Fail Safe Door Hardware

Electric strikes are used in electromagnetic locking systems to control the locking mechanism on doors in secure areas.

Fail safe door hardware.

Hardware that automatically unlocks when the power goes out. Electric strikes an electric strike replaces the regular strike for a lockset or panic hardware to electrically control access. Fail safe and fail secure commerical locks. Fail safe fail secure refers to the status of the secure side key side outside of the door.

Fail secure or fail locked electric door strikes can be opened when electric current is applied and remain locked during power failures. The outside or key side. Should the power be interrupted or fail the door automatically unlocks or releases to let people. When looking at fail safe locks this means that it s default state is actually unlocked.

Most electronic door locks whether fail safe or fail secure still allow you to exit the building in the event of a power. Most products provide free egress whether they are fail safe or fail secure. Fail safe and fail secure are specific regulated terms within the industry. The terms safe and secure refer to the status of the door on its secure side a k a.

Here is a great video about the door hardware fail secure vs fail safe. Access control door hardware electric locking electric strike fail safe fail secure this entry was posted on saturday march 26th 2011 at 8 57 pm and is filed under access control door hardware security hardware. Fail secure locks are locked when the power goes out i e they require power to unlock the door.