An automatic sliding door system opens and closes on a motor rather than by hand. With the VMS E-Motion system, a soft touch on a wall-mounted smart switch glides the panel open quietly, evenly, with no push, no pull and no slam at the end of travel. The door does the work, and it does it the same way every single time.

That last part is what separates a motorised system from a manual one. A hand-slid door moves as fast or as hard as the person pushing it. A motorised door moves on a controlled profile, so the motion is identical whether someone taps the switch on the way into a meeting or leans on it while carrying a laptop.