The rail is the hardware connecting part fixed on the cabinet body of the furniture for the drawer or cabinet board of the furniture to move in and out. The slide rail is applicable to the drawer connection of the cabinet, furniture, document cabinet, bathroom cabinet and other wooden and steel drawers. At present, there are steel ball slide, roller slide and silicon wheel slide in the market.
Whether large and small drawers can be pushed and pulled freely and smoothly, and how the load-bearing is, all depends on the support of the slide rail. The material, principle, structure and process of drawer slide rail vary greatly. The high-quality slide rail has small resistance, long service life and smooth drawer. According to the current technology, the bottom slide rail is better than the side slide rail, and the overall connection with the drawer is better than the three-point connection. High quality slide rail has small resistance, long service life and smooth drawer.
As for the classification of slide rails, the most mainstream is divided into roller type, steel ball type and gear type, which has been gradually replaced by steel ball slide rails in the use of cabinets.
The roller slide rail is simple in structure, consisting of one pulley and two rails, which can meet the daily pushing and pulling needs. However, it has poor bearing capacity and does not have buffer and rebound functions. It is commonly used in computer keyboard drawers and light drawers. The steel ball slide rail is basically a two section and three section metal slide rail, which is more commonly installed on the side of the drawer. The installation is simple and saves space. The steel ball slide rail with good quality can ensure smooth pushing and pulling and large bearing capacity. This slide rail can have the function of buffering closing or pressing rebound opening.
The gear type slide rail includes hidden slide rail, horse drawn slide rail and other slide rail types. It belongs to the middle and high-grade slide rail. The use of gear structure makes the slide rail very smooth and synchronous. This type of slide rail also has the function of buffering closing or pressing rebound opening. It is mostly used in the middle and high-grade furniture, and the price is relatively expensive.
There are several points to pay attention to when selecting the drawer slide rail: first, the specific gravity, then the surface treatment, then the structure and material, and finally the applicability.
1. Structure and material: according to the cross-sectional thickness of the metal material of the drawer slide and its structure, the quality of the drawer slide with many plastic parts is generally inferior to that of the all metal slide.
2. Specific gravity: generally refers to the weight of the same length or volume unit, and here refers to the weight of the drawer slide rail of the same type (such as two rails).
3. Applicability: you can feel the weight and strength of the drawer slide rail by stretching it.
4. Surface treatment: this point can be seen with the naked eye. You don’t need to listen to too many sales statements, and you will understand it naturally.
How to install furniture drawer guide rail.
1. First of all, we need to understand the structure of the steel ball pulley slide, which is divided into three parts: movable rail, middle rail and fixed rail. Wherein the movable cabinet is an inner rail; The fixed rail is an outer rail.
2. Before rail installation, we also need to remove the inner rail from the slide on the movable cabinet, and then install it on both sides of the drawer. We should pay attention not to damage the slideway during disassembly. Although the disassembly method is simple, we should also pay attention to the slideway.
3. Install the outer cabinet and the middle rail in the detachable slide on both sides of the drawer box, and install the inner rail on the side plate of the drawer. There will be reserved screw holes in the drawer. Find the corresponding upper screw.
4. After all the screws are fixed, the drawer can be pushed into the box. During installation, pay attention to the snap ring in the inner rail, and then push the drawer into the bottom of the box slowly in parallel to maintain balance on both sides. If the drawer is pulled out and the drawer slides out directly, it means that the clamp spring is not jammed.
Maintenance of guide rail: if you find that there is a noise during pulling, you can add some lubricating oil instead of putting too heavy things. Once the drawer is found to be loose, the screws should be tightened in time. Although the slide rail has a proper torque in the horizontal direction, try not to pull the drawer in the horizontal direction to avoid track bending and internal pulley wear.
Post time: Aug-26-2022