Choosing a Closer

Not every door operning challenge can be met with the ever versatile pivot. When faced with the other special door applications out there, RIXSON has a complete range of closers from its heavy-duty floor closer to its security closers. Each closer helps fulfill a host of needs, but which one works best for your door? Let RIXSON help in your closer decision making process.

Purpose of a Door Closer

• Control
• Convenience
• Privacy
• Security
• Energy conservation
• Acoustic and noise control

Purpose of a Pivot

• Hang the door

• Aesthetics
• Fully concealed
• Vandal resistant
• Greater weight bearing capacity
• Weight of door carried by floor closer itself
• Highest efficiency of any closer mechanism
• Ensures longer life for door, frame, and all other hardware
• Dead stop - stops door at exact range
• Hold open - holds door at exactly the same position as dead stop (selective or automatic hold-open options)

There are two main types of floor closer; heavy-duty and shallow depth, both available as independently, center, or offset hung.

Heavy-Duty: ideal for interior or exterior doors

Offset Hung	Center Hung	Independently Hung
Used for doors weighing up to 1500 lbs	Single or double acting models  for doors weighing up to 1000 lbs	Concealed floor closer for independently hung doors

Shallow Depth: Ideal for interior doors

Offset Hung	Center Hung	Independently Hung
Used for doors weighing up to 250 lbs	Single or double acting models  for doors weighing up to 250 lbs	Concealed floor closers for independently hung doors

• Support weight of door
• Controls the door
• 3 points of contact

• Supports the weight of the door
• Controls the door
• 2 points of contact
• Pivot point centered in thickness of door
• Pivot point can be moved closer toward the lock edge of door
• Used on cased opening frames
• Single acting or double acting
• When single acting closers are used, there must be a frame or angle stop at the lock edge of the door
• Depending on the location of the frame, doors with standard edge-of-door installations can rarely swing more than 130°
• Cannot be used on fire rated doors
• Center hung closers are not recommended on residences

• Controls the door
• Doesn't support the weight of the door