Understand The Uses Of Air Curtain Doors
You have probably walked through the entrance of an establishment – be it a mall, a retail store, or a storage facility – and as you are passing through that entrance you felt a cold and strong current of air coming down on you. That air is coming from devices called air curtain doors and these serve specific purposes.
Do you have any idea what those air curtains really are? To help you better have a good idea what it is all about, you can imagine an air curtain as just a much more powerful version of an air blower. It is placed over the entrance (or exit) of an establishment and continuously blows a strong current of air downwards, to anyone who passes through it.
So to help you better understand the many uses of this type of traffic doors, I have enumerated and explained some of these:
To keep outside odors and fumes away from the room you are protecting. If you have an enclosed area that should be kept free from any foul smelling odors but you need to keep the entrance always open (maybe for continuous human traffic or transfer of goods and equipment) then installing an air door is your best option.
Want to keep dust, dirt and other contaminants from entering your facility? This is the device that is right for your needs. By blowing directly at the direction of which these pollutants would be entering the room, it will block it and push those pollutants away from the entrance. Of course this is not perfect because a person may carry the same pollutant within his body or clothing, but nevertheless this air blowing device is a good first line of defense.
If you need to maintain the temperature of the room and again you need a entrance that is always open, installing an air curtain is a sensible thing to do. It serves as a blanket of flowing air that helps block or prevent the outside air (of different temperature) to contaminate or change the temperature of the room.
However, this type of traffic door is not just meant to be used on the entrance ways of an establishment. Because of its air blowing, and therefore its drying capabilities, it is also widely used in manufacturing plants. But it is not like the ones you see in the malls and other commercial establishments, but the heated type.
Are you in an area where there is much insects, particularly those flying insects? Then you certainly do not want those pests to come into your establishment especially if you are running a restaurant or a food storage facility. Without a doubt air curtains can be your solution to that problem.
Just keep in mind that this type of doors are not meant to be used for security purposes. This is quite obvious mainly because most of these doors do not even have locks on them.
These are just a few of the popular uses of most air curtain doors. There are other variants out there with other specific purposes. Talk to a distributor near you to help you decide on the right type.