“The Best Access ATB option eliminates a critical barrier to sales as doors prepped for a cylindrical lock with a throughbolt spacing of 2 ¾” can now be easily retrofitted.” said Hank McKay, product manager for Stanley Security Solutions. 

 ”Ultimately, providing the ATB option will allow customers to easily replace a door’s existing lock with a BEST® 9K® Lock that is tailored for the door’s existing configuration, minimizing the time and cost associated with the installation.” Retrofit Capabilities: Traditional BEST® Cylindrical Locks utilize a 2-35/64″ spacing, whereas many commercial grade cylindrical locksets utilize a throughbolt hole spacing of 2 ¾”. This small difference in spacing presents a significant problem during a retrofit because the hole locations intersect, making it difficult to accurately prepare a door for a BEST® Lock. The BEST® 9K® ATB lockset has throughbolt hole spacing of 2 ¾”, making retrofit with standard commercial grade locksets easy and the only part of the lock that changes with the BEST® 9K® ATB option are the rose liners.

Keying Retrofit Capabilities:

In addition to simplifying a retrofit, the BEST® 9K lockset can already retrofit a variety of competitor keying options. The BEST® 9K Lock ATB option can be combined with the SCHRC option to retrofit both Schlage’s door preparation and Schlage’s large format removable core design. The SCHRC option enables the BEST® 9K® Lock to accept and operate these removable cores. Similarly, the BEST® 9K® Lock is available to retrofit and operate Schlage’s key-in-knob (non-IC) cylinders. When combined with the ATB option, the SCH option provides a lockset that retrofits both Schlage’s door preparation and key-inknob cylinders. If a customer requires a non-IC cylinder for their lock, Best Access Systems can provide a six-pin key-in-knob cylinder in the Schlage® C keyway that is either keyed alike, keyed different or zero bitted. The 9K® system can also accommodate and operate key-in-knob cylinders from other manufacturers, including Corbin-Russwin, Medeco, Sargent and Yale.

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