TownSteel MRX-L-07 Storeroom/Closet Function- Stainless Steel Grade 1 Heavy Duty Anti-Ligature Lever Mortise Lockset

Yes, and only 1-3/4 inches. The MRX-L-07 is a single-thickness mortise lockset, so a thicker or thinner leaf needs a different lock. It mounts on both wood and metal doors, which covers most behavioral health openings where the frame is hollow metal and the leaf is solid core wood.

The lever itself is the ligature-resistant part: a sloped stainless steel lever with no return or catch point that a cord can be tied off to, backed by tamper-resistant mounting screws so a patient cannot take the trim off the door. It is built for behavioral, mental, and psychiatric facilities housing at-risk patients. Trim comes as escutcheon or sectional, both in 630 satin stainless.

Both ways are offered. The standard cylinder version ships with the cylinder included. The SFIC prep version comes less core, so you drop in your own small format interchangeable core and the lock joins whatever SFIC system the building already runs. If you are a facility standardized on Best or an equivalent SFIC keyway, take the SFIC prep and core it yourself.

Yes. Keying is specified at order: keyed different is standard, keyed alike is available for running multiple doors on one key, and a specific key code can be called out if you are adding to an existing system. On a ward where staff carry one key for every med closet, keyed alike is the option to pick. If you go SFIC prep less core instead, keying is handled by whatever core you install.

It uses a 1-1/4 x 4-7/8 inch ASA strike and a 1-1/4 x 8 inch stainless steel faceplate. Those are the standard ANSI mortise dimensions, so on a frame already prepped for an ASA strike and a door with a standard mortise pocket the lock body and faceplate line up without cutting new metal. The lever trim prep is the part to check, since escutcheon and sectional cover different amounts of the door face.

For a straight storeroom function Grade 1 mortise, the Cal-Royal NM8080 is a heavy duty Grade 1 storeroom lockset rated for 1-3/4 inch doors with an interchangeable core option, and the Accentra 8805FL is a Grade 1 storeroom mortise with the Arcadia lever. Neither is described as ligature resistant. If the opening is in a behavioral or psychiatric unit, that difference is the whole point of the MRX-L and a standard lever trim is not a substitute.

The Accentra 8805FL is a Grade 1 storeroom function mortise lock fitted with the Arcadia lever, and the Cal-Royal NM8080 is a Grade 1 storeroom mortise lockset with an interchangeable core option. Both match the MRX-L-07 on ANSI Grade 1 and on storeroom function, so key retained, lever always locked from outside, inside lever always free. The difference is the trim: the MRX-L-07 uses a ligature-resistant stainless steel lever with tamper-resistant mounting screws for behavioral, mental and psychiatric healthcare rooms, while the 8805FL and NM8080 use conventional lever trim. On a corridor or storage door with no patient risk, the conventional lever locks cover the same function; on a patient room, the ligature-resistant lever is the reason to specify the MRX-L-07.

The Marks USA 5PDN is a Grade 1 hospital passage mortise push/pull paddleset described as ligature resistant and ADA compliant in satin stainless steel. It holds the ligature-resistant intent for a patient-accessible opening but operates as passage, with no key control. The TownSteel MRX-L-07 is a storeroom function single cylinder lock and ships with a cylinder, so it is the choice where the room has to stay secured against patients or visitors. Use the 5PDN paddleset on doors that must be freely operable from both sides, and the MRX-L-07 on medication rooms, storage and staff-only doors on the same unit.

They are not interchangeable. The Alarm Lock DL3500CR is a Grade 1 electronic mortise lock with 300 user codes in classroom function for 1-5/8 to 1-7/8 inch doors, and the Schlage CO-100-MS-40-KP is a Grade 1 standalone electronic mortise lock with a keypad reader in privacy function for 1-3/4 inch doors. Both carry keypads and battery electronics on the door face. The TownSteel MRX-L-07 is a non-electronic mechanical lock with a ligature-resistant stainless steel lever and tamper-resistant mounting screws, which is the point on a patient-risk opening where a keypad, its housing and its battery cover add graspable edges. Where the room needs code-based access instead of key control and ligature resistance is not a requirement, the electronic locks apply; on the behavioral health opening they do not replace the MRX-L-07.

Escutcheon (the E option) is one long plate covering the lever and cylinder together, which hides more of the door face and leaves fewer edges exposed. Sectional (the S option) uses a separate rose at the lever and a separate cylinder collar. Both carry the same ligature-resistant lever and both come in 630 satin stainless. If you are matching existing openings in a facility, match what is already on the doors; if the existing prep has surface damage or old fastener holes around the lever, escutcheon covers more of it.

It is an ANSI Grade 1 heavy duty mortise lockset, the top commercial grade, and it is a commercial-rated product rather than residential. Grade 1 mortise is what gets specified on high-traffic institutional openings, and the mortise body carries the load in the door edge rather than through a bored hole.

No, the MRX-L-07 is purely mechanical, keyed by cylinder with no wiring, no keypad, and no credential reader. If the opening needs electrified control on a mortise body, that is a different product family, for example the Command Access ML190 Series motorized mortise with field selectable EL/EU operation on 24VDC, or the BEST 45HW wired electromechanical mortise running 12V or 24V. Note that neither of those is described as ligature resistant.

The Cal-Royal NM8070 is a Grade 1 classroom mortise lockset with an auxiliary deadlatch, and the Corbin Russwin ML2003 is a Grade 1 mortise classroom lockset in the ML2000 series, both listed for 1-3/4 inch doors, which is the same door thickness the TownSteel MRX-L-07 is built for. Classroom function keys the outside lever locked or unlocked and leaves the inside lever always free, where the MRX-L-07 storeroom function keeps the outside lever locked at all times and requires the key on every entry. Specify the classroom locks where staff need to leave a room unlocked during occupancy and the MRX-L-07 where the door must never be left free.

The Cal-Royal NM8440 is a Grade 1 privacy mortise lockset with deadbolt for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Hager 3840S is a 3800 Series Grade 1 privacy mortise lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset for doors 1-3/4 to 2 inches. Both give the occupant-controlled privacy the TownSteel MRX-L-07 does not, since the MRX-L-07 is a single cylinder storeroom lock keyed from the outside. Note that the MRX-L-07 carries the ligature-resistant stainless steel lever, and the privacy locks are conventional trim, so on a patient bathroom the privacy function and the ligature question have to be answered together rather than by function alone.

Yes, for the non-keyed openings. The Schlage PM010 is a Grade 1 passage latch mortise lock, non-keyed, for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Falcon MA101 is a Grade 1 heavy-duty mortise passage lock in the MA series with field reversible operation and a fire rating. Both are passage only, so the lever retracts the latch from either side with no key and no locking. The TownSteel MRX-L-07 is a heavy duty Grade 1 storeroom lock that includes a cylinder and is keyed single cylinder. Use the passage locks on corridor and closet doors that never lock, and keep the MRX-L-07 on the openings that require key control and the ligature-resistant lever.

The Sargent 7925 is a Grade 1 heavy duty mortise lock in the 7900 series with dormitory exit function, rose trim and a single cylinder deadbolt. It is built for a resident room where the occupant throws a deadbolt from inside and exits freely. The TownSteel MRX-L-07 is a Grade 1 heavy duty storeroom lock with a single cylinder and no occupant-thrown deadbolt, and it carries the ligature-resistant stainless steel lever. On a college or staff dormitory door the 7925 gives the occupant control; on a behavioral health resident room the deadbolt and rose trim are what the MRX-L-07 deliberately avoids.

The BEST 45HCAC is a heavy duty mortise lock body in public entrance function with field reversible operation, and the 45HCAINL is a heavy duty mortise lockbody with intruder function. Those are lock bodies, so the trim and cylinder are ordered separately. The TownSteel MRX-L-07 is a complete lockset that arrives with the ligature-resistant stainless steel lever, the escutcheon or sectional trim, tamper-resistant mounting screws and a cylinder. If the existing trim is being kept and only the body is being replaced, the BEST bodies are the format for that; if the ligature-resistant trim is the reason for the change, the complete MRX-L-07 lockset is what carries it.

630 satin stainless steel, and that is the only finish across every trim and cylinder combination. It matches the satin stainless most institutional openings already run, so adding these to a floor of existing hardware will not leave one door looking different. The lever and faceplate are stainless as well.

No. The Schlage L0170 is a half dummy trim, a Grade 1 mortise non-keyed lever for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Emtek 3106 Manhattan is a mortise entrance lockset in dummy function. Dummy trim has no latch and no locking mechanism at all, so it is only for an inactive leaf or a pull-side application. The TownSteel MRX-L-07 is a working Grade 1 storeroom lockset that includes a cylinder and latches the door. Order dummy trim only to match appearance on a fixed leaf, never as a replacement for a secured opening.

The Cal-Royal NM8050 is a Grade 1 heavy duty office/entrance mortise lockset with an auxiliary deadlatch for 1-3/4 inch doors, the same door thickness the TownSteel MRX-L-07 is built for. Office/entrance function lets the outside lever be locked or left free by turn button or key, which suits a reception or administrative door. The MRX-L-07 is storeroom function, so the outside lever stays locked and the key is required every time. Both are Grade 1, so a facility can run the NM8050 on the front-of-house openings and the MRX-L-07 on the secured and patient-risk openings without dropping grade.