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Ingersoll Rand adds anti-microbial agent to all HandKey and HandPunch Platens

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.  A special silver-based agent, using BioCote technology, is embedded into the materials used to produce the platen of the biometric hand geometry units, providing a hygienic finish that resists bacterial degradation.


“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.”

The active agents in BioCote are incorporated during the manufacturing process and remain active for the life of the biometric reader to protect it from degradation. BioCote does not change the look or the feel of the product but it continually protects the platen surface.

Ingersoll Rand
www.recognitionsystems.ingersollrand.com

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