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JUNE 2015 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
Why Can’t You Have
Your Cake and Eat It?
David Jennings, MD of UAP explains, why UAP developed its new Tradelock Cylinder to be a budget
cylinder, packed with all the security features normally 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.”
UAP is renowned for
developing innovative
solutions to problems, and
the challenge of developing
a security packed budget
cylinder was taken on with
relish.
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 have 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. As a full height pin,
anything that is shorter
requires a shallower cut
in the bump key, and this
would overlift the long pin.
What this means is that the
long pin would push over
the shearline and lock the
cylinder. To bump the cylinder requires a deeper cut
bump key, and the smaller
pins need to jump a much
higher distance. This makes
bumping hard. 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 to the
Tradelocks cylinder 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 exclusively 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.
‘cut double sided car keys’
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 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/keyline-ninja-dark-key-cuttingmachine.html
Call our friendly sales team today
on 0161 796 7268, or email
[email protected]