ServicesHigh Speed Doors
High Speed Doors in Scranton
We repair, install and tune high speed doors for warehouses, cold storage, food plants and production floors. The same small crew looks at your door, explains what it needs and does the work, so the opening keeps cycling and holding temperature.
Fast Doors Need Careful Hands
A high speed door can open and close hundreds of times in a shift. It separates a freezer from a dock, a clean room from a forklift aisle, or a heated warehouse from a winter wind. When it slows down, drifts off track or keeps reversing, the cost shows up as lost temperature, blocked traffic and forklifts waiting.
We work on fabric roll-up doors with flexible curtains and on rigid spiral doors with interlocking slats. We look at the whole system: curtain or slats, guides, drive, brake, controls and the sensors that keep people and equipment safe. Because our crew is small, the technician who diagnoses your door is the one who comes back to repair it.
The High Speed Door Work We Do
Curtains, panels and slats
When a hit knocks a curtain out of its guides, we put it back. Torn fabric sections and vision windows get replaced, and broken slats on spiral doors are swapped out. Plenty of fabric doors are designed to release on impact, so a proper reset often saves the curtain.
Motor, gearbox and brake
We go over the motor, gearbox and brake and watch how the drive speeds the door up and brings it to a stop. Doors that overrun their stops or chew through bottom bars early often have a tired brake or a drive set wrong.
Control and limit adjustment
We pull fault codes, reset the open and close limits, and tune speed and hold-open time to fit the way forklifts and people really use the opening.
Sensors and safety devices
We test and line up photo eyes, light curtains, reversing edges, motion sensors, pull cords and floor loops. At these speeds, the door must halt and back off every time something or someone is underneath.
Installing new doors
If repair no longer makes sense or you are opening a new doorway, we help you weigh fabric against rigid designs, then mount, wire and start up the door. Our Loading Dock Equipment Sales page goes into equipment choices in more detail.
Signs Your High Speed Door Needs Attention
It reverses for no reason
A door that stops and backs up with nothing in the way usually points to a misaligned photo eye, a dirty sensor lens or a failing reversing edge.
The cycle has slowed
If the door takes noticeably longer to open, forklifts start stopping short or clipping the curtain. Slow travel can come from drive settings, a dragging guide or a tired motor.
Curtain keeps leaving the guides
One breakaway after a hit is normal. Repeated ones suggest worn guides, a damaged bottom bar or a door that closes too early for your traffic.
Frost, drafts or rising energy use
Ice at a freezer door, or cold air spilling across a dock, often means worn seals or a door staying open longer than it should.
Fault codes on the control panel
Repeating codes are the door telling you something specific. We can usually trace them to one part before it causes downtime.
What a Service Visit Looks Like
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Start with a phone call
Let us know which opening it is, what kind of door hangs there and how it is acting. A few quick questions, and we pick a visit time that fits between your shifts.
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A look at the door in person
We cycle the door open and shut several times, pull up the control readings and go over the curtain, guides, drive and each safety device. You get photos and a straightforward account of the condition.
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Repair or replace, explained
Before anything starts, you have a written estimate and our view on which way makes more sense. No work is added unless you sign off on it.
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The work and the final test
The opening is roped off while we work. Afterward the door runs cycle after cycle so we can confirm each stop and reverse function. We clear our mess and show your staff any settings we changed.
What Drives the Price
A job can be as small as lining up a sensor or as large as a brand-new door. We set a price only after seeing the door and hearing how your team uses it, and the estimate breaks out parts and labor so every dollar is accounted for.
- Fabric or spiral design
- Flexible fabric doors and spiral doors made of interlocking rigid slats have little in common under the hood. Spiral doors carry more moving parts to check and swap, so both repairs and new units tend to cost more.
- Opening size and setting
- Big openings, outside doors exposed to wind, and insulated freezer or washdown doors all need heavier-duty parts.
- Age of the motor and control board
- When the motor is worn or the control board is no longer supported, fixing only the failed part may not be enough. We lay out that tradeoff plainly.
- Added sensors and interlocks
- Light curtains, motion activation, or tying the door to dock levelers and vehicle restraints all widen what the job involves.
High Speed Door Questions
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Can you work on a door from a manufacturer you did not install?
Usually, yes. We service most common fabric and rigid high speed doors. If a part is proprietary, we will tell you up front and explain what sourcing it involves.
Our curtain came out of the guides after a forklift hit it. Is the door ruined?
Often not. Many fabric doors are designed to break away and reset. We check the curtain, bottom bar and guides for damage, reset the door and look at why it was hit so it happens less often.
Should we repair our old door or replace it?
It depends on the drive, the controls and how much the door is used. If parts are still available and the frame is sound, repair is often sensible. If the controller is obsolete or failures keep coming back, we will show you why replacement may cost less over time.
Can the work be done without stopping our operation?
We plan around your shifts and can schedule visits during slower hours. Most repairs only close one opening, and we keep the area marked off so traffic can be rerouted safely.
How often should a high speed door be serviced?
Busy doors benefit from regular checks of sensors, limits and wear parts. We can fold your high speed doors into a loading dock preventative maintenance plan alongside your overhead doors and dock levelers.
Get Your High Speed Door Back on Pace
Tell us what your door is doing and we will set a time to see it. The same crew handles your door from the first look to the final test, across Scranton, Dunmore and the surrounding area.