Architectural revolving entrances and controlled security portals for buildings that need traffic flow, environmental separation or identity-based passage.
What this product family does
Revolving doors and security entrances differ greatly in throughput, lane control, tailgating detection, emergency egress and required staffing. A responsible design coordinates architecture, floor loading, fire/life safety, access control, visitor management and adjacent accessible swing/sliding routes.
Products and decisions
| Product area | What it includes | Selection guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Revolving entrance | Manual or automatic architectural revolving systems | Evaluate diameter, traffic, wind/stack effect, canopy and adjacent accessible route |
| Security revolving door | Controlled one-person or managed passage configurations | Define credential, presence detection, entrapment response and guard workflow |
| Security portal/mantrap | Interlocked controlled passage where appropriate | Requires written life-safety, emergency release and operational sequence |
| Integration | Readers, biometrics, visitor systems and building security | Test interfaces and define what occurs on denied access or sensor alarm |
Questions to answer before quoting
- Throughput and peak queues
- Fire/egress and accessible alternate route
- Tailgating/anti-passback objective
- Staff response, emergency release and maintenance
- Who owns administration, backups, updates and recurring services?
- What must continue working during network, internet or power failure?
- Which opening, egress, accessibility and life-safety requirements apply?
- What training, documentation and preventive maintenance are required?
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How to compare and specify this product family
For dormakaba Revolving Doors and Security Entrances, the right model and architecture depend on the site, existing infrastructure and operating policy. A proposal should clearly document the following electronic lock and door-hardware system decisions before equipment is ordered:
- Opening type, handing, frame and door condition
- Fire rating, egress, accessibility and code constraints
- Fail-safe or fail-secure operation and emergency release
- Credential, reader and controller compatibility
- Battery, wireless gateway and offline behavior
- Mechanical key override, maintenance and lifecycle support
Installation, testing and handoff
Each opening is surveyed as a complete assembly. We verify the door, frame, handing, existing prep, latching, closer, egress hardware, power path and the required emergency behavior before specifying a lock. Installation includes alignment and mechanical correction within scope, cable and power testing, credential enrollment, door-state and request-to-exit tests, and failure-mode verification. The owner receives opening schedules, administrator guidance and maintenance requirements; private credential data and certificate details are not published.
Frequently asked questions
Questions building owners ask when choosing between revolving entrances, security revolving doors and interlocked portals for a controlled lobby.
When does a revolving entrance need to be a security revolving door instead?
When passage itself has to be controlled. An architectural revolving entrance, manual or automatic, moves traffic and separates the lobby from outside air. A security revolving door adds controlled one-person or managed passage, with a credential, presence detection and a defined entrapment response, so it belongs where identity-based passage matters more than raw throughput.
Do we need a full portal, or is a security revolving door enough?
It depends on your tailgating and anti-passback objective and on the staffing you can commit. A security portal or mantrap uses interlocked controlled passage and requires a written life-safety, emergency release and operational sequence before it is specified. If the goal is deterrence and lobby flow rather than one-person verification, the revolving option is the lighter answer.
Where does accessible entry happen if the main entrance revolves?
At a separate leaf beside it. The design coordinates an adjacent accessible route, a swing or sliding door next to the revolving unit, and the code official confirms what that specific entrance requires. Put the accessible leaf on the same access control scheme so people using it are not pushed through a different check-in path.
What does the building itself have to provide before one of these is installed?
Structure and coordination come first. The design works through architecture, floor loading, fire and life safety, access control and visitor management, and evaluates diameter, traffic, wind and stack effect, canopy and the adjacent route at the entrance. Retrofitting an existing lobby can require slab, canopy or storefront work, which belongs in the scope before the entrance is ordered.
What can the entrance read, and what does it do on a denial?
Readers, biometrics, visitor systems and building security are the listed interfaces, so what the entrance can read depends on which of those you run and what each one sends. Every interface is tested at commissioning, and the design defines what occurs on denied access or sensor alarm, including what the operator is expected to do and what the entrance does next.
Somebody gets refused or stuck in the door. Who deals with that?
A person does, which is why the guard workflow is designed alongside the hardware. Staff response, emergency release and maintenance are written into the operating sequence, along with the entrapment response for the specific unit. Decide early whether the lobby is staffed at all hours, because an unstaffed security entrance changes both the product choice and the after-hours procedure.
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