Draft Indian Standard: Vault (Strong Room) Doors Part 1-Specifiation
Draft Indian Standard: Vault (Strong Room) Doors Part 1-Specifiation
Draft Indian Standard: Vault (Strong Room) Doors Part 1-Specifiation
NATIONAL FOREWORD
Earlier the vault doors and strong room doors were considered to be two different items. Hence IS
11188:1985 ‘Vault doors’ was laying down requirements of vault doors and IS 7152:1974 ‘Strong
room doors’ was covering the requirements of strong room doors.
This standard was first published in 1985 and while revising this standard in 1991 the vault doors and
strong room doors were considered to be synonymous. Hence during the revision of IS 11188, its
scope has been modified to cover the requirements of vault (strong room) doors. In this revision
amendment no 1 to 6 are incorporated. The following are the major changes:
a) Scope is widened for choice of raw materials.
b) Restrictions on hardware materials have been removed.
c) Provisions have been made in the painting requirement to accommodate current industry
practices.
This standard contains three parts. Other two parts are:
Part 2 Test for burglary resistance
Part 3 Tests for fire resistance
Vault (strong room) doors are used mainly in banking industry to protect the contents of vault (strong
rooms) from burglarious attack and also against damage to valuables from fire. These doors may also
be used by other organizations like financial institutions, commercial, industrial, defence and
mercantile organizations.
In reporting the results of a test or analysis made in accordance with this standard, if the final value,
observed or calculated, is to be rounded off, it shall be done in accordance with IS 2:1960 ‘Rules for
rounding off numerical values (revised)’.
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1 SCOPE
This standard covers the requirements for construction and performance of vault (strong room) door affording protection
against burglary attacks and fire.
2 REFERENCES
The Indian Standards listed in Annex A contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provision of this
standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to
agreements based on this standard area encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the
standards given in Annex A.
3 TERMINOLOGY
Vault (Strong Room) Doors ‐ A device standing in an upright position with doors swinging or receding at the sides and provided
with vestibule, substantial hinges and locking mechanism capable of withstanding the stresses and exposure to fire, extraneous
force and attack, to which doors are subjected to, in service.
4 TYPES
4.1 Vault Main Doors
This type of vault doors are used for special purposes in defence, banks and other security organizations.
4.2 Vault Emergency Doors
This type of vault doors is used in vaults for emergency entry and exit.
5 DIMENSIONS
Dimensions of vault (strong room) doors shall be as specified in Table 1 read with Fig. 1.
6 MATERIAL
Material used for manufacture of vault doors shall be as specified in Table 2.
7 CLASSIFICATION
Vault doors are classified as under.
in strong room doors frame such that it opens inside, either from left to right or from right to left as required by the user.
8.1.1.1 An unpickable dual control locking device, capable of being operated from both the sides of the door shall be fitted in
the grill gate.
8.1.2 Main door (Outside)
The main door shall consist of outer and inner mild steel plates up to 20 mm thick, strongly rimmed and welded to form a single
structure and tightly enclosing a solid slab of high speed drill‐resisting and oxyacetylene torch‐resisting material. Alternatively
the entire door may be made up of several alternate layers of hardened mild steel plates, carbon steel plates and oxyacetylene
resisting non‐ferrous metal plates. These plates shall altogether be riveted with at least 10 mm dia countersunk rivets spaced
at interval not exceeding 100 mm and starting not more than 50 mm from the corners. Before riveting, the rivet holes shall be
properly countersunk from both ends and after riveting the cavity shall be welded and ground to smooth finish to outer surface.
8.1.2.1 The doors of Class ‘C’ and ‘B’ shall have smooth finish and doors of other classes shall be machined on all edges. These
doors shall fit snugly into the door frame. The gap at any place between the door edge and the frame shall not be more than
1.0 mm, when the door is in locked position. In the locked position, the door after clenching (where applicable) shall not have
any play in the direction in which the door opens (see also 8.2.2 and 8.2.3).
8.2 Doors Frame
The door frame and vestibule section shall be of channel type to grip the concrete wall, either in one piece or built up.
Alternatively for Class ‘C’ and ‘B’ doors, minimum three angle brackets of size 100 mm x 100 mm x 10 mm may be provided on
each side of the door frame to grip the concrete wall.
8.2.1 Rebate of the Door Frame
The rebate of the door frame shall be formed by mild steel sections as specified in Table 2. The vertical rebates shall be riveted
or plug welded with the side members of the door frame and shall conform to dimensions specified in Table 1. Similarly, top
rebate shall be plug welded/riveted with the top member. The entire door frame shall be so constructed that it can withstand
any shock or impact due to force, fire, fall and burglar attacks that are likely to be encountered during service.
8.2.2 Compression Mechanism
A continuous resilient packing shall be incorporated in the frame and a compression mechanism shall be provided for clenching
the door tight against this packing in doors of ‘B’, ‘A’, ‘AA’ and ‘AAA’ classes. Protection is thus provided against the admission
of flood water or liquid explosives.
8.2.3 Crane Hinge Mechanism
In case of Doors of Class ‘AA’ and ‘AAA’, the door may be hung on specially designed sturdy crane hinge of double bearing type,
provided with thrust and ball bearings rendering the movement of the door well balanced and easy so that very little effort is
required for opening and closing the door. This construction also permits movement of the door perpendicular to the frame
and since the crane hinge is also capable of adjustment both horizontally and vertically, it ensures a much closer fit of the door
into the frame. Clenching is achieved by a special point to clenching mechanism operated through a worm and worm wheel.
The hinges shall have arrangement for lubrication.
8.3 Locking Mechanism
8.3.1 Lock case
It shall be solid flange on all the four sides build up of mild steel angles or flats/plates of thickness not less than 5 mm for
Classes ‘C’ and ‘B’ doors and 10 mm for doors of other classes, firmly secured to the door slab making the door slab and lock
case integral. The solid flanges shall provide firm bearings for the strong sliding bolts which pass through them and shall form a
joint construction behind the rebates when the door is locked, thus interlocking the door shutters and frame.
8.3.2 Bolt Work
8.3.2.1 The number of bolts and their minimum dimensions shall be as specified in Table 1.
8.3.2.2 Construction
The bolt work shall be mounted on a secure base such as the door slab and not on the lock case cover. A centrally situated
strong steel eccentric shaft or lever control bolt or any other mechanism shall actuate the cross straps (rigidly) fixed to the
shooting bolt carrier strap on either side), which transmit motion to the shooting bolts on all four sides as the case may be. The
eccentric shaft or lever control bolt or any other device shall be drive resistant and it shall be secured from inside by providing a
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retaining plate in which it is pivoted.
Table 1 Dimensions of Vault (Strong Room) Doors and Their Components
(Clauses 5, 8.2.1, 8.3.2.1 and Fig. 1)
All dimensions in millimetres.
SI. No. Particulars Main Doors Emergency Doors
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
Door Type Class Class Class Class Class Class Class Class Class Class
1
'C' 'B' 'A' 'AA' 'AAA' 'C' 'B' 'A' 'AA' 'AAA'
Overall dimensions Height Max 2 250 2 300 2 350 2 350 1 200 1 200 1 200 1 200 1 300
of vault doors H
Min 2 100 2 100 2 100 2 250 900 900 900 900 1 000
2
Width Max 1 300 1 400 1 450 1 450 1 550 1 250 1 250 1 250 1 350
W Min 1 150 1 250 1 250 1 250 1 350 1 100 1 100 1 100 1 200
Inside dimensions
or clear opening Height H Min 1 950 1 950 1 950 1 950 600 600 600 600 600
3 when door
shutters are swung
0 With W Min 900 900 900 900 900 750 750 750 750
open at 180
a) Thickness of
door frame angle,
channel or section
made out of M.S. 10 10 19 19 19 10 10 19 19 19
plates, if built up
to form a channel,
Min
4
b) Thickness of
door frame, if
fabricated from
single plate to 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
form
channel/multibend
section, Min
Dimension of the
5 rebate coming Shall not be less than diameter of shooting bolts
under shear
Thickens of grill
gate angles or
6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
section made out
of M.S. plates, Min
Diameter of grill
7 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
gate rods, Min
Pitch of grill gate
8 Not more than 100 mm centre to centre
rods
Thickness of doors
9 slab, thickness 12 29 65 90 150 12 29 65 90 160
over rebates, Min
Thickness of the
10 door over lock, 40 50 75 100 160 40 50 75 100 160
Min
Thickness of drill
and oxyacetylene
torch resisting
11 10 20 45 70 120 10 20 45 70 120
layer (excluding
mild steel plates)
Min
Wall thickness 305 to 305 to 350 to 450 to 305 to 305 to 305 to 305 to 450 to
12 305 to 380
(recommendation) 380 450 450 610 380 380 450 450 610
13 Number of locks 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Number of
14 shooting bolts on 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 2
hinge side, Min
15 Number of 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 2
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Depth of
engagement of
19 15 15 15 15 20 15 15 15 15 20
shooting bolts,
Min
Note: At Sl. No. 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 18 Min means nominal and tolerances are as per relevant Indian Standard
FIG 1 DIMENSIONS FOR VAULT (STRONG ROOMS) DOORS
8.3.2.3 For convenient operation of the bolt work mechanism, square or round bearing pillars shall be provided for top
sliding arms.
8.4 Locks
8.4.1 The shooting bolt mechanism shall be controlled by two 8 levers (minimum) high‐precision‐dual‐control‐unpickable
special ‐key locks.
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8.4.2 The lock shall be provided with stainless steel keys in duplicate. The keys shall be double bitted for Class ‘A’, ‘AA’
and ‘AAA’ doors and single bitted type for Classes ‘C’ and ‘B’ with detachable key bit where necessary. Alternatively,
one/two four wheel keyless combination locks capable of 100 million changes of combination may be provided if required
by the purchaser. This lock shall be fitted with small key dial check lock, enabling the dial to be locked to prevent
unauthorized manipulation. The lock bolt shall not be used to serve as stopper, unless forced are balanced in it.
8.4.3 The lock shall be fixed with at least four bolts of 8 mm diameter such that any pressure applied on the bolts either
directly or through the handle of the door, is not transmitted to the fixing screw of the lock or locks. All working parts
of the lock shall have corrosion resistant properties capable of withstanding exposure for 72 h in standard salt
spray test with 5% salt solution.
8.4.4 Time Lock
Although the provision of time lock is optional, the locking mechanism, shooting bolt mechanism and door
construction shall be such as to facilitate providing and fixing time lock at any later date for doors of Class ‘A’,
‘AA’ and ‘AAA’. The user shall provide the specifications of the time lock which is intended to be fitted later.
The manufacturer will have to give satisfactory trial in this regard before the dispatch of the door.
8.4.5 Automatic Relocking Device
An automatic relocking device shall be fitted in the door which, being always on guard, shall come into
operation if a lock is dislodged by explosives or attacked by other means.
Table 2 Material for Manufacture of Components of Vault Doors
(Clauses 6 and 8.2.1)
SI.No. Part Materials Conforming to
Handles shall be heavy duty and sturdy painted or plastic/powder coated or shall have durable and attractive finish of
nickel or chrome plating.
9.3 Foot Bridge
In case of doors of Class ‘A’, ‘AA’ and ‘AAA’, a hinged chequered steel foot‐bridge shall be provided to facilitate the
passage of trolleys etc. into the vault. The foot‐bridge shall be folded into the vestibule before the door is closed.
9.4 Vault Lighting Control
A control switch shall be fitted on the main door to automatically control the electric supply to the vault.
10 FINISH
10.1 All dents, burrs and sharp edges shall be removed from the various components and they shall be thoroughly
degreased and cleaned of rust and scale.
10.2 The inside and outside surfaces of the Vault Door shall be painted or powder coated. In case of paint, an appropriate
primer and undercoating shall be used in accordance to industry practices. The minimum overall thickness of the coatings
shall be 50 microns for powder coating and 70 microns for liquid paint.
10.3 Alternatively the doors can be finished by cladding in stainless steel.
10.4 The mating surfaces of the door and frame shall be painted smooth if the door edges are not machined and shall not
be painted if the mating surfaces of the doors and frame are machined but shall be polished with fine abrasive and grease
to ensure an accurate fitting.
11 TEST AND CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY
11.1 Three samples selected by the inspecting agency shall be tested as follows :
Sample Nature of Test Relevant IS NO.
No.
1 Burglary resistance 11188 (Part 2)
2 Fire endurance 11188 (Part 3)
3 Fire and stream hose 11188 (Part 3)
11.2 The doors shall be considered to be confirming to the requirements of this standard if they successfully complete
the tests for a period as specified in col 3 and 4 of 7 of this standard.
11.3 The test specified is 11.1 shall be considered as type test and shall be carried out for initial approval of the design or
at any subsequent change in the design of the vault doors. These tests shall be carried out once in two years and shall
cover the complete range of the product over a period of time.
12 MARKING
All vault (Strong room) doors shall be marked with the manufacturers name or trade mark, the words ‘Vault doors’, class
of the door and the year of manufacture at the top horizontal surface of the lock case.
12.1 Certification Marking
The vault (Strong Room) door may also be marked with the Standard Mark.
12.2 Marking on Keys
The keys shall be marked with an identification number which shall not be the same as the serial number of vault door.
13 INSTALLATION
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The manufacturers shall provide full details for installation of the sit door to the purchaser. Detailed drawings for the wall
opening shall also be provided to the purchaser’s architects before the start of civil construction work. They shall also
depute their mechanics, if required by the purchaser, to install the strong room doors.
14 INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED BY MANUFACTURER TO THE PURCHASER
FIGURE
ANNEX A
(Clause 2)
LIST OF REFERRED INDIAN STANDARDS
IS No. Title
277:2003 Galvanised steel sheets ( Plain and Corrugated )
292:1983 Leaded brass ingots and castings (second revision)
306:1983 Tin bronze ingots and castings (third revision)
513:2008 Cold Reduced Low Carbon Steel Sheet and Strip
713:1981 Zinc base alloy ingots for die casting (second revision)
1732 : 1989 Dimensions for round and square steel bars for structural and general engineering purposes (first
revision)
2062 : 1992 Steel for general structural purposes (fourth revision)
2155 : 1982 Cold forged solid steel rivets for hot closing (6 to 16 mm diameter) (first revision)
2998 : 1982 Cold forged steel rivets for cold closing (1 to 16 mm diameter) (first revision)
5986 : 1992 Hot rolled steel plates, sheets, strips and flats for flanging and forming operation (first revision)
6603 : 1972 Stainless steel bars and flats
6911 : 1992 Stainless steel plate, sheet and strip (first revision)
9550 : 1980 Bright steel bars‐Specification (First Revision)
11188 (Part Vault (strong room) doors: Part 2 Test for burglary resistance
2) : 1991
11188 (Part Vault (strong room) doors : Part 3 test for fire resistance
3) : 1991