BS 7036:1988

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Code of practice for provision and installation of safety devices for automatic power operated pedestrian door systems

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

04-15-1996

Language(s)

English

Published date

10-31-1988

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
Committees responsible
Code of practice
1 Scope
2 Terms used in the automatic door industry
3 Electrical design and safety
4 Operator activation
4.1 General
4.2 Automatic activators
4.3 Manual activators
5 Barriers
5.1 General
5.2 Construction and placing of barriers
6 Delay
7 Signs
7.1 General
7.2 Mandatory sign
7.3 Safe condition sign
7.4 Information sign
8 Automatic sliding doors
8.1 General
8.2 Opening cycle
8.3 Closing cycle
8.4 Door opening and closing speeds
8.5 Finger traps
8.6 Break-out
9 Automatic swing doors
9.1 General
9.2 Opening and closing cycle
9.3 Door opening and closing speeds
9.4 Finger traps
9.5 Break-out
Appendices
A Operation, maintenance and safety checks
B Glossary of terms used in the automatic door system
industry
Figures
1 Prevention of earth fault sneak circuits
2 Mats
3 Elliptical detection pattern
4 Rectangular detection pattern
5 Examples of barrier rail and pocket
6 Keep clear mandatory sign
7 Emergency break-out sign
8 Automatic door sign
9 Photo-cell installation
10 Finger traps
11 Break-out: sliding doors and screens
12 Break-out: swing doors
13 Handing of swing doors
14 Handing of sliding doors

Provides guidance on door systems using swing or sliding doors which do not exceed 2000 mm in width.

Committee	B/538/9
DevelopmentNote	BS DRAFT 94/703249 DC REFERS TO A REVISION
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	20
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	BS 7036-2:1996 BS 7036-1:1996 BS 7036-3:1996

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