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Accuride’s Senseon Secure Access system uses cards, fobs to seamlessly open locked drawers, cabinet doors
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raditional locks and keys have been around for 150 years, and not much has changed in that time in how people and businesses secured their valuables. It could be time for a transformation. Accuride® International – an industry leader in drawer slides and other movement solutions – believes it has the system to make it happen. Accuride launched the Senseon™ Secure Access system this fall, which it says will forever change how some businesses and people protect and manage their valuable content. With Senseon, retail stores, hospitals, banks, hotels and other commercial establishments, as well as homeowners, can avoid the limitations of old-fashioned cabinet locks and keys, the company says. Instead, key cards and fobs use radio-frequency identification (RFID) to communicate with hidden readers to automatically open cabinet drawers and doors. One reader can control up to 15 drawers or doors. Cabinet designers and manufacturers and retailers no longer have to contend with unwieldy and often unreliable locks and keys. Custom-home designers and builders also can integrate Senseon into built-ins to protect jewelry and other valuable items. “Senseon sets a new standard for
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cabinet-level access control,” Accuride CEO Scott Jordan said. “It offers a simple, better way to reduce theft, streamline operations, ease employees’ jobs and improve the customer experience.” Solutions Marketing Director Greg Rewers stressed the simplicity of Senseon both in installation and use. “Ease of use was of paramount importance as we designed and created the system,” Rewers said. “It’s very easy to use. It’s very easy to program, and from a woodworker, cabinetmaker or installer’s point of view, it’s very easy to install. “Yet, it’s a commercial grade system that offers a high degree of security.” Senseon is unlike anything else on the market, Rewers said, because it’s a complete system for an entire cabinet connected to one reader, and the lock is integrated into the drawer slide. “It’s a marriage of access control, security and cabinet hardware function altogether in one solution. That makes it unique,” he said. Rewers said Senseon is the right solution for many businesses. He cited health care as an example. Hospitals and other health care facilities are required to keep medications, medical supplies and patient records in locked cabinets and drawers, and Senseon and its autolock feature improve
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the security level. “With Senseon’s autolock feature, as soon as doors or drawers are closed, it automatically relocks all of the doors that are part of the system,” Rewers noted. Accuride works with clients to fashion systems that work best for them and that’s why they don’t quote standard costs for Senseon. Rewers, however, said the savings for health care companies that can be fined for unsecured medications are a good example of how the system is cost-effective. Senseon cuts down on theft in many environments, including retail, where the system also enhances the customer experience, leading to more sales, Rewers said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 24 �
SOLUTIONS MARKETING DIRECTOR GREG REWERS