Revolutionary System Offers Two Doors in One
Overhead Door Corporation is proud to introduce their landmark RapidSlat™ door system to architects, facility managers and business owners across the country. The door system, which combines the best of both worlds; speed and efficiency, as well as strength and durability, is an advancement of the Rolling Steel line. Typically, businesses which need both speed and security are forced to utilize two doors, a lightweight yet highly efficient fabric door and a heavier more durable rolling steel door for security purposes. Operating and maintaining two doors equates to double the costs and often times lower profits. As an organization, Overhead Door Corporation saw an opportunity to meet an unmet need in the marketplace. Our revolutionary RapidSlat™ door system offers the convenience of two doors in one and solves this problem for one low price.
Karen Cohen Senior Product Manager for Overhead Door Corporation says, "This unique product offering eliminates the need for business owners to install two doors to enjoy the combination of speed and security. RapidSlat™ satisfies the need for the speed provided by a high-performance door without sacrificing the safety and security provided by a rolling steel door. In addition to offering speed, security, and durability, RapidSlat™ doors are also safe, rugged, and easy-to-operate. Furthermore, when compared to standard rolling steel doors they can provide increased productivity and maximum energy efficiency. Finally someone has offered customers a real solution to their dilemma in choosing between speed and security. At Overhead Door we say, why choose?"
RapidSlat™ shares the same general construction of the Rolling Steel line with enhancements and upgrades including:
- Reliable springless operation eliminating the need for a counterbalance
- A variety of windload, insulation, and weather seal options to cover all applications
- Universal components for easy maintenance
- Advanced diagnostics for fast and easy trouble-shooting
- Built-in safety features including a sensing edge and photo edge for peace of mind
- A self-energizing stop lock brake to prevent uncontrolled curtain travel
- An easy to clean anti-graffiti powdercoat finish
- Two-year or 300,000 cycle limited warranty coverage on components
- Five-year limited warranty coverage on the motor
Perfectly suited for applications in high-traffic areas such as auto dealerships, hospitals, parking garages, loading docks, and delivery bays, RapidSlat™ is ideal for the harshest of environments. The RapidSlat™ door system will be available beginning January 20, 2010. For additional information please contact your local Ribbon Distributor or call (800) 929-DOOR.
About Overhead Door Corporation
Overhead Door Corporation, based in Dallas, Texas, is a leading manufacturer of doors and openers for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation applications. There are three divisions of the company, including the Access Systems Division (ASD), the largest, which features the Overhead Door, Wayne-Dalton and Genie brands; Horton Automatics, which includes automatic entrance systems; and TODCO, the largest producer of truck doors for the transportation industry. Overhead Door Corporation created the original overhead garage door in 1921 and the first electric garage door opener in 1926. It now has over 3,500 employees, 24 manufacturing facilities, 79 regional sales centers and over 6,000 distributors and dealers that service national builders, national accounts, architects, general contractors and homeowners, as well as major retailers in the U.S. and Canada. Overhead Door Corporation is a subsidiary of Sanwa Holdings Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. For additional information visit www.overheaddoor.com, www.wayne-dalton.com, www.geniecompany.com.
About Sanwa Holdings Corporation
Established in 1956 as a shutter manufacturer, Sanwa pioneered the engineering, production, marketing and distribution of steel building materials in Japan. Today, the company is the number one manufacturer of construction products in the Pacific Rim and the combined entity is among the world's leading suppliers of building products with an established and growing presence in 50 countries on five continents. For more information, visit www.sanwa-hldgs.co.jp.
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