Profile Line

Compact, sleek, and robust our new Profile Line discreetly secures your vulnerable commercial areas. Installation is a snap with our turnkey Pro-PocketTM option.

Efficient Design, Superior Protection

QMi’s new Profile Line combines a clean, modern design with practical, secure functionality. Its narrow 4 in. profile and optimal turnkey Pro-PocketTM frame simplify installation and daily operation. Flexible for any venue or application, Profile integrates seamlessly into your retrofit or new construction project.

Features

Benefits

Broad range of 12 available styles
From high-visibility to high-airflow to high-design, QMi has a style to fit you architectural need.
Versatile counter and staggered height adjustments
Easily adapt to counter and staggered openings, or customize configurations to meet your unique design and security needs, ideal for grocery store and pharmacy applications
Optional Pro-PocketTM turnkey frame
Simplifies installation, reducing cost and onsite complexity. Aluminum and steel doors ensure aesthetic appeal.
Overhead track with twin roller grille supports
No side or bottom tracks for a clutter-free environment, ensuring safe, unobstructed movement and easy cleaning
Tailored socket options
Dustproof floor sockets and stainless-steel food-safe counter sockets are available for your needs
Strong steel hanger rods that suspend grille curtain and lock posts
Reduces track and curtain deformation, improving the lifetime of the grille
Continuous hinge design
Continuous top-to-bottom hinge provides stability, reduces wear, and ensures clean operation throughout the lifetime of the product
Lobed cam lock mechanism
Simple one-turn unlocking top and bottom increases efficiency
Side stacking or stacking inside pockets
Maximize space utilization with the flexibility to choose between side stacking for quick access or stacking inside pockets to maintain a seamless, unobstructed appearance when the grille is not in use

Features

Broad range of 12 available styles
Versatile counter and staggered height adjustments
Optional Pro-PocketTM turnkey frame
Overhead track with twin roller grille supports
Tailored socket options
Strong steel hanger rods that suspend grille curtain and lock posts
Continuous hinge design
Lobed cam lock mechanism
Side stacking or stacking inside pockets

Benefits

From high-visibility to high-airflow to high-design, QMi has a style to fit you architectural need.
Easily adapt to counter and staggered openings, or customize configurations to meet your unique design and security needs, ideal for grocery store and pharmacy applications
Simplifies installation, reducing cost and onsite complexity. Aluminum and steel doors ensure aesthetic appeal.
No side or bottom tracks for a clutter-free environment, ensuring safe, unobstructed movement and easy cleaning
Dustproof floor sockets and stainless-steel food-safe counter sockets are available for your needs
Reduces track and curtain deformation, improving the lifetime of the grille
Continuous top-to-bottom hinge provides stability, reduces wear, and ensures clean operation throughout the lifetime of the product
Simple one-turn unlocking top and bottom increases efficiency
Maximize space utilization with the flexibility to choose between side stacking for quick access or stacking inside pockets to maintain a seamless, unobstructed appearance when the grille is not in use

Common Use Cases for Profile Line Grilles

Countertop Security

Pharmacies

Airports

Hospitals

Banks

Configurations and Customization Options

MODERN, EFFICIENT APPEAL

Profile Line Side-Folding Grilles are available in seven primary styles to meet your architecture and interior design needs. Efficiently complementing your décor, these sleek styles securely enhance your interior flow.

Q-Clear (4.0)

Q-Check (4.0)

Q-Guard Staggard (4.0)

Q-Air (4.0)

Q-Guard Linear (4.0)

Q-Solid (4.0)

Q-Guard Offset (4.0)

Pro-PocketTM Turnkey System

QMi Profile Line Side-Folding Grilles are designed for efficiency, resilience, and simplicity. With our optional Pro-PocketTM, architects can easily spec in the turnkey solution, designed to fit into a standard commodity stud wall.

Pro-PocketTM products are shipped as an integrated assembly, ready to quickly field install. Anodized aluminum or steel pocket doors with handles included. Efficient security — delivered.

Pro-PocketTM Closed Stack
(as shipped)

Pro-PocketTM Extended
(in use)

Lock Styles and Options

QMi offers a select range of highly durable locking options for your Profile Line grille.

  • Top and bottom locking posts with key cylinders
  • Free-floating intermediate posts with self-adjusting, spring-loaded drops
  • Optional lead post with hook bolt lock and self-locking trailing post

colors and finishes

The Profile Line is available in modern clear anodized, pristine white, and bold black anodized to meet your needs. Custom colors are also available. Define your surroundings with shades that blend beauty with strength.

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Clear Anodized

white color option

White

Black Anodized (New!)

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Custom

Best-In-Class Warranty

QMi provides customers with a best-in-class warranty for parts, motors (if applicable), and finish. We stand behind our products, always.

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FAQs

What is the minimum clear path required?

A 5 in. minimum clear path is required for our Profile Line.

What type of header and structure is needed?

The header and related structure must support 180 PLF with a max deflection < 1.5 in. General side-folding grille weight for design purposes is 180 pounds per linear foot times the estimated stack in feet. Remember that this product can stack at any point along the path.

Does QMi provide the support header?

No. The design and installation of the support header is by others.

What are the pocket requirements?

The pocket should be at a minimum width of 5 in. for the Profile Line.

Is a Side-Folding Grille the same as a Scissor Gate?

No. A side-folding grille folds horizontally with interlinked panels, is attached to the building structure, and prioritizes aesthetics. Scissor gates are open-style gates with a crisscross design and open horizontally for straightforward entryway security. They are typically not secured to the building structure and are attached to adjacent walls. Scissor gates fold into themselves, creating a stack that is not very wide but typically only has pins into the floor at the post locations.

At what radius does the grille curve?

14 in. and 24 in. standard curves for the Profile Line. Custom curves are available upon request and engineering completion (additional charge may apply).

At what angles can the grille curve?

Standard angles are 45° or 90°, but any angle from 0-90° can be created by field cutting the standard angles to fit your layout during installation.

Is there a maximum width / height for Side-Folding grilles?

Our side-folding grilles’ maximum height is 12 ft. There is no maximum width; however, the grille will start to get rather heavy to push or pull at extensive widths after roughly 35 ft. Header and bracing considerations become increasingly reliant at extreme widths. Contact our engineering team for further details (180 PLF, 1.5 in. deflection, point load analysis).

How large is the stack when condensed?

This is entirely dependent on the length and layout of the gate. The length and layout determine the panels and posts that drive the stack size once folded. A good rule of thumb for the Profile Line is 2.25 in. per liner foot of opening.

Is there a bottom track?

No. Our grilles are attached to a structural header with post options to lock the grilles in place.

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