffic.

The Sector high speed roll-up door, manufactured by Apex Strip Curtains & Doors, delivers both functionality and performance. These compact doors are robust enough to cope with the intensive demands of heavy and continuous traffic and feature an integral unit incorporating the actuator, controls, safety devices and balancing systems. Sector doors are structurally flexible with transparent or coloured interchangeable panels.

The company’s range of Traffic high speed fold-up doors offer a sturdy, dependable and modular solution for medium and large entrances such as shipment and warehouse areas, and are particularly suited to conditions where wind is a factor.

Made from strong self-extinguishing Class 2 fabric with excellent thermal insulation properties, this door has been designed to resist a wind loading of up to 50 km per hour. The supporting structure is manufactured from high quality galvanised steel to ensure optimum durability and, if the application requires it vision windows can be incorporated in the panels.

A counterweighted balancing system ensures high standards of performance and safety. The built-in automation unit protects the components from wear caused by the elements.

The Traffic high speed doors are controlled by an electronic unit that complies with all IEC regulations. It can be activated by any type of remote control equipment including photocells, pressure sensitive mats, movement detectors or induction loops.

All Apex Strip Curtains & Doors products are manufactured in accordance with international standards using materials that comply with stringent hygiene and safety criteria.

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Locally manufactured from specially formulated PVC material, Apex General Purpose Strip Curtains are ideal to cordon off areas within manufacturing facilities, workshops, storage areas or warehouses. This highly effective product is generally fitted on hanging hardware across a door or entrance way on a specially made framework.

Each individual PVC strip features the patented Balledge® design ensuring an efficient thermal seal preventing the ingress of cold air into the workplace. The transparent strips allow unimpaired vision into enclosed areas, and part readily under pressure allowing easy access for both equipment and personnel.

Apex Strip Curtains & Doors’ range of high-speed doors offers a viable solution for quick and easy access. When installed these contribute significantly to improved productivity. These doors are suitable for a wide variety of applications, including warehousing areas as they do not hinder personnel, forklift or vehicular traffic and, depending on the actual operation, can be either automatically or manually controlled.

The Sector high-speed roll-up door, manufactured locally by Apex Strip Curtains & Doors, delivers both functionality and performance. It is robust enough to cope with the intensive demands of heavy and continuous traffic.

The Traffic high-speed fold-up doors offer a sturdy, dependable and modular solution for medium and large entrances such as shipment and warehouse areas, and are particularly suited to conditions where wind is a factor.

Installation of both is quick and easy because the support structure contains all the electrical drive gear and a special mechanical counterbalancing system. The doors are controlled by an electronic unit which complies with all IEC regulations and can be activated by any type of remote control equipment including photocells, pressure-sensitive mats, movement detectors or induction loops. To facilitate safety, the door is fitted with a release lever that opens it from either side in the event of a power failure or malfunction.

Also locally manufactured is the Apex SR 9000 high impact traffic door which complies with all relevant safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) standards. The door is made from a 3 mm ABS skin which is impervious to moisture, acids, petroleum products, animal fats, rodents, insects and salt solutions.

Standard vision panels constructed from 3 mm clear polycarbonate sheeting are available in a number of custom sizes. However, the Apex SR 9000 is also available without the vision panel which allows greater flexibility of use.

Apex Strip Curtains & Doors provides a technical information service assisting customers in selecting the most appropriate door for a particular application.

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The door is manufactured from a 3 mm ABS skin that retains its physical properties down to temperatures of minus 5°C, making it ideal for use in walk-in cold rooms and similar refrigerated applications. The low maintenance skin is impervious to moisture, acids, petroleum products, animal fats, rodents, insects and salt solutions.

The door’s insulation characteristics are enhanced further by the internal design elements. These include the injection of a high density, non CFC urethane foam into the hollow shell of the door.

Standard vision panels constructed from 3 mm clear polycarbonate sheeting are available in a number of custom sizes. However, the Apex SR 9000 is also available without the vision panel which allows greater flexibility of use.

Additional features include scratch resistance and UBC compatibility for enhanced visibility, and it is available in a choice of six colours.

Apex Strip Curtains & Doors has a network of agents throughout South Africa who offer technical and installation support as well as prompt delivery times.

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Candy explains that this is not the case with Apex General Purpose Strip Curtains which incorporates this special reinforced edge. “The Balledge allows both people and motorised materials handling equipment to enter and exit without snagging or scratching. And while closed the individual strips form a very effective seal preventing birds and insects from entering.”

The PVC strips are made from specially formulated material which is exceptionally durable and is transparent allowing good visibility for safety. The strips do not become brittle or discolour with age, even when exposed to external elements.

In total Apex General Purpose heavy duty 400 x 4 Strip Curtains were installed in four large doorways with dimensions of 5 metres by 5 metres. The installation is on galvanised mounting hardware.

Apex Strip Curtains & Doors was the first company to locally manufacture general purpose strip curtaining in South Africa, and has an extensive installed footprint of this product across a wide range of industry sectors.

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Another important feature that helps ensure minimum downtime for users is the door’s automatic ‘fix’ ability, especially for operations where it is common for sides to be dislodged by vehicles or objects passing through. In this design, there will be no damage to the flexible curtain. Instead, in the case of such contact, the side hinges will simply come off the guides with the curtain. A simple opening and closing technique then allows an automatic recovery of the door.

Safe operation has also been prioritised in the design, with an integral electronic safety device. This reverses the door automatically if an obstacle is detected during the closing of the door. Also, the speed at which the door opens and closes can be easily adjusted with the addition of an optional inverter system. This enhances both the safety of users passing through and the efficiency of their movement in and out.

Heavy duty design makes for long life and minimal maintenance. The door is reinforced throughout with interchangeable panel sections connected by extruded aluminium profiles. Along the bottom of the door, the material comprising the passive edge is both flexible and shock-proof. This means that the door is also protected from damage, adding to life-span.

Soft-start and soft-stop features also improve the door’s reliability and longevity by reducing stress on mechanical components. Durability is also a feature of the curtain, which is made of a Class 2 self-extinguishing polyester that can withstand very strong winds. Ensuring that the curtain has uniform rolling action is an electronic system that includes photocells inside the door’s casing.

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