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Electronic Safe Product

Overview

An electronic safe is a welded steel box with a digital lock that secures cash, documents and small valuables. The user opens it with a PIN typed on a keypad, a stored fingerprint or an RFID card, and a small motor inside throws steel bolts to hold the door shut. If the battery dies or the code is forgotten, a hidden mechanical key retracts the bolts. It sits on a shelf or bolts to the floor, and the whole appeal is keyless daily access backed by a physical override that never depends on power.

How it works

The structure is the Steel Body: a folded and welded steel shell, a thick steel door on two hinges, an intumescent door seal that swells in a fire, and four anchor holes so the safe can be bolted down rather than carried off. The door carries the Locking Mechanism — a boltwork plate with three hardened locking bolts that slide into the frame. A Bolt Drive Motor gearmotor turns a reduction Helical Gear Pair and a drive cam, the cam shifts the bolt carrier, and return springs pull the bolts back when the cam releases.

Entry is handled by the Keypad & Control group. A Digital Keypad reads the PIN, the Fingerprint Sensor Module module matches stored prints, and the RFID/NFC Reader accepts cards and fobs. All three feed the Control Board, whose MCU checks the credential and, on a match, drives the bolt motor through its H-bridge. A buzzer and status LEDs confirm each press, and the Door Position Sensor reed switch tells the board whether the door is actually closed before it relocks.

Power comes from the Battery Compartment, a tray of two 18650 cells with an external 9 V terminal on the front so a dead safe can still be jumped open. When everything electronic fails, the Key Override Lock tumbler lock turns a cam that pulls the boltwork by hand. Inside, the Interior Fit-out adds a removable shelf, felt lining and an LED light that comes on when the door swings open.

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Bill of materials

9 top-level lines · 62 rows shown · 243 parts total · indented to 3 levels
# Item / sub-assembly Part no. Qty/assy Ext. qty Parts Type
1 Steel Body 6 parts electronic-safe-body 1 10 assembly
1.1 Welded Steel Shell electronic-safe-shell 1 part
1.2 Steel Door Plate electronic-safe-door 1 part
1.3 Door Hinge electronic-safe-hinge 2 part
1.4 Anchor Bolt Hole electronic-safe-anchor-hole 4 part
1.5 Door Seal electronic-safe-door-seal 1 part
1.6 Fastener Set fastener-set 1 part
2 Locking Mechanism 6 parts electronic-safe-locking-mechanism 1 34 assembly
2.1 Bolt Drive Motor 4 parts electronic-safe-bolt-motor 1 25 assembly
2.1.1 Stator Assembly 3 parts + deeper › stator-assembly 1 3 assembly
2.1.2 Rotor Assembly 4 parts + deeper › rotor-assembly 1 19 assembly
2.1.3 Motor Housing motor-housing 1 part
2.1.4 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 2 part
2.2 Helical Gear Pair gear-pair 1 part
2.3 Drive Cam electronic-safe-drive-cam 1 part
2.4 Locking Bolt electronic-safe-locking-bolt 3 part
2.5 Coil Spring coil-spring 3 part
2.6 Bolt Carrier Plate electronic-safe-bolt-carrier 1 part
3 Keypad & Control 7 parts electronic-safe-control 1 170 assembly
3.1 Digital Keypad 4 parts electronic-safe-keypad 1 33 assembly
3.1.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
3.1.2 Microcontroller mcu 1 part
3.1.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 30× 30 part
3.1.4 Keypad Overlay electronic-safe-keypad-overlay 1 part
3.2 Control Board 4 parts electronic-safe-control-board 1 83 assembly
3.2.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
3.2.2 Microcontroller mcu 1 part
3.2.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 80× 80 part
3.2.4 Motor Driver IC electronic-safe-motor-driver 1 part
3.3 Fingerprint Sensor Module 3 parts electronic-safe-fingerprint 1 22 assembly
3.3.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
3.3.2 Fingerprint Sensor Die electronic-safe-fp-sensor 1 part
3.3.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 20× 20 part
3.4 RFID/NFC Reader 4 parts electronic-safe-rfid-reader 1 27 assembly
3.4.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
3.4.2 NFC Reader IC electronic-safe-rfid-ic 1 part
3.4.3 RFID Antenna Coil electronic-safe-rfid-antenna 1 part
3.4.4 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 24× 24 part
3.5 Piezo Buzzer electronic-safe-buzzer 1 part
3.6 Status LED electronic-safe-led 2 part
3.7 Door Position Sensor 2 parts electronic-safe-door-sensor 1 2 assembly
3.7.1 Reed Switch electronic-safe-reed-switch 1 part
3.7.2 Neodymium Magnet neodymium-magnet 1 part
4 Battery Compartment 4 parts electronic-safe-battery-compartment 1 8 assembly
4.1 Li-ion Cell, 18650 li-cell-18650 2 part
4.2 Battery Contact electronic-safe-battery-contact 4 part
4.3 Battery Tray electronic-safe-battery-tray 1 part
4.4 External Power Terminal electronic-safe-ext-terminal 1 part
5 Key Override Lock 3 parts electronic-safe-key-override 1 4 assembly
5.1 Key Tumbler Cylinder electronic-safe-tumbler 1 part
5.2 Override Key electronic-safe-override-key 2 part
5.3 Override Cam electronic-safe-override-cam 1 part
6 Interior Fit-out 3 parts electronic-safe-interior 1 12 assembly
6.1 Interior Shelf electronic-safe-shelf 1 part
6.2 Interior Light 3 parts electronic-safe-light 1 10 assembly
6.2.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
6.2.2 Status LED electronic-safe-led 3 part
6.2.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 6 part
6.3 Interior Lining electronic-safe-carpet 1 part
7 Wire Bundle wire-bundle 1 part
8 Connector connector 3 part
9 Fastener Set fastener-set 1 part

Sourcing — likely vendors

Companies that make this · indicative price $50–$15k · MOQ & lead are typical
VendorHQSpecialtyMOQLead time
🇯🇵Canon
canon.com ↗
Tokyo, JP Imaging & optics 500 units 8–12 wks
🇯🇵Ricoh
ricoh.com ↗
Tokyo, JP Office imaging 500 units 8–12 wks
🇺🇸Xerox
xerox.com ↗
Norwalk, US Printers & copiers 500 units 8–12 wks
🇯🇵Epson
epson.com ↗
Suwa, JP Printers & projectors 500 units 8–12 wks
🇯🇵Brother
brother.com ↗
Nagoya, JP Printers & sewing 500 units 8–12 wks

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