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•OPENING TIME : Doors shall be adjusted so that the opening time to back-
check or 80 degrees, whichever comes first, must be 3 seconds or longer
as prescribed in ANSI A156.19 Table
I
, plus Table
II
.
•TIME DELAY : The doors shall be field adjusted to remain fully open for not
less than 5 seconds.
•CLOSING TIME : Doors shall be field adjusted to close from 90 degrees or
fully open to 10 degrees in 3 seconds or longer as prescribed in ANSI
A156.19 Table
I , plus doors should be field adjusted to a minimum of 1.5
seconds from 10 degrees to fully closed.
•FORCE AND KINETIC ENERGY : The force required to prevent a stopped
door from opening or closing shall not exceed a 15 pound force applied 1
inch from the leading edge at any point in its travel. In the event of a power
failure to the operator, doors shall open with a manual force not to exceed a
15 lbf to release a latch, 30 lbf to set the door in motion and 15 lbf to fully
open the door.
•The KINETIC ENERGY of a door in motion shall not exceed 1.25 lbf-ft.
Table
I
provides speed settings for various widths and weights of doors for
obtaining results complying with this paragraph.
*Excerpted from ANSI/BHMA A156.19-2007
*Consult ANSI/BHMA A156.19-2007 for exact wording and specifications.