Working with contractors VolkerFitzpatrick Ltd, Jewers Doors has said it was delighted to have been awarded the contract to supply six sets of Swift fully glazed (SWT-E-FG) bi folding doors for Stadler’s new state-of-the-art depot in Gosforth, Newcastle.
The depot was completed earlier this year and is designed to accommodate 46 new trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro, which Stadler is manufacturing for Nexus.
The six sets of doors each measure 4,000mm wide by 4,500mm high and are electrically operated in four leaves, with two leaves folding to each side clear of the opening.
The door leaves are constructed from cold rolled galvanised box section dovetail frames, each with five No. horizontal glazing transoms. Leaves are 60mm thick and are finished with a polyester powder coat inside and outside.
Each set of doors has 24 vision panels of 24mm thick double-glazed windows.
The doors are side-hung and without a floor track to ensure door leaves glide across rail
tracks and are electrically operated via a smooth, powerful, fast, and efficient helical-worm
gear motor producing high torque.
The control board integrates with BMS (building management system) and DPS (depot protection system) to create ultimate safety.
The completion of the depot at Gosforth is Jewers’ third project for Nexus; it comes after
the successful installation of two Swift-SEW doors at their Training Facility in South Shields
and another one at the Satellite depot in Howdon, North Tyneside in 2020.
