Door Industry Journal - Summer 2020

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 110 THE door industry journal summer 2020 Locks & Building Hardware New Antibacterial Keys Help You Stay Hygienic If you take a moment to think about all the surfaces and objects that your keys touch, you may be reminded about just how many germs they actually pick up and carry around. This is why Mul-T-Lock has launched a new antibacterial key solution for *all of its cylinders, locks and padlocks. To make its customers feel safer, Mul-T-Lock’s new keys help to reduce the growth of bacteria, making it a more hygienic solution for everyone to use. This is achieved via an antibacterial plastic head, featuring an agent that suppresses the growth of unwanted bacteria. The new keys have been successfully tested to ISO 22196, showing significantly lower bacterial contamination compared to other keys. With the plastic heads available in a dark green colour for easy recognition, the antibacterial solution is also offered as a full metal key, should a customer prefer this. Metal keys from Mul-T-Lock that adhere to these requirements will include the antibacterial logo on the key head and also meet ISO 22196 testing standards. For more information on Mul-T-Lock’s new antibacterial keys, please contact your local locksmith, visit www.mul-t-lock.co.uk or call Mul-T-Lock on 01902 364200. *Mul-T-Lock antibacterial key solution unavailable with the Break Secure 3DS platform. Innovative Forearm Shield Effortlessly Converts Push/Pull Doors to Hands-Free for Covid-19 Prevention An innovative new device designed and manufactured by leading German hardware company FSB allows doors with standard pull handles to be converted quickly and easily for hands-free operation and help in the battle to reduce COVID-19 transmission. The FSB forearm shield for door pulls is fitted quickly to existing standard push/pull handles with the aid of four stainless-steel screws and threaded metal bushes. This enables external doors to be conveniently and safely opened and closed again with the aid of the user’s forearm – thus avoiding hands coming into direct contact with the door handle surface. Made of glass-fibre-reinforced polyamide, which is notable for being extremely rugged and is also easy to clean and disinfect. Available to buy direct from FSB, the forearm shield is particularly suited to areas that are subject to high levels of footfall – in healthcare establishments, offices, professional premises or public buildings. Here, any object that users come into contact with regularly is particularly likely to be contaminated and thus act as a host for the transmission of viruses, bacteria and multi-resistant germs. The FSB forearm shield for door pulls is suitable for use with all standard tubular push/pull handles 19–35 mm in diameter and it can be fitted to handles of angular and oval cross-section. It is securely fastened using four stainless-steel screws, with variable fixing options for vertical/horizontal, top-to-bottom, right-to-left, at any angle. FSB’s forearm shield for door pulls can be ordered via the online shops of participating retail partners, which are to be found at: www.fsb.de/en/solution-and-inspiration/health-care/