vandal proof metal keypads - Posted on
19th March 2008
Lorlin Electronics, the UK’s longest established switch manufacturer announces the introduction of the KP range of vandal proof metal keypads. Responding to increasing demand for secure and rugged security switching these attractive metal keypads may be used in public and industrial environments for access control, vending machines and kiosks, environmental control and service access.
Keypads may be specified with 1, 2 3, 4 12 or 16 buttons and are for front or rear mounting on to a flat surface. The keys are available back lit by LED’s with a choice of blue, red, green, white and yellow colour, have a large clear type style on the button faces and there is a choice of casing and button colours. Low profile mounting bezels are available that can be fixed from the rear of the control panel ensuring mounting-screws cannot be accessed by vandals.
The Lorlin KP keypads are manufactured from strong, power coated, die cast zinc, with an anti-pull key design. IP rated for weather water and dust resistance. The switch contacts are rated at 24VDC @ 20mA and are reliability tested to 4,000,000 cycles per key. Electrical connection is to 2.5 mm pitch PCB terminals and a suitable cable connector and the keypad is RoHS and CE compliant. Operating temperature range of the keypad is –40°C to +80°C and it complies to the industry standard of IK07 impact testing. Dan Walker, Sales Manager at Lorlin Electronics comments. ”Our new KP vandal and environmental proof keypads open up a new market for Lorlin in the security access market. We have a number of customers and distributors asking for vandal proof keypads and we are very pleased to be introducing our own product to satisfy this market.”
Lorlin’s KP vandal proof keypad has many applications for secure access and control in electrical and industrial applications where weather and vandal resistance is important. The new KP keypad is available direct from Lorlin or from franchised distributors worldwide.
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