Can a locker be assigned to one specific person?

Yes. Single-user mode binds one locker to one named user; it's a 1:1 assignment managed in the app.

What happens when an employee leaves?

Revoke their access in the app. The hardware isn't touched and the locker can be reassigned immediately — no re-keying.

What if someone's phone battery dies?

You can authorize a backup user (e.g. a supervisor or facilities admin) for any locker, so there's always a second phone able to open it.

Do these work for school lockers?

For faculty, staff, and administrative lockers, yes. For student 1:1 device lockers — where the phone is stored inside — no; those need a card-based or powered system.

Do the locks need batteries or wiring?

No to both. The phone powers the lock over NFC during the unlock; the lock needs no wiring.

How many lockers can I start with?

MOQ is set per project, from pilot quantities to full rollouts.

Employee Locker Locking — one locker, one person, no keys.

Give each person their own locker without keys, coins, or padlocks. Assign a locker to one named user in the app; remove them in seconds when they leave. No in-lock batteries, every authorized unlock recorded.

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See how assignment works

1 locker = 1 user

Binding

None

Battery in lock

Authorized unlocks

Access

Fit & Retrofit

Fits your existing lockers — no wiring, no re-build.

Most metal lockers use a standard cam-lock cutout. NFC battery-free cam locks fit these cutouts directly — no drilling, no wiring, no locker replacement.

Standard cam-lock cutouts — direct fit on common locker hardware.
No power run, no PoE, no electrician on the job.
Convert gradually, one locker bank at a time, on your own schedule.
A typical swap takes a few minutes per locker with a screwdriver.

Not sure it fits?

Check Locker Compatibility

Send a photo of your locker hardware and we'll confirm fit before we begin the collaboration.

→ Cutout dimensions: NFC Cam Lock product page

The Core Idea

The end of “bring your own padlock.”

In most workplaces, personal lockers run on whatever lock the employee brought: a padlock, a combination dial, or a key on a crowded keyring. The facility owns the locker but not the lock — so when someone leaves, the lock leaves with them, or worse, stays behind with no one holding the combination.

A KENRONE NFC lock makes the locker the facility's again. The compartment is assigned to one named person in the app. The person opens it with a tap of their phone. No padlock to supply, no combination to distribute, no key to collect on the last day.

Turnover & Access

Onboarding and offboarding in seconds.

Assigned lockers are only as secure as your last staff change. With keys and padlocks, every departure is a small security gap. With NFC single-user mode, the locker is a 1:1 binding between one compartment and one named person.

STEP 01

Assign

Bind the locker to one named user in the app.

STEP 02

Open

That user taps their phone; the authorized unlock is recorded with user, time, and locker ID.

STEP 03

Revoke

Remove access on exit or transfer — instantly, no re-key, hardware untouched.

Schools & Institutions

Assigned lockers for schools and institutions.

Schools and campuses run the same assigned-locker pattern: a faculty or staff member keeps a locker for a term or a year, and administration needs to manage who holds what — without a drawer full of master keys.

For faculty lockers, staff rooms, departmental tool and equipment lockers, and administrative storage, KENRONE NFC locks replace built-in key locks and combination locks with app-based assignment and an unlock record — no master-key control chart to maintain, no re-keying between terms.

Where this fits

Faculty & staff lockers
Staff rooms and changing areas
Departmental tool / equipment lockers
Administrative & records storage

Where it does not

Student 1:1 device lockers
Phone / tablet charging lockers
Any locker meant to store the user's phone

Because the smartphone powers and opens the lock, it can't secure a locker whose purpose is to store that phone. Those programs need a card-based or powered system — we say so up front to save you a wasted evaluation.

Maintenance

A wall of lockers, zero batteries.

A row of assigned lockers is a fleet. Battery-powered electronic locks turn that fleet into a recurring service schedule — every locker becomes a cell to track and replace. NFC battery-free locks remove the category entirely: the phone supplies the small amount of power needed for each unlock, so there is nothing inside the lock to drain or replace.

Honest Limits

What this lock is and isn't for.

Suitable for

Personal / assigned employee lockers
Staff & faculty lockers
Tool & equipment lockers
Administrative storage
Indoor & semi-indoor locker rooms

Not for

Lockers meant to store the user's own phone (the phone is the key)
Student 1:1 device lockers
Charging lockers
Outdoor lockers below −20°C or above 65°C

Operating temperature −20°C to 65°C. For anything outside this, talk to us before specifying.

Key Differences

Key differences for assigned lockers.

For the full comparison across all lock types, see the Locker Solutions overview →. For assigned lockers specifically:

Attribute	Member's padlock	Battery electronic	NFC battery-free
Unlock recorded	No	If powered	Yes
Battery in lock	None	Required	None
Assign / revoke one user	No	App	App, no re-key
Lock supplied by facility	No	Yes	Yes

The hardware.

Full hardware specs, datasheet, and API/SDK reference live on the product page.

NFC Cam Lock product page

Talk to Us

Tell us about your lockers.

We'll recommend the right lock format, access mode, and next step for your project.

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