Also searched as corrosion-resistant livestock door, cattle door and farm animal housing door.
A corrosion-resistant door built for animal housing — hot-dip galvanized or stainless steel to survive damp, ammonia-rich air and daily washdown, strong enough to take contact from stock, and easy to keep clean. Built to your opening, from prototype to full production runs.
One idea: a door that survives the two things that destroy ordinary doors in animal housing — constant damp and corrosive ammonia air — and still operates smoothly after years of stock contact and washdown.
Livestock buildings are harsh on hardware. Manure and urine release ammonia, the air stays damp, and doors are hosed down on a routine. A painted steel door rusts at the edges and hinges within a couple of seasons. A proper livestock door is built from hot-dip galvanized steel or stainless steel, with corrosion-resistant hinges and hardware, smooth washable faces and no traps where moisture and waste collect.
RAX manufactures each livestock door to your opening and your species — cattle, dairy, sheep, pigs or poultry — in sliding, swinging or roller configurations. Every unit is validated to 100,000 cycles in the RAX fatigue lab and shipped with technical drawings and an English manual so your farm builder can install it cleanly.
Cycle life of 100,000 cycles is validated in the RAX fatigue test lab. Substrate options (galvanized steel 0.4–1.5 mm, stainless steel 304 / 316) are from the RAX material range; the corrosion grade for your building is confirmed per project on your environment and washdown regime.
Every door is engineered to your opening. The values below are the validated baseline; final figures are confirmed on your specification. Each row states whether the value is RAX-measured, an industry-typical range, or per project.
| Parameter | Specification | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Door Type | Livestock / animal housing door (sliding, swinging or roller) | Product definition |
| Substrate | Hot-dip galvanized steel (0.4–1.5 mm) or stainless steel 304 / 316 for aggressive, washdown environments. | RAX build |
| Corrosion Grade | Selected per project on your environment and washdown regime — galvanized for general housing, stainless 316 for heavy washdown and coastal sites. | Per project |
| Cycle Life | 100,000 cycles validated in the RAX 100,000-cycle fatigue test lab. | RAX-measured |
| Hardware | Corrosion-resistant hinges, rollers and fixings; stainless hardware on washdown builds. | RAX build |
| Insulation | Optional PU foam insulated core (40–50 mm) for climate-controlled housing. | RAX options |
| Operation | Manual as standard; optional motor drive with RAX servo VFD and sensing. | RAX options |
| Operating Range | Tested from −30 °C cold storage to +50 °C desert conditions. | RAX-tested |
| Colour / Finish | Full RAL custom (common RAL9006, RAL9010, RAL7016, RAL5010); mill finish on stainless. | RAX build |
| Max Opening | Custom to your opening — confirm feasible span on technical layout. | Per project |
Not sure which corrosion grade fits your building? Send your species, washdown frequency and location and our engineers recommend the substrate and confirm it on the technical layout.
Validated substrates, processed in-house on an auto PU foam panel line and CNC punching / bending centre. No outsourcing of the structural parts.
Animal housing where damp, ammonia and washdown rule out ordinary doors.
Your builders get the full document set before the door ships — the same package our farm-builder and distributor clients rely on.
Certificates we hold today, and the project-specific test data we arrange against the matching standard. We state held versus per-project so you can tender honestly.
Rigorous 100,000-cycle fatigue testing, validated galvanized steel and stainless steel materials, and precision manufacturing — performed in-house, not outsourced.
Large industrial doors from prototype to container-load delivery. Start with an OEM sample and scale to container-load branded production.
Every livestock door is built to your opening, your species and your cleaning regime. Send the clear opening size, the animal type and washdown frequency (or site photos) and our engineers return a proposal, technical confirmation and lead time.
From custom engineering to container-load delivery — the document set your local installers need.
Warranty: door body 2 years · operator/motor 3 years · servo motor 5 years. Free spare parts within warranty (DHL/FedEx 5–7 days). Lead time: sample 7–15 days · standard container 12–20 days · custom first order 20–35 days.
For most cattle, sheep and general livestock housing, hot-dip galvanized steel offers strong corrosion resistance at a sensible cost. For intensive pig and poultry houses with frequent high-pressure washdown, or for coastal sites, stainless steel 304 or 316 is the better long-term choice. Send your species, washdown frequency and location and our engineers recommend the right substrate.
Yes — that is the design intent. Livestock doors are built from galvanized or stainless steel with corrosion-resistant hinges, rollers and fixings, smooth washable faces and silicone seals that tolerate damp and repeated cleaning. The corrosion grade is matched per project to your environment so the door lasts through years of ammonia-rich air and routine hosing.
Livestock doors can be built as sliding, swinging or roller configurations to suit the pen, the handling race and the traffic flow. Sliding doors save space where stock move close to the opening; swinging doors suit smaller pens and personnel access; roller doors clear the opening fully for machinery. Insulated and personnel pass-door options are available.
Yes. Every door is engineered to your clear opening width and height, or from site photos. Every door is built to your non-standard size, in any RAL colour. Our engineers confirm the feasible span and produce a technical proposal for approval before production.
RAX holds ISO 9001:2015, CE marking against EN 13241 (industrial door product standard) and EN 12453 (operator safety), plus SGS material reports and Product Liability Insurance. The corrosion grade and AS/NZS 4505 / UL counterpart test data are confirmed per project, not held as standing certificates.
Sample orders run 7–15 days, a standard container 12–20 days, and a custom first order 20–35 days (repeat custom orders 15–20 days). FOB ports are Tianjin and Qingdao; FCL and LCL are both supported.
Every order includes wiring diagrams, an English installation manual, FAI first-article confirmation and pre-assembly photos, a factory inspection report (speed, noise, insulation resistance, visual), the 100,000-cycle fatigue test video/report, and the CE Declaration of Conformity with the EN 13241 test report.
Send your opening size (W × H), the animal type and washdown frequency. Our engineers reply with a proposal and lead time — no obligation.
