In addition to lever and pin locks, there are mortise devices with other privacy mechanisms. These are locks with disc and cross keys.
Disc mechanisms
They are also called Finnish. The security mechanism consists of rotating disks with cutouts of certain sizes and shapes. The same cutouts are made on the keys, which are also called disk keys. When the key is inserted into the lock, the notches align and the discs can rotate. This allows you to open or close the lock.
Disc mechanisms are automatic and semi-automatic. To close a semi-automatic lock, you need to press a special cylinder.
Advantages of locks
- High degree of secrecy. Disk privacy mechanisms have huge amount code combinations, so they cannot be opened using the bumping method, using master keys or selecting keys.
- Resistant to drilling. It is impossible to drill out the locks - when drilling, the disks rotate along with the drill.
- Protection from forceful methods. Disc mechanisms are less resistant to folding and knocking out than lever mechanisms. To protect against forceful hacking methods, they are installed together with armor plates.
- Resistance to unfavorable conditions. Locks are not exposed to moisture, dust and low temperatures. They have high efficiency. The keys practically do not wear out even with intensive use, since little force is applied to turn the disks.
Cross key locks
Their security mechanisms are cylindrical. The pins are arranged crosswise in a circle, so the cross-section of the keys is shaped like a cross. The keyhole is also cross-shaped.
Locking devices with a cross key have a low level of secrecy. They can be opened with master keys or by selecting keys. Therefore, these locks are usually installed on interior doors. For entrance doors they are used as additional locks.
Advantages
- Good resistance to adverse conditions: humidity, dust, low temperatures. For the manufacture of cylinders, silumin is used, an alloy of silicon and aluminum that successfully resists corrosion.
- Low cost locks.
Such locking devices can be called a type of English lock, because the mechanism is based on the use of cylinders. The code pins on them are arranged crosswise, so the key in cross section resembles a cross, and three or four of its planes have teeth. In fact, such a key is a more complex type of Phillips screwdriver. Accordingly, the keyhole also looks like a cross.
List of manufacturers:Cross-shaped locks can be mortise and overhead; they are produced in Poland, Turkey, Russia and China. Polish and Russian ones are considered more reliable, especially those produced by Selmash. Models are available with or without a rotary handle. Kale locks are the easiest for attackers to pick.
The secrecy of the mechanism with a cross-shaped cylinder system is minimal - 600-900 combinations. Moreover, the shorter the cylinder, the lower the level of protection. The lowest is the 10mm glass. According to statistics, every 5th key fits a cross-shaped locking device. Therefore, it is most often installed as an additional lock, but not as the main one. But the device can be safely installed inside a building to protect the premises without any special material assets.
Replacement and installation of locks with a cross-shaped key
Most of the calls from ZamkiRus specialists are related to the breakdown of this type of locking device. Very often they contact following reasons:
- the lock was opened by intruders (this usually takes from 1 minute);
- the keys are lost (in this case, you need to change the cylinder or the entire lock, because the mechanism cannot be recoded);
- a cylinder made of silumin (an alloy of aluminum and silicon, which does not have very high strength, although it resists corrosion well) has failed.
Repair of locks with cross-shaped keys involves replacing the cylinder or the entire device. But not all locks are supplied with replacement cylinders on the Russian market. And it happens that the spare parts that the client purchased turn out to be defective and cannot be installed. In most cases, the device can be upgraded to increase its reliability. Leave the lock body and replace the mechanism with a cylinder or lever mechanism.
The only advantage of a cross-type lock is low cost And good protection from moisture (silumin, for example, is used to make internal parts meat grinder). this type will take a minimum of time.
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The ZamkiRus company also provides such services as upholstery wooden doors to insulate entrance doors and reduce heat loss during the heating season.
Opening locks of this type in 1 minute
Thieves use a variety of methods to open locks with Phillips keys: Phillips screwdrivers, hairpins, paper clips - even master keys, blanks, wire, a leash or the bumping method (opening with a blow) should not be used. If traditional english castles“resist” from several minutes (if they break out the larva with a crowbar) to 15 minutes, and suvaldnye - up to 20 minutes, then these - 1 minute, no more.
Locks with cross wrench ZamkiRus specialists can open in a matter of minutes:
- make one hole in the lock;
- insert the wire and lift the stopper;
- turning the cylinder that opens the bolt, no matter how formidable it may be.
After this, as a rule, . The ZamkiRus company provides all services at any time and on any day, even on weekends. You just need to call the manager or leave an online application.
Today, very popular door locks are cross locks. They are named so because their larva or cylinder has the appropriate shape. Turkish-made locking mechanisms are most in demand. The thing is that many doors are purchased in bulk and then installed en masse on a batch of metal doors.
Locks with a cross-shaped key have a fairly high level of security. There are about 20,000 possible combinations. However, the resistance to burglary is quite low. At the same time, attackers can use very primitive methods. Two screws are used to secure the cylinder to the lock body. In this case, there is no protection using armored lining.
Manufacturers sought to improve the security level of the locks they produced. To do this, they provided pins in three rows. But at the same time, they completely forgot that the diameter of the pins turned out to be very small. The core is made of brass. This metal is very soft. That is why he is easily susceptible to forceful influences. This disadvantage is not so good for opening cross locks.
Experts usually advise mandatory replacement of the cross lock. What are the reasons:
Not good high quality. The key enters the cylinder and leads to its gradual wear on four sides at once. As a result, it is likely that the key will be bitten. The key itself is equipped with a sharp blank, so it is absolutely not intended to be carried in a pocket.
This lock is not very convenient to use. The key can only be inserted into the cross lock in one position. Yes, and it is also removed accordingly. If your door is equipped with a cross lock, you have to get used to the plane in which the key opens and closes it.
The security functions of the lock are quite low. Opening a cross lock is quite simple. If a burglar decides to get into your apartment, it will take him very little time to open the door. At the same time, he will do everything completely silently.
Despite all the shortcomings of cross locks, they are very popular today. Unfortunately, none of us are immune from such situations when it is necessary to open the door to emergency mode. it is likely that the key is lost or broken. The lock mechanism may have failed. Often the door slams due to a draft. How to get into or out of the apartment? In this situation you will need opening cross locks.
The most important thing is not to panic. The mistake of many people who have a similar problem is the desire to open the door on their own. In this case, absolutely unprofessional methods are used. As a result, you will only aggravate the existing problem and damage the surface. You will have to purchase a new door. Agree that such expenses are quite significant even for the wallets of quite wealthy people.
An excellent option is to contact a specialized company. But who can you trust opening cross locks. It is worth choosing those companies that have already proven themselves well. If you have trouble with the lock and you cannot get into the apartment, contact us. Our company is capable of solving such complex problems. Our field of activity is working with locking mechanisms and carefully opening doors. Do not think that simple cross locks need to be opened using rude methods.
Lock manufacturers are constantly improving their locks, and we are constantly improving our skills in this important area. Our specialists have extensive experience in opening cross locks. That is why they will be able to open the door very quickly and always carefully.
Sometimes, after opening cross locks, they may need to be replaced. What awaits you after we open your door? Today there are various types locks The most common are cross and level ones. They differ in the replaceable part. If your door is installed lever lock, and the key is lost, you will have to completely change the entire lock. If the lock is cross-type, then it will be enough to install a new cylinder. Our craftsmen always have locks. That is why he will not only open the door, but also install a locking device.
We work around the clock. You should not skimp on calling a specialist. Installation will cost much more new door. If you want to opening cross locks it was done very quickly and efficiently, just call us. You can be sure that you have made the right choice.
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On the territory of Russia and many countries former USSR, cost millions of Turkish locks Fayn, Kale, Ornek, ITO, DAF, with cross keys. In the 90s, these locks became wildly popular among domestic producers metal doors and, almost without a fight, captured a huge part of the lock market in Russia.
They wouldn’t be popular if only one type of key to these locks, and this was actually a cross key, brought potential customers of steel doors into awe. Moreover, when the manager placing an order for the production of metal entrance doors, say Ostap, as if by the way, reported on the millions of combinations of the secret of these locks with round cross-shaped keys. And that they are almost impossible to open! The customers were delighted. Wow!!! ... Fine and Kale castles, with cross keys - it's super! Do you think such castles don’t exist and this can’t happen, did that bastard lie? Maybe. Now almost everyone has wised up, but then...
And then, that manager, perhaps, fervently believed in what he was talking about or lying to naive people originally from the USSR. The locks are almost Western, beautifully packaged, Turkish manufacturers almost gave up their heads and swore that their Fayn-Kale locks and others, with cross-shaped keys, are the height of perfection in modern “lock building” in Europe. So it turns out that the Ostaps are not to blame! The Ostaps of that time also wanted to eat, just like those of today. At that time, it was very profitable for “Dvernik” to install locks of this type on metal doors: less work - more profit. The laws of capitalism have not been repealed.
As an example. The famous “Klin metal door” of economy class and one of the options for equipping it with locks. The upper lock is installed Fayn - Kale with cross keys, the lower one is installed with a VAZ mortise cylinder lock, also known as DAAZ ZV 4–3. Or, the lower lock could be installed with any other mortise cylinder lock of a similar type, with the standard interaxle distance for Russia of 55 millimeters, inherited from the USSR. And also the lower locks, in “Klin metal doors” and others like them, could be installed with mega-popular locks such as: the Belarusian semi-automatic mortise disc lock SHO-25 Baranovichi or the Ukrainian mortise cylinder lock ZAZ - Motor-Sich ZV4-6.
The top lock in cheap “Klin metal doors,” in addition to Fayn-Kale locks, could also be Ryazan “SAM” locks.
Yes, in this example you can also look at general development and understanding what kind of doors these were - “Klin steel doors”. One small addition. They stood, stand and will stand for a long time in many people’s apartments.
There could also be such options for metal doors, which anyone wanted and called: “Crab-type metal doors” or “Spider-type metal doors”, to convey solidity and at the same time fear to the customer. Fayn-Kale type locks with cross keys were also actively installed on these doors. And here is this type of door.
The lower lock on this door, with sliding bolts, is ITO, with cross-shaped keys.
ITO is the Turkish twin brother of Fayn - Kale castles. “In his place it could have been Fayn or Kale!” But that’s how the cards ended up, that time, with the manufacturer of this metal door, but there could also be domestic locks on these doors.
The ordinary option of equipping metal doors with locks was very popular and widespread for many manufacturers of steel doors at that time.
That is why, at that time, locks of this type were literally transported from Turkey to Russia by the truckload. “Unobtrusive advertising” by expert consultants and managers did its job. This is how there was a demand in Russia for locks with cross keys from Turkish manufacturers Fayn, Kale, Ornek, ITO, DAF. The laws of the market are inexorable. Demand creates supply. It got to the point that at one time these locks were even transported to Russia by shuttles, in the famous checkered trunks, and sold in markets, like any other consumer goods. They were literally flying away.
But still, the main share of the market for locks with cross-shaped keys in Russia was captured by Turkish manufacturers Fayn and Kale. But. “Maslenitsa is not everything for the cat,” a holy place is never empty. Soon, a counter flow of similar locks poured into the Russian castle market, no less powerful than from Turkey, from the rapidly developing China. Chinese manufacturers of similar locks, and even direct counterfeits of Fayn-Kale locks, began to aggressively dump prices and managed to win a significant market share from Turkish importers in a tough fight.
This is roughly how Fayn-Kale locks appeared in Russia, with cross keys. Or, as they are also called, locks with cross keys Fayn - Kale, or locks with cross keys Fayn - Kale, or locks with cross keys Fayn - Kale. And also their clones from China.
Quite soon it became clear that Fayn - Kale, locks with round cross keys, are not so super-duper reliable, both in terms of opening and breaking, and in terms of trouble-free operation of the cylinder mechanism installed in locks of this type. No matter how funny it sounds, it was the “top-secret” replaceable cylinders that turned out to be the weakest link in Turkish locks, with cross keys Fayn, Kale, Ornek, ITO, DAF, and the like. How to open these locks with cross keys is easy and simple; literally the entire Internet is filled with information.
The mechanical part of Turkish locks of this type also turned out to be not up to par. Design flaws and brittle material, the brass alloys from which these Turkish cylinders are made, as well as the improper operation of the locks, every day inexorably brought them closer to a pre-programmed breakdown and accident.
And this day, for many owners of metal doors, from various manufacturers, with the castles of Fine Calais, has finally arrived. Ah-ah-ah! Accident. For some it happened faster, for others a little later, but these locks began to actively break, on steel entrance doors, often, a lot and regularly. Why be surprised? Many millions of these locks were installed on metal doors in Russia and the CIS countries. They had to start breaking at some point. The first statistics on typical breakdowns of locks with cross-shaped keys have appeared, and the “generic” sores of locks of this type have emerged.
None of the “door keepers” took into account the operating conditions for which these Turkish Fine-Cale locks with a cross key were designed. Almost none of the manufacturers of metal doors with locks of this type instructed users how to use them, what to do and how to care for them, how to lubricate them, in the end.
In Europe and Turkey, locks of this type were originally installed on various office cabinets, file storage, gun cabinets and mailboxes. Here, by the way, is a warm greeting to Turkish locks with cross-shaped keys from the USSR.
Castle on mailbox with cross keys made in the USSR.
In addition, locks with cross keys in Europe were mainly installed on storage rooms, in various institutions, on pseudo-safes, or even on windows, or on roller shutters, and on other secondary objects that required minimal protection from the entry of unauthorized persons.
Here is a lock with cross keys for windows, various cabinets and doors.
But deadbolt lock, with cross keys, which is installed on roller shutters.
Of course, locks of this type were also installed there. various doors, but mainly on wooden ones. Let's say like this one.
Cross key lock on a wooden door.
Apparently, it was the grandmother who installed such a mini-lock, with a cross key, on the door to her room in the family house in Staffordshire, so that her granddaughter would not play pranks with his friends without her...
And in Russia, Fayn - Kale locks, with cross-shaped keys, began to be installed mainly on metal entrance doors to apartments. Where the daily “passage” and operation were, for these locks, although relatively acceptable, they were on the verge of a foul. The fact is that normal steel doors are much heavier than wooden ones and the locks on such doors have their own operating characteristics. Here, more careful opening of the lock is required, and you need to ensure that the metal door does not hang with its entire weight on the locking bolts of the lock.
The steel door must be firmly fixed to the lock latch. In such doors, this is usually a lower lock with handles. If the door is not secured to the latch of the lock with handles, but hangs with its entire weight on the locking bolts, then the operator has to make additional efforts when opening any lock in order to open the door. This force is transmitted to the internal mechanism of the lock with a key, either directly, as with lever locks, or through cylinder mechanism, where, in turn, the key is inserted.
Years pass like this, until one fine moment the lock, with cross-shaped keys, breaks. The “nature” turned out to be too thin and flimsy for the cylinders, Fine-Calais locks, with cross keys.
Apartments would be nice. But Fayn and Kale locks of this type were also actively installed on common vestibule doors in several apartments, where the daily load on these locks increased several times. There are a lot of residents. In addition, on locks installed on common doors As a rule, there were not enough keys included with the lock for all apartment residents. It is clear that in such a situation people went to the nearest Metaloremont and ordered additional duplicate keys there. Sometimes these duplicate keys were not of very high quality; they were difficult to enter and exit the lock.
It goes without saying that after a certain amount of time, locks with cross-shaped keys Fine-Kale began to fail en masse on the entrance vestibule doors various types and structures throughout Russia. When a lock breaks, any one, it is usually replaced with the same one, especially if it is installed in a metal door. But what is the point of replacing Fayn-Kale locks with cross-shaped keys with exactly the same ones, if any master knows that in a few years it will break again. For many uninformed people, a counter question immediately arises: “Is it really possible to change a lock on a metal door, previously “standard” installed in it by the manufacturer, and of one type and size, with another lock, of a different type, with different sizes and keys? »
The answer is almost always clear: “Yes, of course, you can change locks with Fayn - Kale cross keys to locks of a different type!” And it’s not only possible, but even necessary, and the sooner the better. What is made by the hands of one person can always be successfully remade by another person! This applies to almost any other lock installed on steel door, and if it needs replacement. Except in some cases, as well as economic feasibility.
But what you can replace Turkish key-cross locks Fayn - Kale with is a separate story and article. Instead of these locks, you can put a lot of locks, for example, with “safe” type keys, or a cylinder lock, with perforated cylinders and additional protection in the form of overhead or mortise armor plates. Moreover, both from the Fayn - Kale lock manufacturers themselves, and from many other lock manufacturers from Russia, Italy, China and so on.
And again about the legends. The words of managers who spoke about the million-dollar secrets of Fayn - Kale, locks with cross keys, turned out to be just promoted myths and nothing more. These locks became quite easy to open, completely in various ways, all and sundry. They became especially popular among drug addicts, since they did not require special knowledge, skills and qualifications from the thieves and robbers who opened these locks. This is how Turkish Fayn - Kale locks, with cross-shaped keys, and their Chinese clones and fakes became favorite locks for thieves of all stripes. What they are, what they are not, it’s all the same!
When the number of robberies of apartments with locks of this type installed in entrance doors, exceeded many tens of thousands, then our valiant police (and then the police) began to warn respectable citizens: “Citizens, urgently change the locks with cross keys to others!” And at some police stations there were even notices with the same content and photographs of these locks, with the keys of the cross Fine - Calais. It got to the point that in the morning television programs of many TV channels, Russian citizens also began to be warned that they should urgently change the locks of this type installed on their doors, out of harm’s way.
If you have not yet changed your Fayn - Kale Turkish locks with cross keys, then do it before it is too late. Forewarned is forearmed!
And what can be replaced with FAYN - KALE, locks with cross keys, this is a completely different story.
Many people even do it themselves without any problems. And some, on the contrary, have big or small problems with replacing such locks. It would seem that an absolutely similar lock was purchased, but only from a different manufacturer, but a person cannot install it. Come on. And how confidently and persistently the sellers convinced this man: “You will have absolutely no problems replacing such a lock.” But no. It turns out that saying is one thing, but doing is completely different.