#Padlock with multiple codes code#

Save money – replace cylinders instead of locks.Quickly restore security – should lost keys or employee turnover compromise your padlock system.Rekeyable padlocks are available Keyed Different, Keyed Alike, or Master Keyed. Products with this option can be identified by 'rekeyable' in the item description. This is ideal for situations where keys are lost or stolen.

The cylinder in rekeyable padlocks can be removed in order to (a) change the pinning or (b) replace the original cylinder with a new one, restoring security quickly and economically. If the customer is adding on to an existing MK system, please specify the master key code. MK in the product number designates that the products will be Master Keyed. This permits organizing master key systems along departmental or other functional lines to allow supervisory or emergency access. In a Master Keyed system, a master key opens all the locks in the system although each lock also has its own unique key.

#Padlock with multiple codes code#

In some cases the customer can select a key code for the KA locks KA in the product number (ie 3KA) designates that the products are Keyed Alike. This option provides 'same key' convenience and eliminates the need for multiple keys where numerous padlocks are used. Keyed Different is the standard keying default on Master Lock and American Lock padlocks.Īll padlocks in the set are opened by the same key. If the supplier does not, or can not, provide this information, the integrity of your keying system may be suspect.Įach lock is opened by its own unique key that does not open any other lock in the set. It is important to know the key change limits of the padlocks you are considering for your security system. This possibility of overlap increases as additional non-charted (see Charting Service) stock orders are received. Be aware that whenever KD padlocks are supplied from open stock, the possibility exists that two or more locks provided will have the same operating key. This means that additional padlocks ordered can all be specified to operate by distinct keys, if that is your requirement.Īll cylinders have limits to the number of change keys that can be provided.

Master Lock offers key control services, charted and reserved systems all of which assure that your company's padlocking system maintains the utmost in key integrity, even as you reorder padlocks year-after-year.

This will better ensure that one employee's key will not be able to inadvertently open a second lock. Master Lock provides the largest range of tight-tolerance cylinders and keys that vastly eliminate unwanted key interchange.Master Lock stands alone among padlock suppliers in both categories of keying security: Keying security includes both (a) the security designed into the padlock's cylinder and operating key, and (b) the way in which the product is supplied to the marketplace. Keying Security is Equally Important to Physical Security in Commercial Security Applications