Door Industry Journal - Spring 2014

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 66 THE door industry journal spring 2014 building hardware UNIVERSAL FACILITY FURNITURE FROM UNION UNION has enhanced its Easy+Clean™ Facility Furniture with the introduction of universal handing, offering the same easy-to-open and clean-to-use product to end- users, whilst making it is easier to stock. The popular facility furniture – having been used across a broad range of healthcare and education environments thanks to its innovative TouchClean® technology, a nanotechnology coating used to reduce the risk of bacteria being spread from the surface of the ironmongery – has been enhanced to offer universal handing, addressing stockists’ common concern of limited space and having to stock multiple variants. The Easy+Clean™ Facility Furniture remains compatible on any project – whether left or right-handing is required – while stocking the universal variant takes up less space when storage is at a premium. Changing the handing is a quick and convenient adjustment – by simply removing the screw and locking collar from the pre-assembled product, sliding off the bolt and reaffixing to the desired handing, the process is complete and the furniture is operational straight away. The simple change makes UNION’s Easy+Clean Facility Furniture ideal for a busy site environment, offering a quick adjustment, and saving the customers on both time and hassle. Lorna Ardern, Product Category Manager, Architectural Hardware for ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, said: “We have simply taken a popular product, and made it more suited to stockist locations, where storage is at a premium. It’s important that our stockists don’t miss out on valuable sales and contract opportunities because of stock limitations, and this is a way of addressing that issue. “The Easy+Clean Facility Furniture has always been a popular product thanks to UNION’s TouchClean® technology – an anti-bacterial coating helping to improve infection control and reduce the risk of bacteria being transmitted from the surface of the ironmongery. Now it’s even easier to take advantage of the sales opportunity.” For budget flexibility, UNION’s universal handing facility furniture is also available in a basic variant, without the TouchClean® coating. RELCROSS LCN AUTO EQUALIZERS AID DEMOCRACY AT AYLESBURY VALE The doors of Aylesbury Vale’s Council Chamber can be now opened and closed by Relcross LCN Auto Equalizers. Both entrances to the ‘Oculus’ at the Council’s Gateway offices and conference centre in Aylesbury feature two pairs of double doors at either end of an entrance vestibule. All these doors have been fitted with Auto Equalizers controlled by wall mounted push pads that each open and close one pair of doors. Additionally, two single doors that provide access to the toilet facilities adjacent to the main room have been similarly equipped. Many standard door closers could not be fitted to doors of this size or could not cope with the fire specifications. Roger Hudman of installer Rowsman Ltd suggested the pneumatic powered Relcross system as he has had considerable success with it before. The system has three main components: Firstly the door operator, a Relcross LCN REL.4800 Auto Equalizer. When the switch is actuated, air pressure is used to overcome the resistance of the spring to open the door. When the air is released the spring and hydraulics take over, closing the door in a controlled mechanical fashion. Secondly, each system (or group of doors) has a separate controller incorporating one air valve per door or pair of doors. Controllers are custom built to give optimum performance for each installation. Thirdly, all Auto Equalizer systems are reliant upon a source of compressed air to power them. The capacity of the compressor is selected carefully at the specification stage to accommodate the likely traffic profile (i.e. frequency of use of doors) and the distances involved between the compressor and the doors to be controlled. The Relcross Auto Equalizer has been independently tested to over three million full load cycles and requires only occasional, minimal servicing of the compressor, usually with easily available proprietary components. For further information please call 01380 729600, email sales@relcross.co.uk or visit www.relcross.co.uk