Locking cylinders

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Lock mastering is a technique by which several sets of locks can be opened with the same keys and there is a master key that opens all sets of locks. In other words, it is a way of reducing the number of keys you have to carry in your pocket and controlling access to certain spaces for whoever can. The advantage of lock mastering is that you can make as many opening combinations as you need and apply it to as many locks, padlocks or locks as you want.

What is the difference between cylinder matching and master keying?

Key matching is the ability to open several cylinders with the same key. Key mastering is the ability to make as many combinations of openings as you want with the same or different keys. To give a typical example, imagine 4 floors of offices. You could make all the doors on each floor open with the same key (key matching) and then have a master key that opens the doors on all 4 floors (key mastering). This would be 4 types of key matching but also a key mastering that would allow those 4 floors to be opened with the same key for the administrator, the director, the cleaning service or whoever.

It is also common to see master keying in entrances , for example. There are buildings in which the same key opens the entrance door and the door to your house. But the key to your house does not open any other house in the building. In this way, one key would be enough to access your home.

Let's look at an image with a graphic example of what master keying is.

Request a quote for lock cylinder master keying

If you are interested in requesting a quote for lock cylinder master keying, please follow the steps below to fill out the form below:

1st. Indicate how many groups of keys there will be. In the case above, there are 3 different types of keys: 1 type of key will open the blue and green group, another key will open the blue and yellow group, and finally, one key will open only the blue one.

If you wanted the entrance and the elevator to have different keys, there would be 4 different types of keys.

2º. Indicate the specific name for each group of keys. For example: portal key or portal+house key or whatever to identify the intended use of that key.

3. Specify the specific type of lock cylinder you need and the specific characteristics of said group and lock cylinder.

4th. Write down in specifications anything that you were unable to point out in the test.

5th. Indicate the names of the groups of keys you want to open. For example, home keys that open the portal .