M³ Rim & Mortise Cylinders
Medeco® Mortise cylinders have threads on the outside of the shell and are designed to be screwed into other manufacturer's mortise lock cases. A cam on the back of the cylinder operates the lock mechanism and a set screw holds the mortise cylinder in place. Medeco®Rim cylinders are used with auxiliary rim locks such as: surface mounted deadbolts, night latches, panic devices and jimmyproof locks (also know as vertical dropbolts or interlocking deadbolts).
Rim cylinders are held in place with a back plate and two mounting screws.
10 series, rim and mortise cylinders, are UL437 listed for drill and pick resistance, and the those that incorporate the Biaxial® design, offer utility patented key control.
Rim and Mortise cylinders can be ordered with a variety of different cylinder technologies, including the features below for Medeco³.

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Patented Key Control - Protects against unauthorized duplication of your keys. |
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Uses Existing Hardware - Can be masterkeyed into a system containing Medeco BiLevel, Medeco³ Mechanical; as well as Medeco³ CLIQ Intelligent Key Systems. Medeco³ cylinders are available in a wide variety of formats, retrofitting most hardware on the market today.
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Can Be Masterkeyed - Can be masterkeyed into a system containing Medeco BiLevel and Medeco³ Mechanical as well as Medeco³ CLIQ Intelligent Key Systems. |
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Protection From Physical Attack - Medeco³ cylinders are UL 437 listed and stand up to drilling, picking and other forms of physical attack. |
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Special Angle Cut Keys - Requires a special key cutting machine and access to Medeco specific blanks, available in a variety of restrictions to support every need. |
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Picking & Bump Protection - Medeco³ cylinders use a sidebar that prevents the key from rotating until it is elevated, rotated and aligned in the correct position. This feature offers protection against bumping and picking attacks. |
To compare the mechanical features, see the below chart.
Mechanical Cylinder Features
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UL listed |
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Grade 1 Certification |
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BHMA A156.30 Level A Certification the cylinder |
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Can be incorporated into existing master key system |
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Protect against drill, wrenching, bumping and prying attacks |
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Solid Brass Construction |
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Key may be ordered with a prox head |
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Patented Protected Keys |
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For loss and liability control, Rim and Mortise cylinders area available in the following ecylinder options:
Electronic Cylinder Features
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Audit of the cylinder |
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Audit of the key |
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Can be incorporated into Medeco® Mechanical system |
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Provides Scheduling |
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No wiring involved |
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Multiple user access groups |
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Benefits:
- Utility patented key control, (for cylinders that incorporate the Medeco3 design), provides protection against the unauthorized duplication of keys
- A special elevating and rotating pin tumbler design, along with false slots on the bottom pins, mushroom top pins and a sidebar mechanism, work together, to provide superior pick resistance
- Angled cuts on the keys, along with fore and aft positioning, and the reciprocal slider of the Medeco3 design, provide added dimensions that dramatically increases key combinations and enables Medeco® to produce some of the largest master key systems in the industry
- Hardened steel inserts, positioned in critical areas of the cylinder, provide a high degree of drill resistance
- Solid brass construction provides high quality and long cylinder life
- Set screw pin chamber caps allow quick and easy pinning and re-keying without the need to take the cylinder apart
- Large variety of cylinder lengths and cam/tailpiece configurations provide excellent retrofit capability and reduce the need to replace the entire locking device
Applications
- Flexible options designed to retrofit various manufacturers of Mortise and Rim locks
Warranty:
- Warranted for two (2) years against manufacturer's defects. See the Medeco® limited warranty for full details
Technical Information:
- Eigth (8) different finishes provide an extremely close color match with existing hardware
Finishes:
- 05 - Bright Brass
- 06 - Satin Brass
- 09 - Antique Brass
- 10 - Satin Brass Blackened
- 11 - Bright Bronze
- 12 - Satin Bronze
- 13 - Oil Rubbed Bronze
- 18 - Bright Nickel
- 19 - Satin Nickel
- 20 - Antique Nickel
- 22 - Black
- 24 - Dark Bronze
- 25 - Bright Chrome
- 26 - Satin Chrome