Commercial Hydraulic Doors

Bar Pod - Mobile Container Bar Pod Makes Its Debut At The 'Big Game'

Bar Pods have only been in production for about a year. They made their debut at the Nightclub and Bar Convention last year in Las Vegas. They are a deluxe, all-inclusive, velocity service, waste reducing concession bar for beer, wine, or mixed drinks (or all three in one unit), on tap that can be adapted to customer needs. They are equipped with the TurboTap, a patented retrofit draft beer-dispensing device made from high-grade stainless steel that slips over the end of a standard U.S. beer faucet.

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It is an amazing door. I would say that it has lived up to everything we imagined, plus more, 5,000 pounds of door opening effortlessly.

Bar Pod Owner
Las Vegas, Nevada

The newest Budweiser Bar Pod has a Schweiss 23.1 ft. x 8.10 ft. one-piece hydraulic side mounted container door on it. You might have even seen people belly up to the Budweiser Bar Pod at this years Super Bowl. The compact, mount anywhere Schweiss hydraulic pump unit is ideal for these type of containers and when opened the door provides a nice shaded canopy for customers. It opens and closes in a matter of seconds ready for the next day of service or to go on the road to the next fun venue.

"It is an amazing door. I would say that it has lived up to everything we imagined, plus more," said the owner. When asked what he liked best about the Schweiss product he responded: "5,000 pounds of door opening effortlessly". and the advantage of having a large shaded canopy when open.

As the word got out that Schweiss Doors was producing container doors, they have been manufacturing containers as well as container doors for more and more people.

Sway Thai - A Unique Restaurant Design

Schweiss doors adds style to the spicy new Sway Thai restaurant in Austin, Texas. The restaurant hydraulic door opens to a large communal table area where diners can eat and socialize. "We love the door. It's great and we get a lot of comments. When it's closed, people don't even realize it's a door because aesthetically, it speaks so well to the interior design," said the restaurant owner, Jesse Herman. Austin is a city of big flavors, but interestingly enough there are few that specialize in Thai food. That's where the long-awaited Thai Restaurant called "Sway," (meaning elevated, delicious) tops the bill.

Traditional Thai food has a reputation of being very spicy and hot enough to satisfy anyones taste for heat. A newly opened restaurant in Austin, Texas does that and more. Austin is a city of big flavors, but interestingly enough there are few that specialize in Thai food. That's where the long-awaited Thai Restaurant called "Sway," (meaning elevated, delicious) tops the bill.

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We love the door. It's greate and we get a lot of comments. When it's closed, people don't even realize it's a door because aesthetically, it speaks so well to the interior design. It exceeded our experiences," said Herman. who noted that in a typical day 400-plus meals are served. "I think we'll expand in Austin then outside of Texas in the near future.

Jesse Herman
Austin, Texas

Owners, Jesse Herman and Delfo Trombetta describe their menu as drawing from Chinese, Malaysian, Indonesian and Vietnamese influences. Herman, Trombetta and Executive Chef Rene Ortiz got their taste for Thai food while living in Sydney, Australia where Thai food is wildly popular. The large Sway menu is inspired by the modern Australian style of Thai cooking, which means it's more of a contemporary restaurant than a typical traditional family-run Thai restaurant. Apparently it has been very well received as Sway was voted Best Restaurant of the Year & Best Restaurant Design/ Interior in the Austin Chronicle's Best Of Poll 2013.

Their beverage program includes Asian beers, drinking vinegars, wines, curated teas, Thai and Vietnamese coffees, but it is the menu that speaks volumes and so do people who have dined there.

This isn't your typical meat and potato-lovers restaurant. A small list of what you can expect to see on the menu includes: Po-Pea Jay, Shu Mai, General Chong's Quail, Nashi Pear Chicken, Grilled Meats, Thai-inspired Noodles, Whole Market Fish and Blue Crab. Several dishes can be prepared gluten-free or vegetarian.

Sway's designer-style glass door, located near the bar at the restaurant, opens up to the outdoor Spirit Garden patio dining area. The 11' 7.38" x 7'11" custom-made hydraulic one-piece door is segmented with numerous attractive glazed windows. The frames were ordered without a primer coat of paint so the raw steel gives off more of a rustic look. It comes with two remote controls and photo eye sensors for easy and safe operation.

Traditional Thai food has a reputation of being very spicy and hot enough to satisfy anyones taste for heat. A newly opened restaurant in Austin, Texas does that and more. Austin is a city of big flavors, but interestingly enough there are few that specialize in Thai food. That's where the long-awaited Thai Restaurant called "Sway," (meaning elevated, delicious) tops the bill.

"We love the door. It's great and we get a lot of comments. When it's closed, people don't even realize it's a door because aesthetically, it speaks so well to the interior design. It exceeded our expectations," said Herman, who noted that in a typical day 400-plus meals are served. "I think we'll expand in Austin and then outside of Texas in the near future." said Herman.

Doc B's Fresh Kitchen - Doc B's Kitchen, Chicago, Illinois

Doc B's Fresh Kitchen in Chicago was established to become an extension of your own kitchen. The Gold Coast location features a Schweiss one-piece hydraulic glass designer door which opens wide at the entrance to the outside where customers can also enjoy their dinners sidewalk style. The custom-made Schweiss Designer Door is 16.2 ft. wide x 7.9 3/4 ft. tall. It is equipped with electric photo eye sensors. The door opens to an outside dining area which seats 20 customers.

"What's unique about the door is when it's open it creates this natural canopy. You can sit right up next to the window. So if its rainy or misting outside you get the benefit of the outside visual and still have the advantage of that outdoor/indoor feel," explained the owner. Once I saw this door, I was attracted to it and knew it was the right fit. I fell in love with it at first sight."

"We researched operable storefronts and operable window systems previously on the Internet. We started thinking about how they could be applicable to some other projects we were working on. Schweiss doors really caught our eye. I think we looked at every conceivable door type available. We looked at bifold, horizontal and vertical, scissor type systems, and overhead glass garage doors as well. We mostly wanted a strong connection to the outside street energy of Doc B's. The single piece storefront that moves was the most dramatic option. It's a great door, the simplicity of it is one of the nicest features of it."

Irish Pub Las Vegas - Las Vegas Irish Pub Has Schweiss Unique Outdoor Patio Bar

Nine Fine Irishmen is a Las Vegas southside strip-located pub of epic proportions. It has a great location just across from the MGM Grand Casino and nearby Tropicana. A unique kiosk with a spectacular 360 degree view of the Las Vegas Strip opens up outside to the public with four Schweiss hydraulic designer doors. The half in, half out design lets you sit inside with the marvelous woodwork and old world feel or you can sit outside the bar on the faux patio adjacent to the casino floor.

The year-round outdoor patio and bar kiosk, has ample seating for about 100 people. It features two custom made Schweiss hydraulic designer doors 15 ft. 1.5" x 4 ft. 4" which open at the sides and two 7 ft. 11.5" hydraulic doors opening at each end. A unique feature for this is the use of only one hydraulic pump for all four door, with four separate key stations to open and close the doors. The pump is situated about 50 ft. from the outside bar. Each door closes on a granite counter top and is fitted with electric photo eye sensors and manual latches. When the doors are open they provide shade to the area around the bar. When closed, they provide a tight seal and security to the contents inside.

Additional custom work was done to blend the Irish Pub Las Vegas hydraulic doors into the kiosk. Custom side plates were also used to camouflage the two hydraulic cylinders on each door. The cylinders are hidden from the exterior when the doors are closed and the end-user provided custom fit nylon covers with Velcro closures to conceal the cylinders when the doors are open.

Shanghai China Hotel - Schweiss Designer Doors Make Debut at Elegant China Hotel

There are no boundaries when it comes to Schweiss hydraulic and bifold doors - they're sold worldwide. The advent of the Internet years ago has expanded the name of Schweiss Doors and orders for these quality doors go to every edge of the earth. Case in point: Schweiss Doors successfully filled an order for three 12×20 ft. hotel hydraulic designer doors for the new $250 million five-star Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Shanghai, China.

The architect and a project coordinator from China assigned to this lavish hotel wanted to see firsthand the workings of Schweiss Doors, so they boarded a plane in the middle of the winter to tour the Minnesota factory where their three doors were built.

They stated they wanted their new hotel to have a look of elegance. By definition, the word "Ritz" means 'luxury and glamour.' The hotel people wanted to build something nobody else had, and that included glass-front, sophisticated looking doors opening to the hotel's plaza-level restaurant.

Shipping three 12' x 20' hydraulic doors via shipping containers required some special packaging. Shipping logistics involved a time frame of three days transit from Schweiss Manufacturing to Los Angeles, then 25 additional days across the Pacific Ocean to Shanghai.

The three Schweiss hydraulic doors were fabricated from galvanized steel and specially painted. Once delivered to the hotel site, unique thermopane windows were installed on site along with a final silver-gray paint scheme. On the outdoor veranda area, three gleaming Schweiss 'window wall' hydraulic doors provide shade and shelter plus 24-hour security for the Ritz-Carlton dining adventure.

Opus One Winery - California's Opus One Winery Exudes Upper-Crust Class

The design of the vineyard shop embraces the partnership of Opus One and Chateau Mouton Rothschild, by taking the concept of the centuries-old courtyard stables of Bordeaux and merging it with modern materials and technology.

A combination of eight Schweiss hydraulic and bifold doors went into this project. The Schweiss bifold and hydraulic doors are an integral part of the design and functioning of this facility. The biggest challenge with the Opus One Winery hydraulic doors was to develop a design concept that would complement the architecture of the iconic winery, meet all functional requirements to maintain the very sophisticated equipment and conceal the complex operation from public view.

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The installation went actually well. It was kind of daunting at first, but we just laid it out and pieced it together; like anything, we put our minds together and came up with a good game plan and it went really smooth. The Schweiss intallation manual was easy to follow; we didn't run into any hang-ups. The door works great and opens and closes really smooth.

Randy Striplin and Roger Aselson
Napa Valley, California

The winery gave the Schweiss doors a special dramatic treatment at the dusk opening ceremonies. They had a five second opening delay and counted down very slowly. It was quite dramatic, with eight doors opening one after another at five-second intervals. It was cool seeing them all pyramiding up.

The construction company was given the "Award of Excellence Building" accolades for its work on Opus One by Metal Construction News, which also recognized it for the award-winning "Building of the Year" for its construction project.

All of the equipment maintenance takes place within the courtyard area. Opus One owns and farms more than 200 acres of vineyards in Napa Valley and utilizes the most sophisticated equipment developed for grape growing.

Schweiss Doors of Fairfax, Minnesota, supplied bi-fold and hydraulic doors made of perforated stainless steel used for the rain screens around the washing/fueling area, clerestory windows and exhaust fan.

The winery gave the Schweiss doors a special dramatic treatment at the dusk opening ceremonies. "It was kind of neat at the Opus One opening ceremonies. They had a five second opening delay and counted down very slowly. It was quite dramatic, with eight doors opening one after another at five-second invervals. It was cool seeing them all pyramiding up," explained Contractor Randy Striplin. "I go out there occasionally and look at the doors. It really is an amazing set up," noted Opus One Vice President of Public Relations Roger Aselson. To tell you the truth I do mention the doors to some of our visitors when we do lunches or presentations out there or include it as part of our VIP tours."

Mill's Fleet Farm - Schweiss Doors Go On Newest Mills Fleet Farm Store

Mills Fleet Farm, founded in 1955 by the Mills family, is a growing company with a retail chain of 34 stores in Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa. It's newest store recently celebrated its grand opening at Ankeny, Iowa - a midstate location of approximately 45,000 residents located north of downtown Des Moines bordering on an agricultural and suburban-based economy.

The newest Ankeny store, the second of its kind in Iowa, covers a total of 261,000 sq. ft., making it one of the larger Mills Fleet Farm stores. They average from 2,500 to 3,000 customers per day depending on the season. The store has 210 employees.

Customer service and efficiency is paramount to Fleet Farm's day-to-day operations. Helping to add to the efficiency was the addition of two 24' 4" x 17' 5" custom-made Schweiss doors. The Mills Fleet Farm hydraulic doors are positioned side-by-side and open to the outdoor garden center.

Under Armour - Under Armour Designer Door By Schweiss Speaks for itself

Schweiss Designer Doors don't get much better than this. Under Armour Corporation ordered this very attractive and unique metal perforated hydraulic one-piece canopy door as a showpiece for their store and office building in Baltimore, Maryland.

The 28' 10" wide x 12' - 140 mph wind rated billboard style Under Armour hydraulic door features two distinctly lighted Under Armour billboard-style logos which can be seen for miles around especially during the evening hours. Two powerful Schweiss hydraulic cylinders open the door whisper-quiet providing corporate charm and weathertight security for the store when closed.

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The architect had Schweiss listed as one of the approved door manufacturers for this project. I had a good relationship with Shcweiss in the past so I decided to go with your quote. We hired a rep from Schweiss Doors to come down and help us. Everybody at the college was impressed at how the doors turned out. I remember the architects and designers specifying that they thought it was going to really be a unique and coll component to the building.

Mike Kryneski
Papillion, Nebraska

Schweiss Doors designer door line has been going full-blast for a number of years. These designer doors have appeared on an exclusive hotel in China to places like the Red Bull Headquarters in California; Sway Thai Restaurant in Texas; Old Navy mall entrance in Texas; Guthrie Theatre in Minnesota; AT&T San Francisco Giants Stadium; Cycle City in Hawaii to beautiful carriage house helicopter hangar doors in North Carolina and many colleges, municipal buildings, homes and schools throughout the United States and abroad.

Architects, engineers and building contractors will testify that your ideas can go anywhere from mild to wild, from concept to reality. You think it - Schweiss will custom-build it!

For more information on the hydraulic and bifold liftstrap designer door line, visit Schweiss Doors at www.schweissdoors.com. The "Must See Photos" website section will give you dozens of ideas on how other Schweiss customers have relied on Schweiss Doors to customize their own door needs and unique ideas. Schweiss Doors can be reached by calling 800-746-8273.