Clearview National July 2015 - Issue 164 | Page 64
HARDWARE& SECURITY
Why Can’tYou HaveYour Cake and Eat It?
»»David Jennings, MD of UAP
explains, why UAP developed its new
Tradelock Cylinder to be a budget cylinder,
with all the security features found on a more
expensive cylinder option;
“There are two main reasons for offering
these extra features; we believe that all
cylinders should offer security features they
are designed to protect the public. Secondly,
companies who promote security doors will
increase their profits and sell more, and so it
makes economic sense to offer a more secure
cylinder.”
David continues, “However, the security
features must be done in a way to still make
the cylinder a budget cylinder. And that has
always been the issue.”
David says, “We knew we had price as a
significant parameter to maintain the budget
price objective. We knew we wanted anti-drill
and anti-pick. And we knew we wanted six
pins. The icing on the cake was if we could
add anti-bump?”
UAP has been at the heart of the ‘anti-bump
debate’ since they launched Pickbuster some
nine years ago as an aftermarket anti-bump
upgrade. Pickbuster was a chemically based
solution to the problem and hundreds of
thousands of locks throughout the UK are still
protected by Pickbuster.
David explains the Zero Lift concept, “We
wanted to introduce an anti-bump system
that was not based on trap pins as they are
expensive to produce. We wanted to look at
how bumping works and develop a system
based upon the pins in the cylinder.”
“So we studied bump keys which are used
to trick a cylinder into opening. It became
obvious to us that we could achieve our goal
by introducing a long pin which was the full
height of the cylinder core, and went from the
keyway line to the shearline as a solid pin. We
then used the Zero Lift system, and developed
a pinning chart of combinations that makes
bumping this cylinder almost impossible by
criminals.” David adds.
With the Zero Lift system now Patented,
UAP added the system to the Tradelocks
cylinder to give added protection with little
impact on the cost!
Tradelocks budget cylinders are in stock
now, and are available to buy with next
day delivery. Call our friendly sales team
today on 0161 796 7268 or email sales@
uapcorporate.com
Working on the Dark Side
»»Increasing sales and
profits doesn’t have to be difficult,
especially when you use the
new Ninja Dark key cutting
machine.
Using the equivalent worktop
space of a laptop and with no
skills required, the Ninja Dark
key copying machine from
Keyline is
safe and
easy
to use and available currently from
UAP Tradelocks.
The Ninja Dark is one of the
new breed of electronic machines
specifically designed for trade
counters and fabricators who
have no key cutting skills or
experience. Everything is done
automatically and cuts a perfect
key in less than one
minute.
David Jennings of UAP says:
“Key cutting is profitable, but
people have shied away from it
because they worry about the skill
required and because of the safety
issues involved, but the Ninja
Dark takes all of those worries
away.
“The Ninja Dark will copy
flat edge keys like the common
cylinder keys, household keys,
and it will even cut double sided
car keys.” David adds.
So where’s the
market?
A typical key blank holds a cost
price of around 25p or under. Retail
and trade key cutting prices can
range from £1.99 to £2.99 per key
cut and typically most people take
at least two keys cut at a time.
There is no secret that at some
point people will find themselves
in need to have a key cut, and
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that is why key cutting on the
high street is so popular. So
adding the Ninja Dark will not
only increase your core services,
but it will also attract more
business from people wanting
simple flats keys copied.
See the Ninja Dark in action by
watching UAP Tradelocks video
at www.tradelocks.co.uk/keylineninja-dark-key-cutting-machine.
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Call our friendly sales team
today on 0161 796 7268, or
email [email protected]