The folding gates are very widely represented among the devices of the industrial use. They are designed to be used heavily and can serve an example of the classical type of the industrial gates to be installed in wide workshop openings.
The elements of the gates’ wings are fastened with the help of the hinged system evenly distributing load on the construction of the folding gates while running and contributing to the smooth and quick closing of the wings of the gates. But their automation needs compact and powerful mechanic systems fastened at the top of the gates and not in the doorway. Such a system provides quite and uninterrupted opening of the gates.

Hörmann folding gates are especially recommended to be installed in the agricultural premises with high height of the link beam and to be always installed in the places where the statics does allow any load on the beam. Particular advantage: the gates folding up inside the premises allow complete usage of the inside space. Space-wastage is excluded. 

The program of the folding Hörmann gates presents a great number of the possible design styles and meets the needs of the wide range of usage:

• steel folding gates are solid, convenient as to their maintenance and cost-effective;
• fire-resisting folding gates are characterized by the high speed of the opening and reliability;
• aluminum folding gates are for elegant and stylish architecture;
• speedy folding AFA gates are characterized by the harmonic look and speedy opening.

Basic advantages of the folding gates:

• simple and reliable steel and aluminum construction;
• high corrosive resistance;
• high thermal insulation of the wings (high density urethane filling);
• minimization of the heat loss at the expense of the rubber and brush sealing between the wings, they are neighboring the frame and floor on perimeter;
• speedy opening/closing;
• able to cover the opening of 14 m wide and 7 meters high;
• large area of thermal insulating glazing allows electric lighting save;
• a built-in wicket as well as go-side wing is provided;
• the range of the design variants makes possible stressing on the identity of the building and its architecture;
• different variants of controlling: manual, automatic (starting with the button, radio control, secret key, code keyboard, finger prints, magnetic hinge strap, radar, pull rope, magnetic card, and light beam);
• space saving when opening;
• simplicity in operation and minimum maintenance expenditures.