ROLLER SHUTTER: 1ST LEVEL OF SECURITY

Security is a priority element when we talk about comercial stores. Althought they are located at inside or outside areas, to get a good protections without to lose the elegance could be a big challenge.

First of security elements that you have to installed is the closing system. The roller shutter, manual or automatic, is the first level to prevent the illegal access; then the order of our shutter has to be well studied.

MATERIAL

All the rollers shutter have made by great resistance material. So, when we go to find our shutter, we´ll find 2 types:

• Roller shutters made in steel: very resistance material, the galvanized version avoids the corrosionof material. It doesn´t need maintenance and it could have a long lifetime. It has a quimic reaction to avoid scratching.
• Roller shutters made in aluminium: wellknown by its lightness, the aluminium is, with iron, the mostlty used material around the world. It has a long lifetime beacause it´s corrosion resistant. It has the same finished in the both sides. Something doesn´t happen in galvanized shutters, that just have one side.

Althought the aluminum and its lightness are wellknown, when we need to offers a hight resistance, we add more to double the thickness and then the weight is increased a lot.

FISISHED

When we know wich material we´ll use, we have to decice the shutter finished. We have to keep options in mind like:

• Bussiness style.
• We want t be according the building where we are.
• We want people look inside when we are closed.

You have these main options:

• Die-cutting shoutter: you could close the access and at the same time, people could see the inside. It´s used in clothes stores, etc.
• Blind shutter: it´s a clossing that doesn´t allow to see the inside of store. It´s used in places where the security is the priority.
• Microperforated shutter: it´s a mix of elegance and security. If you are looking for a shutter that has style and it doesn´t lose resistance, this is your shutter.
• Imitation-wood shutter: you´ll have all the wood advantages and no disadvantages.
• Lacquered shutter: it´s the best option to shutter exposed to scraching, and inclement weather, etc. Oven lacquered gives a extra resistance.

OPENING AND CLOSING

We could addapt a lot of opening system in our roller shutter:

• Fobs: if we install a receiver we´ll get to open the gate with the fob.
• Proximity device: they are cards or tags that you put close to the reader installed and the shutter starts to open.
• Tradictional key:  you use a inlay lock to open and close the shutter.
• Keypad: we could addapt a keypad, then you introduce a correct code and the shutter starts to open.
• Smarphone: there are different systems by App from your smartpone. You don´t need to be close to the gate to open or close.

TOTAL SECURITY

If you are looking for the total possible security, you have to install a self-locking shutter. This system is only to automatic shutter, not manual. It has a extra security that blocks the shutter when you force a manual mode.

We keep in mind that this shutter needs a complete installation, in other words, if we have an automatic shutter we´ll have to change all the devices, so it´s more expensive.

Powermatic has a range of shutter, you could contact us and our qualified technician are ready to help you.