ROFU 8606-BD Slide Mounting Mini Maglocks, Bond Sensor & Door Status

It does. The 8606-BD is fail-safe, so cutting power releases the magnet and the door is free to open. That is the required behavior on any egress door, and it is why a maglock always has to be tied into a fire alarm relay and a request-to-exit device. If you need the door to stay locked through a power loss, a maglock is the wrong device entirely, use a fail-secure electric strike or electrified lock.

Two separate pieces of information. The door status output reports whether the door is physically closed against the magnet. The bond sensor reports whether the magnet has actually achieved full magnetic bond with the armature, which is the difference between a door that is shut and a door that is genuinely locked. Integrators use the pair to drive door-forced and door-held alarms and to verify lock state at the head end without a separate door contact.

The magnet draws 500 mA at 12 VDC or 250 mA at 24 VDC, so it runs on either rail off a standard filtered access control supply. Running 24 volts halves the current and gives you more headroom on long cable runs. Size the supply for the total of every magnet on the circuit plus your strikes and readers, and remember the double magnet version draws for two heads, not one.

Order the double for a pair. The double magnet version puts two mini magnets on one mounting assembly so both leaves of a pair are held, which is what you want on double doors with no center mullion. A single opening takes the single magnet version. Both are offered with the bond sensor and door status monitoring.

They are not interchangeable without checking the opening. The DynaLock 2511 is a single mini electromagnetic lock in the 2500 Series; the 8606-BD is offered as both a single mini magnet and a double mini magnet, so a pair of doors running on one 8606-BD double unit does not map to one 2511. The 8606-BD also carries bond sensor and door status monitoring, magnet dimensions of 9-13/16 by 1 by 1-13/16 inches and an armature plate of 7-1/4 by 1/2 by 1-1/2 inches. Confirm the access control panel input count and the header space against those magnet dimensions before swapping.

Two: Satin Aluminum (US28) and Dark Bronze (US40). Both are offered in the single and the double magnet configurations, so a bronze storefront and a clear-anodized storefront can each be matched without changing the lock. US28 is the usual match for clear anodized aluminum; US40 matches dark bronze anodized frames.

The magnet mounts to a plate that fastens to the header first, then the magnet body slides into the plate and locks in. You set and level the plate and land your wiring without holding the weight of the magnet, and you can pull the magnet later for service without disturbing the mounting or the drilling. On a tight aluminum header that is the difference between a one-person install and a two-person one.

No. The 8606-BD has no residual magnetism, so when the panel drops power the armature releases cleanly instead of clinging to the magnet face. It also carries built-in MOV spike and surge protection, which keeps the inductive kick from the coil off your access control board when the lock cycles.

Both are single-door mini electromagnetic locks, but they solve different openings. The DynaLock 2511 Series is a 650 lb single mini magnet built for outswing doors. The ROFU 8606-BD is rated at 600 lb, comes in single or double magnet form, and includes bond sensor and door status monitoring on every configuration, so it is the one to pick when your panel needs lock-state and door-position reporting back from the opening.

Often yes, and it is usually the easier retrofit. An electric strike has to be prepped into the frame and matched to the existing latch and keeper, while the 8606-BD surface mounts to the header with a slide-in plate and the armature bolts to the door, no frame cutting and no latch compatibility to sort out. The tradeoff is that the maglock is fail-safe and opens on power loss, so it needs fire alarm interface and a request-to-exit device. Where the door must stay locked without power, use a fail-secure strike.