The ProfilerStorm® 2000B Elite automatic sliding door systems are ideal for coastal hurricane and high wind applications. It is driven with a slim belt drive header tested with panic devices up to 45 PSF and 55 PSF without panic devices and Miami-Dade and Florida Building Code approved. It is offered in non, partial, and full breakout configurations.
The idea came to Lew Hewitt and Dee Horton to build an automatic sliding door back in the mid-1950's, when they realized that swing doors had difficulty operating in windy Corpus Christi. So Lew and Dee set out to invent the automatic sliding door to circumvent the windy conditions.
Horton Automatics Inc. was formed in 1960, placing the first commercial automatic sliding door on the market and literally establishing a brand-new industry.