Locks & Security Fittings
There are many types of locks depending on the situation they need to be used.
5 Lever Lock is a type of lock often required for home insurance. There are various 'grades' but the current British Standard is usually required for insurance purposes. The lever mechanism is really only seen in the UK and some parts of Scandinavia, and locks using this form of mechanism are frequently referred to as 'Chubb Locks' , Union, Yale, Era, Euro Spec, Hoppe, although there are a great many manufactures.
A cylinder lock is a lock in which a cylinder must rotate in order to open the lock. The cylinder may be held in place by a variety of locking mechanisms, including the pin tumbler lock, the wafer tumbler lock and the disc tumbler lock. They can come as Individually Keyed, Individually Keyed, Individually Keyed, Individually Keyed or Common Entrance Suite.
A magnetic lock is a simple locking device that consists of an electromagnet and armature plate. By attaching the electromagnet to the door frame and the armature plate to the door, a current passing through the electromagnet attracts the armature plate holding the door shut. Unlike an electric strike a magnetic lock has no interconnecting parts and is therefore not suitable for high security applications because it is possible to bypass the lock by disrupting the power supply. Nevertheless, the strength of today's magnetic locks compare well with conventional door locks and cost less than conventional light bulbs to operate.
An electric strike is an access control device used for doors. It replaces the fixed strike often used with a latchbar. Like a fixed strike, it normally presents a ramped surface to the latchbar allowing the door to close and latch just like a fixed strike would. However, an electric strike's ramped surface can, upon command, pivot out of the way of the latchbar allowing the door to be pushed open without the latchbar being retracted (that is, without any operation of the knob).
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