Cylinders

  • W501 Function Cylindrical Lock

    The Falcon Grade 2 W Series locks feature small format interchangeable cores that are compatible with SFIC products from other manufacturers. Conventional cylinders are the same that are available in all Falcon and conventional key sections including...

    Product • September 18th, 2008

  • Take Our Quiz: Servicing Yale Large Format Interchangeable Core Cylinders

    Take Our Quiz: Servicing Yale Large Format Interchanegable Core Cylinders 1. What two types of keys are used in Interchangeable core locks? Answer: Operating keys and Control keys 2. What cut depth is used in Yale LFIC cores in the space...

    Article • September 1st, 2008

  • Servicing A Profile Cylinder

    Profile cylinders today are a small market in the United States, and they are particularly rare in California. My experience actually began in the eastern United States on a storm door that had been purchased complete, which included an installed...

    Article • September 1st, 2008

  • Servicing the Yale Large Format Interchangeable Core

    The Interchangeable Core (IC) lock mechanism was developed as a simpler way to rekey locking hardware without removing the entire lockset/cylinder from the door. Interchangeable core lock mechanisms can be used with any type of lock hardware...

    Article • September 1st, 2008

  • Electromechanical High Security Cylinder

    ASSA High Security Locks introduces an advanced electromechanical door lock cylinder. This cylinder and key interfaces with any HID Prox system, has its own audit trail stored within the key and cylinders, uses a coded sidebar registered to a specific...

    Product • August 14th, 2008

  • Hybrid Cylinders

    Medeco Hybrid Cylinders utilize the functions of common online access control readers, by incorporating HID Prox technology into an offline retrofit cylinder. With this technology, mechanical and electronic access control systems can be easily merged...

    Product • August 14th, 2008

  • CL 5210

    Codelocks introduces the enhanced CL5210 including front-change standard screw-cap cylinders easily re-keyed or replaced with high security anti-bump versions, an anti-magnetic turbo-motor actuator for enhanced performance, plus 10 single-use codes...

    Product • August 14th, 2008

  • KeyMark X4

    Medeco High Security Locks announces the launch of KeyMark X4. Well known for having the largest retrofit capability of any locking system on the market, KeyMark X4 has up to four times the masterkey capability of standard SFIC systems with patents...

    Product • July 31st, 2008

  • Falcon Makes "T" Series Lever Lock Tougher

    ‘New and improved’ is a phrase companies often use for their latest product. Many times the product turns out to have few improvements and is just a copy of similar products already on the market. Falcon has just introduced a...

    Article • July 1st, 2008

  • Airport Security Opportunities

    For every huge airport like O’Hare and LAX, there are hundreds of smaller airports that don’t have the flight activity or personnel budget to have a full-time locksmith on staff. This is where you come in.

    Article • July 1st, 2008

  • New Peaks Preferred By Kaba

    Peaks Preferred is an economical, time-proven, adaptable high security lock system with patent protection through 2024. It is simple to service with few new techniques to learn.

    Article • June 1st, 2008

  • ARROW: LOCKS FOR LOCKSMITHS

    Quality begins with the lock cylinder. My first connection with Arrow locks extends back many years. I noticed then that it was always difficult to insert a shim between the plug and housing when servicing Arrow cylinders. The cylinders were made...

    Article • May 1st, 2008

  • Marks USA Meets Consumer Demand For Patented Key Control

    Marks' Tri-Level options include the UL-437 high security cylinder, a non-UL cylinder that still offers pick and bump resistance and the economical Security-Mate pin tumbler cylinder that may be operated by the same patented key.

    Article • February 1st, 2008

  • SARGENT® SIGNATURE®: HIGH SECURITY

    Should a high level SARGENT Signature master key be lost or stolen, reversing the blocking bars in each lock cylinder and replacing all of the keys is an alternate option to a complete rekeying of the key system.

    Article • February 1st, 2008

  • SCHLAGE HIGH SECURITY: Upgrading Primus to Primus XP

    The original Schlage Primus patent expired in 2007. New Primus XP patents extend through 2024. To gain additional patent protection, Schlage added a seventh depth finger pin and compatible side milling cut in the Primus key.

    Article • February 1st, 2008