Keylex Locks Tried and Tested at the City Academy Bristol

When the City Academy Bristol opened in 2003 they specified Keylex 700 digital mechanical locks to control access to the main reception office area. Staff, pupils and visitors can freely enter into the main foyer but access into the office is controlled by one of the Keylex locks. Staff and pupils can access the main corridor by swipe card with visitors ‘buzzed’ through as appropriate. A second, and much busier, door from the office also leads into the corridor. This features the other Keylex 700 providing free exit from the office but restricting access into it to authorised staff only. After 11 years of sterling service the original Keylex 700 was beginning to show signs of wear so Estates Manager Jem Wheelwright decided that it had more than earned its keep and sourced an exact replacement from the online site of Relcross, UK distributors of Keylex locks. The Keylex 700 is an ideal access control lock for all standard duty, high security door installations and on any door where a flexible Euro profile key system is required. The narrow style Keylex 700 design, with its built-in clutch mechanism protecting the lock furniture, suits all stile widths down to 45mm and is also suited for use on aluminium and hollow metal door sections. The entirely mechanical operation uses no electronics or electrical wiring and allows code combinations of up to 12 buttons giving over 4,000 selectable code permutations, although the use of 3 to 6 digit codes is recommended. The lock is designed to allow many hundreds of operations per day and the brushed stainless steel buttons will not wear and consequently indicate usage. If required, coded locks can by fitted to both sides of the door but more usually just one side is restricted and the other provides free exit at all times regardless of the lock status. The Keylex range of mechanical digital locks includes products ideal for relatively low security and standard duty through to heavy duty items for high security installations. There’s even a solution for multi-point locking pvcU doors. These can be operated in Nightlatch mode, deadbolt mode or they can be double locked either by a turn of the key or the thumb turn - in which case this action must be reversed before the code will operate the lock. The Relcross e-commerce web site, www.keylex.co.uk provides all the necessary technical information to make the right selection of lock and accessories and the order from City Academy was delivered promptly and correctly. Jem Wheelwright is confident the new lock will provide at least another 11 years of access control. Meanwhile the Keylex lock on the other reception door is at 12 years and counting. For more information call Relcross on 01380 729600, email sales@relcross.co.uk or visit www.keylex.co.uk.