Safety + Security

Panic hardware interfaced with emergency escape lock range

In projects, the highest priority is assigned to ensuring that emergency escape routes, while still offering undelayed egress in the event of a hazard, are secure against abuse. Two different systems are currently vying for the national market:
a lock and handle or pushplate per EN 179 (emergency exit device), and the panic exit device per EN 1125 in which a horizontal bar extends across the entire width
of the door. In order to ensure compliance with the principles of free trade within Europe, these two standards have been harmonised since 1 April 2003. Conforming products can thus carry the CE mark even where doors are secured by means of a mortise lock, as in Germany.

At “BAU 2005”, the Munich construction trade show, DORMA will be exhibiting for the first time a solution from its Panic Hardware product line as a prototype in the form of the PHA 2500 (Crossbar) for a double-leaf narrow-stile door combined
with an emergency escape lock system. DORMA has been in possession of the certificate of conformity for its PHA 2500 series for single-leaf doors as a complete system since November 2004. The market launch date is scheduled for April 2005. A system for double-leaf doors will be available from June 2005.
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	On show in Munich is this solid and compact solution for emergency exits in the form of the PHA 2500 exit device from DORMA’s Panic Hardware product line in combination with an emergency escape lock. This multi-variant composite device reconciles the two major concerns: building security on the one hand and unimpeded emergency escape on the other. The PHA 2500 will be available in various finishes including mock stainless steel, powder-coated silver and a range of special colours. Photo: DORMA download view picture