hardware&security
ABUS Launches BSI*** Euro Cylinders
ABUS as a lock manufacturer was founded in Volmarstein, Germany some 90
years ago in 1924. The focus was originally on making padlocks, but by the
1970s in Europe euro cylinders had become a major part of ABUS production.
The European market for euro
cylinders has developed over
several decades with ABUS
making many highly intelligent
cylinder systems to make the
“brain” of the security for many
millions of European domestic
doors. Parallel to this cylinder,
brain-sophisticated door
furniture has ensured better
security for European homes
and other buildings.
The UK euro cylinder market
has followed, but has tended to
take up lower priced solutions for
domestic doors. Consequently,
cylinders often stand out from
the door handle making them
vulnerable to ‘snapping’, and,
given the vast majority of UK
domestic doors and cylinders use
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a standard ‘1A’ section, equally
vulnerable to ‘bumping’.
As a result of these concerns,
the BSI developed stringent UK
standards to identify cylinders
that either are anti-bump (BSI*),
and if proven to be both antibump and anti-snap are awarded
the prestigious BSI***.
Unfortunately, as ABUS’s
European market simply does
not need to protect cylinders
from either bumping (as there
are hundreds of different sections
widely sold across Europe), or
snapping (as correct size cylinders
are supplied with continental high
security door furniture), ABUS’
need to develop a BSI*** cylinder
was restricted to the UK market
alone.
INTRODUCING THE
E90 BSI*** range
In the company’s 90th
anniversary year, however, ABUS
is very proud to launch to the UK
market their E90 BSI*** range of
euro cylinders.
Two special features distinguish
the ABUS E90 BSI*** range. All
double cylinders have the bene