Functional doors: Invisible technology, powerful results
- 3 MIN. READ
- 2025-05-28
Doors are expected to do far more than simply divide rooms. Across a wide range of buildings, they play a key role: protecting against fire and smoke, reducing noise, securing sensitive areas and actively improving energy efficiency. To meet these demands, functional doors must comply with strict regulations – making a vital contribution to the safety of any building, whether it is a hotel, hospital, office or private home.
Depending on where they are used, functional doors serve very different purposes. Fire doors help stop the spread of flames in an emergency, while smoke protection doors hold back harmful gases. Soundproof doors keep things quiet in noise-sensitive environments like meeting rooms, hotel bedrooms or care homes.
Where extra security is needed, burglar-resistant doors prevent unauthorised access. Equally crucial are: functional doors for escape routes and emergency exits – they need to open reliably, even in challenging situations, and allow large numbers of people to leave the building safely if needed.
In practice, there is often a need for door solutions to combine several functions – for example, to fireproof and soundproof. This combination of technical features has long been standard in high-traffic buildings.
SIMONSWERK’s VARIANT VX offers a robust, low-maintenance and technically refined solution. Whether for heavy fire safety doors, high-traffic soundproof doors or emergency and escape doors, VARIANT VX is a versatile system, ideally suited to demanding applications. It effortlessly supports loads of up to 400 kg and offers three-dimensional adjustability as standard.
Even advanced requirements such as increased sealing and enhanced sound insulation can be met with ease. It combines precise engineering with high-quality design. With its perfectly coordinated hinge, receiver and cover, VARIANT VX offers not only outstanding functionality but also a consistently harmonious look for every door.
The concealed TECTUS hinge system allows functional doors to be installed flush with surrounding interior surfaces. With load capacities from 60 to 300 kg, door leaves of various sizes and materials are reliably kept in motion.
This premium hinge system combines exceptional precision in both design and engineering and blends elegantly with almost any material – ideal for minimalist design concepts.
Whether for fire protection, smoke control, sound insulation or enhanced security: functional doors must meet the highest standards. SIMONSWERK offers the hinge systems to support these requirements to the full – delivering maximum safety, comfort and efficiency in the running of a building.
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