Industrial locks
Introduction
A lock is a metal mechanism that is incorporated into the doors and drawers of cabinets, chests, chests, etc., to prevent them from being opened without the key and thus protect their contents.
This mechanism can be activated using a metal key, formerly made of iron and bronze. The key fits into the lock through the so-called "eye", which is a hole normally located in the central part of the lock cylinder. Currently, apart from mechanical locks, there are others such as electro-mechanical or electronic ones, where the key has been replaced by a plastic or PVC card.
Also to secure places, houses, establishments.
Currently, approximately 80% of locks that have mechanical cylinders (with sawtooth or point keys) and including security and armored doors, have stopped offering the security with which they were created due to the spread on the Internet of techniques such as bumping - until now used in assaults by organized gangs but today accessible to all types of criminals - which pose an obvious risk of suffering unwanted access, robberies and robberies. For this reason, technology offers solutions applied to locks that provide true security, such as locks with electronic cylinders), with the BlueChip system or similar.
On the other hand, it should be added that the lock system with sawtooth keys is surpassed - in terms of violation feasibility - by the so-called double blade locks.
Double vane locks are locks whose keyhole or "eye" correspond to double vane type keys: double vane keys are keys with two vanes that generally reflect a pair of set of "teeth" (reflections of the location of each of the combinations) in a diametrically opposite way; In other words, generally, in double bit wrenches, the last tooth on one side is equivalent to the first tooth on the other side.
The trade or craftsman who manufactures, repairs or installs locks is called a locksmith. Today it can also be the one who installs or repairs metal blinds, automatic doors and automations with locks in general.
History
The modern lock has its origins in the horizontal wooden pin that, attached to the back of the door, was slid along a rudimentary guide to then fit into a hole made in the jamb. To operate such a pin through a hole from the outside or release it from the hooks, a curved piece of metal with a straight handle was needed, which served as a primitive key. To prevent the pin or bar from slipping, a vertical hole was drilled in the top of the female and a wedge was inserted there. The function of the key was to move the wedge, lifting it, to free the pin. The Egyptians built this type of locks, but increasing the number of wedges. The Romans, although they relied on the same lock as the Egyptians, generally made the bronze pin smaller, and the smaller pins received the pressure of a spring.