Once more an Armstrong Locksmith saves the day! Peter Clark of Armstrongs Avondale, receives praise in ABLOYs 4th Quarter 2008 news letter for his investigation which revealed an inside job.

Taken From the ABLOY Newsletter #3 4th Quarter 08

Unquestionable Security

In todays challenging economic times enterprising people are becoming, or being forced to look for newer or different ways to provide money. This creates opportunities for us all to offer better protection against these attacks to clients and the protection of their assets.

Recently a client who has a large network of facilities being locked with ABLOY Products, supplied and installed by Pete Clark, Armstrong Locksmiths Avondale, encountered a situation that could not quite be explained.

The client called Pete in to investigate why large amounts of facility capital equipment & resources had been removed from his sites even though ABLOY was being used to secure each site. The client had used ABLOY for many years, and did not question the integrity of the product or that of Pete and his team.

Upon inspection Pete found that the ABLOY Padlocks, PL340N were separated from the main gates, and were lying on the ground close to the gates. The PL340N Padlock body had very clear indentations on the top of the Padlock body where obvious impact had been made on the Padlock,

Image showing impact marks on Padlock body

Pete knew that once a PL340N was locked onto an object the force required to separate the shackle from the body would have to be extreme, and would leave unquestionable marks on both the padlock body and the shackle, more so than was present.

Additional inspection of the padlock drum package showed an impact mark on one side of the drum assembly, (LH side of drum, grub screw side of padlock) not both as you would expect from the locking balls if pressure was applied while the padlock was actually in a locked status.

Image showing impact on one side only of the drum package

Pete demonstrated to his client that the only way that this padlock & shackle could have been separated in this instance would only have been if the padlock was subjected to hammer blows while being in an unlocked position. Could only have happened if first a key holder opened the padlock, positioned the padlock and caused the damage. This was typical of an inside job.

The GM & 2IC both agreed with Pete and have since approached staff to resolve this. The client is extremely happy with the ABLOY Padlocks and the service of Pete Clark, Armstrong Locksmiths.

As the old saying goes,
No One Ever Regretted Buying Quality