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Aircraft Hangar Doors
- We design and make HANGARS for the biggest aircraft flying today
The Doors are probably the most used
and therefore the most important part of an aircraft hangar.
In our standard design each door leaf has
its own motor, independently driving the ground wheels via a reduction
gearbox. Each leaf has a fail-safe opening and closure system, which is
controlled by a handheld cable so that the operator is well clear of the
doors. Electromechanical brakes are applied automatically if the
operator should let go of the cable or fall over, the door would
immediately stop. The doors are of steel framed bolted construction and
clad in materials similar to the wall cladding of the hangar, single
skin or insulated.
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On this hangar we built for Monarch Airlines, for Boeing 747 sized aircraft at Manchester International Airport, there are eight individually controlled electromechanical doors 18 metres high each weighing 8 tonnes. |
The vertical top rollers, two of 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.
In the event of an electrical failure the
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.
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The doors can be opened to allow access for the full span and can be stacked both sides on outriggers or, as in this case, all on one side. |
Manually operated 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.
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NEW
DOORS ON OLD HANGAR. When we supply doors to fit existing hangars not of
our design, which may not be able to carry new doors we can supply a
special frame consisting of a lattice girder supported by braced
stanchions at each end to carry the upper guide tracks electrical supply
and door hood etc. |
THE REID POWER PACK consists of an electric motor on each door, which
drives the ground wheels via a reduction gearbox so that the doors can
be individually operated by a hand held fail-safe control cable on each
one.
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Multiple door installation for 85m wide hangar built by us for FR
Aviation at Bournemouth International Airport. We also made the remotely
controlled tailgate roller shutter door. |
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Cover panel removed to show power pack and drive mechanism. |
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Aluminium patent glazing also made by us provides useful extra light. |
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THE GROUND TRACK is like a small railway, laser levelled before being
concreted into position, so that electrically operated doors (which may
weigh 10 tonnes or more) can be declutched and moved manually in the
event of power failure. |
For Instant Designs of Complete Hangars
including Hangar Doors, visit www.aircraft-hangars.com.
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Overseas
Agents with good contacts in Construction needed in some
territories. |
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