Fail Safe Door Hardware

Here is a great video about the door hardware fail secure vs fail safe.

Fail safe door hardware.

Hardware that automatically unlocks when the power goes out. Most electronic door locks whether fail safe or fail secure still allow you to exit the building in the event of a power. 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.

The outside or key side. To keep it locked during normal business operations power is applied. They refer to how hardware on the outside or keyed side of the door operates and controls entry in the case of an emergency or power outage. Fail safe and fail secure are specific regulated terms within the industry.

A fire door is required to be latched during a fire alarm and that is ensured on openings with electrified hardware by using a fail safe or fail secure lock fail safe or fail secure panic hardware trim electric latch retraction fire exit hardware or a fail secure electric strike connected to the fire alarm system. Should the power be interrupted or fail the door automatically unlocks or releases to let people. Electric strikes are used in electromagnetic locking systems to control the locking mechanism on doors in secure areas. The terms safe and secure refer to the status of the door on its secure side a k a.

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 safe fail secure refers to the status of the secure side key side outside of the door. When looking at fail safe locks this means that it s default state is actually unlocked.