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Doors & Access

Door Systems

Doors are responsible for around 70% of all lift breakdowns. Modernising door operators and detectors pays back faster than any other component.
2016
Established
300+
Sites covered
800+
Lifts maintained
<1hr
Emergency response
All services

The car door operator drives both the car doors and the landing doors via a clutch (vane/skate). Older mechanical and DC-motor operators wear, drift out of adjustment and trigger the dominant share of in-service callouts. Modern variable-frequency door operators self-learn the door profile, monitor door force and integrate light curtains for safer, quieter operation.

Symptoms we look for

  • Doors that ‘nudge’ open and closed repeatedly
  • Audible grinding or rattling on opening/closing
  • Landing doors not latching cleanly
  • Trapped-passenger callouts where the door is the root cause
  • Mechanical safety edges instead of full-height light curtains

What we do

  • Door operator replacement (Fermator, Wittur, Sematic and similar open platforms).
  • Landing-door interlock and lock-monitor renewal to EN 81-20.
  • Full-height infrared light curtain (CEDES, Janus, Memco) replacing mechanical edges.
  • Door track, hanger and pickup re-profiling to remove the most common failure modes.
  • Door-zone monitoring and re-levelling integrated with the controller.

Lifecycle expectation

A door modernisation alone typically removes 50–70% of recurring breakdown callouts and extends maintenance intervals. Light curtains eliminate the common ‘trapped finger’ incident class.

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We'll survey, quote and (if right for you) modernise with full Schedule 18 documentation.

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