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Sargent 8513 Classroom Function Narrow Stile Rim Exit Device

Professional Exit Device Solution for Narrow Stile Applications

The Sargent 8513 Classroom Function Narrow Stile Rim Exit Device is engineered specifically for narrow stile door applications requiring quiet operation and reliable security. This single point rim latching device features a specialized rim bolt design that delivers quiet operation while maintaining solid security performance. As part of Sargent's comprehensive 8500 Series, this exit device combines proven durability with innovative design for demanding commercial applications and meets ADA accessibility requirements.

Professional Features & Benefits

  • Narrow Stile Design: Specifically engineered for narrow stile door applications where standard exit devices cannot be accommodated.
  • Quiet Rim Bolt Operation: Single point rim latching mechanism provides smooth, quiet operation ideal for educational and office environments.
  • Classroom Function: Specialized function designed for controlled access applications in educational facilities and similar environments.
  • Heavy-Duty Construction: Built to Heavy Duty standards for reliable performance in high-traffic commercial applications.
  • ADA Compliant Design: Meets ADA accessibility requirements for barrier-free operation and compliance.
  • High Traffic Rating: Engineered and tested for high-traffic applications with consistent performance over time.
  • Manufacturer Warranty: Backed by a 5 Year Limited warranty for added confidence and protection.
  • Series Integration: Part of Sargent's complete 8500 Series line providing consistent performance and compatibility across applications.

Technical Specifications

  • Refer to manufacturer documentation for complete technical specifications.

Installation & Operation

  1. Review manufacturer specifications and verify door preparation requirements including door thickness, stile width, and handing as applicable to this product.
  2. Use manufacturer-provided templates to mark mounting hole locations accurately on door and/or frame surfaces.
  3. Prepare door and frame by drilling required holes and routing as specified in manufacturer instructions.
  4. Install all mounting hardware and secure the device to door and frame per manufacturer torque specifications.
  5. Adjust operational components for proper alignment, latching, and smooth operation throughout the full range of motion.
  6. Test device operation to verify proper function and make final adjustments as needed. Refer to manufacturer documentation for complete installation details and troubleshooting.

Professional Applications

  • Educational Facilities and Classrooms
  • Commercial Office Buildings
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • Government and Municipal Buildings
  • Multi-Tenant Residential Properties
  • Retail Establishments
  • Industrial and Warehouse Facilities

Why Choose Sargent Quality?

Sargent exit devices deliver professional-grade reliability with heavy-duty construction rated for high-traffic commercial applications. Backed by a 5 Year Limited warranty and ADA compliant design, this classroom function exit device provides the durability and innovation that demanding commercial applications require. Engineered for consistent performance in educational and commercial environments where dependable operation is essential.

Manufacturer Resources

SARGENT Full Line Catalog

Product Specs

Series:
8500 Series
Product Group:
Exit Devices and Trim
Product Subgroup:
Exit Devices - Rim
Product Type:
Exit Devices - Rim
Subcategory:
Rim Exit Devices
Commercial/Residential:
Commercial
Stile Type:
Narrow Stile
Lock Function:
Classroom
Grade:
Grade 1
Model Series:
8500 Series
Wood Door Compatible:
No
Product Model:
8513
Product Function:
Classroom
Product Category:
Exit Devices and Trim
Department:
Door Hardware

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    Sargent 8513E 32D – Frequently Asked Questions

    1) Will a Sargent 8513 fit a narrow stile aluminum storefront door?
    Yes, that is what the 8513 is built for. It is a narrow stile rim device, meaning the chassis and case are sized to fit the narrow vertical stile of an aluminum entrance door where a wide stile pushpad device will not land. It is a single point rim latch, so all the prep is on the door face and the frame stop, not through the top or bottom rail.
    2) What does classroom function mean on the Sargent 8513, and is it what I want on a classroom door?
    Classroom function on the 8513 means outside lever trim can be locked or unlocked by key, and when unlocked the lever retracts the rim latch for normal entry. Pushing the touchbar from inside always releases the latch, so the door is free egress at all times regardless of how the outside is set. That is the standard setup for a classroom or office where staff need to control entry from the corridor side. If you only need people out and never in through that leaf, order it with the Trim Option set to None (exit device only) instead.
    3) What device length do I order for a 36 inch door, and what sizes does the Sargent 8513 come in?
    The 8513 comes in 32, 36, 42, and 48 inch device lengths. Pick the length off the actual door leaf width, not the opening: a 36 inch leaf normally takes the 36 inch device, and the 48 inch device covers the wide leaves you see on equipment or service doors. Note that if you add the AL alarmed option the door must be at least 36 inches wide, so the 32 inch device and AL do not go together.
    4) Which Sargent 8513 electric option do I use to release the door from an access control reader?
    For card reader entry you want 56 remote dogging / latch retraction, which pulls the latch back electrically so the door pushes open without operating the trim, or 58 electric dogging if you just need the touchbar held depressed during business hours. If the requirement is monitoring rather than control, 53 gives you a latchbolt monitor switch to report the latch position, 55 is a signal switch in the rail to report the bar being pushed, and 54 is an internal micro switch in the ET trim. 59 Electroguard and AL alarmed cover the local alarm case where you want the door to shriek when it is used. These are all order-time options, not field add-ons.
    5) Can the Sargent 8513 go on a wood door, and what should be used instead if the door is wood?
    The Sargent 8513 is catalogued as not wood door compatible. Among the rim exit devices in the comparable group, the Adams Rite 3700 Series and 8700 Series, both Grade 1 narrow stile rim devices in 30 inch, are wood door compatible, with the 3700 fire rated and the 8700 not. The Adams Rite 8800 Series, also a Grade 1 narrow stile rim device, is not wood door compatible and covers 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors.
    6) What is the closest narrow stile rim exit device to the Sargent 8513 if a classroom function lever trim is required?
    The Dormakaba E2103 with 4908A trim is the nearest match on function: it is a 36 inch electrified rim exit device carrying an 08-Classroom function. The Sargent 8513 is a narrow stile rim device with classroom function and ET lever trim available in A, B, E, F, J, L, P and W lever styles, so it is handed when lever trim is selected. Most other narrow stile rim devices in the comparable group, including the Corbin Russwin ED4200 and the Falcon 19-R, are exit only or exit only with provision to accept trim, so the lever function has to be built up separately.
    7) The opening is a fire rated door. Does the Sargent 8513 apply, or is there a different device to use?
    For a fire rated opening the comparable group carries devices catalogued with a fire rating: the Adams Rite 3700 Series in 30 inch is a Grade 1 fire rated narrow stile rim device, the Arrow FS1250 is a fire rated 32 inch rim device, the Dexter ED1000-R-F is a Grade 1 fire rated rim device, and the Orca OED85 is a 36 inch fire rated rim device. The Sargent 8513 is a Grade 1 narrow stile classroom function rim device; where a fire label is on the drawing, specify from the fire rated devices above and confirm the label against the door manufacturer's listing.
    8) Is a wide stile rim exit device like the Von Duprin 22 a substitute for the Sargent 8513?
    They are not interchangeable on a narrow stile opening. The Von Duprin 22-3FT is a 36 inch Grade 1 wide stile pushpad rim device, non-handed, for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Corbin Russwin ED5200 and TownSteel ED9700 are likewise Grade 1 wide stile rim devices in 36 inch. The Sargent 8513 is built for narrow stile doors, where the stile width will not accept a wide stile chassis and pushpad. On a hollow metal or wide stile aluminum door the wide stile devices are the direct route; on the narrow stile aluminum storefront the 8513 or another narrow stile device is what fits.
    9) Is an SDC pressure sense bar or switch bar the same thing as a Sargent 8513 rim exit device?
    No. The SDC SureExit PSB560 Series 36 inch is a pressure sense bar with tri-failsafe technology and the SDC MSB550 Series 36 inch is a mechanical switch bar that releases an electromagnetic lock; both fit narrow or wide stile doors. Those bars signal a locking device to release rather than throwing a rim latch themselves. The Sargent 8513 is a rim exit device with a single point rim bolt latch and classroom function, so it latches the door on its own. A pressure sense bar needs the maglock or electric lock behind it to secure the opening.
    10) Which rim exit devices are equivalent to the Sargent 8513 for electrified access control on a narrow stile door?
    The Sargent 8513 takes electric options including latchbolt monitor switch, internal micro switch in the ET control, signal switch in the rail, remote dogging with latch retraction, electric dogging and Electroguard, on a narrow stile classroom function device. On the peer side, the Dormakaba E2103 with 4908A trim is a 36 inch electrified rim device with 08-Classroom function, the Dormakaba QED200 is a Grade 1 heavy duty narrow exit device in 36 inch, and the SDC S6136 Spectra is a 36 inch electrified architectural rim device but built on a 4 inch wide stile for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, so it will not drop onto a narrow stile opening.
    11) Which ET lever should I specify on a Sargent 8513, and can I order the device without trim?
    Eight ET lever styles are available on the 8513: A, B, E, F, J, L, P, and W. They are a styling choice, so the usual approach is to pick whichever lever matches the locksets already on the other doors in the building and standardize on it. Choose None, exit device only, if the leaf takes no outside entry and you just want push to exit. Remember that any lever choice also commits you to calling out RHR or LHR handing.
    12) Is the Sargent 8513 a Grade 1 device, and will it hold up on a school entrance?
    Grade 1, which is the highest ANSI/BHMA operational grade for exit hardware and the level normally written into commercial and institutional specs. It is a commercial device built to heavy duty standards for high traffic openings, which is the traffic profile of a school corridor or main entrance. If a Grade 1 rim device is the requirement and you need a different brand on the same opening, the Corbin Russwin ED4200 is a Grade 1 narrow stile rim device and the TownSteel ED3700 and ED8900 are Grade 1 narrow stile as well.
    13) Is the Sargent 8513 ADA compliant for an accessible entrance?
    The 8513 is built to meet ADA accessibility requirements for barrier free operation. In practice that is what you get from a touchbar: pushing anywhere along the bar releases the latch with no grasping, pinching or twisting, which is what the accessible route asks for on the egress side. If the accessible path also needs key entry from outside, the ET lever trim rather than a knob keeps the entry side compliant too.
    14) I am standardizing exit hardware across a campus. Can I use the Sargent 8513 on every opening?
    On narrow stile aluminum entrances, yes, and the 8513 will carry the same finish and the same ET lever across all of them so the building reads consistently. Two limits to plan around: it is not for wood doors, and it is a rim device, so any pair of doors without a fixed center post needs a Sargent removable mullion such as the 980 or the fire rated 12-980 added to the order. Openings that must stay clear through the middle need a vertical rod device instead of a rim device, and hollow metal doors with wide stiles are better served by a wide stile device.
    15) Can I hold a Sargent 8513 unlatched during business hours and relock it at night?
    Yes, and there are two ways to get there on the 8513. Mechanical dogging holds the touchbar depressed so the door pushes freely, which is the simple way to leave a lobby open through the day. If you want that on a schedule or tied to your access control, specify 58 electric dogging, or 56 remote dogging with latch retraction when you also need the latch pulled clear for a card reader release. Note that a fire rated opening cannot be dogged, so on a labeled door plan on the electric latch retraction route rather than dogging.
    16) Is the Cal-Royal 5000 or 5500 an equivalent to the Sargent 8513 for a school corridor?
    They are a different grade of device. The Cal-Royal 5000 is a 36 inch wide rim exit device with a touch bar on a Grade 2 chassis and the Cal-Royal 5500 is a 48 inch wide rim device with a push bar, also Grade 2, both catalogued heavy duty. The Sargent 8513 is Grade 1 with heavy duty construction described for high traffic commercial use, and it carries classroom function. For a facility standardizing on Grade 1 exit hardware, the Grade 1 narrow stile devices such as the Detex 40 Advantex or TownSteel ED8900 line up with the 8513 on grade.
    17) If an even heavier narrow stile rim device is wanted than the Sargent 8513, what is available?
    The Detex 40 Advantex Series is a Grade 1 narrow stile rim exit device catalogued extra heavy duty. The Sargent 8513 is a Grade 1 narrow stile classroom function device with heavy duty construction. Both are Grade 1; the Detex 40 is classified one duty step above heavy duty, while the 8513 brings classroom function and ET lever trim in eight lever styles.
    18) What narrow stile rim device should be used on a door thicker than 1-3/4 inches?
    The Adams Rite 8800 Series is a Grade 1 narrow stile rim exit device catalogued for 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors. Most narrow stile rim devices in the comparable group are single thickness, including the Corbin Russwin ED4200, Falcon 1590EO and Falcon 19-R, all listed at 1-3/4 inch. If the classroom function and ET lever trim of the Sargent 8513 is the requirement, confirm door thickness against the Sargent catalog before releasing the order.
    19) Does a concealed vertical rod device like the Hager 4601 replace a Sargent 8513?
    They prep the door differently. The Hager 4601 Series 36 inch is a Grade 1 concealed vertical rod narrow stile exit device, which latches into the head and sill through rods concealed in the door, while the Hager 4701 Series 36 inch is a rim device with Grade 1 BHMA certification. The Sargent 8513 is a rim device with a single point rim bolt, latching to a strike on the frame. Swapping a concealed vertical rod device onto a door prepped for a rim strike, or the reverse, changes both the door and the frame prep.
    20) Is the Marks USA M8800 a direct swap for a Sargent 8513?
    Not on function. The Marks USA M8800 is a 36 inch narrow stile rim exit device supplied exit only with panic protector end caps, and the Marks USA M9900 in 36 inch is likewise exit only. The Sargent 8513 is a classroom function device and accepts ET lever trim in eight lever styles with handing specified as RHR or LHR when lever trim is ordered. Where the door needs outside lever entry controlled by key, the exit-only Marks devices do not cover it; where the door is egress only, the M8800 is the narrow stile equivalent.
    21) What non-handed rim exit device is available if handing cannot be determined before the order ships?
    The BEST 2401 Series is a narrow stile rim exit device supplied exit only and non-handed, the BEST Precision 5101 Series is a non-handed universal design rim device, and the Von Duprin 22-3FT is a 36 inch Grade 1 non-handed wide stile pushpad device. The Sargent 8513 requires handing to be specified as RHR or LHR when ET lever trim is selected, since the classroom function lever is handed.
    22) What finishes does the Sargent 8513 come in to match the rest of my aluminum storefront?
    Twelve finishes, so matching existing hardware is usually straightforward. Brass and bronze run 03 bright brass clear coated, 04 satin brass clear coated, 09 bright bronze clear coated, 10 satin bronze clear coated, 10B dark oxidized satin bronze oil rubbed, 10BE dark oxidized satin bronze, 10BL dark oxidized satin bronze clear coated, and 20D dark statuary bronze lacquered. Stainless is 32 bright and 32D satin, which is the usual pick alongside clear anodized aluminum. For dark or white anodized storefront, BSP black suede powder coat and WSP white suede powder coat are the closest matches.
    23) Why is the Sargent 8513 described as quiet, and does that matter next to a classroom?
    The 8513 uses a rim bolt design on its single point latch, which Sargent builds for quiet operation rather than the sharp slam you get from some panic latches. On a corridor door beside an occupied classroom or an open office that is the difference between a door nobody notices and one that interrupts the room every time it cycles. It is the same heavy duty device either way, so you are not trading durability for the quieter latch.
    24) Is the Detex 00 Series dummy device an alternative to a Sargent 8513 on the inactive leaf of a pair?
    The Detex Advantex 00 Series is a Grade 1 super-heavy-duty dummy exit device with a wide stile design, meaning it presents the look of an exit device without a latching mechanism. The Sargent 8513 is a functioning single point rim latching device with classroom function. On a pair where only one leaf needs to latch, the dummy device matches appearance on the other leaf but provides no security; it is not a substitute on any leaf that has to latch.
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