Weather resistant: Locks that have either a shroud to protect the lock from the elements or are constructed from weather-resistant materials such as stainless steel. These are used on vending machines, utility valve equipment, meters and wherever a less accessible shackle is desired. Single-post shackle: Unlike the other styles discussed here, this lock uses a single post rather than a U-shaped shackle.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) control of hazardous energy, lockout/tagout standard (29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.147) identifies five requirements that padlocks need to meet for compliance: Lockout: Locks designed specifically for use in lockout programs that often have a provision on the lock to write the users name and come with only one key to limit access to the lock. Laminated: The body consists of multiple pieces of metal stacked on top of each other to form a tough, tamper-resistant lock. Reinforced locking mechanism to resist prying.Shrouded shackle to protect against cutting and prying.Hardened steel shackle for cut resistance.
High security: A lock that typically has one or more of the following options to increase its level of protection: government production standards such as Commercial Item Description (CID)-A-A-59486, CID-A-A-59487 and CID-A-A-1928. Government: Locks made to meet exacting U.S. The guards make it much more difficult to cut the shackle with a bolt-cutter. Guarded/shrouded/shielded: A lock that has solid metal guards that protect and surround the shackle on both sides, leaving only the top of the shackle exposed. The control key is capable of opening all the combination locks in that set. This type of lock is typically used in schools and locker rooms.
This padlock would be used in applications where the lock may need to be removed rapidly for emergency response like on sprinkler hose shut-off valves and fire hoses.Ĭombination: A lock that uses a rotary dial or series of buttons to unlock the device rather than a conventional key.Ĭombination with key control: A lock with key control that can be opened with a key or a combination. Below is an overview of some of the most common types of padlocks:īreakaway shackle: A lock that features a scored shackle that will break when struck by a hammer or other substantial object. In order to fill the needs of these different groups, a wide variety of options and styles have been developed. One minute they can be super dumb and walk past you as you are hiding in a corner.Padlocks are used in virtually every business, organization and home. There are some very basic puzzles and fetch quests for you to do as you play, but the real draw of the game for me is the sense of terror and tension that it has as the AI of these things is very strange. You have a tablet and a flashlight and that is all you have with you as you try to survive.
The game is a first-person survival horror game where you are free to move around this empty police station as you try to avoid these animatronic monsters that want you dead! The game plays well enough and it is pretty damn scary when you are hiding as one of these things is running rough shot through the police station! Unlike the Five Nights at Freddy’s series, CASE: Animatronics actually allows you to move around. However, it kind of throws it all away at one point, and that kind of spoiled the situation for me. I loved the idea of this story I really did and there were a few moments where it had me. The story is told to you via these weird telephone conversations and notes and other stuff that you find as you try to survive the night.