ALUMATITE™

SECTIONAL ALUMINIUM OVERHEAD DOORS

Alumatite Door Systems are designed to provide an attractive and practical solution when maximum light and/or visibility is required. Built to withstand heavy use and high traffic using extruded aluminum alloy rails and stiles with a full width integral horizontal reinforcing truss at each pair of meeting rails. Highest quality hardware components provide years of dependable operation. Choose from a variety of finish and glazing options or configure your door with Thermatite panels for extra strength and additional energy savings.

A150 - Alumatite™

Aluminium Overhead Door

A175 - Alumatite™

Aluminium Overhead Door

Alumatite Door Systems

Section Details

Glazing Sections

  • A150 1 1/2″ (38mm)
  • A175 1 3/4″ (45mm)

Section Framing

Fabricated from 6063-T6 aluminum alloy extrusions, extrusion thickness 0.075″ (1.9mm) thick, and 0.105″ (2.7mm) thick at hardware mounting locations.

End stiles: 3 3/8″ (86mm) wide aluminum for single end roller brackets; 6 3/8″ (162mm) for double end roller brackets

Centre stiles: 2″ (51mm) wide aluminum

Pair of meeting rails: 3 1/4″ (83mm) high, aluminum

Top and bottom rails: 3 3/8″ (86mm) high, aluminum

Glazing Sections

1/8″ (3mm) thick or 1/4″* (6mm*) thick clear acrylic, polycarbonate, plain or tempered glass or 1/2″ (13mm) thick sealed plain or tempered glass * Not available for A150

Self-aligning glazing retainer

Reinforcement

0.105″ (2.7mm) thick aluminum extrusion for hardware mounting. Full width integral horizontal, reinforcing truss at each pair of meeting rails. Minimum depth of 1 3/4″ (45mm)

Paneled Sections

Fabricated from 0.05″ (1.29mm) thick stucco embossed aluminum sheet.

Opening Width & Height

Width: All models 24’-2” (7366mm)

Height: All models 16’-0″ (4877mm)

Thermatite Bottom Section
(Optional Top Section)

Insulated sections fabricated from pre-painted, hot dipped galvanized, steel sheet; with rigid polyurethane insulation core, CFC and HCFC free, face sheet stucco embossed and rib reinforced.

T150 / T150 R 13.21 ft2 hF/Btu / U 0.430 W/m2K

T175 / T175 R 16 ft2 hF/Btu / U 0.355 W/m2K

Warranty

1 year on materials and workmanship

Colors

Clear Anodizing*
White

*Clear anodizing to AA Spec A-21 (Custom anodized colors are also available). White Duracron Super 600 thermo-setting acrylic enamel.

Standard / Optional Hardware

Standard Hardware

Weatherstripping

Full length retainer and bulb weather strip minimize air flow and ensure weather-tightness at the base of your door.

Trussing

Doors are constructed to withstand wind load specified in ANSI/DASMA 108. Linear style trusses are provided according to door size. Additional trussing can be provided for higher wind load applications.

Track

Roll formed from commercial galvanized steel. Vertical tracks sloped to ensure weather tight seal. Horizontal track curve available in 12″ (305mm) or normally provided 16″ (406mm) radius.

Track Brackets

Bolted type, field adjustable, rib reinforced, stamped from 0.123″ (3.1 mm) thick commercial galvanized steel.

Rollers

Ten ball bearings provide years of smooth and quiet operation. 7/16″ (11mm) diameter standard stem, long stem on doors over 16’-2″ (4928mm) wide.

Counter Balance

Helically wound torsion springs manufactured from oil tempered spring wire, stress relieved, minimum 10,000 cycles. Aluminum die-cast grooved drums. Flexible 7 x 19 construction aircraft type galvanized cables with 5:1 safety factor. Higher cycle available upon request.

Horizontal Angle

72″ (1829 mm) long or 90″ (2286mm) for 3″ hardware.

Hinges

Linear type, fabricated from 0.078″ or 0.106″ (2 or 2.7mm) thick zinc plated steel with embossments designed to resist higher load and provide greater stability resulting in improved performance.

Top Roller Carrier

Fabricated from zinc plated steel designed to provide greater stability, field adjustable to ensure weather tight seal.

Roller Brackets

Linear type fabricated from 0.078″ or 0.106″ (2 or 2.7mm) zinc plated steel. Graduated type design to ensure weather tight seal.

Shafts

1″ (25mm) diameter 0.078″ (2mm) tube or 1/8″ (3mm) wall keyed full length or 1″ (25mm) diameter cold rolled galvanized steel keyed full length.

Head Plates

Full height fabricated from galvanized steel, complete with bolt-on type bearings.

Lock

Interior slide bolt type.

Mounting Fasteners

Zinc plated.

Optional Hardware

  • Exhaust port: 3″ (76 mm) / 4″ (102mm) / 5″ (127mm) diameter
  • Plywood Kick Panel: 3/8″ (9.5mm) thick plywood covered on both sides with 0.032″ (0.8mm) aluminum or 0.037″ (0.94mm) embossed steel sheets

Warranty

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Authorized Dealers

A door is only as good as its installation. That's why our doors are only installed by Authorized Dealers. This process ensures that every installation meets our standards of quality.

Made In Canada

Richards-Wilcox™ Canada has been in business for over 100 years; from parts, to hardware to panels, R-W doors are proudly Made in Canada.

Lifetimer™ Warranty

When you choose R-W, you've chosen the best garage door you can buy and we'll back that up in writing with our Limited Life-Timer™ Warranty

TruBalance™ Drum
System

The patent pending TruBalance™ Drum System provides doors built with a heavy weighted glazed top section with up to an 87% better balance than industry standard.

WeatherLock™
System

Featuring our exclusive WeatherLock™ Section Joint, Dual Fin Triple Contact Weather Seal and Arctic Grade Bulb Shaped Bottom Seal with a Dual Contact aluminum retainer.

Neufoam™

In order to achieve the highest thermal values and stability, RW sections are evenly filled environmentally friendly CFC/HCFC-free Neufoam™. The higher density polyurethane insulation in a computer controlled continuous process provides uniform insulation, superior adhesion and excellent strength to the door panels.

Standard Hardware & Standard Hardware Plus

We manufacture very beautiful doors. We also care about saving you the hassle and maintenance for many years to come. We have built our reputation on delivering exceptional quality. Our hardware items are manufactured to the highest standards in the industry.

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