Types and Operation
- Built-on Roller Shutter Doors
Describes the type where the roller shutter box is fixed to the exterior of the building facade.
- Built-in Roller Shutter Doors
Where the roller shutter box is built into the lintel above the window.
- Integrated roller shutter
A roller shutter and window combined as a single unit.
- Roller shutter with tilting laths
A roller shutter with laths that tilt, similar to an external venetian blind.
- Manual
With gear drive from the shutter roller traced through the building facade to a universal joint on the room side that is operated by a cranked winding handle.
- Manual tape
A tape drive around a flange on the roller is traced through the building facade with pulley guides to an inertia reel on the room side.
- Electric
With a tubular motor fitted within the roller. Automatic operation can be added.
- Fire Shutter
Can either be manual roller shutter or electric roller shutter, which uses Woods Metal and a weight bar to close the roller shutter or can be linked to Fire Alarm System to close automatically on event of fire alarm activation.
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