New Magnetic Products now available
Our Magnetic Cylinder Shields and Magnetic Key Safe are now available for sale. For information on where to buy, pricing, or general product inquiries, contact Hernan at hernan.ciecha@capitolindustriesinc.com or 1-800-567-0451 #392.
In addition to our new magnetic products, we continue to produce cam locks of all types for various industries. While our e-catalog is being completed, please contact us for information.
A barrel length of 1-1/8″ is already available. We are now working on offering 5/8″ and 7/8″, which should be available by summer 2016. In the meantime, if you have an immediate need for a shorter or longer locking distance, you can easily order the lock with an offset-inset cam.
We can supply the Magnetic Cam Lock with any cam length or offset your application needs. See the table below for our standard cams offered. Other custom cams are also available. Please get in touch if you have specific needs for a custom cam.
No. What makes our magnetic cam lock so unique is that there are multiple magnets inside it, and in order to unlock, each of these magnets needs to be driven by magnets in the key. The orientation and location of each of these magnets is what will create an unlocking condition.
So no matter what magnet you use; whether it is large, small, strong or weak, it will not create the unlocking conditions needed for the lock to open. The magnetic key that is keyed to a specific lock is the only one that will work.
More than 1,500 magnetic combinations. We do not use only the polarity of the magnets to create locking combinations. Their positioning and orientation is what allows to use each magnet for many different combinations.
Very little. Neodymium magnets are the strongest and most permanent magnets known to man. If they are not overheated or physically damaged, neodymium magnets will lose less than 1% of their strength over 10 years – not enough for you to notice unless you have very sensitive measuring equipment. They won’t even lose their strength if they are held in repelling or attracting positions with other magnets over long periods of time.
All magnetic cam lock keys look identical. So duplication/copying of these keys is impossible. However, locksmiths are able to “build” new keys from a code, using a keying kit containing all the necessary parts to do so. No special equipment is required.
Our locks come with a label that contains a key code, as well as a combination code. The combination code is the magnetic equivalent of the bitting of a standard key, or pinning of a mechanical pin cylinder. Using this code, a trained locksmith can easily and quickly put a new key together, even on-site!
Rare Earth magnets have a high resistance to demagnetization, unlike most other types of magnets. They will not lose their magnetization around other magnets or if dropped. They will, however, begin to lose strength if heated beyond their operating temperature, which is 176 °F (80 °C) for the base grade. They will lose all their strength if heated above 590°F (310°C). So for most of your applications, you have nothing to worry about.
If you have an application that is close to this operating temperature, contact us. Higher grades of magnets are available to withstand more heat without losing strength.
Unfortunately, we cannot offer master keying with this technology. If this is something you absolutely need, please let us know. We are working on making this and all of our products as versatile as possible.
The product is already available through our distributors. Please contact us at 1.800.567.0451 or info@capitolindustriesinc.com for inquiries regarding any of our products.
