Tag: Panic Bar

What is the difference between a panic bar and a touch bar?
The main difference between a touch bar and a panic bar is that the touch bar doesn’t swing away from the door on release preventing the risk of people getting their arms caught or trapped behind the bar in an emergency situation also they can be electric and have a contact switch that release the door . Also some are fitted with an electric release so the door can be used as a entrance as well as well with a keypad on the outside of the building .