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If you have ever specified a rolling service door and a rolling fire door, you know that they look very similar to each other. As the old saying goes, “looks can be very deceiving”. There is much more to a rolling fire door than meets the eye.

Here at CornellCookson, we take every precaution to ensure the quality and safety of our products, and that means complying with the latest safety recommendations. Underwriters Laboratories (UL) introduced the UL 325 standard in 2010 to provide products that are safe, particularly though preventing electrical and fire hazards.

Design professionals and building owners are increasingly demanding products that meet and exceed code requirements, particularly any requirements having to do with energy savings.

A rolling fire door must be maintained to be in a continuous and reliable state of readiness to secure a rated wall opening when activated for the purpose of protecting life and property from the spread of fire and/ or smoke throughout a building.

We are concluding the adventures of Bob, the maintenance manager at Awesome Widget, based in the northeast – with snowy winters and hot summers. Because of this, and for security reasons, they close their rolling steel doors after every truck enters or exits the facility.

Thermal resistance is a huge factor that affects the energy performance of insulated roll up garage doors when they are in the closed position. Thermal resistance is measured using R-Value and U-Factor.

We are continuing the adventures of Bob, the maintenance manager at Awesome Widget, based in the northeast – with snowy winters and hot summers. Because of this, and for security reasons, they close their rolling steel doors after every truck enters or exits the facility.

Awesome Widgets make more widgets in less time than any other widget manufacturer – so materials are constantly trucked in, and manufactured products are constantly trucked out. Based in the northeast – with snowy winters and hot summers and for security reasons, they close their rolling steel doors after every truck enters or exits the facility.

It’s an amazing time of the year. With the holiday season upon us, one overlooked factor is the incredible task that must be accomplished at the North Pole’s toy factory. As you can imagine, the cold harsh environment is not the ideal location to put a factory of this magnitude.

Cornell Iron Works is the industry leading rolling door, security grille and closure product experts since 1828. To inquire how Cornell Iron Works long history of innovation and customer service can help you with your next rolling door project, call 1-800-233-8366!