Doors & Hatches
Federal Equipment Company specializes in customized closures for the world’s most demanding applications.
Roller Curtain Doors - T-AKE Ships
Federal Equipment Company designed and delivered our latest shipboard roller curtain doors and fire doors to General Dynamics NASSCO on the T-AKE class ships in San Diego, CA. This project began in 2002 and was completed in 2011, with the final shipsets 13 and 14 delivered in 2011. The project consists of twenty-one individual roller curtain doors and two Class A-60 fire doors per ship..
Roller Curtain Doors - "Deepwater" National Security Cutters (NSC)
Federal Equipment Company was awarded in April 2004 the task of designing and manufacturing the next generation Helicopter Hangar Door System for Northrop Grumman Ship Systems on their Deepwater NSC project. This design and manufacture contract was successfully delivered in 2006, followed by a second shipset in 2007. FEC shipped a third shipset March 2010.
Roller Curtain Doors - Littoral Combat Ships (LCS)
Federal Equipment Company was awarded in Fall of 2005 the task of designing and manufacturing the next generation Helicopter Hangar Door System for General Dynamics’ Austal Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project, which was delivered in 2007. The second shipset was delivered in January 2009 and FEC is under contract for the LCS-4, slated for mid-2011 delivery.
You can see our state-of-the-art doors, both inside and out, in the LCS video below:
Fire Doors - T-AKE Ships
Federal Equipment Company has designed and manufactured solid steel panel doors for the T-AKE class of ships built by National Steel and Ship Building in San Diego, a subsidiary of General Dynamics. These fire doors are designed as solid panels that become a moveable bulkhead that has been tested and are certified to meet an A-60 fire rating. The door itself is used to separate the helo-hangar area from interior cargo handling areas on board the ship. It is constructed of ¼” thk steel plate and vertical and horizontal stiffeners on the back, in between which 6 inches of A-60 fire rated insulation is applied. Around the perimeter of the door where it seals against the adjoining bulkhead is an intumescent seal which expands with heat and prevents smoke from passing through the opening in the event of a fire. There are two such doors on board, one measuring 17’ wide x 9’-2” tall and the other, 14’ wide x 9’2” tall. Federal Equipment Company has provided these doors on T-AKE Hulls 1-12 and plans on providing them for the remaining T-AKE builds.
