For their flagship store in Chiswick, Tesla required an automatic bi-parting sliding door that matched their brand’s modern aesthetic while also complying with emergency escape regulations. However, due to the building’s structure and space limitations, a standard automatic bi-parting entrance package wasn’t feasible. Entec designed a custom solution that met Tesla’s vision while ensuring full compliance with safety requirements.
Project Overview
Tesla needed an entrance that combined both style and practicality—providing seamless automatic access while ensuring a sufficient clear opening in an emergency. Entec designed, manufactured, and installed a bespoke automatic bi-parting sliding door with a built-in breakout function, allowing the entrance to function as expected in daily use while offering full breakout capability in emergencies.
Challenge
Creating an automatic bi-parting sliding door package that would fit within the available entranceway while still providing a sufficient escape clear opening width in the event of an emergency.
Solution
Entec designed, manufactured, and installed an automatic bi-parting sliding entrance package with a built-in breakout function to the side screens. The result—an entrance that operates like a standard automatic bi-parting sliding door set during normal use but can be pushed from the inside in an emergency to fully break out and create a clear opening almost as wide as the entrance itself.
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