The Physical Security Guide for Workplaces
Practices to keep your colleagues safe & automate your office.
Magnetic door locks are a versatile and an affordable access control mechanism for keeping unwanted visitors out of your premises. Once users and security staff get used to their convenience, magnetic door locks can be easily neglected, therefore enduring various malfunctions. Apart from taking care to prevent unauthorized access by setting up a robust access control system, it’s useful to have basic knowledge of how to fix locks, if not for doing the job yourself, at least with the purpose to know when something is wrong and needs to be fixed.
Magnetic doors are made of various materials, for instance, they can contain iron, aluminum, zinc, copper or a combination of metals and alloys. They are also made of dozens of tiny parts, screws, hinges and magnets, including cabling with different width and length.
If you understand something about disassembling a door lock, you’ll get a clear idea that the sensitive release-lock mechanism can wear out quickly, especially if the budget for the access control unit is limited.
Since locks are attached to doors made out of materials such as wood, metal or plastic, using a number of adhesives and colors, many issues can arise in that area, and create problems with overall security.
Time, weather, frequent use, inadequate operations, poor inspection and control, insufficient or unstable power supply, and lack of staff awareness are additional factors that impact their proper functioning. Despite taking care to make them sturdy and enduring, factors like costs often weigh in and can endanger the outside perimeter security when you least want it to.
Though you may want to leave certain troubleshooting issues to professionals, at times the answer to the question “How to fix a lock?” is as simple as replacing a worn out hinge, adjusting a screw or checking power efficiency.
Having said that, what are some of the most common magnetic lock malfunctions you need to pay attention to?
The Physical Security Guide for Workplaces
Practices to keep your colleagues safe & automate your office.
Here are the main troubleshooting methods you can use to tackle the most common magnetic door lock points of failure:
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