Automatic sectional and up-and-over doors: with LIFE Home Integration, technology becomes simple.

Imagine returning home late at night, with nobody in sight, and you have to get out of the car to open the garage, perhaps in an underground lot, looking anxiously around, listening out for every little sound.

Or, in another situation, you are at work and a customer asks you to install a motor for an up-and-over or sectional door. It’s boiling hot and you frantically search through the 6 different languages of minute text in the 150-page instruction manual, without your glasses, trying to find the English section. At that point, to speed things up, you try to connect with your smartphone, but the guided procedure is not so user-friendly…

How would you feel in these situations? What needs would you want to be urgently resolved?

Let’s start from the assumption that LIFE Home Integration approaches every solution by reasoning on real situations and problems: it’s imperative for us to step in the boots of our customers and ask ourselves what the most urgent and important needs are.

In the collective imagination, when we talk about automatic openings the first iconic term that comes to mind is a garage door, envisioned in a situation where we are climbing out of the car to walk into the house.

In this context, motors for sectional and up-and-over doors become essential.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MOTORS FOR SECTIONAL AND UP-AND-OVER DOORS

How do we choose between motors for sectional doors and up-and-over doors? And above all, what are the differences?

There are generally two types of garage doors used for residential installations:

• Up-and-over doors

These are composed of a single rigid surface fixed onto two steel side pivots, which allow the garage door to open or nonetheless move in a balanced way thanks to a counterweight system.

When open, these doors may extend out from the garage or remain completely within.

There are generally two different types of up-and-over door motors, used according to the point at which the automation unit is installed: motors with a pull mechanism (ceiling installation) and door motors (installation directly on the door panel).

We point out that up-and-over doors take up more space and are best used in combination with a pedestrian door.

• Sectional doors

The key feature of sectional doors is their retractable opening: the door slides upwards on guide rails into the ceiling, without protruding outwards.

The advantage of this solution is a reduction in the opening space required and a generally more discreet and elegant appearance.

When choosing the motor for sectional or up-and-over doors, the parameter to be considered, in addition to the type of garage door and its dimensions, is the space available above and below the door so that it can move unhindered.

FEATURES AND ADVANTAGES OF LIFE MOTORS FOR SECTIONAL AND UP-AND-OVER DOORS

Let’s now discuss the LIFE range of automation units for sectional and up-an-over doors.

Often, particularly in densely populated residential contexts with a lot of people coming and going, the noise generated by the opening and closing of garage doors can be quite annoying.

This is why LIFE has created the new Probo line (models 60 R, 80 R, 100 XL, 120 XL, to suit different door dimensions), featuring a revolutionary transmission system that minimises noise generated by its movement.

The Probo model, a motor suitable for both sectional and up-and-over doors, featuring ceiling-mounted installation, is also equipped with an encoder, which guarantees the utmost safety.

The PLUS model, instead, is a motor specifically designed for up-and-over doors. It features an aluminium structure and, like the models of the Probo range, is very silent despite its considerable power.

The VIS model is a motor for sectional doors with large dimensions or folding doors (generally used in the industrial sector). Thanks to a double encoder system, this unit stands out for its precision and is therefore suitable for more complex installations.

But what distinguishes LIFE motors from other automation systems?

• Ease of installation, also thanks to the pre-assembled guide rail kit, designed for simplifying the assembly of motors for sectional and up-and-over doors;
• Simple and intuitive programming, guaranteed by the innovative Digital Life control unit, which allows – in just one minute – for completing the operation without working on the circuit board with screwdrivers or other tools, since everything is automatic, the significantly reducing the margin of error;
• And… the fact that our products have been designed and created with our customers’ needs in mind. In practice, this translates into solid, robust and lasting products that require minimal maintenance.