Dynatect Manufacturing, Inc. Product
Member Since 2016
Manufacturer of machine safety doors, high-speed doors and roll-up barriers, and equipment protection for components in motion. Dynatect also supplies machine door actuators in North America, which make automating horizontal machine doors safer, easier, and more productive. Other products include bellows, machine way covers, cable carriers, friction slip clutches, and precision ball screws.
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Dynatect’s Gortite VF (Vertical Fabric) Door responds to the automation industry’s need for machine guarding doors to keep hazardous processes like robotic welding separate from people, equipment, and materials. The door is installed in conjunction with existing machine guard panels on each side of the door to enhance the separation of environments further.
This high-speed industrial roll-up door is designed to minimize cycle time and maximize production in industrial environments. It satisfies the need of both an automatic roll-up door as well as a high-speed industrial door, but with an application emphasis on it being used as secure barrier in automated processes The VF Door was designed to support 3-week lead times, 1-hour field installation, multiple t-slot mounting surfaces, and long-life non-contact sensors - a combination of advantages uncommon in previous offerings.
Conforming to OSHA guardrail requirements, the door’s fabric curtain is retained in columns to minimize risk of falling through the closed door. The door comes standard with proximity switches that sense the end-travel for the door. Providing a physical and visible barrier, the door can be positioned closer to hazardous machines versus standalone light curtains. The result supports the trend toward a smaller work area footprint.
Door actuation is triggered via the automation governing the guarded machine, has a standard speed of 44”/second, can complete two cycles per minute, and is developed for more than 1 million cycles. Additional sensor options, including a traveling photo eye, can be included to sense obstruction to door travel. Dynatect also offers a safety interlock option which meets PLe/Cat-4 safety requirements when combined with appropriate machine logic and conformance to risk assessment.
Dynatect has drawn on 25 years of custom door production to develop standardized doors that are simple and reliable. The Gortite® VF Door is manufactured in New Berlin, Wisconsin and supported nationwide through a network of over 60 technical field sales representatives.
