A new sidebar Like any new technology, the first production will reveal many malfunctions. Especially, opening by forcing technique was possible on the first generation. The sidebar’s stumps was breaking in contact on the stainless steel rotors, the lock could be opened in a very quick time and without any visible external trace. Another problem…

Origin & development The ZEISS IKON System-M cylinder is a clone of the EVVA MCS, a new lock concept based on a technology of magnetic rotors using permanent magnets. The Magnetic Code System (MCS) was developed from 1975 to 1982 and patented in 1975 (N°347,284) by an Austrian company EVVA WERKE. The development has been…