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For over 100 years, Courion has been a trusted provider of manually operated and powered freight elevator doors, car gates, car enclosures, and related components to elevator companies worldwide.

Our state-of-the-art elevator technology enables contractors to modernize or repair any freight elevator door system. Additionally, Courion offers comprehensive “turn-key” solutions for new freight elevator projects.
 
By combining Courion’s expertise in premium freight elevator components with the capabilities of the Vantage companies, we achieve unparalleled depth and leadership in the elevator industry. Together, we ensure the safe and reliable movement of people, enhancing the value we provide to our customers.

Freight Door Equipment

Courion offers a multitude of options in freight door design and construction to fit most spaces, loading and class requirements. Courion Freight Doors come in vertical bi-parting and slide-up designs, and steel plate, steel plate insulated and metal clad constructions.

Courion’s standard freight elevator door equipment represents the culmination of over 90 years of experience and progress in the design, manufacture, and installation of power operated freight elevator doors and gates.

Vertical Bi-Parting Freight Doors

Vertical bi-parting doors provide full opening width access to the inside of the car, but require very little additional hoistway space. Bi-parting doors can be applied in most hoistway situations, including short spandrel heights, shallow pit, and low overheads. The counterbalance of the two door panels ensures smooth operation and long motor life for power doors.

Regular Type Doors

Regular Type Doors have found acceptance world wide. They are used when there is sufficient space available in the hoistway.

Regular type freight door illustration with dimensions

Telescoping Upper Section Doors

Telescoping Upper Section Doors are used at the top landing only, where clear overhead is low. The upper half of the door is in two sections, thus reducing the clear overhead required.

Telescoping upper type freight door illustration with dimensions

Pass Type Doors

Pass Type Doors are used when the floor-to-floor dimension is restricted. Pass doors allow the use of Bi-Parting doors by having the upper panel at the short floor height offset to pass behind the lower panel of the door above. They are also known as Extended Sill Doors.

Regular or Pass Type Upper Panel with Compound Lower Panel

(1/3 down, 2/3 up) are used when the pit is less than standard. This door reduces the pit required.

Slide-Up Freight Doors

Single Section Slide-Up Doors

Single Section Slide-Up Doors can be used when the distance between the projecting sill and the underside of the projecting sill above is adequate.

Two Section Slide-Up Doors

Two Section Slide-Up Doors can be used when the clearance available is less than required for Single Section Slide-Up Doors.

Door Construction

There are three basic types of standard door construction available from Courion:

  • STEEL PLATE (SP) panels have 12 gauge face sheets welded to reinforced structural steel frames. SP doors are UL and C-UL rated 1-1/2 hour (B).
  • STEEL PLATE INSULATED (SPI) panels are similar to SP, with the addition of insulation and a shaft-side steel sheet covering. SPI doors are UL and C-UL rated 1-1/2 hour (B) and heat transmission rated at 650 degrees F maximum temperature rise in 30 minutes.
  • METAL CLAD (M-6) panels have wood cores with galvanized steel coverings that provide greater fire resistance and extra resilience. M-6 doors are recommended for general commercial and heavy duty industrial use – except in wet conditions. M-6 doors are quieter and more resistant to serious damage from power trucks. M-6 doors are UL & C-UL rated 1-1/2 hour (B), and heat transmission rated at 250 degrees F maximum temperature rise in 30 minutes.

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