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Falcon Falcon B561 - Classroom Lock - Grade 2 Cylindrical Keyed Lever Lock FAL-B561

Falcon B561 Grade 2 Cylindrical Classroom Lock with Keyed Lever

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Falcon B561 Grade 2 Cylindrical Classroom Lock with Keyed Lever

Medium-Duty Commercial Lock Solution

The Falcon B561 is a Grade 2 cylindrical keyed lever lock designed for classroom applications in commercial environments. This medium-duty lock features adjustable door thickness from 1-3/8" to 2" and includes a 2-3/4" backset with non-handed design for versatile installation. ANSI/BHMA A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2 certified and UL listed with 3-hour A label fire rating, this lock delivers reliable performance for educational facilities and commercial buildings.

Professional Features & Benefits

  • Adjustable Door Compatibility: Accommodates door thickness from 1-3/8" to 2" for versatile installation across various door types and construction standards.
  • Heavy-Duty Construction: Individual heavy-duty springs for lever return prevent lever sag while through-bolted trim with thread sealant coating provides exceptional strength and prevents loosening.
  • Grade 2 Certification: Exceeds ANSI/BHMA A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2 standards for durability and reliability in commercial applications.
  • Fire Rating Compliance: UL listed with 3-hour A label fire rating ensures code compliance for fire-rated door applications.
  • Interchangeable Core System: Compatible with SFIC products from other manufacturers for quick and convenient re-keying without field disassembly.
  • Non-Handed Design: Eliminates the need for field disassembly during re-handing, simplifying installation and maintenance procedures.
  • ADA Compliance: Meets ADA standards with industry-standard lever designs and optional abrasive strip identification for hazardous entrances.
  • Manufacturer Warranty: 10-year warranty provides long-term protection and confidence in product reliability.

Technical Specifications

  • Backset (Distance): 2-3/4"
  • Commercial/Residential: Commercial
  • Department: Door Hardware
  • Door Hand Direction: Non-Handed
  • Duty Level: Medium Duty
  • Electronic: No
  • Grade: Grade 2
  • Handle Type: Lever
  • Keyed: Yes
  • Keyed Function: Single Cylinder
  • Lock Function: Classroom
  • Lock Type: Cylindrical
  • Product Attribute: Cylindrical Locks
  • Product Category: Mechanical Locks
  • Product Function: Classroom
  • Product Group: Mechanical Locks
  • Product Model: B501
  • Product Subgroup: Bored Locksets
  • Product Type: Leversets
  • Series: B Series
  • Standard Latch: 1-1/8" x 2-1/4", Square corner faceplate, 1" housing diameter, 1/2" Throw, 2-3/4" backset
  • Standard Strike: 1-1/4" x 4-7/8", ANSI, Square corner, no box
  • Subcategory: Cylindrical Locks

Installation & Operation

  1. Review manufacturer specifications and verify door preparation requirements including door thickness compatibility (1-3/8" to 2"), backset requirements, and proper bore hole dimensions.
  2. Use manufacturer-provided templates to mark mounting hole locations accurately on door and frame surfaces for precise installation.
  3. Prepare door by drilling required 2-1/8" bore hole and 1" edge bore, ensuring proper alignment and smooth finish for optimal lock operation.
  4. Install latch assembly and strike plate, securing all mounting hardware per manufacturer torque specifications for reliable long-term performance.
  5. Mount lever trim assemblies and adjust for proper alignment, smooth lever operation, and secure latching throughout the full range of motion.
  6. Test lock operation including key function, lever return, and classroom function features to verify proper installation and make final adjustments as needed. Refer to manufacturer documentation for complete installation details and troubleshooting.

Professional Applications

  • Educational Facilities and Classroom Security
  • Commercial Office Buildings
  • Government and Municipal Buildings
  • Multi-Family Residential Properties
  • Retail Establishments
  • Industrial and Warehouse Facilities
  • Healthcare Institution Access Control

Why Choose Falcon Quality?

Falcon B Series cylindrical locks deliver professional-grade reliability with heavy-duty spring mechanisms and through-bolted construction rated to exceed ANSI/BHMA Grade 2 standards. The 10-year warranty and UL 3-hour fire rating demonstrate Falcon's commitment to durability and code compliance. Engineered for demanding commercial applications where dependable classroom security and easy maintenance are essential.

Product Specs

Series:
B Series
Subcategory:
Cylindrical Locks
Grade:
Grade 2
Keyed Function:
Single Cylinder
Standard Latch:
1-1/8" x 2-1/4", Square corner faceplate, 1" housing diameter, 1/2" Throw, 2-3/4" backset
Standard Strike:
1-1/4" x 4-7/8", ANSI, Square corner, no box
Keyed:
Yes
Duty Level:
Medium Duty
Product Group:
Mechanical Locks
Product Subgroup:
Bored Locksets
Product Type:
Leversets
Electronic:
No
Commercial/Residential:
Commercial
Lock Type:
Cylindrical
Handle Type:
Lever
Lock Function:
Classroom
Product Attribute:
Cylindrical Locks
Product Model:
B501
Product Function:
Classroom
Door Hand Direction:
Non-Handed
Product Category:
Mechanical Locks
Backset (Distance):
2-3/4"
Department:
Door Hardware

Falcon B561PD D 626 – Frequently Asked Questions

1) Will the Falcon B561 classroom lock fit a 1-3/8 inch door, and what is the thickest door it takes?
The B561 covers doors from 1-3/8 inches up to 2 inches, so it handles both the older 1-3/8 interior leaf and standard 1-3/4 commercial doors without a special order. Door prep is a 2-1/8 inch bore with a 1 inch edge bore.
2) What does classroom function mean on the Falcon B561, and how does it behave day to day?
Classroom function on the B561 means the outside lever is locked and unlocked by key only, from the outside. There is no thumbturn or pushbutton on the inside, so nobody can lock the door from within the room. The inside lever always retracts the latch for free egress. It is a single cylinder lock, keyed on the outside only. Teachers or staff step into the corridor and key the outside lever to secure the room, then key it back for class.
3) Do I need to specify handing when ordering a Falcon B561 lever lock?
No handing to call out. The B561 is non-handed and does not need field disassembly to re-hand, so one part number covers left and right hand openings. Useful when you are stocking spares for a building with doors swinging both ways.
4) Can I use the Falcon B561 on a fire rated classroom door?
Fire rated, and UL listed with a 3-hour A label rating, so it is usable on fire door assemblies up to that rating. It also carries ANSI/BHMA A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2 certification and meets ADA lever requirements, which is the combination most school and healthcare specs call for.
5) What do I have to specify when ordering a Falcon B561 besides the finish?
Four decisions. Lever style, Dane (D) or Quantum (Q). Finish, in 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 613 satin bronze oil-rubbed, 625 bright chrome, or 626 satin chrome. Cylinder, either a 6 pin conventional cylinder supplied, less 6 pin cylinder, or less small format interchangeable core. And the latch and strike to suit the existing prep. If you take a cylinder, choose the keyway: C Schlage, G, E, H, K, L, N or P. Order less cylinder and the keyway selection is None.
6) Can the Falcon B561 take our existing small format interchangeable cores?
Yes, if you order it less SFIC. The B561 accepts SFIC products from other manufacturers, so a school or facility already running an SFIC master key system can drop its own cores in and rekey later without pulling the lock apart. If you would rather have Falcon supply the cylinder, take the 6 pin conventional cylinder version in your keyway.
7) Is a Grade 2 lock enough for a school classroom door, or should I be buying Grade 1?
Grade 2 medium duty, which is what the B561 is, suits classroom doors on normal instructional traffic and commercial offices. Where the opening cycles hard all day, a corridor door, a gym, a stairwell, step up to Grade 1: the Dexter C1000 Series classroom lever is a Grade 1 clutching classroom lock covering 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. If the room needs the teacher to lock the door from inside without stepping out, that is classroom security function, not classroom, and the Dexter C1000 Classroom Security is the Grade 1 option.
8) I need keyed levers on a set of offices and storerooms, not classrooms. Is the B561 the right function?
No, function is not interchangeable and the B561 is classroom only, key from the outside, no inside locking. For an office or entrance door where the occupant needs to secure it from inside, look at the Hager 2525 Grade 2 entry lever, which fits 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors like the Falcon. For a storeroom door that stays locked at all times with key-only entry, the Hager 2580 with the Withnell lever is Grade 2 for the same thickness range, or the Cal-Royal AG05 Grade 2 storeroom lever with a deadlocking latchbolt for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors.
9) What is the closest cross-brand equivalent to the Falcon B561 classroom lever lock?
The Cal-Royal AG03 is the nearest match on the core spec: it is a Grade 2 classroom lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway and a 2-3/4 inch backset, which is the same backset the Falcon B561 uses. Both are cylindrical keyed classroom levers, so the door prep carries over. On the Falcon side the B561 is Grade 2, non-handed, and offered with a 6 pin conventional cylinder or less cylinder for a small format interchangeable core, and the Schlage C keyway is one of the keyway choices, so a facility already keyed to Schlage C can stay on one key system with either part.
10) I need a heavier duty classroom lever than a Grade 2 - what should I order instead?
The Dexter C1000 Series classroom lock is a Grade 1 cylindrical classroom lever with a clutching keyed lever and a 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch door thickness range. The Falcon B561 is a Grade 2 medium duty classroom lever that covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, so on a 2 inch door the Falcon covers a thickness the Dexter C1000 classroom lock does not. On a standard 1-3/4 inch door, the C1000 is the Grade 1 step up in the same classroom function.
11) What is the difference between a classroom lock and a classroom security lock?
They are different functions and not interchangeable. The Dexter C1000 Series classroom security lock is a Grade 1 clutching keyed cylindrical lever in classroom security function, which is keyed on both sides so the door can be locked from inside the room without opening it. The Falcon B561 is classroom function, where the outside lever is locked and unlocked by key from the corridor side only. If a lockdown procedure requires a teacher to secure the door from inside the room, classroom function does not do it.
12) I need a matching passage lever and dummy trim on the same doors as the Falcon B561 classroom locks. What pairs with it?
The B561 itself is keyed classroom only, so closet and pull-side doors need separate hardware. For non-keyed openings in the same building the BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim is a Grade 2 medium duty lever matching the B561's duty class, and the Accentra 5301LN Augusta is a Grade 2 passage and closet lever. Levers will not match Falcon's Dane or Quantum profile across brands, so if visual consistency down a corridor matters, keep to Falcon B Series trim for the non-keyed doors.
13) I want the classroom door on an access control system with an electrified lever. What replaces a mechanical classroom lock?
The Corbin Russwin CL33903 is a Grade 1 electrified cylindrical lever lock, fail safe, running on 12VAC/DC and fitting doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch. It needs power and door wiring at the opening. The Falcon B561 is a non-electronic mechanical classroom lever, so it needs no power, no transfer hinge and no wire pull, and it keeps working during an outage. Facilities often run the CL33903 on the doors tied into the access system and the B561 on the rest.
14) Do I need a keyed classroom lever on every classroom door, or is there a cheaper non-keyed option for the closet and corridor doors?
Only the doors that have to be secured need a keyed lever. For the closet, hall and corridor doors, the Hager 2510 is a Grade 2 passage cylindrical lever with the Withnell design covering 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Accentra 5301LN Augusta is a Grade 2 cylindrical lever in passage/closet function. Both are non-keyed, so there is no cylinder to key and no key system to maintain on those openings. The Falcon B561 is the keyed classroom lever, ordered with a 6 pin conventional cylinder or less cylinder for an interchangeable core.
15) Is the Cal-Royal AG00 the same lock as the Falcon B561?
No. The Cal-Royal AG00 is an entrance lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway KD and a 2-3/8 inch backset, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick. The Falcon B561 is classroom function with a 2-3/4 inch backset. Entrance function and classroom function behave differently at the door, and the backsets differ, so the AG00 is not a drop-in for a 2-3/4 inch bore. If the 2-3/8 inch backset is what the door is prepped for, the B561 can be ordered with a 2-3/8 inch backset latch.
16) Can I use a keypad lever instead of a keyed classroom lock so staff do not carry keys?
A mechanical keypad lever removes the key from the opening entirely. The Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination in passage function, covering doors 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Lockey 2835DC is a double combination mechanical keyless lever lock, also passage function, for doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch. Both are passage function and code-entry rather than classroom function and key-entry, so the operation at the door changes: there is no key cylinder and no keyway to fold into an existing master key system. The Falcon B561 is the keyed classroom lever, non-electronic, and takes a Schlage C keyway among its options so it can be pinned into an existing system.
17) I need a matching non-functioning lever for the inactive leaf of a pair of classroom doors. What do I order?
That is dummy trim, not a lock. The BEST 7KC Series 1DT is a Grade 2 medium duty single dummy trim cylindrical lever, and the BEST 9K Series 1DT is the Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy trim lever. The Falcon B561 is a Grade 2 medium duty keyed classroom lever with a latch, so putting one on an inactive leaf buys a cylinder and a latchbolt that never get used. The 7KC dummy matches the B561 on grade and duty level.
18) The opening is a psychiatric or utility room where the lever must be operable by key on both sides. Is the classroom lock right?
No, that is asylum function. The Dexter C1000 Series asylum lock (F87) is a Grade 1 cylindrical lock in asylum/institution/utility function for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Arrow MK33-BD-CS is a Grade 2 asylum lock with a ball knob and a conventional cylinder in the Schlage C keyway. The Falcon B561 is classroom function with a single cylinder keyed from one side, so it does not give key control from inside the room.
19) Can I use a residential grade lever on classroom and corridor doors to save on a school project?
Grade 3 levers are a different duty class. The Cal-Royal AUS00 is a Grade 3 entrance/office lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, the Callan Artino is a Grade 3 entrance leverset, and the Kwikset 200BRNL Breton is a Grade 3 passage lever for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. The Falcon B561 is a Grade 2 commercial cylindrical lever certified to ANSI/BHMA A156.2 Series 4000 Grade 2 and UL listed with a 3-hour A label fire rating. On a fire-rated corridor or classroom door where the spec calls for a listed Grade 2 lock, the Grade 3 levers do not carry that certification in their record.
20) My doors are 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch thick. Which cylindrical levers will actually fit?
The Falcon B561 adjusts from 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, so it covers that full range. Among cross-brand cylindrical levers, the Corbin Russwin CL3110 passage/closet lock is Grade 1, vandal resistant and fire rated for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Arrow GL01 is a Grade 2 non-keyed passage lever with a Sierra lever for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch. Both of those are passage function rather than keyed classroom, so they suit the unsecured openings on the same thick doors while the B561 handles the keyed ones.
21) Will a knob lock work in place of a lever on a classroom door?
Not where ADA operation is required. The Arrow HK11-BB is a turn-pushbutton entrance cylindrical lock with a ball knob for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Arrow MK02-TA is a privacy cylindrical lock with a Tudor knob. Both use a knob rather than a lever. The Falcon B561 is a lever design that meets ADA standards with industry-standard lever shapes, offered in the Dane and Quantum lever styles, which is what an accessible classroom or corridor opening calls for.
22) Which classroom lever takes a small format interchangeable core so my locksmith can rekey in place?
The Falcon B561 can be ordered less small format interchangeable core, and it accepts SFIC products from other manufacturers, so the core drops in and out for rekeying without pulling the lock apart. If the building is standardized on BEST cores, the BEST 7KC Series is the Grade 2 medium duty cylindrical lever line and the 9K Series is the Grade 1 heavy duty line, matching the B561 on grade and duty in the 7KC case. The B561 is also available with a 6 pin conventional cylinder if the site is not on interchangeable cores.
23) Do the levers on the Falcon B561 sag over time like cheaper leversets?
Individual heavy-duty springs return each lever, which is the mechanism that stops the droop you see on lighter locks after a few years of shoulder traffic. The trim is through-bolted with a thread sealant coating so the roses do not work loose. That construction is the practical reason to spend Grade 2 money on a classroom door rather than a residential Grade 3 lever like the Kwikset 200BRNL or the Callan Asheville.
24) Which finish of the Falcon B561 should I order to match existing satin chrome hardware?
626 satin chrome is the one that matches standard commercial satin chrome trim, and it is available with either the Dane or Quantum lever. The full range is 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 613 satin bronze oil-rubbed, 625 bright chrome and 626 satin chrome. Note that 626 is a distinct finish from 625 bright chrome, which is polished and will not blend in a run of satin openings.
25) For a restroom or office door on the same corridor as classroom doors, what lever matches?
The Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 commercial cylindrical entry lock with a lever handle in the same 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch range. Both share the Grade 2 commercial class and the door thickness range of the Falcon B561, which is a Grade 2 keyed classroom lever for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, so a corridor can be built out with matching lever hardware across classroom, entry and privacy openings.
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