PIVOT PROTECTORS

Where pivoting doors are subject to either accidental damage or abuse for example, in high traffic corridors or in secure situations pivot protectors are recommended to help prevent damage to the door leaf.

High traffic and abuse scenarios present pivoted doors with several issues, for slightly different reasons, one being site orientated i.e. that corridor doors tend to be either far more frequently used/abused - being crashed into by trolleys, beds, etc and generally treated roughly and in the case of secure where patients/inmates physically attack the door, what might be termed “abnormal usage”.

These arduous door locations, in conjunction with the fact that the door leaf itself is mounted at only two points (top and bottom), mean that the door can be vulnerable to damage when subjected to exceptional forces. In essence there is nothing wrong with the doorset itself, however in the real world extraordinary occurrences happen, sometimes frequently, and the net result is that the door leaf becomes damaged.

In these situations the specifier should consider the use of pivot protectors to pre-empt possible future damage and increase the door leaf’s resistance to either accidental harm or abuse. Pivot protectors are effectively purpose made protective shoes that wrap around the vulnerable areas of the door and significantly reduce the likeliness of the door mounted pivot, floor spring or transom closer components putting stress on the opposite door face when subjected to pressure and reduce therefore the likeliness of the opposite door face splitting.

Royde & Tucker pivot protectors, one for 44mm thick door leaves (H131-P44) and one for 54mm thick door leaves (H131-P54) are manufactured in grade 304 stainless steel as standard and offer a real solution to the above issues with a proven record either as a retrofit product - negating the need to replace the whole door leaf – with all the associated costs and in as an initially specified item preventing any damage in the first place.