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About Lock Manufacturers
Lock manufacturers and lock suppliers provide locks
that may be controlled by a key, keycard, combination or with keyless
entry. They are used on any door, window, cabinet, drawer or other item
that needs to be secured or closed. Most often, a lock will be made up
of a pivoted, rotary or sliding bolt protected either by a movable or
stationary item. Different locks require different keys for opening such
as magnetic, electronic or mechanical keys. Most of today’s locks
and keys are made up of steel.
One of the oldest types of locks to be made by lock manufacturers is
the warded lock. It has a notched key that slides the bolt backward and
forward, the notches matching up in order to open it. Another type of
mechanical key lock is a tumbler lock. This lock has pieces of metal
that prevent the bolt from moving by falling into place. The key is serrated
to raise the metal pieces, or tumblers, to the appropriate place for
the bolt to move and open. Combination locks were the first keyless locks
invented, and they consist of disk tumblers that must be aligned properly
for the spindle to slide out. The majority of these locks have a dial
that turns both counterclockwise and clockwise to certain numbers in
order to be opened. They are often seen on padlocks, strong room doors
and safes. A newly developed lock mechanism distributed by lock suppliers
is the magnetic-key lock. Magnets repel spring-loaded pins when the key
is inserted, and this works similar to the serrated key of a tumbler
lock. Some locks now work with a person’s finger or handprint scan.
Lock manufacturers create a variety of locks for homes, personal possessions,
businesses, computers, bikes, motorcycles, automobiles, luggage and many
more. They can provide security, and also safety. There are refrigerator
locks, cabinet locks and drawer locks so that children or animals cannot
gain entry to dangerous materials and places. Card-keys and electronic
card access locks are often used in buildings (hotels, offices, etc.)
because the keys may be changed without changing the locks. Keyless entries
are often used on automobiles and garage door openers, and they use radio
signals that go from a remote-control to a receiver that activates a
microprocessor, unlocking the door.
In order to pick out the correct lock from a lock supplier for a specific
application, a few things should be taken into consideration. An electronic
lock with access keys or codes might be better than using traditional
mechanical locks and keys when involved with a number of people, so that
keys won’t disappear or get misplaced. Secondly, the purpose of
the lock is very important as to which one should be used. Some applications
require very high security or durable locks, while others need a less
reliable lock, or the application may need either a door or portable
lock. Lastly, when selecting a lock, the convenience of it should be
taken into consideration. How often will it be used? How quickly will
access be needed? For example, a fingerprint scanner may be fast, but
if hands are not free, it will prove difficult to use.
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Types of Locks
- are portable locks that are used
to secure a bicycle to a stationary object and may be padlocks, combination
locks or cable locks.
- secure file cabinets, drawers, boxes and chests of a variety
of sizes. They may be disc tumbler locks, plunger locks, replacement
cams, cam locks, showcase locks and more.
- are usually resistant to cutting techniques while still being
small and lightweight. They are often made of steel and used as bicycle
locks.
- have a metal locking arm that slides across the non-moving
part of the item to which it is attached, and can be used in small doors,
drawers and storage cabinets.
- are used on cabinets, drawers, doors and bottles in order to
prevent children from getting their hands on dangerous substances.
- can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence,
they are often used in safes and padlocks.
- is a lock in which tumblers are pins that lift as the key is inserted,
allowing the cylinder to rotate and the bolt to release.
- are made up of rotating slotted discs, which take special
keys that open the lock by rotating the discs, aligning the slots and dropping
the sidebar.
- use some form of electronics, either remote or keypad access,
to authenticate the user. They are thought to have higher security since they
are more difficult to pick and they can track failed attempts.
- use levers to hold the bolt in place, and lifting the tumbler
will open the lock by allowing the bolt to slide.
- include locks such as cam locks, vending machine locks, padlocks, cabinet
locks, electronic locks, parking meter locks and more, and they are used for
original equipment manufacturing applications.
- are U-shaped locks that consist of a bar hinged on one side, with the
other side passing through the link of a chain or another item and
locking shut.
- use pins of different sizes that move accordingly when the
correct serrated key is inserted. They are often used in cylinder locks, radial
locks and tubular locks.
- are used to keep vending machine doors and money collectors
locked so that only the machine technician may have access.
- uses flat wafers that do not allow the lock to open without
the proper key being inserted.
- use barriers, otherwise known as wards, to stay locked until
the proper key is used.
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