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Door cannot be dangerously
slammed by residents or draughts
Resists drift caused
by unbalanced doors or gowns etc hung on back of
doors
Fixed swing speed,
cannot be set to a dangerous level by installers
Slowly and safely
closes on activation of alarm
“leaving the door completely free to swing, allows
the door to be slammed shut either maliciously,
accidentally, or because of draughts. A 60Kg fire
door slamming shut with a resident’s fingers curled
around the door frame just does not bear thinking
about”
Mark Batt-Rawden, Managing Director, Door Retainers Ltd
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Holdfire Carefree Plus is a revolution in swing free technology. Specifically developed for the Care Industry, Carefree Plus has unique features that lowers risks of injury to residents and eliminates the incentive to wedge doors.
Traditional swing free systems can cause additional problems in Care. Because in normal use the door is completely free, it can be slammed shut either maliciously, accidentally or simply because of a draught in the building which poses an unacceptable risk to frail care home residents.
Holdfire have developed Carefree Plus to hydraulically damp the motion of the door so that it cannot be slammed.
A further problem experienced in care facilities is that
often door are unbalanced, either because of how they are hung
or because gowns etc are hung on the back of the door. The
result is that door drifts from
the position the resident chooses
to it's point of balance; the result being the resident wedges the door.
Carefree Plus introduces a imperceptible hydraulic drag that stops the door building a momentum and drifting from its position, while to the resident the door feels completely free.
Many of the swing free systems available allow the closing swing speed of the door in alarm conditions to be adjusted. The temptation for the installer is to either set the speed fast to overcome carpentry issues
or simply forget to adjust the speed down to a safe level. The risk is that on activation of the fire alarm the doors shut dangerously quickly risking injury to residents.
Carefree Plus removes this risk by fixing the closing speed to a safe level but providing a powerful latch action to drive the door past the smoke seals to securely latch.
Click for a copy of the
technical data sheet.
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