Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced that it is using an advanced antimicrobial technology to reduce the spread of micro-organisms on its HandKey and HandPunch platens. All recently-ordered Schlage HandKey terminals for security applications and Ingersoll Rand HandPunch terminals for time and attendance will incorporate this technology.
An innovative silver-based agent, using BioCoteŽ technology, is embedded into the materials used to produce the platen of the biometric hand geometry units. BioCoteŽ provides a hygienic finish that inhibits microbial growth that can cause a build up of grime, degradation or deterioration of the unit.
“This high-tech material reduces a concern of some people when it comes to using hand geometry biometrics,” reports Jon Mooney, general manager of the biometrics unit for Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies. “Our hand readers are now specifically designed with bacteria reduction in mind.”
BioCote Limited is a market leader in the field of antimicrobial technology. The active agents in BioCoteŽ are incorporated during the manufacturing process and because they cannot leach out or wash off the surface, remain active for the life of the biometric reader. BioCoteŽ does not change the look or the feel of the product but it continually protects the platen’s surface against microbes, making it cleaner and more hygienic.
Units incorporating the antimicrobial technology began shipping in June of 2007. Website is www.recognitionsystems.ingersollrand.com.
26 July 2007
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