Solenoids secure home deliveries
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NSF Controls product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Jul 4, 2007
A robust, compact solenoid from NSF Controls actuates the bolt locking system for A Home 4it's secure delivery system.
Compact tubular solenoids supplied by Keighley, West Yorkshire-based NSF Controls , are helping to keep home deliveries safe and secure, thanks to their incorporation in a new, electronically controlled, key storage system from security company A Home 4it.
Driven by the growth of home shopping markets such as the internet, TV and telephone, the system enables secure deliveries to homes and other locations when the intended receiver is not present.
The system, which can be mounted discreetly and conveniently close to the entry point, incorporates a storage unit for holding a key to the garage, shed, porch or conservatory, and access is controlled by an electronic keypad.
When a delivery is expected, the system can be programmed manually or by SMS by the property owner with a single-shot code, or the whole operation managed by A Home 4it.
Factors, such as key code and access time window, can be quickly inputted into the system.
Backing up the integrity and reliability of the system is a robust, compact solenoid from NSF Controls, which actuates the bolt locking system.
' Home 4it Director, Andy Holding says: "The system is both maintenance-free and robust in its construction, and thus all components have to have a very high build standard".
"The compact solenoid from NSF Controls met all of our performance requirements and the NSF team was extremely pro-active in developing the product for our niche application".
Roy Whitaker, NSF Commercial Manager, comments: "I have no doubt that the phenomenal growth of home shopping, and the ever increasing requirement for secure delivery and storage of such products, should guarantee the system's future".
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