With most locks that are purchased you only have a few options if you lose a key, have one stolen, or have an employee leave your company with a key.  These options include:

• Purchasing all new locks (a costly endeavor, especially if you need hundreds of locks)
• Paying a locksmith or manufacturer to rekey all of your locks (again a costly task)
• The worst of all....doing nothing and facing the worry of somebody accessing your locks, or worse yet, the reality of somebody using that missing key.

Fortunately for you there is the Vanamatic system.  With the use of Vanamatic locks you can simply change the combinations of your locks in seconds using a special change key.  This key changes the setting of the lock to a new combination, rending the missing key useless.  All you have left to do is issue new keys to your employees.

To see how this works, follow the instructions below....

Vanamatic Change Instructions

All Vanamatic locks have 8 combinations. To change from one code to another, a “Change” key for each combination is required. E.g. to swap a lock that is set to red spot to white spot, a #1 and a #2 change key are required. Normal operator keys have color coded nubs, but change keys all have a black nub and are numbered. Those numbers correspond to the colors as follows:

Red.......#1 change key

White....#2 change key

Blue......#3 change key

Yellow...#4 change key

Brown...#5 change key

Green....#6 change key

Purple....#7 change key

Grey......#8 change key

Follow these instructions in order to change a Vanamatic lock from one combination to another.

1. Make sure that the lock is in the locked position (As pictured below)



2. Take the “Change” key that corresponds to the code the lock is already set to (Most locks are set to #1 combination at time of shipping). If you are unsure of the combination that your lock is set to look at the color of the nub in the key and compare it to the table above.



3. Turn the lock 90° right (Clockwise) and remove the key. Make sure all the pins are flush with the front of the lock, if not put the key back on and rotate it slightly both ways until they are.
    


4. Take the “Change” key that corresponds to the combination that you require the lock to be set to (in this case #2), place it on the lock at the 90° position and turn the lock back to the locked position.

Please note that a combination can easily be changed while on a machine....
However, it is advised that the machine door be open when doing so. This is due to the fact that the lock has the potential to jam (seize up) if not changed properly (pins depressed when introducing a new key, see point 3 above).

If you have any questions during the change process please contact Van Lock at 1-800-878-1826