The EU profile mortise lock is a kind of lock that is widely used in the world at present. The mortise lock body can be seen on indoor wooden doors, residential entrance doors, access doors in public places, and fire doors. The advantages are small size, comprehensive functions, and there are very complete standards for users to refer to, including the durability of the lock body, fire rating, size, etc., all have perfect standards, which provides convenience for users to purchase and use .
When we choose and purchase European standard lock bodies, we usually have the following questions.
What’s a Door Lock used for?
SDH provide the EU profile door lock, using in the fire-rated steel door, interior wooden door, storeroom door etc.
What are the features of a EU profile mortise Lock?
The features of EU profile doorlock are: Small size, complete quality inspection standards,
How to select a mortise Lock?
According to the type of door, the passage lock(just with latch bolt) can be used in the passage of public places where no locking function is required.
The dead bolt lock can be used in the doors that open infrequently and require a locking function like storeroom, pipe shaft.
As the residential interior door, the sash lock and magnetic lock are good choice
Aluminum alloy frame doors are limited by the size of the aluminum profile cavity and usually use a narrow lock.
How does the mortise lock work?
As sash lock, latch bolt driven by the door handle, deadbolt driven by the cylinder. Turn the key, the lock cylinder drives the deadbolt back, then press down on the door handle, the latch bolt back, and the door can be opened.
How should we choose the lock body by usage the frequency?
We should choose the suitable door hardware according to the frequency of usage, In public places with a large flow of people, such as shopping malls, hotels and schools, door hardware is used very frequently. Household door hardware is less frequently used. In the EN 12209 standard, according to the usage habits and the user’s protection of the product.
What are the standards of the mortise lock?
The EU profile mortise lock according to the EN 12209, and DIN 18251 Specifies the size of the lock body. For the factories of doors which use the mechanized production, The specified size of the lock body greatly improves the efficiency of opening holes for the door leaf.
EN 12209 is a standard for the mortise lock sales in EU market, the test include normal use (and abuse) forces, long-term durability, fire/smoke resistance, corrosion and temperature resistance and security, both manipulative and physical.
Mortise Lock Components
For a Euro profile mortise sashlock, the parts including:
- Forend-SUS304
- Lock case-steel galvanized
- Follower washer-steel plated
- Follower-SUS304
- Follower sprin-65Mn
- Latch-SUS304
- Latch action arm-steel plated
- Deadbolt clutch plate-steel plated
- Deadbolt spring-65Mn
- Deadbolt-SUS304
- Action arm-steel plated
- Deadbolt pin-Q195
- Lockcase-steel galvanized
- Screws-SUS201
SDH is a Eu profile mortise lock body manufacturer with more than ten years of experience, focusing on the R&D and manufacturing of high-end lock bodies. We understand user needs and insist on using high-quality materials to provide durable high-quality lock bodies. If the above content does not To answer your doubts, you are welcome to consult us directly.
