Breaching Technologies Strip Lock Explosive Breaching Door User Manual

BTI Strip/Lock Explosive Door Manual

ised: 01 January 2011

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Model Type: 08

BTI Part Number: EDSL

BTI Door Installation

The installation of the BTI training door is straightforward and most likely self­explanatory by visual examination.

Caution: Through our physical testing of actual doors during the development of
this product, forces in excess of 3000 lbs. have been seen during a breach. Therefore
it is advisable to anchor or mount your product accordingly. Typical house
construction methods are not adequate for the numerous breaches for which this
product has been designed. If you are unsure of your mounting methods, please
consult a professional about these loads.

Free Standing. The Free Standing Kit may be installed to allow the door to be utilized

in a multitude of locations and scenarios. The accompanying diagram shows the
assembly method and mounting hole locations for a typical BTI training door.
Your freestanding kit includes stakes for anchoring on soft surfaces such as gravel and
asphalt. Alternate methods using “ram set” or similar methods may be used on hard
surfaces.

Wall Installation. Installation of a typical BTI training door into an existing or new
frame type structure is shown in the accompanying diagram. Provisions for mounting the
training door in a “pre-hung” fashion have been provided in the four metal mounting ears
and the frame guard as shown.

Alternate means of mounting such as face mounting or welding are up to the purchaser.
However, BTI Inc. cannot warrantee products, which are mounted in ways that weaken
the frame or structure, or are inconsistent with our design and testing.

Note: When installing the door into the opening of a structure, it is advised that a
provision be made to allow the ejection of stuck spent pins by poking from the backside
of the doorjamb.

One method of accomplishing this is to place aligned holes into the structure
corresponding to the socket hole.

Another method is to shim the door in the opening and allow ½ to 1 inch of clearance in
the area of the socket. This will allow enough access to the backside to eject the stuck
pins.

Although spent pins that occasionally stick into the socket after breaching may be
removed by pulling with a hook-type tool, it is consistently easier to poke them out rather
than pull them out.