Lead Lined Door Requirements

Lead lined hm door specification 083449.

Lead lined door requirements.

Lead must cover full height and width of the door. Lead lined doors sliding spec 081149. Neutron shielding door spec 083449 13. They can be powered either electrically or pneumatically.

Lead lined doors wood spec 083440. They are custom made to fit any size of structural opening and meet the safety and functionality requirements of x ray suites cath labs gamma camera angiography fluoroscopy and ct scanner rooms. With popular door options such as lead lined or bullet resistance vt s quality and attention to detail is never a question. A sign indicating when x ray room exams.

Because every project is different vt offers several specialty door products to set your project a part. All lead lined doors vision lites x ray glass lead lined frames and lead backed drywall must provide a lead shielding. Per the requirements of ncrp reports 49 and 147 and other radiation health and safety codes and general good practices. Our range of lead lined doors can be hinged sliding or automatic.

Provide a lead shielding equivalent of equal or greater than what is specified by the project physicist or radiation. Doors must be internally shielded with lead. These specialist lead lined doors can be supplied in a wide variety of styles and specifications to meet resistance to the passage of x rays in accordance with the national radiological protection board. Coreclad lead lined wood doors are constructed with the lead under each face and are available for lead thicknesses from 1 32 to 1 4.

Rpp offers lead lined wood doors that are durable and and provide effecrtive x ray shielding. Industrial sliding door spec. Standard hinges may work if the hinge and mounting hardware do not penetrate the lead lining in the door nb. Quick quoting and turnaround is our priority.

These considerations should help you in understanding what goes into calculating lead shielding requirements both for diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy. Nominal door thickness is 1 3 4. They are available in particle core construction or structural composite lumber scl core construction for lead thickness from 1 32 to 3 8. Manufactured to have an equal appearance to doors without lead protection.

Minimum height in most cases according to the ncrp report 147 is seven feet. Gap between the bottom of the lead door and the floor should be as small as possible. Home for the pros architectural doors technical information specialty doors.