There are many reasons to install automatic revolving doors compared to other automation products such as automatic sliding doors. First and foremost, revolving doors provide a prestige solution for building entrances and may be the solution of choice for architects designing upscale buildings. Second, doors affect pedestrian traffic patterns. Finally, the revolving door forms a wind deflector (airlock) between the building's interior and exterior environment. Minimizing airflow in and out of a building plays an important role in reducing air conditioning costs.
Prednosti uporabe avtomatskih vrat odtehtajo morebitne nevarnosti. Vsa avtomatska vrtljiva vrata so opremljena z optičnimi varnostnimi robovi v gumijastih profilih, ki preprečujejo stiskanje med vratnimi krili in okvirjem vrat. Je pa bilo po svetu nekaj incidentov, ko je varnostni rob deloval pravilno, a so se ljudje zaradi nepravilne uporabe vrat poškodovali, medtem ko je veliko ljudi hodilo skozi njih.
In one case, a store customer was entering a turnstile from the interior of the store to the building's exit. Judging from the video surveillance provided, just as the door wings were approaching the fixed curved frame, an elderly customer decided to try to enter the revolving door from the outside of the store. While leaving the store, the customer is completely immersed in the conversation with her friends in the same segmented compartment that shares this four-wing system. Neither lady noticed that they were so close to the door wing in front of them. When they left the store, they appeared to be less than 10cm from the facade. When the old man entered the area protected by the squeeze guard sensor (safety edge), the sensor worked flawlessly, stopping the rotation of the doorway, preventing him from being trapped between the fixed curved frame and the approaching door wing. One of the two women continued forward into the winged panel in front of her, breaking her nose.
Da bi se izognili morebitnim nesrečam, vsem kupcem avtomatskih vrtljivih vrat ATLAS priporočamo naslednje.
1. Dnevni varnostni pregled mora izvajati osebje za upravljanje stavbe, v kateri so nameščena vrtljiva vrata. Priporočamo tudi letni splošni pregled izdelka, da preverite, ali so vsi varnostni elementi v dobrem stanju.
2. Pešci, ki vstopajo v stavbo, bi se morali zavedati možnih nevarnosti prehoda skozi avtomatske vrtljive vrtičke med uporabo mobilnih telefonov ali pogovorom s prijatelji. To pomanjkanje ozaveščenosti je razlog za številne nesreče z vrtljivimi vrati po vsem svetu. Že obstaja zakonodaja, ki prepoveduje uporabo mobilnih telefonov med vožnjo, kar je znano kot resna motnja.
Skratka, za enega samega uporabnika delujočega avtomatskega vrtljivega vrtišča ne veljajo nobene omejitve, dokler drugi ali tretji uporabnik morda ne pride do neke vrste konflikta z vrtljivim vrtiljem. Ko se to zgodi, se bo zgodilo vse in se bo zgodilo, od upočasnitve vrtenja vrat do popolne ustavitve. Na prvega uporabnika vrat zdaj vplivata obnašanje in morebitna neustrezna uporaba vrtljivih vrat s strani vsakega zaporednega uporabnika teh skupnih vrat
