Magnetic locking for sliding glass doors

The individual glass panes run on guide rails and usually do not have a predefined locking position. However, it can happen that the door does not stay in the desired position and either opens or closes by itself. Especially if the doors are very smooth-running, even a slight breeze can prevent the door from staying where it should.

Magnetic locking for sliding glass doors

To provide the panes with a locking mechanism, one of our customers installed a cube magnet 12.0 x 12.0 x 12.0 mm N48 Gold - holds 11 kg into the glass sliding doors. Each pane has a magnet at its base, which is attached to the carriage via a specially manufactured pole piece. The pole pieces are made of 3 mm thick iron sheet and are adapted to the shape of the carriage. Therefore, some manual dexterity is advantageous.

Perforations are machined into the floor rail to accommodate the counter magnets. The distance between the door magnets and the floor rail magnets should be approximately 1 to 2 mm. This ensures that the magnets attract each other sufficiently strongly while also being easy to release.

Correct installation direction ensures smooth engagement of the sliding glass doors

The magnets are installed so that the direction of magnetization is parallel to the direction of movement of the sliding doors. This results in a clear, pleasantly smooth, and easy-to-reach locking position.
Each door locking position requires a magnet in the floor rail. Only one magnet is installed in the sliding glass door itself.

In the described REXOSLIDE system (manufacturer REXIN), a total of 12 magnets were installed.