Clearview National November 2016 - Issue 180 | Page 74

HARDWARE& SECURITY

FUNKY KEY CAPS
OFFER COLOUR
COMBOS
Strawberry on black
was the most popular
colour combination bought by
homeowners in Keycap’s first month on sale.
»»ULTION’S KEYCAP IS A FUNKY,
brightly coloured cap that snaps onto
Ultion keys so they are easy to identify and
personalise.
Available in eight different colour
combinations, there’s a Keycap for everyone in
the family.
Brisant chief executive officer Nick Dutton
says: “Keycap’s first month has been a great

success. Now we’ve launched Keyring too,
we’re excited to see which colour is most
popular in its first month.”
Keyring has built-in TrackR technology so
homeowners can connect their smartphone to
their keys via Bluetooth. Using the slick, userfriendly TrackR app they can see where their
keys were the last time they were in Bluetooth
range of their phone.

“Keyring comes in the same colours as
Keycap and it’s got this great new technology
built-in,” Nick adds. “No one has used
TrackR’s technology like this before, and the
TrackR company is as excited about Keyring
as we are.”
www.ultion-lock.co.uk/key-upgrades

‘Bible’ for gate installers
A new code of practice for the safe
installation and maintenance of powered
gates is rapidly establishing itself as the
‘Bible’ for gate installers across the UK.
»»THE DHF CODE OF
Practice for the Design,
Manufacture, Installation and
Maintenance of Powered Gates
and Traffic Barriers has been
developed by the Door and
Hardware Federation (DHF).
The DHF represents Britain’s
manufacturers, suppliers,
installers and maintainers of
powered automatic gates and
gate automation equipment.
The new technical
specification took more than
two years to develop and
confirms the DHF’s place at
the forefront of automated
gate safety. The importance of
the new code is shown by the
decision of the National Security
Inspectorate (NSI) to use the
DHF Technical Specification to
audit installers and maintainers

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in its new powered gates
certification scheme. The
new DHF code is designed
to reduce the risks associated
with powered gates to as low
as is reasonably practicable. It
achieves this by giving installers
and maintainers - and all
adherents to the code of practice
- a framework to ensure a gate is
safe and complies with the law.
DHF chief executive officer
Bob Perry comments: “Our
new DHF code of practice is
fast becoming the benchmark
industry reference document,
setting the standard for owner
and installer stakeholders alike.
Its introduction is a wake-up call
for the industry and is helping
confine powered gate and
barrier accidents to the history
books.”