FAQs · 2026-07-14
Will motorized screens hold up to daily commercial use?
What daily cycling, staff traffic, and weather do to a screen system — and why the self-correcting track was built for exactly that.
Will motorized screens hold up to daily commercial use?
This is the environment the self-correcting design earns its keep in. A commercial patio cycles its screens daily and takes constant incidental contact — chairs, trays, staff, guests — and on conventional systems every hard bump risks a popped zipper and a panel out of service. MagnaTrack's magnetic track reseats itself after deflection, which is the mechanism behind the manufacturer's 98-percent-fewer-service-calls figure, and motor options include obstacle detection that stops and reverses rather than driving through a chair.
The hardware is backed by a published warranty — limited lifetime on aluminum extrusions, 15 years on screens, 5 years on motors — and by our local service department for the things warranties don't cover, like a mesh panel that meets a serving cart. For revenue equipment, that ongoing service relationship matters as much as the install.
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