Rockwood 592 Roller Latch with Cast Strike

The 592 is a roller latch, so it holds the door shut by friction alone. A nylon roller in the edge of the door rides into the cast strike in the frame and the door pushes open with hand pressure, no handle turn, no latchbolt. Use it where you want a door to stay closed but stay push-open: closets, cross-corridor doors, office doors with a pull only. If you need the door to actually lock or to latch positively, this is the wrong part.

Two preps. The latch faceplate measures 1 x 3-3/8 inches and the cast strike measures 1-1/8 x 2-3/4 inches, so the door edge takes the smaller mortise and the frame or jamb takes the wider one. Both parts screw off with two #8 x 3/4 inch flat head combo screws each, which is all the fastening hardware that comes with it.

The Rockwood 592 is accepted by the New York State Office of Mental Health for use in high risk areas. If you are speccing hardware for a behavioral health unit and you need a door that stays closed but cannot be used as an anchor point or latched shut against staff, that acceptance is the reason this one gets specified over a generic roller catch.

No. A roller latch holds by friction and does not provide positive latching, so it cannot serve as the latching hardware on a fire door assembly. Use the 592 on non rated openings, closets, corridor doors, and offices, and specify a positive latching lock or exit device where the door is rated.

Both are roller catches that hold a door closed with a spring-loaded roller instead of a latchbolt, so neither one is keyed or lockable. The Rockwood 592 has a cast brass body with a 1 inch by 3-3/8 inch latch faceplate and ships with a cast strike prepped for a 1-1/8 inch by 2-3/4 inch mortise. The Emtek 8803 is built on a 7/8 inch by 6 inch faceplate, so the two need different door edge mortises and different jamb strike preps - a 592 will not drop into a pocket routed for an 8803, and the reverse is equally true. If you are matching an existing prep on a fleet of doors, measure the faceplate already in the edge of the door before you order either one.

Not without reworking the prep. The Rockwood 592 uses a 1 inch by 3-3/8 inch faceplate and a 1-1/8 inch by 2-3/4 inch strike; the Emtek 8803 is a 7/8 inch by 6 inch unit. Swapping to the longer Emtek faceplate means extending the mortise in the door edge, and the narrower width leaves a gap on each side of the old pocket that has to be filled or covered. On a retrofit where the existing cutout was made for a 592, replacing like with like keeps the prep intact and the strike location unchanged. On new doors that are not yet mortised, either one can be prepped from scratch.

The Rockwood 592 is accepted by the New York State Office of Mental Health for use in high risk areas, and it uses a solid nylon roller for silent operation with a simple adjustment for roller projection so the holding force can be tuned at install. The Emtek 8803 is a heavy duty roller catch on a 7/8 inch by 6 inch faceplate and is the general purpose choice where that acceptance is not part of the spec. Where a drawing or facility standard calls out OMH acceptance, the 592 is the one that carries it.

Yes, the roller projection adjusts, so you can dial in how much pressure it takes to break the door free of the strike. That is the practical difference between a roller latch that annoys people and one that does its job: back it off on a light hollow core door, run it out on a heavier door or one fighting a closer.

It is a commercial grade part: cast brass body and cast strike, not a stamped or plastic catch. Rockwood hardware of this type goes into institutional buildings, schools, healthcare, hotels, and detention work, and the roller itself is solid nylon so it runs quiet and does not flat spot the way a spring ball catch does under constant traffic.

Both do the same job, but a roller latch mortises into the door edge and engages a strike in the jamb, so the resistance is spread across a rolling nylon wheel and stays consistent. A ball catch is usually top mounted and wears faster. The 592 also lets you adjust roller projection, so if the door is dragging or popping open you tune it in place instead of shimming the strike. On a wood or hollow metal door edge where you can cut a 1 x 3-3/8 inch mortise, the roller latch is the more serviceable choice.

The Emtek 8803 Heavy Duty Roller Latch is the other roller catch we stock, with a 7/8 x 6 inch body. It is a longer, narrower footprint than the Rockwood 592, whose faceplate is 1 x 3-3/8 inches, so the two are not drop-in swaps for each other's mortise. If you are replacing an existing Rockwood prep, stay with the 592; if you are cutting fresh and want a longer plate, the Emtek fits that.

The strike is included. You get the roller latch body plus the cast 161 strike, 1-1/8 x 2-3/4 inches, and the four mounting screws (two #8 x 3/4 inch flat head combos for the body, two more for the strike). Nothing else is required to hang it beyond cutting the two preps.

The Rockwood 592 is a commercial door hardware item offered in 619 satin nickel, 613 satin bronze oil-rubbed, 625 bright chrome, 626 satin chrome, and BSP black suede powder coat, which lets the roller latch be finished to the same BHMA numbers as the rest of the openings hardware. The Emtek 8803 is the alternative roller catch in the set and is identified by its 7/8 inch by 6 inch size rather than by an architectural finish series. When a submittal calls out a single finish number across all door hardware, specifying the 592 in that number keeps the roller latches in the same schedule as everything else.

No. The Rockwood 592 and the Emtek 8803 are both roller catches - a spring-loaded roller rides into a strike to hold the door in the closed position, and the door opens by pushing or pulling against that holding force. Neither one throws a latchbolt, neither one accepts a cylinder, and neither one secures an opening. If the opening needs to latch, lock, or carry a fire label, a roller catch is the wrong family of product regardless of which of the two you pick; specify a mortise or cylindrical latch instead and use the roller catch only on inactive leaves, closet doors, and doors that just need to stay shut.

Five: 626 satin chrome, 625 bright chrome, 619 satin nickel, 613 satin bronze oil rubbed, and BSP black suede powder coat. 626 is the usual match for commercial lever and closer hardware; 613 and BSP are the ones to pick when you are matching darker trim across a run of doors. The body and strike are cast brass under the finish.