Hardware Installation

Our client was apparently told by a fire-marshal that an…

…interior security check-point door needed a panic-device for emergency exit.

The door was already set-up with a switched electric-strike that allowed the receptionist to buzz folks in through the door, or a potential entrant could use the FOB reader on the entry side. But the door was also tied into a motion-sensor on the exit side, so it should have been fine the way it was.

But when it comes to the powers that be, ours is so very often not to reason why.
This is the original latching lock, one of the 4700 series locks from ADAMS RITE, with a lever-handle on the exit side, and a cylinder on the entry side.

And this is the original electric strike-plate, one of the 7100 series models from ADAMS RITE. To exit through this door, all you had to do was approach the door, and the motion sensor would release the lock and you had only to push the door open.

But again, we are often asked to do things that don’t make obvious sense to us. So we installed a HES 9600 Surface-Mount Electric Strike to work with the new panic device.

Frankly, this low-profile electric-strike has been a god-send for our retro-fit security access business.

The Von Duprin Model 33AEO Panic Device.

Made for doors with narrow-stiles, such as this U. S. Aluminum Storefront Door.

Please note how we filled and/or covered the previous lock-preps on the door.