Motors for doors and windows: buying guide

by Elia Caneppele 30 July 2024 commenti (0) scrivi commento

What are the best actuators for opening doors and windows?

This online buying guide for window motors has been created to give you useful and practical answers.

Actuators are relatively easy products to search for if you are an expert, or if you need to make substitutions using a code tag. If you are not an expert, it can be difficult to understand what to choose. In summary, thanks to this guide you will be able to understand:

How to choose the engines ;
What differences exist between the various types of engines ;
What are the technical characteristics;
How the opening and closing mechanisms work;
What are the most reliable companies.

None . Actuators and motors are the same. Actuator is simply the professional term.

The actuators are useful for automatically opening and closing doors, windows, domes and sunshade blades . In this photo you can see for example a window motor.

You should choose the actuator based on the type of movement you need and, consequently, based on the mechanism that makes that movement .
For example, a window motor can move tilt (opening from the top towards the inside) or projecting (opening from the bottom towards the outside).

Manufacturers of door and window actuators usually divide the models by mechanism. Therefore you can decide to set a vasistas or protruding movement for your window using different types of motors:

Chain motor : for bottom hung or top hung opening;
Motor with rod : for opening to protrude;
Rack-and-pinion motor : for projecting opening.

The choice of the type of mechanism depends above all on the weight and type of window. If in doubt contact us at info@windowo.com .

Tilt opening: the window opens from the top towards the inside of the house . The opening uses gravity, while the electric movement is used to close the window and to make it return to the starting position;

Motors for vasistas doors and windows : an example are chain motors. Buy chain actuators on Windowo .

Outward opening: the window opens from the bottom towards the outside of the house . The electric movement serves to open the window, while gravity facilitates closing.

Motors for hinged doors and windows : an example are rigid chain, rod and rack actuators. Buy rod actuators on Windowo .

Sash opening: there is also the sash movement for a window , which, however, cannot be automated at the moment.

You can use an engine already programmed to work in pairs or in groups . An example is the Sincro version .

Otherwise you need a control and power unit which is called a control unit.

control units control unit for actuators

By connecting the engine to the control unit, and adding some detectors, you can choose to open and close doors and windows in certain situations.
There are wind, smoke, rain, heat, brightness detectors. Discover the detectors for sale on Windowo .

There are detectors for wind, smoke, rain, heat, brightness. Buy the detectors for actuators on Windowo .

rain wind smoke actuators detectors to open French windows

They are actuators that open and close by pressing a button . They are the most common type. The buttons are not manufactured by the companies and are added by the electrician during the installation phase.

There are radio versions of motors to open doors and windows with remote control . Some models have the remote control included. For others, however, it can be purchased separately.

We recommend these remote control motors:

C30 Radio TOPP (with motor included);
Kato ADV Radio Nekos (with engine sold separately).

motors with remote control doors and windows

The choice of remote control depends on the make and model of the engine. The remotes we sell most are these models:

TR8 TOPP ;
Pik Nekos .

At the moment we do not sell models capable of doing this, but in the future we will be able to open and close doors and windows even with the home Wi-Fi network . The companies in the sector are working on it.

You will have to decide whether to install the actuator with the home voltage (230V) or with the industrial voltage (direct current 24V) . Then there are other countries, such as in America, where the domestic voltage changes (110v). If the voltage is wrong, you risk burning the motor immediately (especially if you connect a 24V actuator to the house plug). If you have any doubts about security contact us on info@windowo.com .

The procedure to do is this. The technician mathematically transforms the weight of the frame into Newton. Each motor is designed to move a weight expressed in Newton. In summary: the more Newtons there are, the more weight the door and window motor can move .

Sure. On Windowo you can also find motors for shutters, shutters, sliding doors . If you don't want to use electricity, manual opening systems are also available.

We recommend the V1 TOPP actuator designed specifically for sliding doors.

Elia Caneppele

I'm Elia Caneppele, author of this article and founder of Windowo, the Italian shop specialising in the online sale of products for windows. My speciality is doing SEO for ecommerce and blogs, which, in simple terms, means getting people to find us on the Internet.

Since 2014 I have been a digital entrepreneur and, in addition to managing Windowo, I also deal with the communication of Autismo.it. I create content trying to convey as much value as possible to our customers.

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