Albany Meets Cold Storage Industry Demands with its New Rapid Slide Series High-Performance Insulated Doors
Albany is excited to introduce its new Rapid Slide Series (RS) high-speed insulated door system, the company’s latest innovation for a wide variety of cold storage applications.
Cold storage industry requirements have never been higher due to growing demands for increased productivity, material handling efficiency, and high-performance operation. These elements, combined with ever-increasing pressures to reduce energy costs and maintenance, demand advanced technology. And the Albany RS Series definitely meets that challenge.
Opening speeds that are industry-leading and unmatched
“Albany’s RS Series high-speed insulated cold storage door systems with eight specific door solutions offer industry-leading unmatched speed of up to 125 inches per second,” according to Brian Boleyn, VP, Business Unit Leader, Doors, 4Front Engineered Solutions (Albany’s parent company).
Boleyn added, “Providing full-width door opening access in less than one second, the RS Series achieves the highest levels of productivity and energy cost savings. This speed, combined with insulation values of up to R41 and a fully impactable next-generation panel technology, allows for high-performance operation without the unnecessary risk of door damage.”
Damage resistance minimizes maintenance
With the RS Series doors, flexible thermoplastic panel shells and polyurethane edge seals also provide for a seamless panel design. Compressible EVA closed-cell foam and superior impact features allow for ultimate damage resistance. These innovative solutions provide for enhanced temperature control and increased material handling efficiency while minimizing maintenance.
Available in single, bi-parting, and vertical designs, the new Albany RS Series doors will exceed the most demanding cold storage distribution and food processing environments.
Albany products are designed and engineered from the ground up
Developing a new high-speed, high-performance door product — let alone an entire family of doors like Albany’s RS Series high-speed insulated cold storage doors — doesn’t happen overnight or in a vacuum, for that matter.
The RS Series involved a highly dedicated and forward-thinking product development team with a laser focus on the highest levels of engineering skills.
“For example, the development and use of thermoplastic materials provides for a highly impactable door panel that can withstand day-to-day operational scrapes and bumps without tearing, cracking, or deforming,” according to Chuck Zimmerman, Director of Sales, Doors, 4Front Engineered Solutions. “Such unique materials offer substantial improvements over the use of fabric-based door panels.”
Quality testing ensures flawless door performance over time
To ensure that Albany’s RS Series doors operate well over the short- and long-term, they’re subjected to very high-performance standards. The result for each RS Series door is a five-year/one million cycle limited warranty on mechanical components and door controller and a five-year/unlimited cycle warranty on the RS Series doors’ EVA foam panels.
Zimmerman further explains that “continuous 24-hour-a-day drive and component testing ensures the highest quality standards over millions of cycles.”
More about the highly durable RS Series
Albany RS Series doors are designed for rough high-cycle applications. That means they must be durable and long-lasting enough to withstand the wear and tear of frequent use in highly demanding environments.
Following are brief overviews of the eight Albany RS Series high-speed insulated cold storage door models. To obtain more detailed information about each door along with key specifications, simply click on the respective product links:
Operating at a speed of up to 96 inches per second, the Albany RS1100 Cooler door provides full opening access with its single-panel. In addition, the RS1100 Cooler door’s high speed, combined with up to an R41 insulation value and a fully impactable next-generation panel technology, means high-performance operation as well as a high level of safety.
With a door opening speed of up to 96 inches per second, the Albany RS1100 Freezer door will make a big impact on productivity. Designed to open quickly in high-traffic facilities without compromising safety, the RS1100 Freezer door ensures maintaining a stable temperature environment coupled with efficient and fast performance. While other types of freezer doors on the market may not meet specific industrial storage requirements — such as strict temperature control — the RS1100 Freezer door offers a robust insulation value up to R41, along with fully impactable next-generation panel technology, which makes it the best high-speed sliding freezer door in the industry.
The Albany RS2400 Bi-Parting Cooler door opens at an industry-leading speed of up to 125 inches per second. Providing full opening access in less than one second, the RS2400 Bi-Parting Cooler ensures both increased productivity and energy cost savings. The door’s rapid speed, combined with an insulation value of up to R41 and fully impactable next-generation panel technology, means high-performance operation without the risk of door damage.
With compressible closed-cell EVA foam and superior durability panels, the RS2400 Freezer door will easily withstand the daily rigors of a cold storage facility. Featuring panels that are damage-resistant and self-regulate heat around three sides of the opening, the RS2400 Freezer door provides temperature control and increases material handling efficiency all while minimizing maintenance.
As its name implies, the RS3400 Breakaway door system is designed with a breakaway track system. The door panel itself is designed to flex, absorb impacts, and release the lower portion of the panel under sufficient pressure. The RS3400 Breakaway door’s flexible thermoplastic outer shell, combined with polyurethane elastomer perimeter edge seals, provide a seamless panel. In addition, the door’s compressible EVA foam also allows superior impact and higher damage resistance.
The Albany RS3300 Vertical Dock Door is the ideal low-maintenance solution designed for high-cycle, continuous door operation on loading docks. Lightweight and easy to operate, the RS3300 Vertical Dock Door features a smooth continuous track and nylon roller system that eliminates drag, metal-to-metal contact, and reduces noise. The RS3300 single-panel door system also eliminates horizontal seal breaks associated with sectional doors.
Designed to operate at a speed of up to 48 inches per second, the Albany RS3500 Vertical Cooler door provides high-speed, full-height opening access with full counterbalancing weight assemblies. Like the RS3300, the RS3500 is low-maintenance, lightweight, and easy to operate with a smooth continuous track and nylon roller system that eliminates drag, metal-to-metal contact, and reduces noise.
Albany’s RS3500 Vertical Freezer door, which operates at an opening speed of up to 48 inches per second, is best described as the definitive system for temperature control in high-traffic doorways. What makes this door so ideal for its intended applications is its combined flexible panel technology with an insulation value of up to R25. This high degree of insulation, combined with the Albany “down and in” galvanized track system technology helps to maximize seal efficiency and gasket longevity.
Contact Albany today!
Albany’s success is built on our core values of creativity, enthusiasm, commitment, and the ability to understand our customers' high-speed door needs. The new RS Series is the result of all of those combined values.
Our years of experience and knowledge, along with the power of global research and development, enable us to build superior products that maximize safety, security, savings, and productivity for our end users.
For more information about the new and innovative Albany Rapid Slide Series high-speed insulated cold storage door system, call us at 800.459.1930, or contact Albany here for answers to your questions about our entire line of high-speed, high-performance doors.