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One-Touch Inspection Door FAQ

Q. 1Can I purchase these products directly from Tsubaki?

No. Our products are only available through distributors/dealers.

Q. 2From which companies can I purchase these products? (Please introduce me Tsubaki distributors.)

Contact your Tsubaki representative for more information.

Q. 3What do they cost (list price)?

Contact your Tsubaki representative for more information.

Q. 4What is delivery like?

See the list of standard/MTO products in the catalog or on the Tsubaki website. *Number of shipping days shown in the list is actual business days.

Add two weeks to the delivery date shown in the list of standard/MTO products for overseas deliveries.

Click here for the list of standard/MTO products

Q. 5What kind of coating do you apply to One-Touch Inspection Doors?

P series is rust-colored with a baked primary coating for the main body (no coating for heat resistant types), and its levers/pins/cotter pins are unichrome-plated. Q series is pickled (no coating) for the main body, and levers/pins/cotter pins are unichrome-plated. R series is all-pickled (no coating).

Q. 6How do you pack One-Touch Inspection Doors?

Standard types with neoprene rubber gaskets are packed in boxes with the gaskets and levers unattached. Heat resistant types are packed in high-neck type boxes with gaskets and levers attached .

Q. 7Do you offer food grade gaskets?

Yes. Silicone rubber meets food standards.

Q. 8Can I purchase gaskets, levers, and hinges as parts?

Yes. These parts are available as replacement parts.

Q. 9What kind of adhesive do you use for the gaskets?

Polyethylene foam and neoprene rubber gaskets come with double-sided tape. Silicone rubber gaskets use a KE-45T adhesive produced by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. Ceramic gaskets use a 1109J Threebond. Gaskets for pressure resistant types are packed with Bond G Clear (20g) produced by Konishi Co., Ltd.

Q. 10What is the difference between standard and heat resistant types?

A heat resistant type uses specially designed gaskets and come with a gasket stopper frame. No coating is applied to the P series. Size 4 has four levers.

Q. 11Is it possible to attach a screen to an existing One-Touch Inspection Door later?

Yes, screens and other fixing parts are available for sale (Welding fixing parts needed). T-Guard designed for One-Touch Inspection Door (screen can be attached later with no welding needed) is also available.

Click here details on T-Guard

Q. 12Can I purchase just the door for replacement?

Yes, as an MTO product. Delivery is about three weeks.

Add two weeks to the delivery date shown in the list of standard/MTO products for overseas deliveries.

Q. 13About how much pressure can a standard One-Touch Inspection Door withstand?

Test results for P2-N and P3-N show that they can withstand 4.9kPa (ref. 0.05kgf/cm2), although this is not a guaranteed value. The value will decrease with gasket degradation.

Q. 14Are laterally-opening One-Touch Inspection Doors available?　

Yes, as an MTO product.

Q. 15Is it possible to heighten the frame of high-neck type?

The frame height can be max. 280mm. Available as MTO products.

Q. 16Are transparent windows available for heat resistant types? Also, are glass windows available instead of acrylic resin ones?

No. Transparent windows must be used below 80ºC. The window is thin (2-3mm) and will break if glass is used instead of acrylic resin.

Q. 17Is there any instruction manual?

Yes, we include it in the package when the product is shipped.

Q. 18Do you have any CAD data?

Yes, you can download CAD data from our website. Data is only available for standard type P series.

Click here for drawing data