Cabinet and Cam Locks
Cabinet & Cam Locks
Most people don't think about cabinet and cam locks until one stops working — or until something goes missing from a drawer that should have been locked in the first place.
These are workhorses. Small, simple, and easy to overlook, but they do a lot of heavy lifting in offices, workshops, schools, retail units, and homes. A cam lock in a filing cabinet keeps confidential documents away from the wrong hands. A locker lock that's past its best leaves gym or school users with no real security at all. A till lock that's seized or been forced needs a straight swap, not a rebuild. This is the kind of hardware that gets replaced regularly and needs to be right first time.
The range here covers cam locks in standard and extended barrel lengths, furniture locks for wooden cabinet doors and drawers, locker locks for both new installations and direct replacements, drawer locks including till locks for retail environments, and cupboard locks across the keyed-to-differ and keyed-alike options. That last point matters — if you're fitting out a run of cabinets or lockers and want one key to operate the lot, keyed-alike cam locks for multi-unit furniture installations are a straightforward solution that saves a lot of key management headaches down the line.
Brands stocked include Lowe & Fletcher, Ronis DOM, CISA, Asec, Union, Yale, and Hiatt Hardware — names that trade customers will recognise, particularly if they're specifying locks for commercial joinery or furniture manufacturing.
One thing worth knowing when ordering: cam locks are measured by cylinder diameter and barrel length, and getting both right is what makes the difference between a clean fit and a wasted order. If you're replacing an existing lock, pull the old one first and measure it before you buy. Most standard installations take a 19mm or 22mm diameter, but lengths vary considerably depending on panel thickness.
The key-retaining and non-key-retaining distinction also catches people out — in high-turnover environments like lockers, key-retaining locks (which hold the key in the locked position) cut down on lost keys significantly.
