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73ASSA ABLOY Mobile Innovation Showroom
This article provides a broad overview of some of the new products featured in the ASSA ABLOY Mobile Innovation Showroom (shown above). Top right, the Yale inTouch touch screen stand alone electronic...
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78Locking Your Bike
Many people say that the purpose of locks is to keep honest people honest, but I say that the purpose of a lock is to give a would-be thief enough trouble to make them give up their attempted theft of your...
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71Locksmithing - A Lock Distributors View
Twelve years ago, when I was a locksmith in my own business, it was a rare circumstance that required me to work on an electric or electronic lock other than an electric strike. In the time since then,...
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75Door Annunciator Systems
Door annunciator systems vary widely in complexity from simple single gang plates with a few LED's to rack mount panels with multiple access control options. New technology permits full integration with the...
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74Residential Lever Designs
This article provides a partial overview of residential grade cylindrical lever locks available on the market today. In my experience as a locksmith, all residential levers are problematic in terms of...
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71Product Comparison: Stand-Alone Keypad Access Control Systems
There are many stand alone keypad entry access control systems on the market today. Following is a product camparison between three such systems: Securitron DK-26 Alarm Lock DK3000 IEI 212ILM The...
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77Product Comparison: Alarm Lock DL2700, Schlage Cobra and Securitron SABL
Recently upgraded to 100 users, the Alarm Lock Trilogy DL2700 over the years has become an industry standard. Codes can be 3-5 digits, but after you decide on the number of digits you must stick with your...
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93When Your Key Won't Turn
Someday you might come home or go to open up your business and find that your key won't turn at all, not even a little. There are several reasons this might occur. At right, illustrations show the operation...
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63Installing Electromagnetic Locks on Non-Standard Thickness Doors
When you need to install an electromagnetic lock on a door of a thickness other than the standard 1-3/4 inches on an outswing application, the only part that is really affected is the sex nut or sex bolt -...
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71Basic Life Safety Considerations for Door Hardware
With few exceptions, door hardware selection is dependent upon life safety considerations. When selecting hardware for doors that are considered on the "path of egress", it is helpful to keep certain...
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