GEZE GmbH

Electric strikes are useful and important aids for doors which experience a high level of use. For emergency exits that double up as fire protection doors, special emergency exit electric strikes are vital. The new FT300emergency exit electric strike is approved for use on fire protection doors under DIN EN 14846:2008 and thus optimally suited for this purpose. It also offers greater convenience, as it opens doors even with a preload of up to 500 N, with a full latch engagement. The latch engagement depth is nine millimetres for double-leaf solid leaf doors. At the same time, the FT300 offers a maximum holding force of 10,000 N against tampering, allowing it to be used as a safety electric strike too.

Thanks to a new connection technology, manual installation is easy: the connection block can optionally be reconnected, enabling universal installation. Moreover, the FT300 fits in all conventional strike plates, and can also be easily adjusted in this instance.

Find the optimum window drive even more quickly and easily

GEZE WinCalc 2.0: the new configuration tool for window technology now offers more

The calculation program tackles complex calculations for the system design of a window and issues all applicable drive solutions. It enables the calculation of manual and electromotive ventilation windows, RWA windows and NSHEVs, as well as the design of appropriate emergency power control units. WinCalc therefore makes selecting optimum window drives easy and reduces the calculation required for the installation engineer. The new, advanced version WinCalc 2.0 provides additional calculation options and reduced calculation methodology in the new design.

As a result, window drives can be projected with a freely configurable stroke and other specific features. Results are available more conveniently and faster, as a direct start-up is possible. The primary creation of a project is no longer mandatory. The things that the user is interested in are displayed straight away. The input values and the corresponding results are stored in the user profile. The calculation logs are available to download with the lists of items and they can be transferred to the basket in the GEZE SystemShop, enabling a direct order.

Handling has been simplified: an optimised user interface ensures intuitive operation and quick navigation. The calculation speed of the system was also increased – a further step towards rapid results. WinCalc 2.0 can be used flexibly across different browsers, including Internet Explorer (from Version 10), Firefox, Chrome and Safari. It goes without saying that WinCalc 2.0 can also be used on a tablet.

At FENSTERBAU FRONTALE 2018 in Nuremberg, GEZE will again be exhibiting new and innovative solutions from the fields of door, window and safety technology as well as building automation, under the tagline 'Smart Facades. Made by GEZE'. One of this year's show highlights will be the new BACnet building automation system GEZE Cockpit. Furthermore, visitors will be impressed with innovations from the areas of automatic door systems, door, window, and safety technology as well as service solutions.

Professional Solutions: Intelligent solutions for doors and windows

The new BACnet building automation system makes buildings truly 'smart'. In addition to the traditional product groups such as heating, air conditioning, lighting and shading, GEZE Cockpit enables even doors and windows to be automated and integrated into a building system. This allows for safe, comfortable and energy-saving building operation. Further advantages of the system are the central visualisation, monitoring and operation of automated GEZE products for door, window and safety technology, and of all integrated products. It can be used as an independent building automation system, or be integrated into a higher-ranking building control system. GEZE Cockpit for the first time enables the full intelligence of GEZE products – including all available control options and status information – to be integrated into the building network.

In the field of automatic door systems, the F/R-IS/TS variant of the Powerturn swing door drive is a 'robust' combination of automatic door and manual door closer. It is particularly suitable for double-leaf doors, for example asymmetrical doors, where mainly the active leaf moves, and is operated automatically for increased comfort. The passive leaf is fitted with a door closer. One particular visual feature of the system is the universal drive look across both door leaves. The smoke control unit is also invisibly integrated into the cover.

There are innovations in manual door closers too: A new variant with a high end closing force ensures the door closes safely, even in adverse operating situations – for example interlocking door systems at the access to underground garages.

In the area of window technology, the IQ box KNX interface module enables controlled, natural ventilation plus direct integration of the GEZE IQ windowdrives into KNX building systems, such as the new generation of the Slimchain 230 V chain drives: This variant impresses with its simple installation, fast commissioning and exceptionally slim design.

Living Solutions: New door comfort with GEZE ActiveStop

At FENSTERBAU FRONTALE 2018, GEZE will present the variant of its GEZE ActiveStop door damper that is fitted to the door frame. The intelligent system ensures controlled, dampened opening and closing of room doors. The version fitted to the door frame can simply be adhered into position, and then removed again. The convenient retrofit variant is sure to impress visitors during live installations on the GEZE exhibition stand. Following awards for the integrated version, GEZE ActiveStop has also received major awards for the variant that is fitted to the door frame: the Focus Open 2017 in Silver, and the ICONIC AWARDS 2018: Innovative Interior – Best of Best.

Service Solutions: The right solution for every need

In the Service area, GEZE will also be talking about new tools designed to make work easier, for example the new version 2.0 of GEZE WinCalc. The configuration tool for window technology takes over the complex calculations when designing a window system: time-saving, easy-to-use and convenient. It is possible to perform calculations for manual and electrically operated ventilation windows and smoke and heat extraction systems (RWA), as well as for SHEVs. With a new design, intuitive operation and a wide range of functionalities, the software version 2.0 offers many new advantages.

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Julia Graf

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j.graf@geze.com

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GEZE GmbH

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D-71229 Leonberg

www.geze.com

Greater access convenience – and a completely new door feeling:

The GEZE ActiveStop door damper now also in a version fitted on the frame

With the GEZE ActiveStop door damper, it is more comfortable than ever before to enter rooms. The version integrated into the door leaf is virtually invisible. The version fitted on the door frame makes the perfect retrofit for existing doors - whether made of wood or glass. The intelligent system ensures controlled, dampened opening and closing of swing doors.

With GEZE ActiveStop, doors are stopped gently, closed quietly or kept open with ease. Whether you give the door a gentle or a hearty push – the system opens it safely and independently, right up to the stopping position which can be personally adjusted to anywhere between 60 to 140 degrees. At the same time, the door damper brakes the door at the right time and keeps it open safely in the required position. This is also an advantage if it draws a lot during ventilation and the door threatens to slam shut in an uncontrolled way. In this case, GEZE ActiveStop intervenes and ensures the door is held open safely. Thanks to active damping, the door closes slowly and quietly from about 25 degrees and prevents not only noisy slams, but also damages to the door, unsightly marks on walls or injuries as well. Doors 'run freely' at between 25 and 60 degrees. The door damper reliably catches them from 25 or from 60 degrees.

Installation? It couldn't be easier

GEZE ActiveStop can be integrated into room doors (including those with glass panes) with a leaf weight of up to 45 kilograms. Compact in size and measuring just 28 millimetres wide, the door damper can be integrated virtually invisibly into the door leaf, with few milling steps. The version that is fitted on the frame is adhered to glass or wooden doors and can easily be removed – a big advantage in rented accommodation, for example. End-users receive a complete door system and only have to set the desired back check and opening angle. The system can be adapted to any door situation. Because the door remains closed on its own, no lock latch is necessary.

Innovative double award-winning design

GEZE ActiveStop meets the highest design standards and has received many awards, most recently at the ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Interior 2018. The international expert jury honoured GEZE ActiveStop with an award in the “Building fixtures” category. The new 'GEZE ActiveStop fitted on the frame' door damper even received the 'Best of Best' award.

The new GEZE Cockpit building automation system:

Intelligent building control in Smart Buildings

The new GEZE BACnet building automation system makes buildings really smart, in other words, fully networked, secure, energy-saving and efficient, since it now allows automatic doors and windows to be integrated into a building management system. The unique, interdisciplinary networking of GEZE's door and window technology, using smart software and open interfaces, is closing a gap, and opening up new opportunities in building automation. The system's unique advantages as well as its tasks are the central visualisation, operation and monitoring of automated GEZE products for door, window and safety technology. It can be used as a stand-alone system or be integrated into a higher-ranking building management system.

Networked and 'intelligent' doors and windows

GEZE Cockpit for the first time enables the full intelligence of GEZE products – which means all available control options and status information – to be integrated into the building network. Doors and windows can be operated 'intelligently', because now data from other participants and sub-systems can also be used. They can thus be controlled and monitored with the highest degree of precision. One example is setting an automated door's opening width, or a window opening and closing according to the external temperature, in interaction with temperature sensors and heating systems. All of a door's operations are fed back and can be actioned immediately as required.

Door and window scenarios – automatically the right response

Individual scenarios can be saved in GEZE Cockpit, so that doors and windows are automatically opened and closed or doors are automatically locked, triggered either by time or by a specific event. The system is particularly recommended in cases where automatic doors or windows need to be operated differently depending on the time of day, e.g. in office buildings, hospitals or shopping centres. There multifunctional doors are operated throughout the day using different modes of operation and during the night as secured emergency exit doors. Networking with GEZE Cockpit also allows doors to be monitored and operated, the mode of operation to be changed, or time-controlled functions to be managed remotely. Checks by staff are eliminated because the status of the individual products is fed back. Malfunctioning doors, alarm and error messages can be easily identified and countermeasures can be taken.

Ventilation scenarios ensure interdisciplinary interaction between product groups, creating an optimal indoor climate. Integrated in GEZE Cockpit, the façade technology responds to changing climatic conditions. Windows close according to the external temperature, rain and wind, or open depending on the room ambient temperature and air quality. Shading is activated in response to solar radiation. Time-controlled ventilation scenarios in office buildings enable natural energy-saving night-time back cooling, or individual rooms to be ventilated for meetings.

Operation via PC, tablet or smartphone

The control unit forms the logical hub of GEZE building networking. This BACnet building controller allows you to install three graded, browser-based software applications to ensure all building demands are covered. Any IP-enabled device – be it a PC, tablet or smartphone – can access and act on information from the system. With GEZE Cockpit up to 62 GEZE products can be networked: automatic door systems, emergency exit protection systems, hold-open systems, electric strikes, motor locks, windows and window groups. GEZE Cockpit communicates with the integrated doors and windows via IO 420 BACnet interface modules. The system's MS/TP interfaces receive signals from the doors and windows and send signals back in response.

Fire protection doors which must close safely in an emergency can also be used for barrier-free access. Hold-open systems hold them open electrically until they are either closed manually or – in the event of a fire – closed by activating the smoke switch. GEZE offers complete hold-open systems, such as the systems in the TS 5000 door closer range in combination with the GEZE R-guide rail with integrated lintel-mounted smoke detector. With additional ceiling and lintel-mounted detectors GEZE makes hold-open systems for fire and smoke protection doors that meet German general design certification (ABG) standards.

The new FA GC 170 wireless extension kit

In order to offer greater safety and convenience GEZE has made its range of hold-open systems even more appealing with a special extension solution. Traditional wired connections can now be replaced with wireless ones. The wireless components of the new GEZE FA GC 170 wireless extension kit can be easily connected to existing systems via a wireless module. FA GC 170 is a much-welcomed retrofitting solution that enables GEZE hold-open systems, ceiling-mounted smoke detectors and manual trigger switches to be connected wirelessly to the wireless module on the lintel-mounted detector.

No structural modifications – optimum retrofitting

Installing the FA GC 170 wireless extension kit requires no additional cables to be hooked up to ceiling-mounted detector and manual trigger switch: This is a real advantage where structural modifications are unwanted or impossible, e.g. in listed buildings. What’s more, the system allows you to easily retrofit ceiling-mounted detectors on existing hold-open systems. The new solution guarantees secure, preventive fire protection and meets all of the relevant requirements.

Quick and easy connection – low maintenance

All of the wireless extension kit components are connected via a DIP switch. The wireless module at the heart of the wireless system enables wireless communication between the virtually invisible lintel-mounted smoke detector, integrated into the guide rail, and the various wireless devices, e.g. the wireless ceiling-mounted smoke detector and wireless ceiling-mounted temperature detector as well as the wireless module to the manual trigger switch. Flexible system configuration allows you to connect up to six wireless devices, so even ceilings affected by certain structural conditions can be fitted. The FA GC 170 wireless extension kit can be used with all GEZE hold-open systems and is tested according to DIN EN 54-25. The long battery life of five years reduces its maintenance costs.

Silent, powerful and accessible in every environment
The new GEZE TS 5000 SoftClose overhead door closer:

Reliable, safe and silent closing of doors even in environmental conditions that do not so obviously lend themselves to this level of comfort, like the generally narrow interlocking door system areas of underground car park entrances, staircases or wind or heavy suction – these are the advantages of the new TS 5000 SoftClose door closer. Door slamming is prevented by damping the door shortly before the closing position.

The real “strength” of the TS 5000 SoftClose is its exceptionally high end closing force. The closing speed can be set individually within an opening angle of between 0 - 15°. Thanks to its optimised closing process, doors are pulled into the lock securely with constant force. The TS 5000 SoftClose door closer is the perfect solution for clients desiring or needing their doors to close quietly, gently and securely, e.g. in hospitals, hotels and apartment buildings. It fulfils DIN 18040 demands for barrier-free construction up to a leaf width of 1,100 millimetres.

The new door closer can replace existing versions of the TS 5000. It is compatible with all GEZE guide rails. The TS 5000 SoftClose can be used with single and double leaf doors and a range of door systems and is flexible in terms of its installation.