Protect Your Asset With A TORMAX Automatic Door Service Contract

In an era where convenience and inclusivity define modern spaces, automatic doors have become the standard for modern buildings, with key access points often being integral to the smooth functioning of the premises. Experts in door automation, TORMAX UK provides nationwide coverage through its team of service engineers, offering 24-hour emergency callouts alongside scheduled maintenance and repairs for almost any automatic door system.

These services protect capital investment by helping to ensure a long and reliable working life with minimum unscheduled downtime.  A TORMAX Planned Maintenance Contract (PMC) allows for regularly scheduled servicing, ensuring the entrance always complies with current health and safety standards and maintains optimal performance. 

“Today’s automatic door systems are more advanced than ever,” says Simon Roberts, MD for TORMAX UK.  “Over time, dirt, leaves, and other debris - or even water infiltration during heavy rain - can impact the system’s performance or lead to complete failure. Regular, comprehensive servicing helps detect potential issues early, preventing long-term damage and keeping key components functioning at their best. “Our goal is always to repair rather than replace, reducing costs and disruption. With every engineer carrying a comprehensive range of spare parts, we can often complete repairs on the first visit.” 

With proper care and servicing, a TORMAX automatic door can deliver safe, efficient performance for 25 years or more—making a strong partnership with a trusted maintenance provider essential.  www.tormax.co.uk

Invisible Door Automation Brings Seamless Access To London Café

Discreetly integrated into the entrance of Acai Berry café in London’s busy SW1 district, a TORMAX iMotion 1401 underfloor door operator ensures effortless, hands-free access for all visitors. Offering invisible automation, this innovative swing door solution provides a neat, contemporary appearance that complements the café’s modern design, while delivering the reliable performance demanded in such a high-footfall location.

With the mechanism concealed entirely beneath the floor, the entrance maintains an uncluttered aesthetic, free from bulky overhead drive units, and is engineered for durability with minimal ongoing maintenance requirements.

Acai Berry is a growing café brand known for its vibrant, health-focused menus built around the nutritional power of açai berries. The SW1 café offers a welcoming space for customers to enjoy bowls, smoothies, and fresh juices, all focused on natural ingredients and wellness.

With a reputation for creating spaces that are both stylish and accessible, the TORMAX automated entrance ensures inclusivity for all visitors. TORMAX, a pioneer in door automation, has been setting industry standards since 1951. Swiss-engineered for precision and reliability, the company’s iMotion operators are built using cutting-edge AC motor technology, delivering quiet, smooth, and energy-efficient performance over an exceptionally long service life. With a portfolio spanning sliding, folding, swing, and revolving door systems,

TORMAX works with architects, designers, and contractors worldwide to deliver bespoke entrance solutions that combine technical excellence with architectural vision. “The Acai Berry installation highlights how our underfloor automation allows designers to retain a clean, contemporary look without compromising on accessibility or durability,” comments Simon Roberts, Managing Director of TORMAX UK.  “It’s a perfect example of form and function working seamlessly together.”   www.tormax.co.uk

Visitor Access Upgraded With TORMAX Automatic Entrance

Swaffham Museum is an independent social history museum providing a wealth of information about the locality. Creating disabled access into the building, TORMAX was recently contracted to install an automatic telescopic sliding door, maximising the available pass-through distance within the limited available space.

"We wanted to encourage passers-by to come in and explore the Museum”, explains Tim Lynch, from the Museum. “The new glass sliding door creates an effective entrance lobby, allowing us to leave the outer door open so that people can easily see inside. It also makes the access much more user-friendly and welcoming to everyone, especially for less-able visitors and those with buggies.”

Delivering smooth operation and exceptional reliability, the entrance is powered by the in-house designed, TORMAX iMotion 2202.A door drive. Situated in the original Town Hall building that dates back to 1810, the Swaffham Museum opened in 1986 and features five local history and geology exhibitions. Perhaps the most famous local hero who is celebrated in the Egyptology room is Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.

Being an historic building, Swaffham Museum needed to maintain the existing external entrance, as well as a set of internal wooden folding doors which created a lobby area. However, the folding doors were not very user-friendly and also created a visual barrier to potential visitors walking past in the street.

TORMAX was able to install an elegant automatic sliding door within the existing set of folding doors, maintaining the heritage feature whilst improving accessibility for all visitors. Aesthetically unobtrusive the iMotion 2202.A door drive combines reliable AC motor technology with a state of the art microprocessor control system in a slender guide track with an installation height of only 100mm. www.tormax.co.uk