Blast Door Hinges

Pre engineered blast door models.

Blast door hinges.

This is one of our cam latches secured shut on an inward swinging door. Plain bearing hinges are another type of mortise hinge. Krieger s blast and pressure doors are used in commercial government ufc atfp or others and industrial pip installations to protect personnel and property from explosions and explosion borne missiles. Ball bearing hinges are one type of mortise hinge which means they re designed to be installed.

Blast resistant doors protect people and property from explosions and shrapnel. Series bmd blast mitigation door is a series of doors designed and tested to meet the requirements of unified facilities criteria ufc 4 010 01 dod minimum anti terrorism standards for buildings this criteria requires all exterior doors to be designed in accordance with astm f2927 12 standard test. Types of door hinges ball bearing hinges. The test footage above shows how effective blast resistant doors are from preventing devastating shrapnel from entering a room.

The dod doe department of homeland security and petrochemical industry building standards are increasingly requiring blast resistant doors. Butt hinges are a popular. We also custom manufacturer hinges should the application require it. We make a variety of hinges for specialty applications.

We also manufacturer hinges for vault doors and high range blast doors. The blast load transfers directly from the door leaf to the frame and wall not through the hinges and latches. Blast doors normally open outward to carry the load in the seated condition. Certain installations require an inward swinging door and we offer it as an option.