{"id":"037f9f15-a65f-498c-adf1-09bfa56b2a47","task":"Match a door operator's duty-cycle rating to the actual usage pattern of a commercial door.","domain":"operator-selection","steps":["Establish the door's actual or expected daily/hourly cycle count and typical door weight/size rather than guessing from the occupancy type alone.","Pull the candidate operator's duty-cycle rating (often expressed as cycles per hour or cycles per day, plus horsepower/torque rating) from that specific manufacturer's current documentation.","Where the application meets the industry's general high-performance threshold (commonly referenced around 100+ cycles per day, per DASMA's high-performance door terminology), confirm the operator (and door) is specifically rated for high-cycle/high-performance use rather than a standard-duty unit.","Cross-check the operator rating against the door type's structural cycle rating (see the high-cycle-spring and door-selection routes) so the operator isn't over- or under-matched to the door's own rated life.","Reconfirm the rating against the nameplate/rating plate on the actual unit installed, since published catalog figures can differ by model variant."],"gotchas":["Duty-cycle figures are manufacturer- and model-specific — don't apply one product line's rated cycle count to a different maker's operator.","An operator rated for high daily cycles doesn't automatically mean the door itself (springs, tracks, curtain) is rated for the same duty — both the operator and the door assembly need matching duty ratings.","'High-performance' terminology thresholds referenced in industry literature are general guidance, not a regulatory cutoff — the manufacturer's specific rating governs the actual application."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T02:30:25.966Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/037f9f15-a65f-498c-adf1-09bfa56b2a47"}