HES AM3310 Maglock Mounting Brackets
The HES AM3310 is a precision-engineered mounting bracket system designed to secure electromagnetic locks in access control installations. These brackets solve a common installation challenge: ensuring that maglocks remain properly aligned and positioned over the life of the system. Misalignment leads to reduced holding force, intermittent failures, and callbacks. The AM3310 addresses this by providing a stable platform for maglock mounting that distributes load evenly across the door frame, reducing stress points and extending lock service life.
Key Features
- Heavy-duty metal construction: Provides the structural rigidity needed to keep maglocks positioned correctly under repeated door cycles and vibration—critical in high-traffic commercial and industrial settings where loose hardware becomes a maintenance burden.
- Precision-engineered alignment: Ensures the maglock strike plate seats properly against the keeper, maintaining consistent electromagnetic coupling and reducing the risk of nuisance releases or dropout failures.
- Wood and metal frame compatibility: Accepts fastening into both wood door frames and metal stud construction, eliminating the need for separate bracket SKUs across mixed-frame installations—one part number covers most standard doorway types.
- Standard and reinforced doorway support: Accommodates both single-leaf standard doors and reinforced security door frames, making the AM3310 deployable across office suites, healthcare corridors, secure storage rooms, and industrial access points without re-specification.
- Proper load distribution and strike plate positioning: The bracket geometry positions the keeper at the correct standoff distance from the frame, maintaining the air gap necessary for maglock engagement and release. Poor positioning is a hidden cause of access denial during power loss or circuit faults.
- HES electromagnetic locking system integration: Designed to work within the HES access control product family, ensuring mechanical fit and functional compatibility across maglock, bracket, and control modules.
Integration & Compatibility
The AM3310 integrates directly with HES electromagnetic lock hardware. Proper bracket selection and installation are prerequisites for reliable maglock operation—a misaligned or undersized bracket will mask the true performance of the lock itself. When specifying these brackets, verify doorway construction (wood vs. steel frame), door thickness, and reinforcement type against the installation instructions. In retrofit scenarios, inspect the existing frame for corrosion or damage before mounting; compromised frame material reduces fastening pull-out strength and may require local reinforcement plates.
Deployment Contexts
The AM3310 is suitable for access control installations across commercial offices, educational facilities, healthcare environments (where infection control and room isolation depend on reliable door locks), industrial buildings, and residential security systems. Any deployment requiring consistent, maintenance-free maglock positioning over years of operation benefits from quality mounting hardware—it is often the overlooked difference between a system that rarely fails and one that generates recurring service calls.
When to Choose Different Hardware
If your installation requires surface-mounted locks on hollow-core doors or requires the lock to clear door handles, compare alternative HES bracket families designed for those specific frame and door types. Consult installation documentation or contact the manufacturer's technical support for frame-specific recommendations before ordering.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What door frame materials does the AM3310 support?
A: The AM3310 is compatible with both wood and metal door frame installations, making it suitable for most standard and reinforced doorway configurations.
Q: Can the AM3310 be used with reinforced security doors?
A: Yes, the AM3310 supports both standard and reinforced doorway configurations, allowing deployment in high-security applications where door frame strength is critical.
Q: Does proper bracket installation affect maglock reliability?
A: Yes. Proper alignment and load distribution provided by the AM3310 ensure consistent electromagnetic coupling and reduce stress on the lock mechanism, extending service life and reducing nuisance failures.
Q: Is the AM3310 compatible with all HES electromagnetic lock models?
A: The AM3310 is designed for standard HES electromagnetic locking systems. Verify compatibility with your specific lock model by consulting the installation guide or HES technical documentation.
Q: What fastening options are required for installation?
A: The AM3310 accepts fastening into both wood and metal frames. Verify fastener specifications (screw type, size, and pull-out strength requirements) against your frame material and local installation codes before ordering fasteners separately.
Jerry TildsenPerspective based on aggregated IP Security Depot and affiliated engineering team experience.
Mounting brackets don't get much attention in access control specs, but they are the difference between a maglock that holds reliably for five years and one that generates callbacks within six months. The HES AM3310 provides the precision alignment and load distribution that electromagnetic locks require—and frankly, it is easy to cheap out on hardware and regret it during retrofit or high-volume rollouts.
Technical Highlights:
- Metal construction and precision engineering: The rigid form factor and engineered geometry eliminate the flex and misalignment that plague undersized or plastic mounting solutions. In high-traffic doors, this translates to consistent holding force across thousands of door cycles.
- Wood and metal frame versatility: One bracket SKU eliminates the need to stock separate hardware for mixed-frame facilities—a real cost and inventory win on multi-building deployments.
- Proper strike plate positioning: The bracket ensures the keeper sits at the correct standoff distance, maintaining the magnetic coupling gap. A bracket that positions the keeper too close or too far from the frame will degrade maglock performance and mask the true capability of the lock itself.
Deployment Considerations:
- Fastener pull-out strength is the limiting factor in frame-to-bracket connection. Verify that your frame material (wood density, steel gauge, or reinforcement plate thickness) can accept the fastening method without stripping or creep. This is often overlooked in retrofit work on older buildings.
- In humid or coastal environments, specify stainless-steel fasteners to avoid corrosion of the bracket-to-frame connection, which will eventually lead to movement and misalignment.
The AM3310 is the right choice for access control installations where the maglock is critical infrastructure—healthcare isolation rooms, secure storage, industrial access points—and where maintenance budgets are tight enough that nuisance failures create friction with facilities teams. Spend the extra dollars on quality brackets upfront and you avoid the second-call problem.
