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Aircraft Hangar Door
We design & manufacture HANGARS & DOORS for the biggest aircraft flying today
REIDsteel – Designers, manufacturers and erectors of Airplane Hanger Doors
Of an entire aircraft hangar building, it is probably the doors which are used most frequently. We have undertaken the design, manufacture and construction of aircraft hangar doors worldwide since 1920 both for our own and other hangars.
We design, make, ship, erect, change and clad airplane hangar doors of many types, in UK and worldwide. Our Aircraft Doors can be manual or electric in a number of configurations. Our system allows any door to be operated without moving other doors, or they can all be opened together.
Hangar Door Fail safe Opening and Closing System
In our standard REIDsteel design, each door leaf has its own motor, independently driving the ground wheels via a reduction gear box. Each leaf has a fail safe opening and closing pendent system which is controlled by a handheld cable so that the operator is well clear of the hangar doors. Electro-mechanical brakes are applied automatically; if the operator should let go of the cable or fall over, the door would immediately stop.
Enclosed conductor rails
The hangar doors are of steel framed bolted construction and clad in materials similar to the wall cladding of the hangar, single skin or insulated. The vertical top rollers, two on each door, have sealed roller bearings and run between two full span steel guide rails. There is an enclosed conductor rail running the width of the door opening, and collection of electrical power is achieved by a four wheeled trolley with spring loaded power pick-ups on each door.
Easily pushed or towed if electricity supply fails
In the event of an electricity failure the hangar doors can be declutched and pushed manually or towed, because the low friction sealed ball-bearing system in the ground-wheel hubs make them so easy to move.
Manually operated hangar doors designed to be pushed or towed can be provided where electricity is not available. In fact, they are strongly recommended where the electricity supply is unreliable; our doors open and shut so easily that power is a luxury, not a necessity.
View the range of hangar doors and systems manufactured by REIDsteel
Find out more about existing Hangar Door projects by reading our Case Studies
Fabric Hangar Doors
Fabric hangar doors can be useful where there is insufficient space for rolling doors. Each door can be raised separately from a control point inside the Airplane Hangar or by Radio Control. When the fabric hangar doors are lifted, the legs can be pivoted up into the aircraft hangar to give full width opening.
Read our fabric hangar door case study
Sliding folding hangar doors are a useful alternative to Fabric Doors. We can offer doors by other suppliers or to your own specifications.
View our Guide on types of Hangar Doors
