KDC Finger Safe Panels vs Traditional Panels - What’s the Difference?
Choosing the right sectional door panel type is essential for performance, safety, and aesthetics.
Within the KDC range, you can choose between:
- KDC Finger Safe panels
- KDC Traditional panels (Smart range)
Both are effective and secure solutions, but they differ significantly in design, safety level, appearance, and applications.
KDC Finger Safe Panels: enhanced safety and versatile use
KDC Finger Safe panels are designed to prevent fingers from being pinched when the door opens or closes.
- Use: residential and industrial doors
- Requirement: mandatory for doors with a height below 2.50 m
- Thickness: 40 mm PIR foam
- Certification: Bs2d0
- Available heights (mm): 500 / 530 / 560 / 610
- Surface finishes: smooth, woodgrain, stucco
- Colours: wide standard KDC colour range
They are the ideal choice when user safety (children, staff, high-traffic areas) is a top priority.
KDC Traditional Panels (Smart): robustness for large industrial doors
KDC Traditional panels from the Smart range are designed exclusively for industrial sectional doors.
- Use: industrial doors only
- Condition: only for sectional doors above 2.50 m DOH
- Available thicknesses: 40 mm or 80 mm (PIR foam)
- Certification: Bs2d0 (for 40 mm)
- Available height (mm): 610
- Surface finish: stucco
- Colours: wide standard KDC colour range
They are particularly suitable for warehouses, factories, and logistics buildings, where durability and stronger insulation (up to 80 mm) are essential.
Summary: how to choose between Finger Safe and Traditional panels?
Finger safety / doors under 2.50 m
→ Choose KDC Finger Safe panels.
Large industrial doors over 2.50 m
→ Choose KDC Traditional panels from the Smart range.
Design and visual flexibility
→ Finger Safe panels offer more heights, surfaces, and aesthetic options.
Maximum insulation
→ Traditional panels are available in 80 mm thickness for superior thermal performance.
This overview highlights the key differences between KDC Finger Safe panels and KDC Traditional panels, helping you make an informed choice based on safety, design, and application.