Institutions such as offices, gyms, schools, hospitals, and co-working spaces often face the challenge of securing personal belongings.
The management of physical locker keys can be time-consuming for staff, and coin-operated lockers offer limited convenience in a predominantly cashless society. Digital locker systems present a compelling solution to these issues by providing secure and accessible locker options.
Digital locker advantages
A digital locking system tailored for lockers and cabinets addresses key challenges for security teams. Whether lockers are managed independently or as part of a comprehensive SMARTair access control system, digital access provides effective and flexible management.
This wireless solution enhances the user experience by significantly reducing theft risks without necessitating changes to existing furniture. It also eliminates the use of mechanical keys, thereby reducing associated costs and hassles.
Introducing the SMARTair® i-locker
The i-locker is easy to install, requiring no cables or wires, and warrants minimal maintenance
The new SMARTair® i-locker is designed to fulfil modern storage needs. It provides wireless, mobile-enabled, and real-time locker management both as a standalone system and integrated with a SMARTair digital access management system. The i-locker offers intelligent control over personal storage, allowing for effortless locking and unlocking through a smartphone app, thus ensuring user peace of mind.
The i-locker is easy to install, requiring no cables or wires, and warrants minimal maintenance. It is battery-operated to improve energy efficiency and to sidestep the need for costly electrical maintenance.
Engineered by a prominent access technology firm, these lockers are built for reliability, resistance to attacks, and regulatory compliance. Facilities managers benefit from the seamless operation of numerous keyless lockers, potentially integrating them with a digital access control solution for efficient management.
Flexible and user-friendly features
The i-locker offers two operational modes. In Free Mode, users can easily locate unoccupied lockers and secure them using a smartphone, RFID smartcard, tag, or bracelet, with LED indicators confirming their belongings' safety. The Openow® app also facilitates locker number retrieval. In Assigned Mode, users receive designated lockers, simplifying locker management in diverse environments such as pool changing rooms.
Adaptability across various environments
Expanding the system is straightforward when additional lockers are needed
Available in two shaft lengths and with various cam options, i-locker can be adapted for different locker dimensions. It integrates easily with a digital access system, providing security and facilities managers with a comprehensive site overview. Expanding the system is straightforward when additional lockers are needed, with a single wall-mounted SMARTair Hub connecting up to 60 lockers.
As Mikel Gaztañaga, SMARTair Sales Manager at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, states, "A school, university or hospital can deploy i-lockers in staff rooms, or to secure medicine trolleys and drug cabinets. In offices or co-working spaces, the i-locker is a perfect fit for cupboards with sensitive or valuable contents, as well as document drawers, for example. Retail managers can deploy it on customer-facing display cases. As well as pool changing, additional applications include gyms and individual mailboxes in multi-residential apartment blocks."
Gaztañaga further adds, "The SMARTair i-locker replaces the hassle of mechanical management with mobile, wireless convenience. Install it fast, manage it remotely, scale it easily."
In busy offices, gyms, schools, hospitals, or co-working spaces, nobody wants to leave their belongings lying around, risking loss or theft. It often makes sense to provide space users with secure locker access. However, managing physical locker keys eats up staff time. Coin-operated lockers are inconvenient in an increasingly cashless world. The solution: digital access for lockers.
A digital lock designed specifically for lockers and cabinets solves the most important challenges facing any security team which manages lockers – whether independently, in a changing or post room for example, or as part of their SMARTair access control system.
Access control system
A wireless digital locker system enhances the customer or visitor experience by reducing the risk of theft without requiring changes to (or replacement of) existing furniture. At the same time, it eliminates the need for mechanical keys, cutting the hassle and cost of replacing those lost or stolen. The right solution creates a flexible, efficient way to manage locker access almost anywhere.
The new SMARTair® i-locker was created to meet these needs, offering wireless, mobile-enabled, real-time locker management as a smart, standalone solution for modern storage or connected with a SMARTair wireless digital access management system.
Expensive electrical maintenance
The i-locker brings intelligent, flexible control to personal storage, including convenient locking/unlocking via smartphone app. Site users enjoy peace of mind when their belongings are secure and out of sight. Facilities managers save the time previously wasted managing and replacing keys.
Each i-locker is quick to fit without cables, wires, or damage. Devices are engineered by a global leader in access technologies for reliability, attack resistance, and regulatory compliance. Battery power ensures energy-efficient operation without the need for expensive electrical maintenance. With the option of real-time, remote control if required, i-locker helps facilities managers run a suite of keyless lockers, or to integrate lockers and cupboards with a growing digital access solution.
Streamline locker management
The i-locker offers two convenient operating modes. In Free Mode, users identify unoccupied lockers at a glance and lock the device with a tap of their smartphone, RFID smartcard, tag, or bracelet. LEDs give rapid feedback and provide peace of mind that belongings are safely stored inside. With smartphone operation enabled, the Openow® app displays their locker number for easy collection after use. In Assigned Mode, the user is allocated a specific locker.
Two shaft lengths depending on the locker width and different cams ensures i-locker ccovers a range of applications to streamline locker management – in a pool changing area, for example – without the need for complex infrastructure. A single, wall-mounted SMARTair Hub connects up to 60 lockers with intuitive admin software. The i-locker can just as easily integrate with a digital access system to provide security and facilities managers with a more holistic site overview. When an organisation installs more lockers, adding them to the system is simple.
Multi-residential apartment blocks
“A school, university or hospital can deploy i-lockers in staff rooms, or to secure medicine trolleys and drug cabinets,” says Mikel Gaztañaga, SMARTair Sales Manager at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions. “In offices or co-working spaces, the i-locker is a perfect fit for cupboards with sensitive or valuable contents, as well as document drawers, for example. Retail managers can deploy it on customer-facing display cases. As well as pool changing, additional applications include gyms and individual mailboxes in multi-residential apartment blocks.”
“The SMARTair i-locker replaces the hassle of mechanical management with mobile, wireless convenience. Install it fast, manage it remotely, scale it easily.”
