NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2014

FOR THE INDUSTRY

In This Issue:

Door Substrates—difficulties for Industry!

R+T Melbourne and AGDA call for extra

protection for households

R+T Stuttgart

Thinking safe with automatic garage doors

Remote Workers Code

Pictured above are examples of lightweight bricks which can easily shatter on drilling making it almost impossible to fix garage door hardware to them. There has to be a workable system where brickwork adjacent to door openings can carry door loads. Pictured above is a warning sign on lightweight roof trusses warn-ing that loads above 15kg be NOT fixed to them. There has to be a workable system where roof trusses or similar at the door opening alignment can carry door loads. The increased usage of these types of lightweight substrates is a huge headache for the garage door industry. AGDA has approached HIA to have these issues discussed at the their national technical committee level so the wider industry can work to get guidelines set up for practical solutions from the de-

sign stage through to construction, ensuring adequate substrate structure is built to which garage doors can be safely fixed.

The door manufacturer’s responsibility is to design and manufac-ture garage doors fit for purpose and to specify the connections with which the door system is to be fixed to the structure, includ-ing the various substrates that may be used in the door opening.

Generally a garage wall or ceiling structure to which garage door brackets, tracks / guides etc. are fixed (timber framing, steel fram-ing, various types of masonry) should have been designed to ac-cept a certain type of garage door based on specifications avail-able from door manufacturers.

Consequently, the fixing methods and fastener types, mechanical or chemical for standard brackets, or purpose-designed brackets attached through the substrate need to be specified or selected by their load carrying capacity.

Where building materials are used in the surrounding structure that are not covered in the literature provided by the door manu-facturer, expert advice should be sought on the type of fixings that should be used.

Installers are generally not qualified to determine the engineer-ing performance of the substrate, but should satisfy themselves that the substrate and its condition has been determined to be suitable for carrying the load of the installed garage door and its operation on a regular cycle because the installer may be liable in the event of failure of the fastening to the substrate(s).

Any industry participants with direct experience of fixing problems relating to bricks or trusses are invited to send information or imagers to assist us in negotiating structural solutions with the wider industry.

DOOR SUBSTRATES— DIFFICULTIES FOR THE INDUSTY PARTICU-LARY LIGHTWEIGHT BRICKS AND LIGHTWEIGHT ROOF TRUSSES

There is a great deal more AGDA can do for the industry as new members join and add their support to the efforts of those organi-sations having made a commitment to assist the industry in a drive to an even playing field and compliance to all levels of regulation and good business practice for the wider industry and consumer

benefit. Consequently we are most pleased to welcome to the following new members of AGDA- Qld Door Doctors, LOGAN VILLAGE QLD

Queensland Roller Doors, BRENDALE QLD

Nova Industries Pty Ltd, SOUTHPORT QLD

The 1st R+T Australian Door & Gate + Window shade, spe-cialised trade fair 21st to 23rd August 2014 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre provided a ideal opportu-nity for AGDA to call for regulatory mandate for extra en-trapment protection for households .

The following members had stands at the exhibition, B&D Doors; Centurion Garage Doors; GfA Elektromaten, Steel-line Garage Doors; Taurean Garage Doors.

During the R+T event AGDA publicly called for secondary/extra entrapment protection for consumers, to be made mandatory under Australian and NZ regulations (as in USA) of secondary entrapment protection, consist of additional devices not directly built into the opener, including light bar-riers (IR-beams), pressure pads in the floor area under the

door, or door edge contact sensors.

Pics clockwise: Taurean; Steel-line, GfA, Centurion and B&D.

About 800 Exhibitors from the whole world are pre-

senting the entire spectrum from the segments of

roller shutters, doors/gates and sun protection at the

R+T 2015. Experience five days of pure innovations

on a floor ground with more than 100.000 square

meters, in nine halls.

Enjoy around a dozen events and special shows on a

wide variety of topics.

Free entrance for our members Together with Messe Stuttgart we invite you to visit

this unique branch event. Secure your free day pass

with the following code:RT2015AGDA

Redeem your code using the following link

Messe Stuttgart – MESSE TICKETSERVICE

Follow the instructions in order to download and print

out your free One-Day-Ticket.

Please note: The code can only be redeemed when

ordering your ticket online! The promotion code can

be used repeatedly so that you can generate a day

ticket for each trade fair day.

All information about R+T 2015

Please find further Information regarding the exhibi-

tion, the accompanying program as well as the list of

exhibitors under the following links:

All information about R+T List of exhibitors 2015 Visitor brochure

Book your journey to R+T in Stuttgart!

Messe Stuttgart has excellent transportation accessi-

bility: Walk directly from the airport to the trade fair

centre - only a 200 meter walk. Numerous accommo-

dation facilities are located in the immediate sur-

roundings and easy to reach.

With over 60.000 excepted visitors, please make sure

to book your hotel early!

Travel and accommodation R+T 2015

RECAP of LINKS TO R+T STUTTGART :

R+T Exhibition Melbourne

NEW DEALER MEMBERS RECENTLY JOINING AGDA

Global meeting for the sector:

Free entrance for our members

All information about R+T 2015

Book your journey to R+T in Stuttgart!

SAFETY: Thinking safe with Automatic Garage Doors.

Overview:

Modern residential garage door openers are required by Austra-

lian / New Zealand compliance regulations to be designed with

safety entrapment protection systems.

The relevant standard is: AS/NZS 60335-2-95:2012 “Household

and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2-95: Particular

requirements for drives for vertically moving garage doors for resi-

dential use”.

There are basically two types of entrapment protection systems:

Primary entrapment protection (also called inherent entrapment

protection), which is the contact-based force reversal system that

is built into the residential door opener;

Secondary entrapment protection, which consists of additional

devices not directly built into the opener, including light barriers

(IR-beams), pressure pads in the floor area under the door, or door

edge contact sensors. In order to be able to operate the door with-

out the use of any secondary entrapment devices, i.e. the opener

has to rely on the inherent force reversal system alone, the opener

must meet the requirements of clause 20.104.1 of AS/NZS 60335-2

-95. This sub-clause details the test procedure and pass/fail criteria

for the force reversal.

This test specifies a certain type of force gauge that must be used:

This instrument measures and

records the force level that the

leading edge of the door exerts

when in contact with the

gauge. The device also records

duration of this impact. An

average of three readings is

taken at each of the following locations:

50mm — — —

300mm — — —

500mm — — —

2 500mm (or 300mm — — —

Below maximum height)

Measurement height Force gauge location

above ground 200mm from left– Centre– 200mm from right

AS/NZS 60335-2-95:2012 specifies the maximum forces

that can be applied to the obstructing object:

Clause 20.104.1 specifies the permissible values of force level and

duration. In short, the following values must not be exceeded:

max force level: 400 N

max force duration: 0.75 seconds

If these values are exceeded at any of the measurement loca-

tions specified above, additional secondary entrapment protec-

tion devices, such as IR-beams, must be used.

With the addition of IR-beams, the permissible values for force

level and duration must not exceed:

max force level: 800 N

max force duration: 2 seconds

Clause 20.104.2 describes the test procedure for non-contact sec-

ondary entrapment protection devices, such as IR-beam systems,

if the closing forces exceed 400 N (and 0.75 s duration). The test

specimen in this clause requires that a 100 mm high obstacle can

be detected by the IR-beam system. This then requires that the IR-

beam system be installed at a height such that it can detect a 100

mm high object on the floor.

Door mass and door size, and closing speed, have significant im-

pact on the closing force levels. For safe operation, the door pa-

rameters must be within the specification of the opener intended

for the application.

Note: This bulletin is for information purposes only and does

not attempt provide a full or complete outline of the compli-

ance standard quoted. Installers must ensure that they are

fully acquainted with the latest revision of the relevant stan-

dard as this is subject to change without notice or reference

by this document.

It is important for the garage door industry to raise awareness that not only manufacturers, dealers and installers directly in the indus-try have a compliance responsibility, but builders and designers of buildings have a responsibility to ensure compliance to ANZ stan-dards in relation to garage doors such that the Australian con-sumer can be confident in the safe construction, installation and operation of a Garage Door. An understanding is needed of the minimum performance requirements for structural loads applied to the substrate to which the door is affixed.

THINKING SAFE WITH AUTOMATIC GA-

RAGE DOORS, AWARENESS BULLETIN

RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPLIANCE TO GARAGE DOOR STANDARDS EXTENDS BEYOND THOSE DIRECTLY IN THE INDUSTRY

By Editor on December 18th, 2013

http://safetyconcepts.com.au/remote-worker-code-starts-january-2014/

Under the model Work Health and Safety Legislation, employers with remote or isolated workers are required to have in place proc-esses for effective communication with remote and isolated workers by January 2014.

The Model Safework Australia Code of Practice Managing the Work Environment and Facilities provides guidance for the WHS Regula-tion Section 48 requirement for employers to manage the risks as-sociated with remote or isolated work.Remote or isolated work is defined as:

“… work that is isolated from the assistance of other people be-cause of the location, time or nature of the work being done. Assis-tance from other people includes rescue, medical assistance and emergency services.”

Not sure if this applies to you? Under the Code remote or isolated work, in relation to a worker, means work that is isolated from the assistance of other persons because of location, time or the nature of the work.

This can include the more obvious situations such as workers in a remote mining camp site. However what might be surprising is that the definition also includes workers in less obvious situations such as security officers working night shift in the city by themselves. As you can see it covers a broad range of jobs and industries, from farmers to real estate agents to individuals working from home or teleworking.

Under the code a worker may be isolated even if other people are close by, for example, a person working from home or a cleaner working by themselves at night in a city office building. In other cases, a worker may be far away from populated areas, for exam-ple, on a farm.

The Code of Practice requires consultation with workers and the implementation of clear strategies and policies

Where an employer has workers in remote or isolated work environ-ments they need to undertake a risk assessment identify the risks to which the worker(s) may be exposed.

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As part of its commitment to training AGDA is keen to seek expressions of interest in a range of scoped training / expert assistance to be an assessor or industry expert as AGDA develops an accredited Training system. Typically some-one who has experience as a door installer, near retirement or in a business with time available, to apply expertise in assessing training candidates in conjunction with authorised registered training organisation people.

Is this you? Drop us a line at

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