Help with a totem with touch screens.

[robjmcnulty]

Hi, THis is my first post.

I need some help with a touch screen totem in work. I am designing it and need a way in which the screens can be secured to the frame work and a way in which they can be locked in so they wont be stolen but also so they accessible if they break. I have included a PDF of what I have so far. The blue is the panels of 3mm aluminum and the frame is pink made of mild steel. The screens are in red. The aluminum is folded. If anyone has any ideas it will be a great help. Thanks.

Rob

 

[MadMango]

It's really hard to see anything of substance in your two views, but you seem to be on the right track by creating a tamper-poof bezel around your screens. I might add plexiglass front shields with holes to allow operation of the screen while still providing some vandalism protection if they are going outside. Do you have any specific questions that need to be addressed?

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[robjmcnulty]

Hey, Thank you for your reply. I need to know what kind of method I could use to make the totem secure so that noone can access the screens except anyone that is repairing them. I need to know would you used screw or a lock of some sort. I am going to hing another panel located inside the centre panel so the screen can be accessed its just making it secure. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[MadMango]

I'd use a locking cam latch from a known supplier (which are pretty standard), like Southco.

http://www.southco.com/class/e3-vise-action-compression-latches-7384.html

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[KENAT]

A lock is likely best as MM says. There are various types of tamper resistant fasteners but some are more tamper proof than others, and some may be difficult to remove for maintenance.

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[robjmcnulty]

So you think that would be totally safe while the thing is housing a 2 monitors worth more than £1000 each? As I need 2 make sure it cant be opened. Thanks for your replies.

Rob

 

[robjmcnulty]

It also needs 2 look good. lol, I know something stupid but important. So do you think the CAM lock will look ok against the aluminum panels? Thanks again for all this. Rob

 

[JoelAs]

Well how tamper proof do you need them to be?

Will they be sitting in a location where people can vandalize them/tamper for long periods of time or is it a more public location where a person wouldn't get more than a few minutes of private time to tamper?

Those southco locks that MadMango posted are probably sufficient and they come in all sorts of finishes so you can pick something that looks good.

Last year I helped a friend install some very expensive touch screens for an info kiosk in the local mall but they have security patrolling the mall so we really didn't need to do much more than prevent "easy access" and even with everything locking from the rear maintenance is still pretty straight forward.

Best of luck to you Rob.

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