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Touchless access solutions from Allegion

01 July 2020

Allegion Middle East, a pioneer in seamless access and provider of safety and security products, has unveiled its comprehensive portfolio of smart, secure, touchless access solutions with a focus on multifamily properties, healthcare facilities, commercial offices and education campuses.

Allegion provides its services to businesses in the UAE and across the Middle East, actively addressing the growing needs of the safety and security sector in the region.

In response to the current Covid-19 pandemic that is impacting the entire world, the company offers a range of access solutions to prevent contact transmission.

“With the Covid-19 pandemic, organisations are facing new challenges that centre around how to open up to the public or to keep operations running while maintaining a safe environment for both employees and customers,” says Jeff Bennett, Commercial Director for Middle East and Africa at Allegion.

In doing so, one concern that needs to be addressed is contact transmission: some studies have found that the Covid-19 virus can survive on certain surfaces for days unless properly disinfected. As a result, reducing the amount of contact people have with commonly touched surfaces is one measure facilities managers can consider in seeking to provide safer, cleaner environments, he says.

Allegion’s touchless access solutions portfolio includes:

• Mobile-enabled readers – these solutions are designed to provide a contactless credential that requires a user to simply present the card near it;

• Automatic operators – these are designed for applications where most pedestrians operate the door electronically utilising a motor gearbox and control box to perform the opening and closing functions;

• Actuators – these provide a signal that activates the automatic operator to open the door, including “wave to open”, motion detection or contactless readers;

• Safety sensors – these solutions are issued in conjunction with an actuator to prevent the door from closing whilst you are passing or in the path of the closing door, ensuring the user’s safe path through the opening.

“Offering safe and clean environments is clearly top of mind for many – and for good reason. Adapting new technology and changing the way we access buildings or rooms is one opportunity to make a difference. Going wireless is already a popular trend, and when combined with automation of a door or opening, it can help reduce the chance of transmitting viruses and bacteria through hand-to-door contact,” Bennett concludes.