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08 14 23 2015 Indestructible now comes in frames Taber tests don’t lie. These tests, the industry standard for abrasion testing, Most doors and frames prove that the Acrovyn Doors Acrovyn® New Acrovyn® Flush Faced are much tougher than any other commercial door. Tests cannot hold up to Panel Doors Doors by Design Acrovyn® Doors were conducted in accordance See page 20 See page 16 with ASTM 4060-90 standard the abuse in using CS-10 wheels. Shown today’s facilities. are actual test photos. 1,000 Cycles Wood Veneer 1,000 Cycles Low Pressure Laminate Traditional Banded (Thermal Fused) Edged Door 15,000 Cycles Here’s what happens when you don’t choose Acrovyn® Doors. After six months of use, banded-edged wood and plastic laminate doors become unsightly messes requiring constant repair and replacement. High Pressure Laminate 28,000 Cycles ® Acrovyn Doors look great— Introducing and stay looking great! New Acrovyn® Frame Systems Designed to match Acrovyn Doors with the same legendary durability. See page 4. Acrovyn® 4000 2 3 The industry’s most durable door now has equally durable frames to match. When we developed the Acrovyn® Door, it changed the industry. Finally there was a door that could stand up to the abuse in commercial facilities. It didn’t take long before customers started to ask, “What about the frames? They get damaged, too!” That’s why we developed the new Acrovyn Frame System. This new system is composed of our durable Acrovyn sheet installed on our new steel frame built to your specifications. Durability Designed to stand up to whatever facilities dish out and perform just like our Acrovyn Doors, keeping the entire opening looking like new. Easy to Install The Acrovyn wrap, formed for each specific frame, has mitered ends at the jamb and header and is prepped for hardware. The Acrovyn wrap quickly and securely locks to our frame, eliminating the need for any adhesives. The New Acrovyn® Replaceability Constantly repairing and painting frames becomes costly and time consuming, Frame System matches and you end up with the same result just months down the road. Just like our our Acrovyn® Door in Acrovyn Door edges, the Acrovyn wrap featured on our frame is field replaceable if ever damaged, so door frames no longer have to be facility eyesores. appearance as well as legendary durability. Solid Colors and Chameleon™ Patterns Available in all of our standard colors and Chameleon patterns, for better coordination and overall aesthetic options at each opening. Cleanability Features the same material as our doors, so it is just as easy to clean, as well as bacterial and fungal resistant. The problem with traditional door frames is they just don’t hold up in the real world. As the photos at right show, they start “uglying out” almost immediately. 4 Acrovyn® Frame Systems Selection Guide C/S Acrovyn® Doors— The chart below is designed to give a quick overview of the Acrovyn Frame options currently available. LEED® v4 compliant and now the first doors ™ (3) Sided (3) Sided (3) Sided (3) Sided (3) Sided (3) Sided that are Cradle to Cradle Certified Description Frame Single Frame Double Frame Single Frame Double Frame Single Frame Double and Pair Egress and Pair Egress and Pair Egress Acrovyn Doors and the Acrovyn Frame System feature our durable Acrovyn 4000 material that is completely free of PVC, BPA and PBTs. Rating 3 Hr. Class A 3 Hr. Class A 90 Min. Class B&D 90 Min. Class B&D 45 Min. Class B&D 45 Min. Class B&D Our doors can be constructed of FSC-certified wood and recycled components, rapidly renewable agrifiber and CARB-compliant cores that have no added urea formaldehyde. Single 4' x 10' N/A 4' x 10' N/A 4' x 10' N/A Now Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Pair 8' x 10' N/A 8' x 10' N/A 8' x 10' N/A C/S is pleased to introduce the first door system to be certified by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. C/S Acrovyn Doors are now Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Bronze!*† Double N/A 8' x 10' N/A 8' x 10' N/A 8' x 10' Egress New LEED® v4 Credit Contributions All of our Acrovyn Doors can help to contribute toward LEED® v4 Approved credits. LEED® v4 encourages the use of materials for which life cycle 16/14/12 ga. 16/14/12 ga. 16/14/12 ga. 16/14/12 ga. 16/14/12 ga. 16/14/12 ga. Thickness information is documented, such as in the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Product Standard. This product standard has become a trusted resource for consumers and specifiers to find truly sustainable New Masonry New Masonry New Masonry products. Acrovyn Doors can now help to contribute toward one New Masonry New Masonry New Masonry Existing Masonry Existing Masonry Existing Masonry Existing Masonry Existing Masonry Existing Masonry Pre-set Stud Pre-set Stud Pre-set Stud point in the new LEED® v4 Materials & Resources credit entitled Wall Types Metal Stud Metal Stud Metal Stud Metal Stud Metal Stud Metal Stud Wood Stud Wood Stud Wood Stud Wood Stud Wood Stud Wood Stud Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients. Hospital Yes No Yes No Yes No Stop For questions on LEED® v4, Cradle to Cradle Certified™, or any additional LEED® contributions, please call a door specialist at 800-972-7214. For Complete Product Selection Visit: www.c-sgroup.com/acrovyn-doors * Cradle to Cradle Certified™ is a certification † Currently excludes agrifiber cores and lead-lined mark licensed by the Cradle to Cradle Products models. Please continue to check our website 6 Innovation Institute. for up-to-date certification information. Life cycle analysis shows Acrovyn® Doors can save owners $800,000 compared to wood doors over 10 years. $1M $797K $552K $310K Wood Hollow High Acrovyn® Veneer Metal Pressure Doors Laminate Here is the real cost to buy and maintain 500 doors over An in-depth analysis on the cost saving benefits of the Acrovyn Door was conducted among leading hospitals throughout the United States. The study a 10-year period. compared a facility’s total cost of purchasing and maintaining 500 wood veneer, hollow metal, plastic laminate and Acrovyn Doors over a 10-year period. The areas considered in the life cycle analysis included: 1. Initial investment cost, 2. Annual operating cost, and 3. Annual maintenance and service cost. The findings concluded that Acrovyn Doors would cost $800,000 less than wood and $250,000 less than plastic laminate doors in a 10-year period. For a copy of the analysis results, call 800.972.7214 or your local C/S Representative. You get what you pay for. 9 Don’t be fooled by imitators—only an Here’s the proof: Acrovyn® Door is as good as an Acrovyn® Door. ue to the extraordinary popularity of the D Acrovyn Door, now in hundreds of facilities across North America, there are doors on the market now claiming to be the “same as” or “as good as” Acrovyn. Don’t be fooled! The Acrovyn Door boasts features, benefits and options that no other door can compare with. The previous pages have shown what can happen if you don’t choose a high impact resistant clad door for your facility. These pages show why the Acrovyn Door is the only impact resistant door you should consider. There are no doors available that give you all of the benefits of the Acrovyn Door, and when you compare it to doors with similar features, Acrovyn’s price is the same or Acrovyn® Competitor less. Beware of bait and switch tactics. Read your quotes carefully. Acrovyn simulated wood grain patterns look just The competition’s old-fashioned Pebblette texture like real wood and are PVC-free. base materials make their wood look like plastic. Edge of a Lifetime Warranty Only Acrovyn Doors are made of Only Acrovyn Doors will environmentally friendly PVC-free warranty the Acrovyn edges material—standard at no extra against damage for the charge. And our standard line of When it comes to durability, no commercial lifetime of the door. doors are now C2C Certified™ Bronze. door on the market can withstand the test of time like the C/S Acrovyn Door. The door shown here has been in use at St. Clare’s Thermal fused is a Hospital, Denville, NJ, since 2005 and still fancy term for low Acrovyn Doors simulated pressure laminate (as wood patterns clean easily looks in almost perfect condition. Acrovyn Doors are with non-abrasive cleaners. tested to withstand stated in competitors’ 2,000,000 cycle slams. specifications). The same Double the industry technology is used for standard. low-cost prefab furniture, which is not designed for Only Acrovyn Doors high abuse applications. Why settle for a knockoff when feature field replaceable edges and primary stiles. you can have the real thing? 11 Acrovyn® Doors, the door everyone is talking about 10YEARS We are proud to celebrate 10 years of success for the world’s most durable door. Acrovyn Doors has an unrivaled track record of performance, featuring a long list of customers across North America. Ask us for testimonials. “ I collided the edge of an Acrovyn Door sample with the edge of a competitor’s lower-cost solid core veneer sample. The competitor’s sample delaminated and was significantly damaged while the Acrovyn Door sample remained undamaged. This proved to our client that the Acrovyn Door was superior.” —Carl Nelson, Orcutt Winslow Top: Las Colinas Medical Center, Irving, TX Bottom: Nikko Hotel, San Francisco, CA Top: The Village at Hamilton Pointe, Newburgh, IN Bottom: Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, Burlingame, CA Architect: Stantec (formerly Anshen + Allen) 12 13 Most door damage occurs at the edges.
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