Codelocks introduces front cylinder change


Codelocks has recently introduced a front cylinder change function to its CL5000, CL4000 heavy duty electronic locks and CL600 heavy duty mechanical lock, giving users the option to repin or replace cylinders to enable a keyed-alike facility without removing the lock. The front cylinders on the locks can now be changed by: 1. removing the handle and cylinder, 2. turning the key 90° anticlockwise and removing the cylinder from the boss, 3. replacing the cylinder and refitting the handle. A quick and convenient solution to replace the cylinder without having to remove the lock from the door, saving on time and cost. The new feature will benefit organisations with multiple, access restricted areas that require a keyed-alike facility in high traffic environments such as offices, schools and hospitals and provide the ability to quickly change cylinders as and when required.


The CL4000 and CL5000 medium and heavy duty electronic locks allow up to 80 user codes up to six digits long and have on- door programming via master codes. Both locks are available with either a tubular mortice latch or a mortice latch with double cylinder


Codelocks has recently introduced a front cylinder change function to its CL5000, CL4000 heavy duty electronic locks and CL600 heavy duty mechanical lock.


and anti-panic safety function. The CL5000 range is also available with a tubular mortice latch back to back. Additional features also include one-time user codes, remote release function, automatic building alarm release and incorrect code alarms.


Traditionally code changing on a mechanical lock has required the lock to be removed from the door, however the CL600 heavy duty mechanical lock also


incorporates a Quick Code system that allows on-door code changing in seconds without removal of the lock itself. The CL600 can be used as the primary lock on most doors, particularly in high traffic situations.


Further information is available from Codelocks on 01635 239645, by emailing sales@codelocks.co.uk or by visiting the company’s website www.codelocks.co.uk.


Plantscape bids to foil ram raids and terror attacks with a new security planter


Plantscape, based in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, has successfully tested a new version of its self-watering planter to the BSI PAS 68 standard after it withstood a horizontal impact test involving a 2.5 ton Toyota Hilux pickup travelling at 64km/h (40mph).


The test, which took place at the beginning of April, saw the surface- mounted planter lose its contents – namely compost planted up with brightly coloured primulas – on impact. It emerged from the experience slightly worse for wear, but, importantly, did not slide across the ground.


The Toyota, meanwhile, stopped dead, ending up with a snapped chassis and crushed front end.


The aftermath of Plantscape’s horizontal impact test, which saw the Toyota badly damaged, while the planter remained virtually unscathed.


The planter, which has a decorative covering surrounding a strengthened core, is the culmination of a development project launched by Plantscape three years ago.


It saw the company take advice from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), a Government body which advises organisations on how to protect themselves against attacks. The development process involved learning more about the forces involved in vehicle impacts, the need for the planter to withstand being rammed from various different angles and how they would have to be arranged as part of an overall security scheme.


The test result means that Plantscape is now one of only two UK firms able to supply independent surface-mounted planters successfully tested to BSI PAS 68.


Plantscape has dozens of patents to its name, having also developed a Holestar planter – a raised flower basket that can be put in place without ladders – and the world’s first solar-powered Christmas tree. The ongoing threat from terrorism and fears of ram-raid criminal activity means that there is a need to protect buildings, but Managing Director Mark Stone believes that protection doesn’t have to be ugly: “Our planters can foil ram raids and can stop cars laden with explosives from


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getting into a position where the blast would cause maximum damage. “At the same time it is vital that although they have that function, they are also attractive, so that communities do not live with the feeling of being under attack.”


The planters are designed to protect locations such as the headquarters of major companies, sports arenas and shopping centres – anywhere where vehicles could be used to launch a ram attack.


They will work either by keeping a parked vehicle bomb at a distance or by ensuring that they cannot be driven to where they would do most damage. Mr Stone said that development and testing will now continue to ensure that the planters offer even more protection. Plantscape supplies planters and hanging baskets to more than 300 local authorities across the UK. It is also an approved supplier to the Prison Service. It has 230 products on the market, from hanging baskets and free-standing tubs to towering, multi-layered planters, planters incorporating cycle racks, basket trees and watering systems. Its sister company, Urbanscape, supplies a range of 21st century urban furniture, including benches, litter bins, grit bins, signposts and bollards. Tel: 01335 372785 www.plantscapeuk.com.


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