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A COMMON QUESTION MANY CUSTOMERS ARE ASKING...

Hydraulic or Bifold, Swings out or lifts up

Which door is better?

HYDRAULIC      BIFOLD?

VS

SCHWEISS RESPONDS:

"The choice is yours. Each door offers something different. Each has specific advantages. Tell us your situation so we can better advise you. The bottom line, it's the customer's choice. Only Schweiss Doors gives you that advantage. Schweiss Doors already has a long history in the door world. We are the first choice for thousands of customers and our Hydraulic Doors are creating great interest. With either door, you get Schweiss Quality. Talk with us first and we can make your decision easier... Hydraulic or Bifold!"

“ You decide which door works for you. ”

Schweiss Lift Straps open the door faster than cables

Door Parking Comparison

Parking differences between bifold and hydraulic doors from Schweiss

Hydraulic
Don't park too close!

Bifold
Parking not a problem

HYDRAULIC DOORS SWINGS "OUTWARD" WHEN OPENING

The One-Piece® hydraulic door acts as a large moving wall that swings outward when opening, requiring extra space as the door travels outward to the open position.

"NO PARKING AREA"

To avoid possible damage to equipment, vehicles and airplanes, clearly label the doorway or ramp area "No Parking Area". By clearly marking the "No Parking Area" there will be minimal loss of valuable parking space in front of your hangar/fly-in home/shop/warehouse/storage building.

Caution: Moving door swings outward

Be Aware

At airports with hangars located on each side of the taxiway, keep the door open or closed (not half open) to avoid damaging wings as planes taxi by the front of your hangar door.

For Safety Reasons:
Windows are Recommended...

Schweiss recommends that all One-Piece® hydraulic doors have windows in the doorframes. Windows will make any obstructions in front of the door visible to the operator before opening the door.

CAUTION

When operating the One-Piece® hydraulic door, you must clearly warn people. The door swings outward when moving. No parking in the doorway. Personal injury and property damage can result

from a moving door. WARNING: Schweiss does not recommend using the space under the door as an extended work area or for parking your expensive equipment or airplane. Your door is the largest piece of moving equipment on your building and can be dangerous. Keep the doorway clear.

HYDRAULIC DOORS SWING OUT AS THE DOOR OPENS

BIFOLD DOORS LIFT UP AND AS THE DOOR OPENS

No parking zone comparison - bifold vs. hydraulic

Stay back

Space saver

More swing

Less swing

"STAY CLEAR" AREA

Important to Install a window to view the
door travel area

Door swings outward when opening. The doors need extra room to travel when opening.

You must keep the doorway clear of people, vehicles and objects

Caution! No parking on the Ramp or Driveway!

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SEE THE DIFFERENCE!

GAIN VALUABLE SPACE

Bifold doors have a huge advantage when opening. They start by raising upward, not out ward. They require less operating space in the front of your building. The area in front of your large door opening is very valuable space. The two piece bifold allows more usable space in front of your door opening. Bifold doors are a real space saver.

SPACE SAVER

The fact that bifold doors fold in half instead of just swinging out, allows for more open ramp/ vehicle space in front of the hangar. It also allows the full use of the width of the hangar, making the entire end wall a door.

Schweiss Hydraulic Door installed on Hangar Home

Customers Welcome Greasable Hinges

Easily greasable hinges on Schweiss doors

HINGE SURFACE AREA

Hinge surface area is critical on large moving doors. Over the years, we all have heard of hinge failures on others doors. Large hydraulic cylinders are putting extreme forces on each of the outer hinges of the doorframe. Schweiss has designed and patented a robust hinge with more surface area to evenly distribute the loads of a moving one-piece doorframe. Look at the hinge surface area. The stresses on the very outer hinges are immense. With that being said, take one look at the patented Schweiss hinges and you'll clearly see the workmanship, strength and functionality of each hinge.

GREASEABLE HINGES

It's very important to be able to grease the door hinges with a heavy viscosity grease. When grease is used on the hinges of a large moving door it avoids unnecessary wear and adds longer life to the hinge and the doors operation. It's a common manufacturing practice to use grease on the critical wear points and load points to avoid unnecessary wear just like in the industrial equipment world with implements such as payloaders, skidloaders and other industrial equipment that are being operated around the clock.

The new hinge design with grease points on every hinge segment enables owners - whether they be private individuals or commercial customers - to periodically grease their hinges from inside the doorframe without having to go through the cumbersome process of first removing the top rubber weather seal.

Advantages of Grease

Using grease on the hinges is a better method of lubrication.

Using grease on the hinges is the industry standard.

Using grease on the hinges makes for a quiet door.

Using grease on the hinges makes for a smoother operating door.

Using grease on the hinges extends hinge life

Greasable hinges last forever.

Look at the Schweiss hinge, it has more lubricated surface area to give you longer life

Others rely on bushing FOR LUBRICATION

Doors move and flex as they open and close. The forces on each hinge vary during operation.

Not all bushings wear evenly.

Bushing wear thin over time.

Worn bushings offer less lubrication.

Less hinge surface area to distribute the door loads across the door header tube.

No way to inspect the bushings when the hinge pins are welded in - not removeable for inspection.

Almost impossible to replace the bushings when the hinges pins are welded in solid.

greasable hinges LAST FOREVER!

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. . . only manufacturer to offer greasable hinges

Hydraulic door with 8 windows on hangar home

LOSE NO HEADROOM . . . ON EITHER DOOR

Where you hang the door matters!

Hydraulic vs. Bifold Clear Opening - Where you hang the door matters

LOSE NO HEADROOM

Bifold Doors attach

above the clear opening

Not under the header

LESS HEADROOM REQUIRED

A hydraulic door is ideal in situations where
maximum clear opening must be maintained.

The hydraulic door swings out and away
from the building.

There is no loss of headroom.

There is no headroom lost inside the building.

LOSE NO HEADROOM

Bifolds doors mount up and above the clear opening on the outside of the building structure.

The bifold doors lifts up and out from the building.

No need to make the building taller.

There is also no headroom lost inside the building.

Where you attach the door makes all the difference...

No need to make the building taller!

Lose Headroom With A Tilt-Up Door

Door opens to the inside of the structure. When the tilt-up door is in the fully open position, one third of the door slides back into the building similar to the old style garage doors - losing valuable headroom! Tilt-up doors obstruct valuable inside space when open and utilize a cam mechanism that travels within a framework, reducing headroom space inside the building structure. This costs you valuable headroom and space you paid for, in addition to blocking interior lighting!

Tilt-Up Doors
Lose Headroom

Tilt Up Doors lose headroom and are near impossible to create weather tight seal

Tilt-Up Door

Lose Headroom

Almost impossible to create a
weather tight seal.

Customer Says:

“The headroom loss from a tilt-up door as compared
to a Hydraulic door type was a deal breaker for me.”

The Schweiss Advantage

Schweiss Doors gain headroom and create a weather tight seal

Gain Headroom

Both doors seal tight.

Hydraulic & Bifold
Door Advantage

Hydraulic Doors in Snow Country

Hydraulic and Bifold doors side by side to compare the door slopes of each

Hydraulic Door

Bifold Door

The bigger the bottom truss on a hydraulic door, the more snow it will move in snowy weather.

Hope your door is strong enough and your building structure is designed for the extra stress. Will the stress of moving all that snow exceed the relief valve settings on your hydraulic system and stop your door from moving?

CAUTION

Hydraulic doors are not designed to move snow banks in front of your door opening. Good practice is to shovel all the snow off the truss before you operate your door in these snowy conditions.

Two Important Reasons To Remove The Snow From An External Truss

Reason 1.   Snow plow will see the external truss and avoid damaging the door frame.

Reason 2.   The door doesn't need to carry unnecessary weight of ice and snow.

The doors in these pictures are mounted on the side wall of the building.
The snow slid off the roof in front of the doors and onto the external truss below.

Hydraulic door with external truss covered in snow

Hydraulic doors with external truss
collects snow in the winter.

Hydraulic door in winter demonstrating how it pushes and pulls snow

Hydraulic doors pushes snow out when opening.
And pulls snow into the building when closing.

For Your Information:

Avoid installing a hydraulic door on the sidewall of any building in snowy parts of the country... it's awful when the snow slides off the roof and dumps onto the external door truss or in front of your hydraulic door. It can create a real problem and extra fuss getting the snow off the bottom truss.

Moving The Truss

Moving the truss from outside and placing it on the interior of the door is an option.
The only problem with that is you lose headroom! Out with the “No Lost Headroom” sales pitch.

For Your Information:

Bifold doors lift up and out of the snow.
Meaning that there is much less hassle with a bifold door in these snowy areas of the country!

Door Slope Comparison

HYDRAULIC DOORS

Lie flat 90° when in the full open position.
Water and snow can build up when left fully open!

Caution: precipitation resting on fully opened door may cause damage to the fully opened door Bifold Doors have a natural slope
How Snow Build-Up Affects Your Door!
Click Here To Learn More . . .

WHEN OPEN, DOOR LIES FLAT

The One-Piece® hydraulic door will be at
90° from the building when fully open.
External trusses are standard on hydraulic
doors. Optional Internal Trusses are available.

SLIGHT SLOPE RECOMMENDED

One-Piece® doors should have a slight
downward slope when open to direct
moisture and water off the door sheeting.
This prevents moisture and water from
seeping under the door sheeting and ruining
the interior door insulation.

One easy way to get slope on your hydraulic doors is to open the door
to allow your vehicle/machinery in, then lower the door to create a slight slope for moisture to run off.

CAUTION: Remember to open the door again when moving your vehicle/machinery in or out of the building.

OR ORDER THE DOOR WITH A BUILT IN SLOPE !

Request a taller doorframe that allows you to open your door to the full clearance while still having a slight slope to the door in the full open position allowing proper drainage.

BIFOLD DOORS

HAVE A NATURAL SLOPE

Bifold doors have a 1:12 natural slope when in the open position.

The sheeting on bifold doors are flashed to allow water to easily drain off the door.

Water and snow run off in any position!

Internal trusses are Standard.
No external truss required on bifolds.

Door Travel Comparison

Comparison of moving door - Lift Up vs. Swing out, Bifold vs. Hydraulic

Why I went with a Hydraulic Door

Why I went with a Bifold Door

•  I like the shade when open !

•  We needed all the parking space we could get

•  Swings out when opening

•  Lifts up when opening

TRAVEL COMPARISON

Hydraulic Doors swing outwards when opening. Hydraulic doors require more/greater space in front of the doorway for the door to travel outward.

SPACE SAVER

The fact that bifold doors fold in half instead of just swinging out, allows for more open ramp and vehicle space in front of the hangar. It also allows the full use of the width of the hangar, making the entire end wall a door.

HYDRAULIC DOORS SEEM OK BUT IT'S DEFINITELY TIME SOMETHING BETTER BECAME AVAILABLE.

“Hydraulic doors seem ok. Hydraulic doors only have two hydraulic rams for moving parts but it's definitely time to address the external truss that's near the ground and collects debris & snow. In snowy climates it acts like a big snow shovel, unless you're willing to scoop the snow off. I guess hydraulic doors swing out when opening, making parking in front of your door a no no. With a bifold, you can have a vehicle two feet from the door and open it, ‘no problem’ they raise up and out of the snow with no truss to collect debris.”

I THINK BIFOLDS OWN 90% OF MARKET IF THAT TELLS YOU ANYTHING.

“Bifolds have been around for a while but I think bifold strap doors are king. I've seen several strap bifold doors and I am extremely impressed. Plus, I hate cables. Bifolds seem to be better in the wind since they don't have that huge flat area of a hydraulic door to catch in the wind. Hydraulic Doors when open, seem to be like the wing of a plane. I think bifolds actually put less stress on the building. Schweiss, they seem like good guys and they sure have market share! They're big in the US, I'm sold on them.”

Hydraulic Safety

Hydrauliic door safety features two lift points
Unique hydraulic spherical bearings only from Schweiss

Lift Points

•  Two lift points

•  Hydraulic Cylinder on each end of the door frame

Lift Mechanism

•  Two Large hydraulic cylinders with spherical bearings

•  Powerful Hydraulic Power Unit

POWERFUL HYDRAULICS

•  Soft shift valves located on the hydraulic pump allow
Schweiss Hydraulic Doors to open and close smoothly
preventing any jerky motion when operating your
hydraulic door. Schweiss doors are built with safety
in mind!

•  Schweiss hydraulic doors have built in safety features.

In the event of a hydraulic failure

•  Like a Hose breaking

•  Like a Hydraulic line breaking

•  Like a Fitting failure

Best Hydraulic Pump Hydraulic door ready to be hung

Schweiss Safety Standards For Hydraulic Doors

Schweiss Takes Our Responsibility For The Customer's Safety Seriously.

As a door manufacturer, Schweiss has a responsibility to give the customer/users the safest hydraulic door possible... No Short-Cuts!

Objectives

Ensure the safety and well-being of customers and users.

Minimize harm and reduce risks associated with hydraulic door failures.

Maintain regulatory compliance and manage safety risks.

Facilitate continuous improvement through incident analysis and corrective actions.

The Repercussions Of Not Having The Proper Safety Features On Your Hydraulic Door System Are Too Great To Be Ignored.

A Safety Device

Schweiss Uses... Velocity Fuses In The Event of a Hydraulic Hose Or Line Break

Designed To Lock & Hold The Door

The Door Must Stop Immediately!

When A Hydraulic Hose Or Line Breaks On The Dead Line Of The Cylinder...

Velocity fuses must lock the door in place to prevent it from coming down or falling on any machinery, airplanes or worse yet, people.

Velocity Fuses from Schweiss keep the door locked in place in the event of a hose or line failure

Velocity Fuses
Lock The Door In Place

Velocity Fuses... have a preset flow rate and automatically lock if that flow rate is exceeded. This keeps the door from falling in the event of a hose or line break!

Velocity Fuse . . . Keeps the door from falling in the event of a hose/line breaking!
Velocity Fuse . . . Stops the flow of oil and holds the door in place.
Velocity Fuse . . . Precisely sized for each door to lock up and stop the door from falling.
Velocity Fuse . . . When used alone on the load side of the hydraulic cylinder, prevents the door from falling onto machinery, planes, vehicles or people below.
Velocity Fuse . . . Stops movement of the door in the event of a hose or line breaking on the dead end of the cylinder which prevents the door from coming down uncontrollably.
Velocity Fuse . . . When used alone on the dead end of the hydraulic cylinder, locks and holds the door in an open position in the event of a hose or line breaking and prevents the door from falling.
Velocity Fuse . . . Are precisely sized and designed to lock and hold the door in any position in the event of a hose or line breaking!
Velocity Fuse . . . Are designed to lock and hold the door load. An important locking safety feature. A Must Have!

No Hydraulic Door Should Be
Without A Velocity Fuse

Not A Safety Device

Some Others Use... Restrictors In The Event Of A Hydraulic Hose Or Line Break

Not Designed To Stop The Door

Restrictors Are Not A Safety Device

When A Hydraulic Hose Or Line Breaks On The Dead End Of The Cylinder...

Restrictors will not lock and hold the door open in any position. Hydraulic fluid will still shoot out of the damaged hose/line and the door will come down uncontrolled until it hits something or reaches the closed position.

Restrictors from other manufacturers do not stop or hold the door in the event of a hose or line failure

Not a Schweiss Door

Restrictors Do Not
Lock The Door In Place

Restrictors... are an orifice and are not a safety valve. They will not keep the door from falling in the event of a hose or line breaking!

Restrictors . . . Will not keep the door from falling in the event of a hose/line breaking!
Restrictors . . . Restrict or limit the flow of oil but will not stop door from falling.
Restrictors . . . With a precisely sized hole that creates a pressure drop / restricts the flow but will not stop the door from falling.
Restrictors . . . When used alone on the load side of the hydraulic cylinder, it is like a non-adjustable needle valve that restricts or limits the flow of oil but will not stop the door from falling.
Restrictors . . . Slow down movement of the door in the event of a hose or line breaking on the dead end of the cylinder but will not stop the door from falling.
Restrictors . . . When used alone on the dead of the hydraulic cylinder, will not hold the door in an open poition in the event of a hose or line breaking and will not stop the door from falling.
Restrictors . . . Are not designed to hold the door in an open position in the event of a hose or line breaking!
Restrictors . . . Does just that, restricts oil flow... but will not keep the door from falling uncontrollably in the event of a hose or line breaking!

Restrictors Are Not A Safety Device

When Others Use Restrictors and there is a hydraulic hose/line failure on the dead end of the cylinder...

Diagram demonstrating how restrictors do not stop a door from falling down from hydraulic line failure
How safe can it be if the door doesn't stop during a hydraulic failure?

Warning

When others are using restrictors in the dead end of the cylinder as a safety device...

They may be setting you up for slow motion disaster, Your worst nightmare!

Worst Case Scenario...

To have a door come down on a million dollar plane or even worse than that, have the door come down on people and put lives at risk!

Be careful... when phrases like these are being used to explain what happens in the event of a hydraulic hose/line failure using restrictors.

“Gently coming all the way down...”

“Coasting down...”

“Controlled rate of descent...”

“Preventing the door from slamming down...”

Some Have Said:

“In the event of a hose or line breaking, it will not stop the door from falling. It takes 7 Seconds for a door to come down when a hose / line breaks.”

Fact Is... That's Not A Lot of Time!

The door is coming down with no safety built in to stop the door. Better Clear the area!

When manufacturers use Restrictors on their cylinders...

No safety built in.

Restrictors are not load holding.

The door will not stop if a hydraulic hose/line fails (on the dead end).

Door will come all the way down if there's a failure, no matter what.

The door is coming down on whatever is underneath it.

No way of stopping the door from coming down.

Slowing the door as it comes down isn't good enough.

Slow motion disaster... Your worst nightmare!

Did You Know?

If the manufacturer uses restrictors on the dead end of the cylinders, neither the restrictors or the photo eyes will stop the door.

You can't rely on the photo eyes to stop the door if a hose/line breaks on the dead end of the cylinder. The Door Is Coming Down...

Restrictors are not a safety device!

Find out what safety devices you're getting on the hydraulic cylinders when you order your hydraulic door.

The questions you should be asking, what is on my door and how do I get velocity fuses?

Call Schweiss

Bifold Safety

Bifold lift points on strap doors

Lift Points

Multiple lift straps rated for 29,000 lbs.

Wider the door the more lift straps that are used.

More lift points evenly distributes the weight of the door.

More lift points increases the doors safety factor.

Lift Mechanism

Motor - GearBox - Electric Brake.

Jackshaft Assembly - Dual Chain & Sprockets.

Stresses on the Building Structure

Stresses on building structures

Hang straight out off your building
Hydraulic doors lay in a flat 90° position
when fully open.

Hydraulic doors and subframes attach to the building structure and exert considerable horizontal and vertical loads to it. The building must be prepared to support the forces of your door in all positions.

The longer or further a door frame sticks out from the building at a 90°, the more torque and stresses it adds to the building structure and header.

Hydraulic doors swing out when opening and cantilever out from your building, pulling away from the building structure at the hinge line and exerting additional forces on building header.

Hang out almost half the distance
Bifold doors have a 1:12 natural slope when
in the open position.

Bifold doors fold in half when opening, putting less stress on the building structure

Bifold doors fold in half when opening and create a slight slope to allow water to run off.

Bifold door frames attach to the building structure, exerting forces and vertical loads to the building structure.

The building must be prepared to support the forces of your bifold door in all positions.

A One-Piece Door Hangs out twice as fas from the building as a bifold

Wind Effects... on a door in the open position

Safety of leaving door open in windy conditions

Is it Safe To Leave The Door Open In Windy Conditions?

Here are some facts to consider...

All doors attach to the building and exert forces onto your building structure.

A one-piece hydraulic doors has more surface area protruding 90° off the end of your building structure

Adding windy conditions to a door in the full open position will cause it to act like an airplane wing
or a parachute, carrying the powerful wind forces back into the building structure.

No matter what size door you have, all the weight and forces are transferred back to your building.

Hydraulic doors are more susceptible to wind problems when open
than a bifold door. More surface area for the wind to catch.

SCHWEISS doors will hold up... but will your building?
Schweiss has recommended safe operating parameters.

Door Truss Comparison

External Truss Door -- Schweiss Hydraulic Doors

External Truss

DOOR TRUSS'S can be placed on the exterior of the door or on the interior . . .Customer's choice

EXTERNAL TRUSS - STANDARD

An external truss is located on the outside of the One-Piece® hydraulic doorframe three inches off the floor/ground level. The external truss is pre-built to provide added strength and rigidity - very important in high-wind conditions. Hydraulic doors are manufactured with a support truss to provide strength and proper wind loading to the door. It also minimizes the door sagging in the open position.

EXTERNAL Trusses - DESIGN Options

Custom painted external truss - to match your building.

Custom enclosed and wtih flashing will give the external truss a neat appearance.

Custom designed trusses to match the look of your building structure.

Raised external truss: Keep people/equipment/snow away from bottom truss

ADVANTAGES OF AN INTERNAL Truss

Internal trusses are available on your hydraulic door, but you sacrifice headroom space!

Advantages of an interior steel truss is it will not be exposed to the weather elements.

No place for the leaves, debris or snow to collect or for the snowplow to hit!

When you go with an internal truss you lose headroom unless you mount your door higher.

NO Truss

"No Truss" on smaller size doors. The "No Truss" look gains valuable headroom and gives you a clean look both outside and inside the doorframe.

Internal Truss Door -- Schweiss Bifold Doors

Internal Truss

Internal Truss - (Standard on Bifold Doors)

Bifold doors are manufactured with an internal truss for support to provide strength and proper wind loading on the door. Bifold doors come standard with an interior truss that mounts to the inside of the door frame.

Nice clean look outside the door.

Located on the inside of the doorframe.

Located out of the weather elements, protected.

No lost headroom.

Internal truss allows you to match your door covering to the building structure. It will appear as one continuous wall - with the look of your choice!

Benefits of an Internal Truss

Up and out of the way of people walking by or in the area.

Snowplows won't run into it.

Won't collect debris or snow.

Provides extra strength to the doorframe.

Allows proper drainage of the door in the open position without a truss to get in the way.

AVAILABLE . . . External Truss for Bifold Doors

Located at the center of the door.

Will not collect snow when the door is in the opened or closed position.

When extra strength is needed, Schweiss also offers an external truss.

Hydraulic Doorframe

HYDRAULIC DOORFRAME

Hydraulic door comes pre-assembled, pre-welded and delivered pre-hung within their own subframe for easy installation, giving the buyer or builder tremendous flexibility as well as saving time and money!

Doorframe

Double push tube doorframe comes pre-assembled, pre-welded and pre-hung to its own subframe header tube.

Schweiss vertical door members are stronger and are spaced closer than others for more strength.

Schweiss does not allow wood on any of its doorframes. Safer!

Schweiss One-Piece Hydraulic doorframe with splice connections

Hydraulic Door And Subframe Assembly
Attach to the Building Structure

Cylinder subframe door diagram with callouts

Subframe Header Tube... Horizontal MEMBER

Provides added support for the door and the building structure.

Heavy-duty greasable hinges are pre-located, pre-welded and pre-hung to the subframe header tube.

Mounts to the building structure with heavy-duty mounting brackets and bolts for easy installation.

Subframe Side Columns Legs... Vertical MEMBER

Side column legs come with cylinder brackets that are
pre-assembled, pre-welded and pre-hung at the factory
to secure each hydraulic cylinder.

Comes with pre-drilled mounting holes so through bolts
can be easily attached to the building columns to help secure
the door assembly to the building structure.

PURPOSE OF THE Subframe

Pre-locates the hinges for the doorframe.

Pre-locates the upper hydraulic cylinder brackets.

Provides additional structural support.

Easy installation.

Extra Strength.

Myths That Can't be ignored
when buying a hydraulic door:

Others may lead you to believe that
because of the doors subframe...

Building does not have to be made stronger.

Building does not have to be modified to hold a door.

Building does not have to be engineered with extra
reinforcement to accept a door.

Customer does not need to do anything to the building.

Door does not hang on your building.

Question 1

Will you be attaching the doors subframe header
to our building structure in any way or will it stand
alone by itself?

Question 2

Will you be securing the vertical subframe side
columns legs, that the cylinders are attached to,
to the building structure or will they stand alone?
Schweiss's Statement
With all the myths listed above, it sounds like no one is relying
on the buildings structure for added support... I doubt it!

Here's How it Actually Works

The horizontal subframe header tube is bolted / connected to the building's structural header.

The cylinders are attchaed to the verticle subframe columns and bolted / connected to the
building's side columns.

The cylinders are attached to the moving door frame while being fixed to the subframe side
columns legs, which are directly bolted / connected to the building structure.

The subframe and door rely on the building for support!
Installing a Large Hydraulic Schweiss Door

SCHWEISS RESPONSE

The subframe is an important part of delivering a pre-assembled hydraulic door with the pre-located cylinder brackets and hinges for ease of installation! Telling your customers... "There is no need to do anything to the building to accept a hydraulic door..." could be far from the truth or even unsafe!
Schweiss Hydraulic paper work

Schweiss spec sheets call out the forces
the door exerts on the building structure

The building manufacturer/contractor/owner is responsible
to ensure that the building's structural design is capable of
handling all the imposed loads that the door exerts to your
door header, end wall, and building.

Your building header/column design must meet standard
deflection and strength criteria, both in vertical and horizontal
directions to support the Hydraulic door in all positions.

Schweiss provides easy-to-read, necessary specs sheets with
each door showing all the forces and building header requirements.

Same Building with two styles of Schweiss Doors

Schweiss Manufactures Both Styles of Doors
You can decide what is best for you!

Schweiss Hydraulic and bifold doors same building

Schweiss offers both styles of doors
The Choice Is Yours!

Importance of Engineering Doors

IT'S EASY TO SELL A DOOR

But not everyone has the experience
to manufacture a door the right way!

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Look for quality, Look for price,
You'll Buy Schweiss!