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29 Articles

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Shear Lock vs. Surface Maglock: How the Door Condition and Frame Type Drive the Right Choice

Two Electromagnetic Locking Devices, Two Very Different Installation Realities This article helps contractors, facility managers, and security consultants decide between a shear lock and a surface-mou...

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Sep 26, 2026

Fail Safe vs. Fail Secure on an Electrified Mortise Lock: How the Power-Down Decision Gets Made at the Opening Level

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps When a facility manager, electrical sub, or hardware specifier orders an electrified mortise lockset, one question reshapes every other decision on that openi...

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Sep 26, 2026

Double Cylinder on an Electrified Mortise Lock: Why the Second Cylinder Creates a Code Problem You Have to Solve Before the Schedule Ships

Why a Second Cylinder Changes Everything on an Electrified Mortise Opening An electrified mortise lockset with a fail-secure function is already a carefully balanced spec decision. Add a double cylind...

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Sep 11, 2026

Fail Secure vs. Fail Safe on an Electrified Mortise Lock: How the Wrong Choice Creates a Code Problem

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps When an electrified mortise lockset shows up on a hardware schedule, one of the first decisions is deceptively simple-looking: fail secure or fail safe? That ...

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Sep 6, 2026

600, 1200, or 1500 Pounds: Choosing the Right Magnetic Lock Holding Force for Your Opening

Which Maglock Force Rating Does Your Opening Actually Need? This article helps contractors, facility managers, and security integrators understand the practical differences between 600, 1200, and 1500...

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Aug 31, 2026

Exit Device Trim for Outside Operation: Matching the Function to the Opening Before the Schedule Ships

What Is Exit Device Outside Trim -- and Why Does It Matter? Exit device outside trim is the hardware component mounted on the pull side of a door equipped with panic or fire exit hardware. The exit de...

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Aug 31, 2026

When the Motor Control Assembly Is the Failure Point: Diagnosing Electrified Exit Device Problems Before You Pull the Whole Unit

The Problem Nobody Talks About: Electrified Exit Devices That Stop Working Electrically but Operate Fine Mechanically This article is for maintenance technicians, commercial door contractors, and faci...

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Aug 19, 2026

The Wiring Harness Is the Weakest Link: Troubleshooting Electrified Exit Devices Before You Replace the Whole Unit

Why the Harness Gets Overlooked Until It Costs You a Full Device This article is for facility maintenance technicians, commercial hardware contractors, and access control integrators who are troublesh...

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Aug 9, 2026

Door Position Switches: Where They Go, How They Wire, and What Goes Wrong on the First Install

What Is a Door Position Switch and Why Does Every Access-Controlled Opening Need One? A door position switch (DPS) is a two-piece magnetic sensor -- a reed switch module and a matching magnet -- that ...

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Aug 7, 2026

HES 1006 vs. Folger Adam vs. Adams Rite Electric Strikes: Picking the Right Strike for the Opening

Three Strike Families, Three Different Jobs When an access control project calls for an electric strike, the choice between the HES 1006 series, Folger Adam heavy-duty strikes, and Adams Rite frame-mo...

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Aug 7, 2026

Visitor Management Starts at the Door: What Facility Teams Get Wrong About Hardware Integration

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps Visitor management systems (VMS) have become standard practice in schools, healthcare facilities, corporate campuses, and industrial sites. Software platforms...

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Jul 31, 2026

Electric Strike Monitor Switches: Latch-Bolt Sensor vs. Cam Switch and Why the Difference Matters for Your Access Control System

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps When an electric strike is part of an access control circuit, the question of how the system knows the door is secured comes up on nearly every project. Two p...

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Jul 30, 2026

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