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Data Centre World 2024

Two more chances to meet the team at the NEC – we will be at the Commercial Vehicle Show – 23 to 25 April – on stand no. 5E85 with a range of hardware to suit vehicles, trailers and equipment.

Then from April 30 to May 2nd we will be there again for The Security Event on stand no 4/N67 .

We would love to see our customers and new enquirers so we can offer some options face to face and follow the conversation to resolve your hardware needs.

Please drop by on the stand or let us know you are coming with a note here 

Smart Access with Mobile phone app

Smart security on the move with a mobile phone – we explained recently that our new “EMKA mobile” app, transforms a smartphone into a digital key for sophisticated and secure locking of cabinets and enclosures in the industrial/digital sphere and wider environments. This app will enable users to trace, manage, and access allocated handles with various levels of permission determined by specified user profiles.  “EMKA mobile” secures flexible personalised access and once again supplements the range of access options available through the EMKA family of ingenious technologies.

As the amount of data continues to increase, control and telecommunication cabinets are essential components of our infrastructure. Ensuring only authorised personnel have access to this data and making modifications regularly is essential. In order to provide authorised personnel with digital access control, we have developed a solution that uses a smartphone application to unlock the handle. At this point, the app is compatible with the “Agent E-BLE” swinghandle. The communication between the app and the handle is based on Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE).

Secure and convenient personalised access to the Agent-E handle has been achieved using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology so that now, this new intuitive smartphone app provides a convenient way to operate the handle locking mechanism. Other locking solutions such as the single-point locking and the outdoor swinghandle of the 1317 series can also be opened via the app. Upon successful registration, the “handle owner” will grant the user permission to use the app and in order to ensure continuing security, the user’s identity is checked again each time before the handle is opened. Depending on the smartphone manufacturer, this may require entering a pin, activating a fingerprint sensor, or facial recognition. In the next step – depending on the authorisation level – a list of approved locks that are within range of the BLE signal is available. Subsequently, the user selects the lock they want to open. The “handle owner” can grant or revoke authorisations at any time. Access is further restricted by using a predetermined time frame.

After undergoing a predetermined testing phase, the new app has been put into use by a producer of transport boxes that are fitted with the EMKA single-point locking system. Merging the function of advanced locking technology and a user-friendly smartphone app created a comprehensive, intelligent solution. The development team pointed out that they have designed this system specifically for business customers, OEMs and installers, who are aiming to improve their security technology, or offer their clients fresh, innovative locking options.

With this app, each user’s smartphone becomes a digital key that is always available to operate locks in remote or otherwise vulnerable locations. Details can be accessed at the company’s website:

https://www.emka.com/de_en/news/detail/smart-access-with-emka-mobile-app/.

Data Centre World 2024

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Rack Management System with EMKA Agent E locking handle

Visitors will be able to see how, by leveraging a combination of electromechanical handle, software and wireless technology, the EMKA system allows individualised access to all cabinets and perpetually supervises the opening and closing processes. In addition, the handles can be easily and quickly adapted to cabinets from different manufacturers. Typically, EMKA provides authentication with an RFID card and Agent E.

Additional levels of security may also be catered for – such as use of an iris scanner that can open the server cabinets remotely. Since the eye profile cannot be mistaken, this authentication method is understood to offer maximum security.

All authorised rack doors may then be shown and can be selected on a display. The selected handles are transmitted to the control unit of the EMKA system and from there the activation is triggered wirelessly through personalised access control down to the cabinet level, Agent E thus enables clear logging and tracing. The entire system thereby consists not only of EMKA secure handles but also includes database-based control software and powerful modules.

Rack Management System with EMKA Agent E locking handle

We recently informed that our new Rack Management Systems are installed worldwide in data centres and server parks of banks and co-location centres where a combination of electromechanical handles, software and radio technology is considered the best choice – such as the “Agent E” type handle, which offers personalised access to the cabinet as well Read more

Fresh vegetables from the vending machine – and on a grand scale. This was the task facing the French system manufacturer BERTHOLON SA. From scratch, the family-owned company designed and built one of the biggest food vending machines in the world with 160 compartments. However, in order to guarantee the reliable opening and closing of Read more

Data Centre Security with the EMKA Agent E wireless system and iris scan

Our MD Andrew Clutterbuck confirmed that the Agent E Wireless locking system has been developed for high-security installations around the world, and has especially demonstrated its flexibility in a converted civil defence bunker application at the Stollen Lucerne Data Centre, in combination with an iris scanner incorporated at the customer’s request. Andrew raised the question Read more

EMKA T handle

This new T-handle from our EMKA team offers maximum safety and ease of use. It can be used to close flaps, lids and doors of construction machinery, trailers, generators and caravans in a completely dust and watertight manner. The flush-mounted design and favourable handle size are significant advantages of the handle design. The handle is Read more

EMKA sealing profiles made of EPDM fire protection compound

We are pleased to advise that our engineers are specialists in the processing of sealing materials which are certified according to currently valid fire protection standards for rail vehicles – this includes  DIN EN 45545-2, ASTM E1354, ASTM E662, ASTM C1166, BSS 7239, SMP 800C. which are supplied to railway engineering companies internationally. Conformity with Read more

We have recently issued an update on our standard program of low profile swinghandles for enclosures and cabinets covering the benefits of this design technology, these include smooth doors with no marked protrusions offering increased safety as there is no danger of snagging on clothes as people pass by. Also, in the production/installation stages they Read more

ROWEKO and EMKA – 30 years of partnership

The partnership between ROWEKO and EMKA has existed for over 30 years and is more successful today than ever before. Today, the entire ROWEKO product range includes solutions developed by the closure team of engineers at EMKA. What is the secret behind this longstanding cooperation? The answer lies in the consistently high quality of the Read more

Transport hardware for Specialist vehicles

The team here at EMKA advise that our electronic locking systems are also of value for sectors far removed from electrical and electronic cabinets, in applications such as commercial vehicles and caravan manufacture. In these situations, we can offer a way that closure and locking systems may be completely mounted internally and therefore not visible Read more

Our deep historical involvement with customers for enclosure and cabinet hardware allows us to understand changing market requirements and to feed these changes back into standard ex-stock products – it also enables us to develop high quality application specific, ie custom products, to suit new production or installation needs. In fact many of our standard Read more