Automatic doors Cape Verde are supplied and installed by Coetz™ and MC Automations Entrance Systems, shipped from our facility in Johannesburg. Praia, on Santiago, is the capital of an Atlantic archipelago lying off the West African coast — a setting that combines two loads on hardware rather than one. This guide covers what to specify and what we quote per project.
Automatic doors Cape Verde face salt and Saharan dust together
Most island markets contend with salt air. automatic doors Cape Verde also sit in the path of dust carried west off the Sahara, the haze known locally as bruma seca. Salt corrodes and dust abrades, and between them they work on exactly the same components: the track, the rollers, the floor guides and the sensor lenses.
Powder-coated aluminium is the right leaf material because it does not rust and the coating carries the finish. What decides the working life of automatic doors Cape Verde is not the leaf but whether the track can actually be rinsed and swept out — which makes cleaning access a specification decision rather than a maintenance afterthought.
Specifying automatic doors Cape Verde
The decisions that shape automatic doors Cape Verde are the same five everywhere, and all are cheaper settled before the opening is built:
- Opening width set for how arrivals and departures overlap at the busiest time of day.
- Sliding or swing. A sliding entrance needs side space for the leaf; where there is none, the MCW-100 operator automates the existing door.
- Access control settled up front, because it changes the wiring rather than being added later.
- Battery backup, which decides whether the entrance fails safely open or simply stops in a power interruption.
- Cleaning access to the track, which in a salt-and-dust setting is the difference between a long life and a short one.
Automatic doors Cape Verde and the safety rules that do not bend
A powered entrance must detect a person standing in the opening and hold rather than close on them — the principle set out in EN 16005. Sensors drift and their lenses salt and dust over, so on automatic doors Cape Verde sensor testing is routine service work, not a fault call.
Building and fire regulations in Cape Verde govern escape routes and may set requirements for how an entrance behaves in an emergency. We do not hold those approvals on your behalf and will not claim compliance we cannot evidence — your local consultant confirms what the authority requires, and we build to meet it.
Spares, service and the freight question
Freight to an archipelago is what most changes the plan. A service call is not a same-day visit, so automatic doors Cape Verde should be specified with a small spares kit held on site — belt, rollers and floor guides go first — and with agreement on who handles routine rinsing and sensor checks between our visits.
The MC-125 is rated for one million maintenance-free cycles and carries a two-year manufacturer warranty. We will not put a lead time, a freight cost or a duty figure for Praia in an article, because they depend on the consignment and the route on the day; those come back in writing with the quotation.
What we need before we can quote automatic doors Cape Verde
A quotation that holds up needs a handful of facts about the opening rather than a general enquiry. Sending these with the first email usually saves a round trip, and it lets us price the freight to Cape Verde at the same time as the equipment:
- Structural opening size, width and height, measured rather than taken from a drawing where possible.
- What sits above the opening, because the operator needs a solid, level fixing across the full span.
- Whether power is available at the head of the opening, and whether the supply is stable enough to skip a battery backup.
- Access control, if the entrance has to be controlled outside staffed hours — card reader, keypad, remote or intercom.
- Photographs of the opening from inside and outside, which answer more questions than any description.
With those in hand we can quote the equipment firmly and give you a realistic figure for getting it to site and installed.
Frequently asked questions
Does Coetz install in Cape Verde or only supply?
Both. Coetz supplies the equipment and MC Automations installs it. Because Cape Verde is an Atlantic archipelago, we quote the equipment, the freight and the installation visit together against your drawings.
Where are the door systems made?
The MC-125 sliding door system is assembled in South Africa, at our Laser Park facility in Johannesburg, from supplied components.
Will salt air and dust damage the entrance?
They attack the moving parts rather than the leaf. Our leaves are powder-coated aluminium, which does not rust; the track, rollers and sensor lenses are what need rinsing and routine attention.
How long does the MC-125 operator last?
It is rated for one million maintenance-free cycles and carries a two-year manufacturer warranty. Real service life depends on traffic and on how well salt and grit are kept out of the track.
What does a project in Cape Verde cost?
The South African published prices are R27 590 for the MC-125 sliding system and R15 900 for the MCW-100 swing operator. Freight, any duties and the installation visit are quoted separately once we have the opening sizes and site details.
Starting a project in Cape Verde. Send us the opening sizes, the building type and whether the entrance needs access control, and we will quote equipment, freight and installation together. Our automatic door service areas page sets out where our teams are based, and the MC-125 automatic sliding door system page carries the equipment detail.
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