Royde & Tucker has launched two pivot protectors for double action doors, one for 44mm thick door leaves (H131-P44) and one for 54mm thick door leaves (H131-P54). Designed to reinforce double action doors, they have been introduced to extend the suitability to locations where the doors may suffer from heavy use or abuse.

With its patented design the two new pivot protectors are manufactured in grade 304 stainless steel as standard and offer a real solution for the protection of double action doors. Tried and tested, they have a proven record either as a retrofit product – negating the need to replace the whole door leaf – with all the associated costs or as an initially specified item preventing any damage in the first place. In addition, the 44mm pivot proctors are suitable for FD30 door, having been tested in accordance with to EN 1634-1.

Standard double action pivots ordinarily open in one direction only, but in an emergency can be opened in the opposite direction. For example, in the event that someone falls against the back of the door, loses consciousness or is unable to move themselves, the pivot set is the only way to gain access into the room without forcibly moving the incapacitated individual as well.

In circumstances where the door may be subjected to exceptional forces, however, it can be vulnerable to damage, specifically where the door-mounted components are fixed. Particular examples include locations such as hospital corridors where trolleys and beds etc may crash into the doors, and secure units where patients and inmates may physically attack the door.

In these instances, pivot protectors can be used to avoid these issues and increase the door leaf’s resistance to either accidental harm or intended damage. 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 exerted, reducing the likeliness of the opposite door face splitting.

Simon Gardiner, Sales Manager for Royde & Tucker comments: “A natural extension to our already comprehensive range of hinges & pivots, pivot protectors add greater functionality, extending the scope for specifiers by assisting the security and resilience of the door leaf without looking institutional.”

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