FAIRFAX, Minnesota — Schweiss Doors, a manufacturer of hydraulic and bifold liftstrap doors, has built a new manufacturing facility that will also serve as a showcase for the company’s new “free-standing” header frames.
A post-frame building built in 1960 was torn down to make room for the 90-foot by 94-foot metal building with an inside clearance of 20 feet. The building features three hydraulic doors that illustrate the company’s free-standing header frames integrated into the hydraulic doors, allowing the doors to support themselves with no reliability on the building structure itself, according to company officials.
“The building and free-standing hydraulic door design will be a real exhibit that displays the new stand-alone hydraulic door,” says Mike Schweiss, owner of Schweiss Doors.
Schweiss says the expansion will serve as an additional door building shop, featuring six welders and custom-designed hoist systems throughout the facility to help maneuver the door frames.
Production in the new facility started during the first week of March 2023.
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