Why Emtek door hardware?

Since 1981 Emtek offers the highest quality door hardware for American consumers. Company’s overall objective – manufacturing of qualitative, functional and aesthetically attractive locks, door handles, hinges and other products from perfect materials and their sale at the comprehensible price.
Among all variety of Emtek door hardware you will find:

Cabinet Hardware
Deadbolts
Handlesets
Hinges
Knobs
Levers
Multi Point Locks
Pocket Door Locks
Pulls
Sideplate Locks
Bath Hardware

All door hardware, furniture systems and other production are provided with a warranty.
There are three basic features which distinguish Emtek door hardware from the same production of other manufacturers: Mechanical Design, Esthetics, Materials.

Mechanical Design

Emtek locks are executed on the basis of modern technologies and world traditions in the field of locking devices. Quality of refinishing, reliability of work, working life, privacy large-scale are confirmed by long-term experience of their operation. Locks are steady against passe-partouts, selection of keys, power impact on beam heads. Emtek constantly improve designs of locks and their consumer properties.
Door handles are designed in such a manner that they can maintain considerable loadings. It is counted up that loading on the door handle of an outer door is necessary within 80 kg, while on door handles of interroom doors it twice less.
The long tab of the clasp has the soft, not complicated course.
The clasp spring is elastic enough to return in a starting position not only a long tab, but also those handles in which is not provided by own returnable spring.
The clasp long tab is completely removed in the clasp at turn of the handle no more than on 20-30°.

Esthetics

Door handles concern one of sorts of door hardware which besides the basic function – management of the clasp and a door, have also additional – a door ornament. Therefore the basic criteria at a choice of the door handle, certainly, are its functionality and decorative effect.

Many design decisions which are used in Emtek door hardware, are cast by ancient projects. For example, spherical handles with crystals have been projected by the American manufacturers in 1830. Handles with a porcelain coating have been thought up in the eighteenth century. Style of a rope has arisen in England in the beginning of the nineteenth century. Door accessories made in this style have started to use in the USA only in the beginning of the twentieth century.
In the course of designing of products Emtek uses not only own impressing scientific and designing potential, but also active creative cooperation with leading design studios.

Materials

Emtek uses only qualitative materials and the best methods of their processing to make door hardware of the highest quality.  For manufacture of door handles and rosettes Emtek uses the technology of a forging. It allows receiving ideally smooth surface which is polished to shine at the following stage of processing.
Lead crystals which are used for creation of round crystal handles are widely known thanks to its cleanliness and beautiful shine.
In manufacture of Emtek door hardware the brass is widely used. The basic superiority of a brass that it not cold to the touch and also has a high corrosion resistance.

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