Door Control System
Electronic modular bus door control system to ensure driver and passenger safety
Overview of ZF's Door Control Solutions
Key Facts
What can Door Control System provide?
ZF’s electronic Modular Door Control system offers safety features for different bus variants in compliance with the European safety regulations ECE-R 107. It can be applied to a variety of pneumatic and electrical doors, such as inward and outward swinging doors with or without lifting locks, and hinged sliding doors.
Details
Customer Benefits
- Complies with European safety regulation ECE-R 107
- Supports driver and passenger safety leveraging a wide range of safety features including clamping protection and emergency door opening
- Offers a high degree of modularity and flexible parameter settings
- Cost-effective and easy installation for Bus OEMs thanks to patented single door control valve solution and the reduced number of components
- Simplifies calibration without additional tools
- Comes with ZF standard diagnostic software, available in different languages
- Adaptable to different door types thanks to application software download at End of Line (EOL) for bus or door manufacturer
Features & Capabilities
- Compact, electronically managed door control system based on standardized components, reducing the parts count
- Modular system structure enables universal use and fast adaptation to different bus variants
- Up to eight door control modules per CAN line possible
- Features an innovative patented integration of door, emergency and blocking valve functions into a single electro-pneumatic valve
- Connects to the vehicle via the CAN-bus
- Offers integrated multiplex functions
- Available as versions for the control of electrically or pneumatically driven doors
Door Control Valve
Control valve to enable pneumatic door control with integrated safety features
Customer benefits
- Offers independent adjustment of damping in open- and closing direction
- Comes with integrated emergency functions, increasing driver and passenger safety
- Builds on ZF’s deep understanding for advanced safety technologies for various CV applications incl. bus
Features
- Compact valve with push to connect fittings (6 / 8 mm) and threaded ports for 3 pressure switches
- Switches automatically to forceless & pressure-less in emergency situations
- Emergency actuation from outside always possible
- Inside emergency cock actuation can be blocked according to ECE R107 requirement
- Reset of emergency actuation can be done from the dashboard
Emergency Cocks
Manually operated 2/2 way valve with self-return of the knob for emergency situations
Customer benefits
- Offers emergency actuation by turning the handle 90° clockwise, thus increasing in-vehicle safety
- Reduces complexity with only one control pipe without additional valves
- Immediate re-use possibility as it returns automatically by integrated spring
- Builds on ZF’s deep understanding for advanced safety technologies for various CV applications incl. bus
Features
- Useable in combination with MTS2 solenoid valve
- Consists of a 2 / 2 way function, normally closed (NC)
- Leverages ‘push-to-connect’ fittings
- Comes with or without electric switch
Door Operating Cylinder
Pneumatic cylinder for opening and closing the inside swing doors of buses
Customer benefits
- Comes with an innovative design
- Features an optimized weight
- Builds on ZF’s long-term experiences for advanced bus door control
Features
- Uses integrated throttles to adjust the speed in each direction
- Adaptable to various customer needs thanks to different piston length
- Leverages ‘push-to-connect’ fittings
Door Sensor
Sensor to detect the door position in buses
Customer benefits
- Provides the required signal for optimum door control
- Ensures the detection of pinch points to support passenger safety protection
- Leverages ZF’s advanced know-how for bus door control and sensor technology for various applications
Features
- Supplies the ECU with an analogue signal proportional to the door position
- Enables the connection of a pressure wave sensor
